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Don’t Believe the Hype: Obama’s NCLB Waiver More of the Same
dailycensored.com - If you’re a casual observer of the education debate, today might seem monumental: George W. Bush’s controversial No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which created a system of extensive high-stakes testing...
Apollo 20: Good intentions, few results
chron.com - Houston is home to some of the most innovative educational concepts in the U.S. The Houston Independent School District itself has pioneered several initiatives, with many of its schools becoming n...
Obama’s NCLB waivers: Do flaws outweigh benefits? - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Monty Neill, executive director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, a Boston-based non-profit dedicated to ending the misuse of tests. He is writing about...
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Diane Ravitch: Reforming the "Reformers"
huffingtonpost.com - In the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, Diane Ravitch, who has been writing critically and incisively for the last five years about the inadequacies of the "School Reform" movement, wr...
Video Appears to Show Wall Street Protesters Being Pepper-Sprayed
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - September 25, 2011, 1:45 pm By SARAH MASLIN NIRThe above video, posted by USLaw.com, captures a confrontation on Saturday between the police and several protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movem...
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For Bloomberg, Waste Mars Another Digital Project
nytimes.com - Soon after becoming mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg announced a plan to modernize the computer system that handles personnel information for New York City’s vast work force. The $66 million project was...
New Yorkers Say Mayor Has Not Improved Schools
nytimes.com - New Yorkers are broadly dissatisfied with the quality of their public schools, and most say the city’s school system has stagnated or declined since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of it ni...
Bridging Differences - Education Week
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,It would be interesting to know what influenced the change of heart among those civil rights organizations, Diane. I've been exploring in my head—while I do my daily laps in the pond—wha...
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Activists Bring Wall St. Demonstration to Willis Tower: Chicagoist
chicagoist.com - Why should New York have all the fun? In solidarity with the coalition of activist groups staging an ongoing "occupation" of Wall St., a smaller crowd of Chicagoans gathered at Willis Tower this mo...
Romney, Perry Clash Over Race to the Top - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - Thursday night's GOP presidential debate offered the clearest sign yet that the Republican field is united on K-12 policy: Basically, they all want the feds out.The highlight was a heated exchange ...
Coalition organizes to defend public schools
nwitimes.com - INDIANAPOLIS | More than 100 supporters of traditional public schools decided Saturday they won't stand idly by as state funds pay for private school tuition and Indiana classrooms are turned over ...
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Cracks appear in Obama's Chicago base | In Other News
chicagobusiness.com - "There's a lot of people who are pretty depressed; there are some who are aggressively negative about Obama himself," art dealer Paul Gray says.Photo by: Getty ImagesPresident Barack Obama's Chicag...
Obama Congressional Black Caucus Speech: Stop Complainin' And Fight
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON — In a fiery summons to an important voting bloc, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and "put on your marching shoes" to follow him into battle...
Poverty Is Not a ‘Death Sentence’ - Sen. Rand Paul
nationalreview.com - Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described socialist and chairman of a subcommittee on which I am the ranking minority member, called a hearing this week titled, “Is Poverty a Death Sentence.” My answer...
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80 Arrested as Financial District Protest Moves North
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Andrew HinderakerPolice arrested protesters who had marched from Zuccotti Park to Union Square.The police made scores of arrests on Saturday as hundreds of people, many of whom had been encamped in...
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Robert Reich (Why This is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America's Infrastructure)
robertreich.org - Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring inflation and crippling costs of additional federal borrowing. Reme...
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kollaboration new york, september 29
blog.angryasianman.com - The Kollaboration movement will not stop. Next stop: Kollaboration New York, where the best and brightest of up-and-coming Asian American talent are coming together to compete and show their stuff....
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All Education Matters: Occupy Wall Street - Tweet About Student Loan Debt And Medical Debt
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Occupy Wall Street - Tweet About Student Loan Debt And Medical Debt:Occupy Wall Street - Tweet About Student Loan Debt And Medical Debtby Cryn Johannsen@lecreative: RT @matth...
School: It’s way more boring than when you were there « Larry Miller's Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School: It’s way more boring than when you were there « Larry Miller's Blog:6:56 PM (1 hour ago)School: It’s way more boring than when you were thereby millerlfWednesday, Sep 14, 2011New studies sh...
Notes on the Tolman Occupation « occupy california
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Notes on the Tolman Occupation « occupy california:Notes on the Tolman Occupationby *from indybay:As with the inaugural event of the California occupation movement two years ago – when students bar...
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New Yorkers Say Mayor Has Not Improved Schools
nytimes.com - New Yorkers are broadly dissatisfied with the quality of their public schools, and most say the city’s school system has stagnated or declined since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of it ni...
Charter Reforms Coming to the New Jersey Senate #educationnation #TeachersEdNat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Charter Reforms Coming to the New Jersey Senate:CHARTER REFORMS COMING TO THE NJ SENATE! PLEASE TAKE 3 MINUTES TO ENSURE THEIR PASSAGEThanks to your efforts, New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sw...
Join Education Nation and Helen Gym for a dialogue on "American Teacher" | Philadelphia Public School Notebook #EducationNation #TeacherTownHall
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Join Education Nation and Helen Gym for a dialogue on "American Teacher" | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Join Education Nation and Helen Gym for a dialogue on "American Teacher"by Helen GymTh...
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