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The Politicians Who Cried "Crisis"
archive.truthout.org - "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is a well known Aesop fable that offers a moral about the dangers of lies. While this tale holds a simple but accurate message, the world of fables is rarely a fair reflect...
DianeRavitchThe Mythical Founding Study « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - You’ve probably heard educational Deformers like Michelle Rhee, Joel Klein, Arne Duncan or Bill Gates use various studies to justify their Deforms. They say that “research shows” that if student A ...
DianeRavitchNew school year to see more virtual classes - Schools
miamiherald.com - “It’s the three of us working together,” she said.Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said there is a risk in imposing virtual education “simply on the basis of saving money, perhaps...
DianeRavitchA Mirror of the American Character
dailykos.com - It is a dangerous and potentially failed thing to manipulate an audience by evoking our tendency to be compassionate for children. I have often used the documentary The Corridor of Shame, concernin...
DianeRavitchFact-Challenged Policy
epi.org - Last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates published an op-ed in the Washington Post, “How Teacher Development could Revolutionize our Schools,” proposing that American public schools should do a bet...
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Unions As Red Herrings | ThinkProgress
thinkprogress.org - An excellent point from Sara Mosle: Yet Brill wants us to believe that unions are the primary — even sole — cause of failing public schools. But hard evidence for this is scarce. Many of the nation...
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Diane Ravitch interviews the teacher union hating Steve Brill on CSPAN. Running late with the post today. Enjoyed my last summer Sunday with the grand kids. Tim Furman features a youtube video of R...
fklonskyThe crisis facing Britain's education system | Education
guardian.co.uk - Watching the anarchic, frightening scenes erupt on the streets of London, Birmingham, Manchester, and many more urban areas over the last week, a single word kept reverberating around my brain. Sav...
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OpenLeaks Founder Destroys Cache of Unreleased WikiLeaks Documents
dissenter.firedoglake.com - Daniel Domscheit-Berg (DDB), founder of OpenLeaks who defected from the media organization WikiLeaks last year, has apparently destroyed a cache of documents he stole from WikiLeaks when he left th...
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Dumb Ron Johnson not good for kids, even if he likes being seen with them.
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Is Ron Johnson’s book reading to kids an exercise in subversive conservative “brainwashing?"If a story had focused on a Democratic politician reading to a bunch of kids you know we'd never hear the...
coopmike48U of Maryland employees have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse, racial discrimination, physical abuse | Dailycensored.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - University of Maryland employees (mostly custodians, housekeepers, and facilities workers) have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse, racial discrimination, physical abuse, and hateful ver...
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nypost.com - Michael Goodwin A top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared the other day that Mayor Bloomberg is "not the dictator anymore." Though spoken by someone who's obviously never tripped over a...
DianeRavitchWar costs may top $3.7 trillion | Detroit Free Press
freep.com - WASHINGTON -- When congressional cost-cutters meet later this year to decide on trimming the federal budget, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could represent juicy targets. But how much do the wars...
mikeklonskyWisconsin school districts lose millions in shaky investments
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - With public school districts facing massive state budget cuts, school boards and financial managers are under pressure to get greater and more rapid returns when they invest dwindling reserves, hea...
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The Interview II, in which My Kids Become a Concern
nycatr.blogspot.com - ANOTHER INTERVIEW TALEby Life in LimboWell, at least it didn’t last six hours. Nope, this principal managed to get me in and out in less than an hour. I must commend her efficient use of time. (S...
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You Cannot Afford Not to Become a Digital Leader! | Connected Principals
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - You Cannot Afford Not to Become a Digital Leader! | Connected PrincipalsYou Cannot Afford Not to Become a Digital Leader!by Dave Meister Do you ever Google yourself? If you don’t, why not? If you...
coopmike48Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - New Libya Resources
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - New Libya ResourcesA Beginning List Of The Best Folklore & Myth Sites I’m teaching two classes of United States History this year — one to Intermediate Engli...
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It’s time for America to start fixing America
delcotimes.com - There are countless reasons why America should pull all of its troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq and let those countries fight their own battles.Since America invaded Afghanistan in 2001, 1,633 GI...
mikeklonskyHurricane Warnings for Dominic Republic, PR, Heading Florida
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 8:48 pm, August 21, 2011 The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico are bracing themselves for what might be the first hurricane of the season, if Tropical Storm Irene continues gaining st...
coopmike48Daily Kos: things CLEARLY breaking in Tripoli
dailykos.com - numerous reports on twitter, some citing Reuters citing Al Jazeera, some citing AJ (although it is not on the English home page) on numerous items 1. Brigade providing personal security to country...
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how to re-invent your crappy american brand in asia
blog.angryasianman.com - This is largely an excuse for me to post this weird-ass photo of a bunch of Asian kids (in "whiteface"?) dressed as KFC's Colonel Sanders... but this is a pretty interesting article about sagging A...
coopmike48World’s Largest Food Fight, La Tomatina, Launches in Bunol, Spain
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:04 pm, August 21, 2011 The tourist office in Spain bills this as the world’s largest food fight but for the thousands that attend the La Tomatina in Buñol, Spain its just plain fun.W...
coopmike48A Letter to Parents from a Parent - Baltimore Education reform | Examiner.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Letter to Parents from a Parent - Baltimore Education reform | Examiner.comA Letter to Parents from a ParentBy Morna mcDermott, Baltimore Education Reform ExaminerA Letter to Parents ...
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Michelle Rhee Eager for Spotlight, but Not in Cheating Scandal - NYTimes.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Michelle Rhee Eager for Spotlight, but Not in Cheating Scandal - NYTimes.comEager for Spotlight, but Not if It Is on a Testing ScandalBy MICHAEL WINERIPPublished: August 21, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERSIG...
coopmike48What Back to School is Like for An Unschooler :: IDEA
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Back to School is Like for An Unschooler :: IDEAWhat Back to School is Like for An Unschoolerby Sara Schmidt in Uncharted Parenting For unschoolers like us, there is no back to school. There i...
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blogSunday links.by Fred KlonskyDiane Ravitch interviews the teacher union hating Steve Brill on CSPAN.Running late with the post today. Enjoyed my last summer Sunday...
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Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank #WIUnion #sosmarch #p2 #pfla #1u Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRankHide7.9Henderson: Gray ‘exceeded expectations’ - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post2011-Aug-19Henderson: Gray ‘exceeded expectations’ -...
coopmike48Save Our Schools March NEWS #SOSMARCH #EDCHAT
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools March NEWSSunday, Aug. 21, 2011ArchivesSave Our Schools March NEWSPublished by Coopmike48 – 22 news spotters todayNext update in about 9 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCI...
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