Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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Chicago schools begin Tuesday under ‘Rahm Emanuel Generation’ - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - By Rosalind Rossi Education Reporter/rrossi@suntimes.com September 5, 2011 1:28AM Mayor Rahm Emanuel, front, holds a press conference about preparations for the first day of school at Soldier Field...

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Seeking details of the $100 million deal

blog.nj.com - A year ago this month, Mayor Cory Booker brought in $100 million to benefit education in Newark. Asked to provide the correspondence between Booker and the donor, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, ...

DianeRavitch

A call for better leadership in education Who We Are

empty-playgrounds.blogspot.com - This is the first installment of Empty Playgrounds, a commentary on elementary education in America and what can be done to solve its problems.All of us who care about education and who care about ...

DianeRavitch

Video

nypost.com - If they build a buzz, the kids will come. That's the thinking at a mediocre Brooklyn public school with grandiose aspirations -- it wants to hire a press agent to lure more and better students. Adm...

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Cheating on state tests found at two Los Angeles schools

latimes.com - The state has thrown out the test scores of a top-performing Los Angeles school and of the highest-scoring campus in the nationally known Green Dot charter group after cheating was uncovered involv...

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The Ultimate Education Reform State

louisianaeducator.blogspot.com - Governor Jindal is moving to assert complete control of both the legislature and BESE. A recent article in the Advocate describes Jindal's plans to hand pick all key legislative leadership position...

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Parents Scramble to Apply for Charter School (Louisiana)

charterschoolsusa.com - http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpnewssum/?p=15123 Interest in the region’s first charter school is at fever-pitch, if online applications and attendance at Monday night’s informational meeti...

DianeRavitch

Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Philadelphians of every hue and persuasion have found something to be angry about in the buyout deal for former Superintendent of Schools Arlene Ackerman. For some, it's the roughly $1 million cost...

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PoliticsSee all

Pres. Obama mentions strife in Madison at labor speech in Detroit

weau.com - UPDATE: At a rally in Detroit, President Obama gave a sneak peek at his plan to grow jobs. It appears he will focus on infrastructure as he talked about rebuilding roads and bridges. He also talked...

mikeklonsky

10 Eye-Popping Labor Day Stats

motherjones.com - Labor Day was created more than 100 years ago to celebrate the might, ingenuity, and achievements of American workers. But for many, this year's holiday is a painful reminder of how few good jobs a...

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"If a man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar."

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy at Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company, Eugene, Oregon, May 17, 1960 - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum: For as Abraham Lincoln said of labor:"All that serve...

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SocietySee all

When the Mayor's Management Style Becomes a Study in Arrested Development

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Now 10 years into his mayoralty, Michael R. Bloomberg still tends to view the office of the mayor as akin to a hallway at Bloomberg Inc.Michael Powell on government and politics.Rules apply as the ...

DianeRavitch

Brooklyn Councilman Arrested At West Indian Day Parade To Hold News Conference

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. City Councilman Jumaane Williams was briefly det...

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Mayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem

huffingtonpost.com - I don't understand why people are so exercised about the way Michael Bloomberg canned his deputy mayor.The person in question, Stephen Goldsmith, spent a night in a Washington D.C. pokey after his ...

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Art & EntertainmentSee all

Jimmy Hoffa At Obama Event On GOP: "Let's Take These Son Of Bitches Out"

realclearpolitics.com - Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday. "We got to keep an eye on the battle...

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Jane Fonda Biggest Regret was Never Sleeping with Che Guevara

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 6:57 pm, September 5, 2011 Photo Credits: Jane Fonda Regrets Not Sleeping with Che Guevara Well the actual quote in a new book about the movie star is: “My biggest regret is I never g...

coopmike48

Responsible Cable News Outlets To Devote Sensible Amount Of Airtime To 10th Anniversary Of 9/11

theonion.com - NEW YORK—Promising to cover the event responsibly and with the kind of delicate restraint it deserves, the nation's cable news outlets announced Monday that while they would be devoting some airtim...

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HealthSee all

Labor Day: Why we celebrate - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - If your kids are complaining about going back to school, Labor Day is the perfect time to explain just how much worse things could be for them — and, in fact, were. Once kids were forced into back-...

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Colorado schools extend healthier options to vending machines

denverpost.com - Little by little, food offered in schools is becoming healthier. This year, some Colorado schools are bringing their vending machines up to par with the healthful food they have been offering in th...

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Schools alarmed by corner store drug sales

signonsandiego.com - As schools kick off a new year, many are scrambling to update drug education efforts because of a new brand of synthetic drugs that are turning up in backpacks and lockers throughout San Diego Coun...

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CrimeSee all

City Councilman Is Handcuffed at West Indian Day Parade

nytimes.com - A city councilman from Brooklyn was placed in handcuffs and briefly detained by the police on Monday afternoon during the West Indian Day Parade after an argument with officers over whether he was ...

leoniehaimson

Ohio workers' hourly pay fell more than in any other U.S. state during last decade

newsnet5.com - CLEVELAND - Ohio workers are making less than they were a decade ago, according to Policy Matters Ohio . The median hourly wage made by Ohio workers fell more than in any other state between 2000 a...

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Schools Matter: If the Public Mattered to Arne and the Reform Schoolers, What Might They Learn?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: If the Public Mattered to Arne and the Reform Schoolers, What Might They Learn?:If the Public Mattered to Arne and the Reform Schoolers, What Might They Learn?by Jim HornLast week t...

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schooling in the Ownership Society: Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.:Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.by Mike KlonskyPhiladelphians of every hue and persuasion ...

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NYC Public School Parents: Happy Labor Day? Not for school aides, or our kids

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Happy Labor Day? Not for school aides, or our kids:Happy Labor Day? Not for school aides, or our kidsby Leonie HaimsonHappy Labor Day and welcome back to a new school yea...

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Columbia Business School Only Wants 200-Character Application Essays - Education

good.is - Earlier this summer the University of Iowa's Tippie School of Management made headlines by ditching the traditional essay in favor of allowing would-be students to use Twitter to write a 140-charac...

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