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gothamgazette.com - Better than Buffalo The yearly releasing and parsing of students test scores took place Monday with Mayor Michael Bloomberg finding lots of good news among the reams of data. To sum up, the scores ...
DianeRavitchNYC test scores; small and unreliable gains
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Yesterday, the state finally released school test scores; for NYC schools they are posted here. Individual student test scores will only be made available August 17 – through the ARIS system, for...
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nypost.com - The city's plan for more than $255 million in federal Race to the Top funds has something for everyone -- especially educrats, data analysts and consultants, a Post review has found. The 32-page do...
DianeRavitchI teach in a “failing” school and you should too — Wisdom Begins with Wonder
trice25.edublogs.org - "Welcome to White Swan, where you can teach whatever you want – even if it's nothing at all." ~ anonymous former colleague ——— "If you can teach here, you can teach anywhere" ~ anonymous colleague...
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nypost.com - Barely one in three city eighth-graders met the bar for reading standards on state tests this year -- the lowest mark for that group since tests were changed in 2006, new data show. The alarming 35...
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Accountability: Test Prep vs. REAL Teaching
americasfutureinsidestory.blogspot.com - As we all know, the word "accountability" is thrown around like a baseball at a little league game. It's like this new mantra that we hear from the mouths of policy makers and common people quite o...
DianeRavitchYetis, UFOs and Term Papers « The Core Knowledge Blog
blog.coreknowledge.org - Ask a high school student – any high school student – when they were last required to submit a research paper. Not a five paragraph essay or a “personal response,” but a paper – an in-depth piece ...
DianeRavitchEducators cheer Dayton's NCLB waiver move
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thecrimereport.org - Sunday, February 07, 2010 09:08 More than 100 retired New York Police Department captains and higher-ranking officers told surveyors that the intense pressure to produce annual crime reductions led...
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Malcolm Gladwell: Tobacco Industry Shill? - By Yasha Levine
exiledonline.com - Malcolm Gladwell has described himself as a “conversation starter” who likes to “ask questions” and “follow-up” with more questions. Well, here’s a question for Malcolm Gladwell: When you wrote all...
leoniehaimsonDemocrats Challenging Administration on Medicaid
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — In an unusual break with the White House, the Democratic leaders of Congress told the Supreme Court on Monday that President Obama was pursuing a misguided interpretation of federal Me...
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After the Debt Deal: It Gets Tougher From Here :: Frederick M. Hess
frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 9, 2011 at 7:57 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/08/after-the-debt-deal-it-gets-tougher-from-hereLast week, while I was on blog hiatu...
mikeklonskyHeavy turnout seen in Wisconsin Senate recall fight
latimes.com - Reporting from Milwaukee— Republicans and Democrats were locked in a furious and expensive battle for control of the Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday as voters went to the polls in a series of recall el...
leoniehaimsonReid Said to Appoint Three to Deficit Panel
bloomberg.com - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada plans to appoint Senators Patty Murray of Washington, Max Baucus of Montana and John Kerry of Massachusetts to a special committee charged with finding $...
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Kimble Short Bus Tour Kicks Off In Lexington, KY
kimbleforcongress.blogspot.com - Staying in Washington long enough to insure that the Democrats promised to cut the budget and not raise taxes was very difficult for me because it meant delaying getting to know little Ayn Reagan K...
leoniehaimsonWhat We Talk About When We Talk About School Reform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What We Talk About When We Talk About School ReformWhat We Talk About When We Talk About School Reformby SamWith all due respect to Flannery O’Connor, my vote for greatest American short-story writ...
coopmike48Is the Online Mug-Shot Industry Any Different than Blackmail?
forbes.com - If you’ve got a mug-shot from some previous run-in with the law, your face may show up at Florida.Arrests.Org, an online site founded by ex-con Rob Wiggen. The site exploits Florida’s lax public-re...
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Verizon Pushes for $1 Billion in Concessions from Workers, While Receiving Nearly $1 Billion in Subsidies from Uncle Sam
ctj.org - On Sunday, 45,000 Verizon employees went on strike to protest the company’s push for employees to give back $1 billion in health, pension, and other contract concessions. What makes these demands p...
mikeklonskyFor-Profit College Group Sued as U.S. Lays Out Wide Fraud
nytimes.com - The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, char...
DianeRavitchFor-Profit College Group Sued as U.S. Lays Out Wide Fraud
nytimes.com - The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, char...
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Health and Safety at School : Health and Safety at School News and Photos
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mikeklonskyStudy: Boston schools' sugary drinks ban paid off
boston.com - BOSTON—A new study indicates that the Boston public schools' ban on sugary drinks has paid off, with high school students drinking less of such beverages even when they're not at school.In 2004, Bo...
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Breathing For Two « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Early in my pregnancy I developed a bloodhound’s sense of smell: even the faintest of odors overwhelmed me. It’s a common phenomenon during the first trimester of pregnancy, yet my new nasal superp...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Preparing Future Teachers
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Preparing Future TeachersPreparing Future Teachersby Melissa Westbrook From the Grand Rapids, Michigan Press, comes a story about Arne Duncan and what he thinks...
coopmike48What We Talk About When We Talk About School Reform
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This Week In Education: Thompson: Targeted Class-Size Reduction For Toughest Schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Thompson: Targeted Class-Size Reduction For Toughest SchoolsThompson: Targeted Class-Size Reduction For Toughest Schoolsby john thompsonIn "Does Class Size Really Matter?,"b...
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Fire Dept. Reduced Bias Unit While Being Sued for Bias
nytimes.com - The New York Fire Department office that handles discrimination complaints shrank during a period when the federal government was suing the agency on the grounds that its hiring tests were biased, ...
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