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Douglas Massey on Diane Ravitch and Jonathan Alter's attack
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The observations below are from Douglas Massey, professor at Princeton and president of the American Academy of Political & Social Sciences (photo at left). On Thursday night, the Academy present...
DianeRavitchOutside interests were working behind the scenes to reconstitute school board
ctpost.com - HARTFORD -- A consultant for a Greenwich billionaire interested in education reform was advocating behind the scenes for charter changes that would give the mayor control of the Bridgeport school b...
DianeRavitchRick Santorum - Early Childhood Education - Socialist Indoctrination
mediaite.com - Former Republican Senator Rick Santorum has added another unconventional platform issue to his conservative campaign: opposing early childhood education. In a town hall in Iowa, the presidential ca...
DianeRavitchReply to Matthew Ladner | National Education Policy Center
nepc.colorado.edu - Dr. Ladner has posted a reply to my earlier post. At the risk of going around in circles with Dr. Ladner, who promotes Jeb Bush's Florida policies as a full time job (that is, I know going in I'm ...
mikeklonskyResponse to Mike Petrilli | National Education Policy Center
nepc.colorado.edu - Mike Petrilli appears to have guzzled a jug of the Kool-Aid being served up nationwide by Jeb Bush and Matthew Ladner. He has now sent out an email blast two days in a row promoting his blog post o...
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After school reform march, teachers question what's next
cnn.com - How teachers would reform schoolsSTORY HIGHLIGHTSAbout 5,000 people joined in the Save Our Schools MarchOne former teacher says she was told to cater to tests, not to students' needsThe U.S. Educat...
leoniehaimsonEducating for Democracy: "Save Our Schools" Strategies
nepc.colorado.edu - The "Save Our Schools March" that took place last Saturday and the two-day conference that preceded it on July 28- 29 might not have been large in terms of participants: 300 at the conference and 5...
mikeklonskyWorking Toward "Wow": A Vision for a New Teaching Profession
ed.gov - Thanks for having me. It's a real honor to be addressing an organization that has done so much to strengthen America's most important profession.I don't look at newspaper cartoons much, but someone...
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Autocrat Bloomberg's Golden Rule: He who's got the gold makes the rules
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - According to a story in today's New York Times, Mayor Bloomberg "cajoled" five of his impossibly wealthy peers to help him foot the cost of the midyear Regents examination. The mayor put $30 milli...
mikeklonskyRep. Charles Rangel: Investing in Our Youths
huffingtonpost.com - Now that we have managed to avert a catastrophic financial disaster and the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling has been raised, we have to concentrate on the untold crisis of youth unemployment. While the...
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DFER endorses three in DPS races | EdNewsColorado
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - DFER endorses three in DPS races | EdNewsColoradoDFER endorses three in DPS racesby Charlie BrennanDemocrats for Education Reform-Colorado Friday endorsed three candidates in the Denver Public Scho...
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Schooling Matt Damon - Michelle Malkin
nationalreview.com - Actor Matt Damon is a walking, talking public-service reminder to immunize your children early and often against La-La-Land disease.In Damon’s world, all public-school teachers are selfless angels....
leoniehaimsonMurdoch-Owned Wireless Generation's $27M Contract Should Be Scratched, Teachers' Union Leaders Write
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- New York should drop a $27 million contract with Wireless Generation, a Rupert Murdoch-owned student data tracking company, in light of News Corporation's alleged wrongdoings, teachers'...
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The Reinvention of Rahm Emanuel
businessweek.com - By Devin Leonard Chris Buck Rahm Emanuel doesn’t sleep much. You can see it in his eyes, perpetually shadowed in dark circles. He gets up often in the middle of the night to check his e-mail and is...
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Mayor mustn’t forget city’s ‘invisible’ poor - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Susan Klonsky August 4, 2011 9:44PM Updated: August 5, 2011 2:15AM Living close to two expressway overpasses, I often notice carefully stashed bundles, shopping carts, sleeping bags and cardboar...
mikeklonskyMayor mustn’t forget city’s ‘invisible’ poor - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Susan Klonsky August 4, 2011 9:44PM Updated: August 5, 2011 2:15AM Living close to two expressway overpasses, I often notice carefully stashed bundles, shopping carts, sleeping bags and cardboar...
mikeklonskyChris Rock at President Obama’s Bday « Continuing Change
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Chris Rock at President Obama’s Bday but missed the Save our Schools March in DC? Come on, Chris, that ain’t right… next time, hang with Matt Damon at the SOS March.. « Continuing Change« No School...
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More on Murdoch's $27M no-bid contract from NY Dept. of Ed
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Leveraged with Duncan's Race To The Top $$$The Daily News reports: More than a dozen private firms wanted to work on a project like the one the state Education Department is set to award to a Ruper...
mikeklonsky500-point Dow plunge is worst since 2008
napervillesun.suntimes.com - There were few places for money to hide Thursday as stock prices came hurtling down. The steepest drop since the meltdown era of 2008 spared no sector in the stock market. Commodities were no good ...
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Comcast NBCUniversal Failing to Live Up to Diversity Promises
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:17 pm, August 5, 2011 Photo Credits: Comcast NBCUniversal Failing to Live Up to Diversity Promises When Comcast and NBCUniversial merged, they promised they would work to bring more ...
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Hombre o mujer, ¿quién es más inteligente?
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Estás Viendo: Chiqui, Scarlet Ortiz, Gaby Rivero, Roxana García y Carlos Calderón debatieron sobre el tema. ¿Quiénes son más inteligentes las mujeres o los hombres? Chiqui, Scarlet Ortiz, Gaby Rive...
coopmike48Elizabeth Murdoch Won't Be Joining News Corp.'s Board - Business
theatlanticwire.com - Despite buckets of rumors, Elisabeth Murdoch is not swooping in to save her father Rupert's company. "News Corp. and Elisabeth Murdoch have shelved plans for her to join the board of the media comp...
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Aprender español ayuda a conservar nuestra herencia cultural
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Una de las mejores formas de conservar el don del bilingüismo es mejorando nuestras aptitudes en nuestra lengua materna. Foto cortesía del College Board. - Univision.com VIDEO Programas de educació...
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After school reform march, teachers question what's next
cnn.com - How teachers would reform schoolsSTORY HIGHLIGHTSAbout 5,000 people joined in the Save Our Schools MarchOne former teacher says she was told to cater to tests, not to students' needsThe U.S. Educat...
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Murdoch-Owned Wireless Generation's $27M Contract Should Be Scratched, Teachers' Union Leaders Write
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- New York should drop a $27 million contract with Wireless Generation, a Rupert Murdoch-owned student data tracking company, in light of News Corporation's alleged wrongdoings, teachers'...
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