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Kristen L. Buras, Ph.D. — College of Education — Georgia State University
education.gsu.edu - Visiting Assistant Professor of Urban Educational Policy and ReformDirector of Urban South Grassroots Research Collective for Public Education Room: 418 COE Phone: (404) 413-8286 Email: kburas@gsu....
Working Together to Create World-Class Schools
whitehouse.gov - Posted by Arne Duncan on September 06, 2011 at 06:00 AM EDT Now that our nation’s children are back in school, I will be travelling through six states with this important message: our nation’s long...
School ‘Reform’: A Failing Grade by Diane Ravitch
nybooks.com - Drawing by Edward LearIn Brill’s telling, anyone who opposes DFER’s definition of school reform is a defender of the status quo or a tool of the unions. He disparages the eminent scholar Linda Darl...
“Senator Maloney. Leave our pensions alone.” « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - The Honorable Edward Maloney Dear Senator, Thank you for the news letter. While reading it and your survey questions my blood pressure went up about five points . Last February heart failure caused...
The Pearson Graduate - The Texas Observer
texasobserver.org - It’s not hard to imagine Pearson’s vision of utopia.Pearson is a London-based mega-corporation that owns everything from the Financial Times to Penguin Books, and also dominates the business of edu...
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Senate Bill 7. What Jonah Edelman bought and what it means for teachers. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Now that Jonah Edelman, with his $3 million and his Stand for Children, got what he paid for when the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 7, what can we Illinois teachers expect? New IEA President ...
Troubled Schools Try Mimicking the Charters
nytimes.com - HOUSTON — Classrooms are festooned with college pennants. Hallway placards proclaim: “No Excuses!” Students win prizes for attendance. They start classes earlier and end later than their neighbors;...
Race, Charter Schools, and Conscious Capitalism:
hepg.org - Symposium: Unraveling the Double Bind: Women of Color in STEM Editors of the Harvard Educational Review The Double Bind: The Next Generation Lindsey E. Malcom and Shirley M. Malcom Inside the Doubl...
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Administrative Law Judge finds New York nonprofit unlawfully discharged employees following Facebook posts
nlrb.gov - September 06, 2011Contact:Office of Public Affairs 202-273-1991publicinfo@nlrb.govwww.nlrb.govIn the first ruling of its kind, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge has found th...
Be Heroic on 9/11: Honor Those Lost with Service to Those in Need
mariashriver.com - Be Heroic on 9/11: Honor Those Lost with Service to Those in Need By Jay Winuk Somehow, 10 years have come and gone since my brave younger brother was murdered by terrorists on September 11, 2001. ...
Working-age adults make up record share of US poor
northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — Working-age America is the new face of poverty. Counting adults 18-64 who were laid off in the recent recession as well as single twenty-somethings still looking for jobs, the new wor...
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Wall Street Insider – Financial News, Headlines, Commentary and Analysis – Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Banks
dealbreaker.com - Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal outed trader David Slaine as one of the cooperating sources in the Galleon case (although when reached at home and confronted about his role in the ring, S...
Wausau, Madison, Milwaukee and More |
bluecheddar.net - (There might be a few more errors in this post than normal tonight and you and I will just have to accept the fact. I have to leave for the 150th Solidarity Sing Along tonight. Which is sort of a ...
Technology Immersion | Connected Principals
connectedprincipals.com - This is a cross post from my blog. As one of the technology leaders at my school, I have had to immerse myself in technology. This post describes some of the tools that I use on a day to day basis...
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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...
"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...
Half of Wealthy Americans Agree with Buffett, Would Pay Higher Taxes - National
theatlanticwire.com - Business guru and famous super-rich person Warren Buffett made waves last month with an op-ed in The New York Times, "Stop Coddling the Super-Rich," calling for higher taxes for him and other obsce...
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The billionaire boys (and girls) club
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Charles (left) and David Koch.Gavin Arensen at Mother Jones gives us a list of the biggest wing-nut billionaires who play with the Koch Bros. in their Vail, Colorado retreat. It includes:The DeVose...
Apoya a tu hijo en el aprendizaje de inglés
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Los niños que leen mucho desarrollan facilidades para los idiomas. La lectura en cualquier idioma ayuda. Pueden leer juntos en español a veces y en inglés a veces. - Thinkstock LLC/Picture Quest VI...
Finn-esse | Edwize
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Finn-esse | Edwize:Finn-esseby Ron IsaacChester Finn has more listings on his C.V. than there are plankton sucked into the megamouth of a feeding whale shark. Although he is an education policy adv...
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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 ...
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Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value
nytimes.com - CHANDLER, Ariz. — Amy Furman, a seventh-grade English teacher here, roams among 31 students sitting at their desks or in clumps on the floor. They’re studying Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” — but n...
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