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Protections against institutional cheating in NYC schools
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Spurred by reports of widespread cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta; Washington, DC; Los Angeles; Pennsylvania; and elsewhere, New York State Education Commissioner John King announced las...
The school reform deniers | The Great Debate
blogs.reuters.com - By Steven BrillAll opinions expressed are his own. Every year I tell students in a journalism seminar I teach about the junior reporter for The American Lawyer – the magazine I founded and edited –...
Lessons from High-Performing Countries
ed.gov - I welcome this opportunity to reflect on what the United States can learn from the nations with the best-performing education systems. My thanks to Marc Tucker and the National Center on Education ...
A tale of two schools: Who’s to blame for the differences? - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Brett Rosenthal, assistant principal at the high-achieving South Side High School in New York. He used to work at Jamaica High School in New York City.By Brett Rosenthal For 10 ...
New rules make kindergarten count for more
palmbeachpost.com - By Allison RossPalm Beach Post Staff WriterUpdated: 11:53 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 Posted: 10:58 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, 2011Kindergarten is getting tougher this year.Counting to 20 and dabbling ...
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Steve Brill's Imperviousness to the Facts
huffingtonpost.com - Steve Brill wrote a controversial and much criticized article in the NY Times Magazine in his ongoing effort to demonize the teachers union and promote the privatization of public education.The art...
Florida Charter Schools Spend Public Money Without Public Scrutiny | Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
fcir.org - Gov. Rick Scott visited North Broward Academy of Excellence, a charter school, in September 2010. (Photo courtesy of Rick Scott.) By Ralph De La CruzFlorida Center for Investigative Reporting As pu...
Ackerman is out, but $900k+ richer | Philly
philly.com - You know what they say about rumors and truth. In the case of the persistent rumors of a plan to buyout Supt. Arlene Ackerman, it turns out, those rumors were true. Ackerman will be paid more than ...
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City Reports Increase in Allegations of Cheating by Educators
nytimes.com - Annual allegations of test-tampering and grade-changing by educators have more than tripled since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of New York City’s school system, outpacing a broader incre...
A depressing start to the school year
chron.com - Monday marks the first day of school for more than 200,000 children in the Houston Independent School District. Although our children are enjoying a fresh start, recent state budget cuts and loomin...
A 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...
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Koch responds to Buffett: "Take your shared sacrifice and ..."
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Charles Koch, head of the massive petrochemical, manufacturing, and commodity speculating Koch Industries corporation, has responded to Warren Buffett's call for shared sacrifice:“No Thanks.” In a ...
Emanuel phone poll asks about taxes, Tea Party, Daley and more - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com August 19, 2011 1:01AM Mayor Rahm Emanuel presides over the Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday July 6, 2011. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times...
Unions As Red Herrings | ThinkProgress
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Unions As Red Herrings | ThinkProgressUnions As Red HerringsBy Matthew Yglesias on Aug 21, 2011 at 10:30 amAn excellent point from Sara Mosle:Yet Brill wants us to believe that unions are the prima...
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Only 18 Percent of IIT Madras Students Are Indian Women
diverseeducation.com - CHENNAI, India â Chaitra, a 20-year-old third-year electrical engineering student, represents somewhat of a rarity at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras: She is a female and that group rep...
Reclaiming my blog: Moving back from BigThink
dangerouslyirrelevant.org - Dangerously Irrelevant’s fifth birthday occurred quietly last week. After much soul-searching and a very helpful conversation with my CASTLE co-director, Justin Bathon, I decided to move the blog b...
Urban Garden Under Attack in South Los Angeles
news.change.org - UPDATE 8/22/11: Change.org just got word that the hearing about Ron Finley's garden has been postponed until further notice. This is a great sign of progress, and we will update you with more infor...
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GE moving X-ray business to China
articles.boston.com - GE Healthcare, also the world’s biggest maker of magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac tomography scanners, got about $1.1 billion of its $16.9 billion in sales from China last year.The X-ray busi...
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans
sfgate.com - (Adds Web site link. View the Bloomberg interactive bailout graphic here. For more Fed rescue coverage, see {EXT7
Create a state bank as a public utility
sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Senator Darrell Steinberg, I encourage you to use your leadership position in the Senate to assist in passing AB 750, the bill to study the establishment of a California Trust (bank) as ...
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Tim Hardaway makes up for comments, stands up for gay rights - Dave Zirin
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - Tim Hardaway is trying to make up for his anti-gay comments four years ago by speaking out for gay rights.AP The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has a new ally and his name ...
Diez consejos para adaptarse a una escuela nueva
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Cuando se acerca el primer día de la escuela, empieza hablar con tu niño sobre sus expectativas, esperanzas y preocupaciones para el año que viene. - Thinkstock LLC/Picture Quest VIDEO Cómo ser un ...
Florida reverse-robocalls Rick Scott (video)
teamsternation.blogspot.com - Pink Slip Rick Scott has been annoying Floridians at dinner with robocalls telling them what a great job he's doing. It backfired, which is what usually happens when the Florida governor tries to ...
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