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Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education
nap.edu - Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole....
DianeRavitchBlog :: Sabrina Stevens Shupe
sabrinastevensshupe.com - status quo: “the state in which”; the existing state of affairs The education reform discussion (or debate, depending on who’s talking) is filled with buzzwords and terms, most of which (like “acco...
DianeRavitchS.&P. Downgrades U.S. Long-Term Debt
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor’s removed the United States government from its list of risk-free borrowers for the first time on Friday night, a downgrade that is freighted with symbolic significance...
mikeklonskyMaximum property tax hike sought for Chicago public schools - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Rosalind Rossi Education Reporter August 5, 2011 3:06PM Updated: August 5, 2011 3:13PM Property taxes for schools would be raised to the maximum allowed by law for the first time in four years —...
mikeklonskyFirst Try
thinkingaboutschools-jhstlny.blogspot.com - It's time to write. It's about kids - all of them, not some of them. It's about teachers, not McTeachers. It's about substance, not illusion and promises. It's about meaning, not memorizing. It'...
DianeRavitchDozens Killed as NATO Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan
nytimes.com - KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents shot down a NATO Chinook helicopter during an overnight operation in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 37 people on board, a coalition military official said on ...
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Reply 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...
mikeklonskyTeacher in a Strange Land
blogs.edweek.org - NBC --the originator of the idea that education in America would be improved by a giant national hurricane, to sweep everything clean and let the reformers have at it--is sponsoring a Teachers Town...
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Pinellas charter school reaches out to Scientology for help
tampabay.com - By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer In Print: Saturday, July 30, 2011 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTCLEARWATER — Looking for a savior, a North Pinellas charter school that has filed for Chapter 11 ...
leoniehaimsonReductions in California prison population not enough, report says
democraticunderground.com - Source: San Francisco Chronicle(08-05) 15:36 PDT SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to keep tens of thousands of low-level offenders in county jails instead of state prisons will help the state ...
coopmike48Big Education Ape: 8-5-11 PM Douglas Massey on Diane Ravitch and Jonathan Alter's attack EDition
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Murdoch presses on with academy plan despite hacking row Education News, Education
independent.co.uk - School sponsored by News International still on track after series of meetings between media tycoon and Michael Gove Rupert Murdoch's News International has plans to sponsor an academy, with a poss...
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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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The Wrong Worries
nytimes.com - In case you had any doubts, Thursday’s more than 500-point plunge in the Dow Jones industrial average and the drop in interest rates to near-record lows confirmed it: The economy isn’t recovering, ...
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Deborah Meier Homepage
deborahmeier.com - July 2011 [to comment on this column click here to go to the blog site] It's only a week before the various events in Washington D.C. I'm hoping, mostly, to have fun and for a sufficient size to no...
DianeRavitchMayor 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...
fklonskyLillie and the Snakes "Brick by brick, callused hand by callused hand...." And We are Left Crestfallen. The Common Core Crime Test Data vs. Report Card Grades...and the Winner is.... The Great MOVE HUNGRY?? This Week: Bubble-Torture for the Kiddies
americasfutureinsidestory.blogspot.com - Usually my blog is focused on the students. Today my focus is on an 80 year old NYC teacher by the name of Ms. Lillie Leon. Below is a link to an article which discusses the firing of Ms. Leon:http...
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Google, Microsoft goes public with patent spat
denverpost.com - NEW YORK—Tech heavyweights Microsoft and Google are acting like a couple of feuding starlets in a public online spat over—wait for it—patents. It's not the first time Microsoft and Google have gone...
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Fill Up That Infrastructure Bank with Untaxed Money
firedoglake.com - Wrecker, Photo by Ruin Raider The very rich don’t pay taxes any more, and as Matt Damon says, they don’t use those unpaid taxes to create jobs either. Instead, they buy and sell existing financial ...
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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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Chile: 874 Students Arrested at Education Protests
foxnews.com - Published August 05, 2011 | Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile-- Chilean police have arrested nearly 900 people in a crackdown on students protesting for better public education. Government spokesman...
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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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