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I Am the Ninety-Nine Percent, And Actually I’m Pissed « Cooperative Catalyst
coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - So, a few days back, I wrote about privilige and power. It might have come across as complacent or sanctimonious. However, I want to make this really clear: I’m pissed. I’m pissed that we continu...
DianeRavitchWith Goldman's Foray Into Higher Education, A Predatory Pursuit Of Students And Revenues
huffingtonpost.com - With Goldman's Foray Into Higher Education, A Predatory Pursuit Of Students And Revenues Education Management Corp. was already a swiftly growing player in the lucrative world of for-profit higher ...
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Reason #15 to be wary of #TeachForAmerica
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - I wrote about this topic a few months ago, but on Twitter I recently saw this:This got a lot of ‘amens’ and retweets, of course. What I’m about to say needs to be prefaced VERY carefully so as to n...
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White Hat Case Far From Over
stateimpact.npr.org - Ida Lieszkovszky / StateImpact: OhioWhite Hat management is named for the white hat’s its founder, David Brennan, is known for wearing. Despite a decision out this week clarifying the definition of...
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Who will be hit by Emanuel’s 517 layoffs?
suntimes.com - BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com October 15, 2011 12:10AM Mayor Rahm Emanuel presided over the City Council meeting and dealt with reducing the city head tax charged to em...
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Hechinger Report | Kindergarteners at the keyboard
hechingerreport.org - By Jill Barshay Los Angeles — First-grader Lena Barrett clicks through a series of icons and logs onto a laptop under the fluorescent lights of her classroom. Before long, a cartoon version of a ga...
DianeRavitchSATURDAY, OCT 15 -- California School Funding 101: How the...
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K12NNWake up, Chicago Teachers Union | Ben Joravsky on Politics
chicagoreader.com - After my column last week about our union-busting mayor ("Mayor union-buster: Rahm Emanuel fights the Chicago Teachers Union over a longer school day—and it's not about the kids"), I've been gettin...
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Why YouTube Videos Will Never Replace Teachers - Education - GOOD
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why YouTube Videos Will Never Replace Teachers - Education - GOOD:Why YouTube Videos Will Never Replace Teachersby Liz DwyerThe "flipped classroom"—which switches the order of classroom instruction...
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Napoleon, Prussia & the U.S. Education System | Lefty Parent
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Napoleon, Prussia & the U.S. Education System | Lefty Parent:Napoleon, Prussia & the U.S. Education Systemby Cooper ZaleI love the narratives of human history, especially when compelling threads ca...
coopmike48Live from Madison, Wisconsin's March to End the Wars |
bluecheddar.net - Today there will be an anti-war march from Library Mall at the UW Madison campus heading up to the Capitol. I’ll be setting up and *hopefully* will have some live content via this livestream. This ...
coopmike48Grumpy Educators: Pearson fattens in the global elearning sector
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Grumpy Educators: Pearson fattens in the global elearning sector:Pearson fattens in the global elearning sectorby SandraPearson has recently added a few new initiatives taking the lead in all thing...
coopmike48Schools Matter: Accountability's End, or the Beginning of a Real Accounting?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Accountability's End, or the Beginning of a Real Accounting?:Accountability's End, or the Beginning of a Real Accounting?by Jim HornI have often wondered about FLYPAPER as a name fo...
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U.S. : Socialism and the defense of public education | Education |Axisoflogic.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - U.S. : Socialism and the defense of public education | Education |Axisoflogic.com: "The Obama administration is spearheading an unprecedented assault on public education in the United States. While...
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Across river from protests, North Jerseyans mostly apathetic
northjersey.com - BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN AND ANDREA ALEXANDER The global protests Saturday inspired by the “Occupy Wall Street” movement barely made any ripples across the Hudson River in North Jersey. AP PHOTO Occupy W...
coopmike48Assemblymember Marty Block: Assembly Democrats Proud of Governor Brown for Signing California Dream Act
californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendSACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assemblymember Marty Block (D-San Diego) highlights the passage of the California Dream Act, the new law that a...
coopmike48Dog Lobby Has Political Bite in San Francisco
baycitizen.org - Jason Henry for The Bay Citizen Dog walkers and their charges in a leash-free zone of Fort FunstonLast week, Supervisor John Avalos, a San Francisco mayoral candidate, landed one of the city’s more...
coopmike48Education activists seek to collaborate with Occupy Wall Street - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post #OWS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education activists seek to collaborate with Occupy Wall Street - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Education activists seek to collaborate with Occupy Wall Streetby Valerie StraussA group of ...
coopmike48Domes Community Build | Solar Community Housing Association #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Domes Community Build | Solar Community Housing Association:Domes Community Build Come Build Community…All skills and talents welcome!The Domes Need Your HelpNovember 3-6th, 2011For forty years, “T...
coopmike48Democurmudgeon: Madison Preparatory Academy's Bizarre Plan Detached from Reality.
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Democurmudgeon: Madison Preparatory Academy's Bizarre Plan Detached from Reality.:Madison Preparatory Academy's Bizarre Plan Detached from Reality.by DemocurmudgeonWhen I read the list of proposed ...
coopmike48Rick Scott’s KIPP Schools Embarrassment Continues | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Rick Scott’s KIPP Schools Embarrassment Continues | Scathing Purple Musings:Rick Scott’s KIPP Schools Embarrassment Continuesby Bob SikesRick Scott sure made a big deal out of signing SB 736 at the...
coopmike48A Call to Action to Keep Our State Charter Free | Seattle Education
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Call to Action to Keep Our State Charter Free | Seattle Education:A Call to Action to Keep Our State Charter Freeby seattleducation2011Occupy Wall Street has resonated with people around the worl...
coopmike48VA School Insider « PWC Education Reform Blog
pwceducationreform.wordpress.com - We’d like to introduce you to a new feature in the Washington Post, The Virginia Schools Insider. With their new on-line format Kevin and Emma plan to mire themselves in the issues facing public e...
coopmike48I Am the Ninety-Nine Percent, And Actually I’m Pissed « Cooperative Catalyst #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I Am the Ninety-Nine Percent, And Actually I’m Pissed « Cooperative Catalyst:I Am the Ninety-Nine Percent, And Actually I’m Pissedby John T. SpencerSo, a few days back, I wrote about privilige and ...
coopmike48The *New* Nontraditional Superintendent | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS
chicagonow.com - By Alexander Russo, today at 10:40 am Twenty years ago it was a big deal to give mayors control over schools and to bring in lawyers, businessmen, and admirals to run big city school systems. Los A...
coopmike48More from Occupy Wall St: Teaching About Direct Democracy « Outside the Cave #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - More from Occupy Wall St: Teaching About Direct Democracy « Outside the Cave:More from Occupy Wall St: Teaching About Direct Democracyby Stephen LazarOne of the most powerful parts of visiting Occu...
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Live from Madison, Wisconsin's March to End the Wars #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Live from Madison, Wisconsin's March to End the Wars |:Live from Madison, Wisconsin – The March to End the WarsOctober 15, 2011By bluecheddarToday there will be an anti-war march from Library Mall ...
coopmike48How Florida Charter Schools Want to End Local Control | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - How Florida Charter Schools Want to End Local Control | Scathing Purple Musings:How Florida Charter Schools Want to End Local Controlby Bob SikesFrom the ever useful John O’Connor at State Impact F...
coopmike48Parents and Lawmakers Urge Senate to Take Up Charter School Reform
westorange.patch.com - A group of parents and legislators on Thursday urged the Senate to pass several measures that would create more accountability and oversight when it comes to charter schools in New Jersey. Legislat...
coopmike48California Kids Face Days Without Class as Revenue Trails
sfgate.com - (Updates with teacher union comment starting in seventh paragraph.) Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Public schools in California, which already spend less per student than those in 28 states, are bracing fo...
coopmike48Public Education Bills Authored by Marty Block Signed By Governor Brown
mounthelix.patch.com - Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed several pieces of legislation in an effort to improve public education in the state of California. Several of the bills were authored by Assemblyman Marty Block, ...
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Parental involvement, technical training discussed at OBA Education forum
royalgazette.com - Published Oct 15, 2011 at 8:01 am (Updated Oct 15, 2011 at 7:59 am) Toni Spring Parents have got to become more involved with their child's school rather than just showing their faces once or twice...
coopmike48An End to No Child Left Behind Could Spell an End to Outside Tutoring in NJ
southbrunswick.patch.com - With all the talk of New Jersey and other states seeking waivers from the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, one result could be an end to the growing reliance on outside tutoring firms for s...
coopmike48Union leaders and teachers defend L.A. middle school's record
latimesblogs.latimes.com - A national teachers union leader joined faculty at a Los Angeles middle school Friday to criticize a major school-improvement initiative within the L.A. Unified School District. Under the strategy,...
coopmike48State teachers union pitches tent with Occupy activists | Politics Blog
blog.sfgate.com - The California Teachers Association jumped on the Occupy Wall Street bandwagon Thursday, throwing the weight of 325,000 state teachers behind the movement for “tax fairness and against corporate gr...
coopmike48Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t)By Valerie StraussThis wa...
coopmike48Sacramento County Office of Education website offers English instruction - Lodi News
lodinews.com - Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 5:59 am, Wed Oct 12, 2011. The Sacramento County Office of Education has launched a new website for English as a second language learners who...
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Schools Matter: Wake County's General Tata Pushing for Resegregation Plan to Be Apporoved Tuesday
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Wake County's General Tata Pushing for Resegregation Plan to Be Apporoved Tuesday:Wake County's General Tata Pushing for Resegregation Plan to Be Apporoved Tuesdayby Jim HornThe lam...
coopmike48Education Funds Sought to Uncover Cheating
online.wsj.com - New York state education officials, in an attempt to boost confidence in test scores as they become part of teacher evaluations across the state, want to spend $2.1 million to hunt among millions o...
coopmike48Grants, incubator to fuel Indy charter school boom
chicagotribune.com - INDIANAPOLIS— An Indianapolis supporter of charter schools is offering a big carrot to education entrepreneurs looking to start their own schools: $1 million grants. The Mind Trust plans to hand ou...
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Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank #OCCUPYTOGETHER #ows #OCCUPYWALLSTREET #sosmarch #p2 #1u
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank Hide7.9 Revisiting the legacy of busing, hoping to close old wounds - The Bosto...
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OCTOBER 15 — International Day of Solidarity
wepartypatriots.com - Oct 2011 15 Today, tens of thousands of Americans will “Occupy” different cities of the U.S., but today is not just about Wall Street. There has been a push to make today an International Day of So...
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#MobilityShifts – Day 5: Emerging Learning Environments, Peer to Peer Grading and an Interview with Cathy Davidson [guest post]
dangerouslyirrelevant.org - Starbucks on the corner of 29th and Park in NYC has to be the friendliest coffee shop I've ever been in. I'm writing this post in its cosy confines after telling my excited four year-old son that h...
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An unwanted fresh start, midyear - The Education Report
ibabuzz.com - By Katy Murphy Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 8:23 pm in budget, students, teachers.Today, I wrote about the practice of moving teachers from school to school, weeks into the school year, to balance...
coopmike48Global Blogging Project - The Educator's PLN
edupln.com - I created a global blogging project this summer called Globablog. It is an absolutely free project that revolves around middle school students using blogging as a means to connect globally and inc...
coopmike48Absence of Leadership? - The Educator's PLN
edupln.com - It would seem that only leaders chosen by the national media or politicians are leading education reform. The “man on the street” interview also plays a huge roll in what is going in education toda...
coopmike48Alameda named top city for young people
insidebayarea.com - A national nonprofit that advocates for children and young people has named Alameda as one of the best places in the country for young people to live.It marks the second time that the city has been...
coopmike48Half Of Teacher Claims 'Unfounded'
huffingtonpost.co.uk - Nearly half of allegations made against teachers are malicious, unsubstantiated or unfounded, research suggests.Almost a fifth of teachers who faced accusations in 2009/10 were suspended while clai...
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Tiga Talk Speech Therapy- how to use the iPhone/iPad app
edusped.com - “Tiga Talk Speech Therapy Games”, developed with licensed speech and language pathologists, is a fun way for children to develop speech sounds through playful voice-controlled games that can improv...
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Reach for Your Dreams
cmcweb.org - For many high school students, the decision to stay in school and earn their diploma is a tough one. That decision is especially tough for high risk and at-risk students who face other challenges t...
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