Thursday, September 1, 2011

Big Education Ape: 9-1-11 AM RheeFirst! EDition

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Emanuel wants 'ideas, not insults' at second town hall meeting

chicagotribune.com - Thomas Nelson (left) talks during a town hall meeting at Malcom X College at 1900 W. Jackson Blvd. on Wednesday. (Nuccio DiNuzzo, Chicago Tribune) By Kristen Mack Clout Street 8:59 p.m. CDT, August...

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Will Rick Perry Unravel the Strange Consensus on Public Education?

huffingtonpost.com - By all accounts, political polarization has made America ungovernable. Speaking in Holland, Mich., President Obama declared, "There is nothing wrong with our country. There is something wrong with ...

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RheeFirst!

RheeFirst.com - Michelle Rhee is the Sarah Palin of public education. She is all celebrity and very little record. To the extent she has a record, she has misrepresented it. Closer scrutiny of her reveals that she...

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Emanuel: I can’t wait for ‘high-class debate’ on longer school day - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com August 30, 2011 12:48PM Updated: August 30, 2011 6:42PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel appealed to Chicago’s newly-created Youth Commission on Tuesday...

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Wisconsin Teacher Retirements Double After Cuts To Benefits And Collective Bargaining

huffingtonpost.com - MADISON, Wis. -- When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake of a new law...

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Detroit Public Schools making gains, U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan says | Detroit Free Press

freep.com - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has spent the better part of his administration referring to Detroit Public Schools as one of the nation's worst urban districts, but he said Wednesday that the...

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Common Core standards tests starting this fall

catalyst-chicago.org - Common Core standards tests starting this fallPosted By Rebecca Harris On Wednesday, August 31, 2011 In CPS Administration Chicago Public Schools will begin testing 2nd- through 8th-grade students ...

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Emanuel: City won't be a ‘roadblock' to entrepreneurs | Technology

chicagobusiness.com - (Crain's) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told some 400 entrepreneurs and venture capitalists gathered today that the city stands ready to back their new business creation efforts.The crowd came to he...

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Bloomberg Schools Flunk the Constitution - Page 1 - Columns - New York

villagevoice.com - Years ago, when I was interviewing Justice William Brennan in his Supreme Court chambers for my book, Living the Bill of Rights, he suddenly became somber. "How," he asked, "can we take the Bill of...

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New Hampshire Dumps Minimum Wage Law; Rep Says Youth 'Not Worth Minimum'

ibtimes.com - While the GOP presidential candidates debate the proper approach to creating jobs, New Hampshire's new minimum wage restriction law that lowers the minimum wage to match the federal one of $7.25 an...

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Who Says Education Reform Is the ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’?

editbarry.wordpress.com - Little Rock, August 20, 1959. Rally at state capitol, protesting the integration of Central High School. (Image via Oxford African American Studies Center, courtesy of the Library of Congress) “The...

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Dick Cheney’s advice to Rahm Emanuel: Keep an eye on the vice president - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - This book cover image released by Threshold Editions shows "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney. The book is scheduled for release on Aug. 30, 2011. (AP Pho...

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Obama moves jobs speech back one day - Political Hotsheet

cbsnews.com - US President Barack Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 25, 2011, left, and Republican presidential candidates p...

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Obama jobs plan may call for repairing nation's schools

usatoday.com - By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Updated WASHINGTON — A plan to boost construction jobs nationwide by providing federal money to repair public schools is picking up support among unions, economists and l...

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Report from the Field #1

nycatr.blogspot.com - A teacher named Sally reports: I just was informed yesterday that I am in excess. I was done dirty. They took my classes, put them under a different code and voila...a 16-year veteran teacher is ...

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24th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival Just Published

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Aug 31 2011 Larry FerlazzoEva Buyuksimkesyan has just published a fabulous 24th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival chock full of “Warmers, Fillers and 1st Week Activities.” This is a Blog Carniva...

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Blog U.: Motherhood after tenure: starting school - Mama PhD

insidehighered.com - By Aeron Haynie August 31, 2011 8:34 pm EDT Today my daughter starts second grade, my step-daughter moves into the dorms at a college four hours away, and I prepare to meet my own students when my ...

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Highest-Paid CEOs Often Earn More Than Company Pays In Income Taxes, Study Finds

sanders.senate.gov - August 31, 2011 WASHINGTON - Twenty-five of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a pay study said on Wednesday. It also found many o...

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All Education Matters: Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABS

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABS: Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABSby C. Cryn JohannsenWhen the country faced the debt ceiling fias...

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Ruh-roh: Economy sliding into recession?

teamsternation.blogspot.com - That's what Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge is saying. On Friday, the government revised its Gross Domestic Product figures downward from 1.3 percent to 1 percent for the second quarter. Further, GDP h...

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HealthSee all

California Passes Rectal Injection Bill For Teachers

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/08/california-passes-rectal-injection-bill.html"; If the headline doesn’t make it perfectly clear, crazy California has passed perhaps the looniest ...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Anyone who has ever tried to sneak healthy food into kids' lunches knows what Chicago Public Schools is going through. Sometimes kids openly embrace the new food. Sometimes they eat it without real...

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NJ issues plea for blood donations; Irene caused shortages

northjersey.com - TRENTON — Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary O'Dowd today issued a plea for people to donate blood - in short supply because Hurricane Irene led to the cancelation of blood drives around ...

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Why I Still Think President Obama Can Bring Us Together

huffingtonpost.com - I used to think that Barack Obama would follow the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in bringing us together. I used to read that President Obama adopted a balanced, inclusive, "team of rivals" approach to...

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Big Education Ape: 8-31-11 PM Listen and Learn ‘high-class debate’ Edition #BILLIONAIREBOYSCLUB #FAUXREFORM

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now: Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSSTORIESBUSINESSTECHNOLOGY#BILLIONAIREBOY...

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Bring teachers’ pay into this century

articles.boston.com - That won’t happen without reforming a compensation system that was designed deep in the last century for a labor market that no longer exists. It’s based on a society that discriminated against wom...

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