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Schools Matter: Duncan, Hastings, and Gates: The Digital Promise-Keepers and a DreamBox for Every Urban Kid

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Duncan, Hastings, and Gates: The Digital Promise-Keepers and a DreamBox for Every Urban Kid:Duncan, Hastings, and Gates: The Digital Promise-Keepers and a DreamBox for Every Urban K...

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The Fallacy of Good Grades

psychologytoday.com - At the beginning of each school year, my daughter always anticipated a new opportunity to achieve "A" grades. But as the semester progressed, her expectations usually faded as test scores diminishe...

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E4E: 3000 Members, 2900 Don't Show - Walcott And Crew Appearance at E4E Event Failed to Bring Out Troops How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other NYC Educator: A Fine Day for a Sellout Is Tenure a Strike Issue?Moskowitz

ednotesonline.blogspot.com - An embarrassed Sydney Morris blamed "transportation issues" for the low turnout.DFER was late getting E4E transport supportSouth Bronx School Extensive Reporting on E4E I've been staying away from ...

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Educators4Excellence Structure And Financials Revealed

southbronxschool.com - We here at SBSB pride ourselves at being at the forefront of information. We leave no stone unturned to find the truth. So it was with great pride when the crack team recieved some inside informati...

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State Says It Analyzed Test Erasures for Cheating; 62 Schools Proved Suspect

nytimes.com - Cheating scandals have been rolling up the East Coast like a hurricane this year, from Atlanta to Washington, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In New York State, however, education official...

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Class sizes sharply rising & 7,000 violations this fall despite Bloomberg campaign promises

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - It’s been a busy week. On Wednesday there was a spirited rally on the steps of Tweed to protest the continued cuts to school budgets, the loss of art, music & afterschool program, and the sharp in...

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U.S. may spare schools from harsh penalties in exchange for reforms

latimes.com - The Obama administration is poised to spare school districts from potentially harsh penalties for low-performing campuses if states agree to broad reforms favored by the federal government, includi...

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The Last Word - Obama rewrites No Child Left Behind

thelastword.msnbc.msn.com - Jason Reed/ReutersPresident Obama discussing the No Child Left Behind education policy at the White House on Friday.Big changes are coming to No Child Left Behind law, an education relic of the Bus...

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Film Examines the Challenging Economics Facing Teachers

nytimes.com - Like many teachers, Jamie Fidler does not end her workday when her students go home, mainly because she cannot afford to, she says. At 3:30 p.m., when the last class ends, Ms. Fidler, a...

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Testimony to the Oregon Legislature by our affiliate, SOS Oregon « Parents Across America

parentsacrossamerica.org - Sep 24, 2011 leoniehaimson Oregon Save our Schools is the newest affiliate of Parents Across America; for more information, please contact Susan Barrett at barrettpdx@gmail.com TESTIMONY TO OREGON’...

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No Award to Caterpillar Inc.!

myemail.constantcontact.com - Earlier this month we convinced the National Building Museum (NBM) in Washington DC to cancel its September 14th public ceremony to award its prestigious Henry C. Turner Prize to Caterpillar Inc. T...

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Defender gets it right on Rahm's longer school day scam

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - An editorial in the Chicago Defender, "Breaking the Teachers Union" blasts the mayor's longer-school-day campaign. Though the district is trying to close a $200 million budget deficit, and has rene...

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State Says It Analyzed Test Erasures for Cheating; 62 Schools Proved Suspect

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Rupert Murdoch's entry into the education business

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - News Corp.'s entrance into the education sector raises broader education policy questions, says University of Arizona education professor Kenneth Goodman. Having a multinational corporation in char...

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Montclair teacher union extends olive branch to district

northjersey.com - The Montclair Education Association (MEA), which found itself at odds during the past few years with the Montclair School District over budget cuts and other economic issues, has extended an olive ...

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Romney: Middle class?

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Multimillionaire Mitt Romney took some heat recently for saying he's middle class. He's worth between $190 million and $250 million -- hardly middle class. Here's exactly what he said: We ought t...

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Grumpy Educators: Explaining the New Math Explaining the New Math

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Grumpy Educators: Explaining the New Math:Explaining the New MathYears ago when I got out of the service unemployment was high, and no one really wanted Vets, the general assumption was we were all...

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Revisiting Joplin | Connected Principals

connectedprincipals.com - Courtesy of AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Arthur Harvey I really can’t explain it, but tornados have been following me around for a lifetime. It began with my father in the middle of the famous Worces...

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Weekend Suggestion Box | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Weekend Suggestion Box | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS:Weekend Suggestion Box1 commentBy Alexander Russo, today at 12:29 pmWhat's on your mind, or should be on ours, besides the things we'r...

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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Christian Parenti, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence

fdlbooksalon.com - Welcome Christian Parenti, and Host Miles Grant (TheGreenMiles.com) [As a courtesy to our guests, please keep comments to the book. Please take other conversations to a previous thread. - bev] Trop...

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The Party Line - September 23, 2011: In Post-Fukushima Reality, What is the Future, and Who is Winning It?

my.firedoglake.com - Beginning a story with a correction for what might seem a technical detail might not provide the most attention-grabbing lede, but it opens the door to a broader, and important, observation. Last w...

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Republicans Threaten To Shut Down The Government Again

addictinginfo.org - Republicans are holding disaster relief funds hostage until they get the Democratic program cuts they want in order to advance their extremist agenda. The only new spending in this bill is emergenc...

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American reality gaps | Dailycensored.com

dailycensored.com - By Saul LandauNow that the 9/11 celebrations of memories, oaths of determination, endless renditions of God Bless America and Nowhere else, and flying of flags have become old news, my wife and I t...

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The National Eating Disorders Association Presents a free : Teen Summit: MAKING REAL THE NEW IDEAL - Body image, self-esteem and the media

4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Free Teen Summit Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa (ticket registration required/click here) 1755 North Highland Avenue ...

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adam warrock on the race wars tour

blog.angryasianman.com - Gotta make sure you know that our friend Eugene Ahn aka Adam WarRock, The Internet's Foremost Comic Book Rapper, is currently in the middle of The Race Wars Tour with MC Chris, MC Lars and Mega Ran...

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