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nypost.com - A low-performing Manhattan high school that was granted up to $6 million in extra funds to undergo a “transformation” has found the secret formula for success: Dumb down the requirements for studen...
DianeRavitchEducation Officials Travel Paid by a Vendor’s Foundation
nytimes.com - Since 2008, the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of one of the nation’s largest educational publishers, has financed free international trips — some have called them junkets — for education co...
DianeRavitchAnti-Federalism in G.O.P. Race Aims at Education
nytimes.com - Representative Michele Bachmann promises to “turn out the lights” at the federal Education Department. Gov. Rick Perry calls it unconstitutional. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, would allo...
DianeRavitchWhat if the NFL Played by Teachers’ Rules? « Albany's Insanity
albanysinsanity.wnymedia.net - Imagine a league where players who make it through three seasons could never be cut from the roster. Well that’s how school teachers contracts are written. This is an incredibly different look at i...
DianeRavitchOakland Schools Expanding Free-Meal Programs
nytimes.com - On a recent Saturday morning, some 60 teachers and nurses from the Oakland Unified School District gathered at Tilden Education Complex for a daylong seminar on nutrition education. Mar...
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Why merit pay for teachers sounds good — but isn’t - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Esther Quintero,a research associate at the Albert Shanker Institute who focuses on higher education, women in STEM, and early childhood. A version of this appeared on the insti...
mikeklonskyWhich New Yorkers have the best interests of working people and children at heart?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - See below video made by Darren Marelli of GEM, who interviewed NYC parents and teachers joining the Wall St. protesters on Wednesday.As the NY Times points out, children are most hurt by the nation...
leoniehaimsonK-12 Education Funding: Most States At Levels Lower Than Pre-Recession, Cut Spending This Year
huffingtonpost.com - Most states have cut state funding for schools this year, and a majority of states are funding K-12 education at levels lower than before the recession, after adjusting for inflation.A survey publi...
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Teachers Union march | Occupy Chicago
occupychi.org - Yesterday a representative from the Chicago Teachers Union visited the Occupy Chicago protestors to announce that up to 1000 members will march with them on Monday, October 10th at 4pm.The march wi...
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Anti-Federalism in G.O.P. Race Aims at Education
nytimes.com - (Page 2 of 2) For his part, Mr. Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, which has long had the nation’s top public schools, at first resisted the education law, but he came to embrace it. More recent...
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Jute Mill Strife in India Preys Harshly on Wives
womensenews.org - The wives and a sister of jute mill workers who are demanding employee benefits have paid the price as the men were imprisoned and became fugitives. Though the men have returned, pressures remain a...
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Dumbest completely fabricated (but still serious?) graph ever! (so far) « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Okay. You all know that I like to call out dumb graphs. And I’ve addressed a few on this blog previously. Here are a few from the past: http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/dumbest-real...
leoniehaimsonChris Crutcher: Bullying
huffingtonpost.com - A new school year is up and running and the educational community is again forced to address the issue of bullying. Thirty years ago when I started my career as a child abuse and neglect therapist,...
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I Am My Hair, Too | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I Am My Hair, Too | The Jose Vilson:I Am My Hair, Tooby JoseNivea's Ad, Re-Colonize YourselfTo look as fresh as some of us brothers do takes a certain amount of patience, skill, and discernment tha...
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Cain: Wall St. protesters playing victim card
cbsnews.com - GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain on CBS' "Face the Nation," October 9, 2011. (CBS) (CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Sunday accused anti-Wall Street protesters of pla...
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G.O.P. Anti-Federalism Aims at Education
nytimes.com - Representative Michele Bachmann promises to “turn out the lights” at the federal Education Department. Gov. Rick Perry calls it unconstitutional. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, would allo...
mikeklonskyG.O.P. Anti-Federalism Aims at Education
nytimes.com - Representative Michele Bachmann promises to “turn out the lights” at the federal Education Department. Gov. Rick Perry calls it unconstitutional. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, would allo...
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The SEC sacks Fran Tarkenton for his alleged financial - 10.11.99
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - Since retiring from the NFL in 1978, Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton has portrayed himself as an "entrepreneurial dynamo," to borrow a phrase from the jacket of his 1997 book, What Losing Taught Me Ab...
DianeRavitchLegendary pianist Roger Williams dies after battle with cancer
democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNBy Greg Botelho, CNNupdated 9:12 PM EST, Sat October 8, 2011Award-winning pianist Roger Williams, who played before nine U.S. presidents and recorded dozens of albums over his long caree...
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Telemundo Launches Two YouTube Channels
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:28 am, October 9, 2011 Telemundo announced that it will launch two YouTube channels dedicated exclusively to Telemundo and mun2 content. The two YouTube channels, designed to promote...
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More Bleak Job Numbers
nytimes.com - It would take a lot of optimism to put a positive spin on the jobs report for September, released on Friday by the Labor Department. Employers added 103,000 jobs last month, allaying fe...
leoniehaimsonItalian union: Don't send Fiat jobs to North America
democraticunderground.com - Source: Detroit Free PressItalian union: Don't send Fiat jobs to North America8:50 PM, Oct. 9, 2011 BY BRENT SNAVELY AND GREG GARDNERDETROIT FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITERSThe UAW and Chrysler are push...
coopmike48Facebook PAC raises privacy concerns
dailycensored.com - Over the past few years, Facebook has garnered a lot of publicity, concern, and backlash for its numerous privacy issues. The most current concern is a recent patent filing to track its users offsi...
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Teachers Union march | Occupy Chicago
occupychi.org - Yesterday a representative from the Chicago Teachers Union visited the Occupy Chicago protestors to announce that up to 1000 members will march with them on Monday, October 10th at 4pm.The march wi...
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