Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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Katherine Schwarzenegger Interview - Katherine Schwarzenegger Speaks Out

harpersbazaar.com - Photo credit: Nikolai Von Bismarck The California sun is shining down on the Malibu Country Mart, an upscale mall in the beachfront town that's complete with Ping-Pong tables, lounge chairs, and a ...

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California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom Joins Maria Shriver as Co-Captain of Team Maria Best Buddies

mariashriver.com - California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom Joins Maria Shriver as Co-Captain of Team Maria Best Buddies By MariaShriver.com Team Maria Best Buddies, formed in 2008 by award-winning journalist, bes...

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Wisconsin seeks relief from No Child Left Behind law | Appleton Post Crescent

postcrescent.com - Wisconsin state Supt. Tony Evers praised the Obama administration's announcement that states will be able to obtain waivers from stringent testing requirements under the federal No Child Left Behin...

EDPressSec

Cameron vows tough action as violence flares in British streets

edition.cnn.com - STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: A man shot in the head in Croydon on Monday night has died, police sayPolice have arrested 525 people in London in the past three days and charged 99Prime Minister David Camero...

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An Open Letter to Principals: Five Leadership Strategies for the New Year

edutopia.org - Eric Sheninger is principal of New Milford High School and the subject of a recent article in USAToday on social media in the classroom. He is the author of Communicating & Connecting With Social M...

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On the Road « Student Activism

studentactivism.net - Lots of student-related news recently for a sleepy early August — Chile’s campus activists have intensified their campaign, youth riots are spreading across Britain, Wisconsin’s progressive uprisin...

studentactivism

edchat / FrontPage

edchat.pbworks.com - Open, collaborative, focused discussion can open and expand minds. But let's not stop there- let's harness this wisdom of the many to crowdsource possible solutions to some of the major issues th...

tomwhitby

Say No Duncan Dollars: Rookie Reform has Run its Course - Living in Dialogue

blogs.edweek.org - Over the past decade I have served as a mentor teacher to more than a dozen beginning teachers in the challenging schools of Oakland. Most of them have been interns, fresh out of college, with just...

AnthonyCody

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Wisconsin Recall Elections: Live Results

motherjones.com - The polls close at 8 pm CST on Tuesday night in Wisconsin's recall elections targeting six GOP state senators from around the state. Democrats need to win at least three seats if they hope to regai...

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Handicapping the Wisconsin Recall Elections

motherjones.com - Mon Aug. 8, 2011 3:00 AM PDTNever before in American politics have voters recalled more than two state legislators in a single year. That record could be broken on Tuesday, when Wisconsinites vote ...

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Dem spokesman accuses GOP of dirty tricks in Waukesha vote count

jsonline.com - Updated: Aug. 9, 2011 11:25 p.m. | A state Democratic Party spokesman accused a Republican official Tuesday night of tampering with votes in the tight 8th Senate District recall race. With 10 of 11...

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Teacher Sued for Defamation Wins Free Speech Claim

voiceofsandiego.org - Posted: Friday, August 5, 2011 4:25 pm | Updated: 5:27 pm, Fri Aug 5, 2011. A San Diego court violated a retired teacher's right to free speech when it barred her from mentioning on her website t...

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Jewish Brother Michael Teaches Muslims

queenstribune.com - Interfaith Education: Jewish Brother Michael Teaches Muslims Michael Berman writes on the board. Tribune Photos by Dikla Kadosh By DIKLA KADOSHWhen Michael Berman told his relatives that he had b...

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Maryland mom kills son, self over school costs | Meeting the Needs of Students with Autism

eschoolnews.com - Jensvold had become increasingly strained by anguished fights with the county public school system over the special-needs education of her son.Ben Barnhard had reason to be optimistic this summer:...

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Keep It In Your Pants: Smartphone Etiquette at Every Age - Technology

good.is - Things are easier said than done, or so the old adage goes, and we couldn't agree more. That's why we do the GOOD 30-Day Challenge, a monthly attempt to live better. This month's challenge: Unplug ...

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How to Post Images to Your Blog with Ethics!

blogbloke.com - One of the best blog resources you are going to have is the knowledge of knowing how to do things properly. Hi everyone, Diane here and as always, a big thank you to Blogbloke for letting me share ...

tonnet

Research Studies Of The Week

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Aug 10 2011 Larry FerlazzoI often write about research studies from various field and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially signi...

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Game Admits To Buying 'Watch The Throne,' Explains Roots Of Issues With Jay-Z

vibe.com - We never know what Game will say next. It could be venom for one of his rap adversaries or an apology for his wreckless tongue. But in this moment of clarity Game admits to buying Watch Throne and ...

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Math, science focus of new 'Sesame Street' season

usatoday.com - NEW YORK (AP) — More than three dozen celebrities, including Nicole Kidman and Robin Williams, athlete Carmelo Anthony and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor , are set to appear on the new seaso...

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Michael Moore calls on Matt Damon to run for US president | Film

guardian.co.uk - Could this man run all the way to the White House? Yes, says Michael Moore. With attacks on Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, along with fierce criticism of Republican intransigence in the US congress...

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For-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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California tax revenues plunge, deep cuts to schools could be triggered

latimesblogs.latimes.com - California’s tax revenues plummeted in July, falling more than 10% below expectations and making it more likely that deeper cuts to public schools built into the state budget in case of a stalled e...

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California PE.com | Southern California News

pe.com - California tax revenue fell nearly $539 million below projections last month, pushing the state closer to automatic, mid-year budget cuts to schools, universities and social services, State Control...

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Teach 'Em Until They Learn - Teacher in a Strange Land

blogs.edweek.org - (From the airport in Memphis) The Teacher in a Strange Land has been crisscrossing the country for the past couple of weeks, bouncing from the inspiring, once-in-a-generation experience of the Save...

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Why I'm Against For-Profit Schools

practicaltheory.org - I think it is important to articulate why I am against for-profit organizations running schools. This isn't to say that there aren't good people working in some of those schools, and this isn't to ...

Larryferlazzo

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Look At "Race" To See How Waivers Will Turn Out

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - #nclb #waiver Despite the lack of details and the fact that they made pretty much the same announcement a couple of months ago, here's a steady flow of news coverage and analysis of the Duncan wai...

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