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Schools Matter: Some NOLA KIPP Schools Lagging Behind State Average
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Some NOLA KIPP Schools Lagging Behind State Average:Some NOLA KIPP Schools Lagging Behind State Averageby Jim HornKIPP, Inc. offers a draconian test factory model that specializes i...
coopmike48Peg with Pen: United Opt Out: Action for Week of September 11th - Sharing Parent Flyer
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Peg with Pen: United Opt Out: Action for Week of September 11th - Sharing Parent Flyer:United Opt Out: Action for Week of September 11th - Sharing Parent Flyerby PeggyOur action at United Opt Out f...
coopmike48Education Reform and U.S. Competitiveness
cfr.org - Craig R. Barrett, Former CEO and Chairman, Intel CorporationTo compete in the twenty-first century, individuals and countries will have to add value in the workplace to command a high standard of l...
DianeRavitchDoubts grow over the success of Sweden's free schools experiment | World news
guardian.co.uk - All over the Swedish port city of Malmö last week there were gaggles of students clutching brand-new laptops given to them on loan for the start of the school year. As schools fight over what, due ...
DianeRavitchMiddle-Class Schools Fail to Make the Grade
online.wsj.com - Middle-class public schools educate the majority of U.S. students but pay lower teacher salaries, have larger class sizes and spend less per pupil than low-income and wealthy schools, according to ...
mikeklonskySo Why Am I Skeptical?
huffingtonpost.com - Obama's speech last week to Congress has been described as a "wake up call" -- with its aggressive and ambitious proposals to boost spending on education -- including $30 billion to avoid further t...
DianeRavitchInternational Test Scores, Irrelevant Policies
edweek.org - ByIris C. RotbergPerhaps no research finding has influenced education policy more, or been subject to greater misinterpretation, than our ranking on international mathematics and science tests.Prev...
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`Why would Rahm abuse his own children by depriving them of a longer school day and year?'
blogs.chicagotribune.com - From Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I spent some time on the phone with the good folks over at the University of Chicago's Lab School. It's the elite, expensive private school (founded by John Dewe...
mikeklonskyThe bait and switch of school "reform" - Education
salon.com - In recent weeks the debate over the future of public education in America has flared up again, this time with the publication of the new book "Class Warfare," by Steven Brill, the founder of Americ...
mikeklonskyRacial gap widens under NCLB. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - It’s not like we didn’t say this would happen. FairTest takes a look at what to anticipate from next week’s release of ACT scores.What do SAT scores indicate about the effectiveness of “No Child Le...
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Palin slams Perry on 'crony capitalism' - Maggie Haberman
politico.com - POLITICO's Molly Ball reports that Sarah Palin, who has kept mum about whether she'll run, is not in sync with Rick Perry: Sarah Palin took a hard swipe against her friend Rick Perry in a post-deba...
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Downtown Revitalization Means Problems For Area Kindergartens
ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. Though Downtown Manhattan has seen a successful ...
leoniehaimsonNo limiting queries at NY political trial
sfgate.com - (09-12) 09:05 PDT New York (AP) -- A judge has rejected a request to limit what New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg or top aides could be asked at a coming trial where a campaign consultant is charged...
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Republicans Turning Back 1965 Voting Rights Act « Larry Miller's Blog
millermps.wordpress.com - The GOP War on Voting In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year by: Ari Berman RollingStone http://www.rollingston...
coopmike48Charles Koch Calls President Obama “Saddam Hussein” « Larry Miller's Blog
millermps.wordpress.com - Not the White House, nor the Obama 2012 campaign, nor Democratic National Committee had any immediate comment Tuesday when contacted by ABC News and asked about comments made by Koch referring to t...
coopmike48Robert Reich (The Oddness of the President's Upcoming Deficit-Reduction Plan)
robertreich.org - On Monday the President will offer ways to pay for his $467 billion American Jobs Act mostly by increasing taxes on the wealthy. I’m all in favor, but it’s an odd strategy. If any Republican was pr...
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E4E Captain Of Chaos Natalie Harrington Writes An Email On DOE's Dime
southbronxschool.com - Something, and no one knows how, but something came across one of the desks of a member of the crack team here at the SBSB news room. It seems that an operative of the officially recognized Jugendg...
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flying while brown: september 11, 2011 edition
blog.angryasianman.com - I had to fly on Sunday. Being the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, I figured security would be especially tight, and an extra pain in the ass, so I gave myself plenty of time to do th...
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The Honeymooners | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Honeymooners | The Jose Vilson:The Honeymoonersby JoseHoneymoonersEveryone calls this period the “honeymoon” on purpose. We lay the ground rules for the first few periods we encounter each othe...
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Blast at French Nuclear Site Is Said to Kill 1 Person
nytimes.com - PARIS — An explosion shook a French nuclear waste site near the southern city of Nimes on Monday, killing one person and injuring four, officials and news reports said. Authorities sa...
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American Jobs Act - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - American Jobs Act - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):American Jobs Act Could Bring Nearly $6 Billionin Needed School Funds to CaliforniaTorlakson Estimates Plan Could Prevent Thousands of Teacher L...
coopmike48Nuke plant (Fort Calhoun Omaha) fire gets closer look
democraticunderground.com - Source: Omaha World HeraldBy Nancy GaarderThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending a special team of inspectors to Nebraska to learn more about a fire at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station not lo...
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Just Try Topping This ‘When I Was Your Age’ Tale
nytimes.com - CHITTENDEN, Vt. — Karen Prescott, the principal of Barstow Memorial, never expected that her 33 elementary and middle school students who live on the other side of the mountain would make it in tha...
leoniehaimsonVideo: Human Being Steps Out of Painting
davis.patch.com - During the John Natsoulas Gallery-sponsored event, more than 100 painters of many backgrounds and genres rendered their impressions of streetscapes in downtown Davis. Despite the looming ten-year a...
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The Honeymooners | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Honeymooners | The Jose Vilson:The Honeymoonersby JoseHoneymoonersEveryone calls this period the “honeymoon” on purpose. We lay the ground rules for the first few periods we encounter each othe...
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NYC Public School Parents: Thursday's arguments in our charter co-location lawsuit, & what Tisch and Klein said to Brill about this issue Thursday's arguments in our charter co-location lawsuit, & what Tisch and Klein said to Brill about this issue
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Thursday's arguments in our charter co-location lawsuit, & what Tisch and Klein said to Brill about this issue:Thursday's arguments in our charter co-location lawsuit, & ...
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The Ticking Time Bomb in San Diego School Finances - voiceofsandiego.org: Pounding The Pavement
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Ticking Time Bomb in San Diego School Finances - voiceofsandiego.org: Pounding The Pavement:The Ticking Time Bomb in San Diego School FinancesStoryCommentsImageShareSharePrintCreate a hardcopy ...
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What Happened to My Grade Book?: Essential Questions for Standards-Based #Edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Happened to My Grade Book?: Essential Questions for Standards-Based #Edreform:Essential Questions for Standards-Based #Edreformby DellaEverybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its abi...
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Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank #EDREFORM #EDCHAT #WIUnion #sosmarch #p2 #pfla #1u
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRankHide7.9Layoffs shift TFA teachers to charters | Philadelphia Public School Notebook2011-Sep-9Notes from the news, Sept. 9 | Philadelphia Public...
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