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Oversight problems prompt freeze of school reform funds

californiawatch.org - This year's payout of a three-year $416 million federal grant to struggling schools has been delayed for several California schools after monitoring teams found the state Department of Education an...

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Tilson vs. Rubinstein Round I

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - One problem in the current ed reform debate is that there is not enough genuine debating. Really, there’s no communication at all between the two sides who I see as the ‘corporate reformers’ (Dunc...

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FBI arrests El Paso school superintendent | AP Texas News | Chron.com

chron.com - EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso School Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia was arrested by federal agents Monday on corruption charges, authorities said. FBI spokesman in El Paso, Michael Martinez said that...

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No Administrator Left Behind - Finding Common Ground

blogs.edweek.org - "When the principal sneezes, the whole school catches a cold. This is neither good nor bad; it is just the truth. Our impact is significant; our focus becomes the school's focus" (Whitaker, 2003, p...

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Superintendent John Kuhn Turns Failure On Its Head

teacherleaders.typepad.com - Some may be put off by Superintendant John Kuhn of Texas calling out politicians directly, and flipping the notion of "failure" on its head. But he is right, and his conviction is inspiring. (See ...

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CPS begins negotiations with unions; Duncan calls for $60K starting salary for teachers

catalyst-chicago.org - In the News: CPS begins negotiations with unions; Duncan calls for $60K starting salary for teachersPosted By Cassandra West On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 In In the News Negotiations began Monday betw...

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When You Lose Your Base, You Lose Elections : Stager-to-Go

stager.tv - Here is my wobbly video of NYU Professor and Obama advisor Pedro Noguera’s steadfast address at the Save Our Schools March on Washington D.C., July 30, 2011.Pedro Noguera at SOS March from Gary Sta...

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Quotable: Linda Darling-Hammond

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Linda was a featured speaker at Saturday SOS rally in D.C."We have produced a larger and more costly prison system than any country in the world — we have 5% of the world’s population and 25% of it...

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Protesters disrupt House during debate on debt deal; 22 arrested - 2chambers

washingtonpost.com - More than 20 protesters were arrested Monday afternoon after causing a disruption in the House gallery as lawmakers debated the debt-reduction deal negotiated by the White House and congressional l...

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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: How The Debt Deal Could Hurt The Wisconsin Recalls

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Even as Democrats in Washington struggle with what many progressives see as one of the biggest losses their side has suffered in years, liberals in the Midwest are preparing to hand the left one of...

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Was Sec. Duncan playing ball with the hedge-funders?

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - EismanSen. Grassley's investigation of the DOE Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley is investigating whether Education Department officials, including Arne Ducan himself, disclosed confidential go...

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Bronx School Hires White Supremacist as Principal

gawker.com - When the 200-student Bronx primary school Our Lady of Mount Carmel needed a new principal, its pastor, Rev. Eric Rapaglia, knew exactly who to hire: White supremacist author Frank Borzellieri. Borz...

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Study: Union decline accounts for much of the increase in income inequality

defendwisconsin.org - According to a new study in the August issue of the American Sociological Review, the decline in union membership since the early 1970s accounts for a fifth of the increase in hourly wage inequalit...

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Gov. Brown signs law weakening testimony of jailhouse snitches

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed a bill that aims to prevent wrongful convictions by barring judges and juries from relying solely on the testimony of jailhouse informants. The new law requires pr...

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The Annotated Frank Rich - Aaron Sorkin Imagines a Conversation Between Rupert Murdoch and Joel Klein -

nymag.com - Int. Rupert Murdoch’s office; day. Rupert Murdoch sits behind his desk as Joel Klein knocks on the door and steps in. Klein: Mr. Murdoch? Murdoch: Well, if it isn’t Lady Macbeth. Klein: Is that wha...

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Rep. Lamborn: Working With Obama Is like 'Touching a Tar Baby'

blogs.abcnews.com - « Previous | Main August 01, 2011 5:35 PM ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) reports: In the midst of the contentious debt-ceiling stalemate last week, Republican Representative Doug Lamborn of Col...

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Chris Hayes - MSNBC - Chris Hayes MSNBC Show

mediaite.com - MSNBC contributor Chris Hayes, who’s been a regular fill-in host for both Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell, will begin his own show, to air live on Saturdays between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and on S...

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Grassley Questions Education Agency's Ties to Wall Street

dealbook.nytimes.com - Senator Charles E. Grassley is examining whether Department of Education officials disclosed secret government information to hedge fund managers, including Steve Eisman.The inquiry stems from the ...

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Meanwhile, Education Corporate Giant Pearson Records 31% Increase in Profits This Year

bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com - While the nation’s schools continue to be bled dry, one corporate education giant is making significant profits. From Reuters: LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Pearson raised its 2011 profit outlook on ...

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Debt Ceiling Deal: Big Questions For K-12

huffingtonpost.com - Education Week:As a vote nears in Congress to lift the federal debt ceiling and stave off a financial default, education advocates are just beginning to take stock of what this will mean for K-12 e...

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How Can It Feel This Wrong?

krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - Archive Select Month August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 201...

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Helping children learn to understand numbers

educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩIt's all in the way we speak to themMost people know how to count, but the way we master this ability remains something of a puzzle. Numerals were invented only around four to five thousand years ...

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Prevention at the Heart of Keeping Women Healthy « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - Everyone wants their family to be healthy. And a key component of this is ensuring that mothers, daughters, and sisters have access to the preventive services they need. When it comes to health, wo...

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