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Senate Panel Votes to Freeze Funding for Key K-12 Programs - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - K-12 education - including money for disadvantaged children and special education - would see stagnant funding under a measure approved Wednesday by the Senate Appropriations Committee WednesdayThe...
Richard D. Kahlenberg Reviews Steven Brill's "Class Warfare: Inside The Fight To Fix America’s Schools"
tnr.com - PERHAPS THE VERY best thing about Steven Brill’s new book is its title. The phrase “class warfare” has a double meaning, of course, and the book paints very clearly the deep economic cleavages that...
Reasons Against Chicago's Longer School Day - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,It's a conspiracy to wear us down! Every day a new, dumb idea becomes a brilliant reform, and the next day it's implemented. So we keep trying to put out fires, when we also need to spen...
Obama prepares to revamp ‘No Child Left Behind’
washingtonpost.com - President Obama is poised to broaden federal influence in local schools by scrapping key elements of No Child Left Behind, the Bush administration’s signature education law, and substituting his ow...
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Class-Size Rise Seen by City, Teachers
online.wsj.com - Class sizes in New York City public schools are the most bloated they have been in a decade, as budget cuts have sliced teachers from the system, the teachers union said Thursday. The city acknowle...
Mayor union-buster | Ben Joravsky on Politics
chicagoreader.com - At last month's budget hearing at Kennedy-King College, Mayor Emanuel let it be known he's got nothing but love for public school teachers. In fact, he thinks they're "really good."I guess he's jus...
sh!t arne says
teacher-anon.blogspot.com - We also want you to enjoy so many other enriching experiences that are so important to a complete education. We know you have great music, art, and physical education teachers at your school, and...
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UFT: Rising Enrollment, Budget Cuts Lead To Most Overcrowded Classrooms In A Decade
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. Representatives from the United Federation of Te...
Why Do Liberals Have Such a Soft Spot for Cop Killers Like Troy Davis?
huffingtonpost.com - Mumia Abu-Jamal killed Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Leonard Peltier murdered FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. Liberals enthusiastically supported both of them. Now, the la...
Deputy Mayor Robert Steel says he resides in New York City, but facts paint a different picture
nydailynews.com - Norman Y. Lono for News Deputy Mayor Robert Steel says he lives in flat on Ninth Ave. in Chelsea, but he was seen in golf attire at Connecticut home he owns. Deputy Mayor Robert Steel insists he li...
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Schools for sale
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Chicago leads the nation in privatization Chicago leads all other U.S. cities when it comes to the erosion of public space. If it's not nailed down, Mayor Emanuel wants to sell it off or lease it t...
Rick Perry's Florida Co-Chair: Gays Cause Tornadoes
motherjones.com - In fairness, that tornado seems pretty gay. Fadil Basymeleh/FlickrEarlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his leadership team for the "Presidency 5" straw poll in Florida, scheduled for ...
Obama Denver visit on tap
ednewscolorado.org - President Obama will make a metro-area visit next Tuesday and likely will tour a Denver school, several sources have told Education News Colorado. The visit is part of the president’s campaign to p...
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For Troy
dancingthedialectic.blogspot.com - I feel numb. I feel defeated. I don't want to read any more stories or news reports or even any more calls to action. Then I feel ashamed. I want to be strong. I want to know what the right thing t...
Dancing the Dialectic: For Troy For Troy
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dancing the Dialectic: For Troy:For TroyI feel numb. I feel defeated. I don't want to read any more stories or news reports or even any more calls to action. Then I feel ashamed. I want to be stron...
At last somebody in the media nails Mayor union-buster. « Fred Klonsky's blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - At last somebody in the media nails Mayor union-buster. « Fred Klonsky's blog:At last somebody in the media nails Mayor union-buster.by Fred KlonskyThank God for the Chicago Reader’s Ben Joravsky.I...
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My Family’s Experiment in Extreme Schooling
nytimes.com - The phone rang, and my stomach clenched when I heard her voice. “Daddy? I want to go home,” said my 8-year-old daughter, Arden. Two hours earlier, I dropped Arden and her two siblings off at their ...
The Superintendent's Wife | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS
chicagonow.com - By Alexander Russo, today at 6:45 pm Reading Carol Felsenthal's interesting Q and A with JC Brizard in Chicago Magazine today I learned not only that that Brizard's wife, K. Brooke Stafford-Brizard...
Wish I had a nickle for every CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School The Perimeter Primate at CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS - 5 hours ago *“Oprah-Backed Charter School Denying Disabled...
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$5 Million Payment to End Suits Over Death of 13-Year-Old Boy in State Care
nytimes.com - ALBANY — The State of New York has agreed to pay $5 million to settle two civil suits brought by the family of a boy with autism who died in state care, among the larger wrongful-death settlements ...
The State of Georgia Has Killed Troy Anthony Davis - Forbes
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The State of Georgia Has Killed Troy Anthony Davis - Forbes:The State of Georgia Has Killed Troy Anthony DavisAfter a last minute delay of the execution of Troy Davis, the US Supreme Court refused ...
The Killing of Troy Davis | The Nation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Killing of Troy Davis | The Nation:The Killing of Troy DavisThe Editors September 21, 2011 Share1895|||Recommended by 0|Text Size A | A | AEmail|Print|Share|Single Page|Web Letter (0)|Write a ...
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How the State Funds Your School
k12newsnetwork.com - by cynthia on September 21, 2011 CA State School Funding: What’s Ahead for 2011-2012?Bios of the panelists: Jonathan Kaplan, Senior Budget Analyst, California Budget Project Jonathan Kaplan joined ...
SAVE THE DATE! California School Funding 101: How the State... - Eventbrite
caschoolfund101.eventbrite.com - presents SAVE THE DATE! California School Funding 101: How the State Funds Your School -- Saturday, October 15, 2011 -- Fullerton, United States
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How the State Funds Your School
k12newsnetwork.com - by cynthia on September 21, 2011 CA State School Funding: What’s Ahead for 2011-2012?Bios of the panelists: Jonathan Kaplan, Senior Budget Analyst, California Budget Project Jonathan Kaplan joined ...
SAVE THE DATE! California School Funding 101: How the State... - Eventbrite
caschoolfund101.eventbrite.com - presents SAVE THE DATE! California School Funding 101: How the State Funds Your School -- Saturday, October 15, 2011 -- Fullerton, United States