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Wisconsin Public Radio - Kathleen Dunn
wpr.org - Kathleen Dunn can be heard on WPR's Ideas Network stations Monday through Thursday mornings from 9-11am, leading balanced discussions about the issues of the day and the issues of our time. To join...
NYC DOE: Careers in NYC Schools
hostedjobs.openhire.com - Note: This grant funded assignment is for one (1) year with the possibility of renewal for up to three (3) years. Position Summary: The New York City school system is the largest in the country, c...
Tony Bennett's heart is in San Francisco | The Journal Gazette
journalgazette.net - Education conferences might seem like unlikely targets of protest, but not if they include the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Jeb Bush. The Occupy Wall Street movement and teacher unions joined forces...
Virtual charter school plan prompts review of laws
northjersey.com - A proposal for a virtual charter school based in Teaneck that would end its first year with $4.7 million of taxpayer money left in the bank has sparked concern and calls Friday for deeper scrutiny....
A Buffalo Story: How School Turnaround Mandates Undermine Effective Community Organizing
teacherstalkback.blogspot.com - A Buffalo Story: How Mindless Application of Federal and State School Turnaround Mandates Undermine Effective Community Organizing Dr Mark NaisonFordham University During mid October, I had the...
Testing "Experts"
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Leonie Haimson points us to this report on the New York Regents Exam:The state is finally cracking down on the practice of teachers grading their own students’ standardized tests. The state Board o...
In mayoral chatter, a name surfaces from the education world
gothamschools.org - Tisch speaking at a GothamSchools panel earlier in August. Talk is swirling that an unexpected contender from the education world is being drafted to run for mayor of New York City: Merryl Tisch, c...
Gates: We know more about teaching than educators do
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Bill & Melinda Gates tell schools to operate like a business. They claim that they know more about how to teach than do teachers themselves. It may surprise you—it was certainly surprising to us—bu...
The Kick-off of "Parents as Partners Week": Who is David Coleman and why should we care?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - DOE officials are working hard, trying to persuade us that they now have a different attitude towards parents. Next week is called “Parents as Partners” week, starting off with a meeting on Tuesda...
What Does 'The Man' Have to Do With L.A.'s Educational Woes?: LAist
laist.com - Since Tuesday, Santee teacher Jose Lara has been sitting--no standing--at the corner of 4th and Beaudry at LAUSD Headquarters. Occupy Wall Street has beget Occupy L.A. has beget Occupy LAUSD. The m...
Jeb Bush's Cyber Attack on Public Schools
motherjones.com - In June 2010, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to give the commencement speech for the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, the state's largest virtual charter school. ECOT, wh...
Occupy the Classroom
nytimes.com - Occupy Wall Street is shining a useful spotlight on one of America’s central challenges, the inequality that leaves the richest 1 percent of Americans with a greater net worth than the entire botto...
New NYC private school from Edison Schools founder Chris Whittle aims for global reach
greenfieldreporter.com - Photo Gallery:Click to view (4 Photos)NEW YORK — A new $40,000-a-year private school opening in New York next year is promising to educate global citizens by immersing them in a second language fro...
Senate Panel Approves Bill That Rewrites Education Law
nytimes.com - Legislation rewriting the No Child Left Behind education law finally gained traction this week, and the Senate Democrat whose committee passed the bill said on Friday that progress became possible ...
Larry Strauss: My Class Size Matters
huffingtonpost.com - My very first day as a full-time teacher, I arrived at what was then a chaotic and dysfunctional high school to discover that my first period class had 34 students, my second period had seven, and ...
Bill and Melinda Gates on Teacher Evaluation
online.wsj.com - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation English teacher Angela Haskell, above, in Tampa, Fla., has agreed to have her classroom performance evaluated. Most teachers say they would do the same. America's sc...
Chinese delegation's visit to Riverside school stirs confusion
latimes.com - A Chinese delegation of government officials and journalists was bused to the vacant Hillcrest High School in Riverside recently for a tour of the newly constructed $105-million campus. The event w...
Los Angeles Unified School District & United Teachers Los Angeles Prepare To Negotiate
huffingtonpost.com - Even though contract negotiations between the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) haven't even been scheduled yet, Superintendent John Deasy...
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 Hide10.0 State refuses to release PSSA probe reports | Philadelphia ...
Following State Law and School Board Policy
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - From the Seattle Times of 21 October 2011: School Board President Steve Sundquist said he plans to talk with interim Superintendent Susan Enfield about enforcement of the pledge policy."The School ...
Students can attend Obama speech in Denver at Tivoli
denverpost.com - For the second time this month, President Barack Obama will visit Denver this Tuesday and Wednesday pushing his American Jobs Act. The President's only public appearance will be a Wednesday morning...
Can New Jersey’s Virtual Charter School Profit Gambit Bring be Duplicated in Florida? | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Can New Jersey’s Virtual Charter School Profit Gambit Bring be Duplicated in Florida? | Scathing Purple Musings:Can New Jersey’s Virtual Charter School Profit Gambit Bring be Duplicated in Florida?...
An Urban Teacher's Education: Responding to the PARCC and Common Core (Modified)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - An Urban Teacher's Education: Responding to the PARCC and Common Core (Modified):Responding to the PARCC and Common Core (Modified)by James BoutinLast spring, when I was teaching at a small school ...
Se viene el #Edcamp Santiago! Entrada Gratuita! Cupos Limitados! Pida su Ticket Ahora!
edcampsantiago.wordpress.com - Sábado, 14 de enero de 2012 se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile el Edcamp Santiago. Para los que no saben que es un Edcamp, les copio lo que dice en el sitio. “El EdCamp es una red ...
Lack of teaching jobs and calls for education reform leave teachers wondering about their careers
chicagotribune.com - Four years ago, Peter Robertson thought he was leaving the uncertainty of a freelance writing career for the stability of teaching. He'd always wanted his own classroom, and the 52-year-old was pre...
#Edcamp Santiago | Edcamp Santiago: Teachers sharing knowledge with teachers! #OWS #EDreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Edcamp Santiago | Edcamp Santiago: Teachers sharing knowledge with teachers!:Edcamp SantiagoEdcamp Santiago: Teachers sharing knowledge with teachers!Skip to contentHome#Edcamp Santiago: Sponsors B...
Pete Seeger & Friends: This Little Light of Mine #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Pete Seeger singing "This Little Light of Mine" at the 2009 Newport Folk Festival, accompanied by most of the day's other performers: Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Billy Bragg, Gillian Welch & David Rawlin...
Schools gear for fight over TN voucher bill | The Tennessean
tennessean.com - The state’s major school districts are building up opposition to a new proposal to create school vouchers, pitting themselves against Tennessee’s independent and religious schools and the proposal’...
More College Applicants, More Students Waitlisted - Education
good.is - As college admissions grow more competitive, students are applying to more colleges than ever and are more likely to end up on waitlists, according to the latest report from the National Associat...
Women making slow, sure strides in science, math
boston.com - For many of the women, the chemistry lab was a home away from home -- a sorority for nerds, of sorts, that hints at the slow but steady shift in technical fields that have been traditionally filled...
The Dialogue Heats Up over Teach For America - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Dialogue Heats Up over Teach For America - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:The Dialogue Heats Up over Teach For Americaby Anthony CodyA few days ago I posted this: Civil Rights Grou...
voiceofsandiego.org: Education
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - voiceofsandiego.org: Education:Morning Report: The Risk of the School Board PrezComments | 7:28 am San Diego Unified school board President Richard Barrera says the decisions he's faced have boiled...
On Occupy Wall Street goals, tactics, operations
my.firedoglake.com - This is an extended response to wbgonne’s comment on the Occupy Wall Street liveblog. It is just some observations prompted by the comment. There are some good insights in this comment. Let me tel...
Occupy Wall Street #OWS protest is growing Yummy Math | We provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today …
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Yummy Math | We provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today …:Occupy Wall Street protest is growingThe Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has grown since it began on S...
Drinks Are on the House (and Senate)
dissidentvoice.org - “Got any idea how to make a frozen daiquiri?” Saturday. 6 a.m. A question no one else would have asked at that hour. I knew it had to be Marshbaum, my faux-friend foil. “Too early to be drinking,” ...
More of Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - More of Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts Thoughts on Improving the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) in NJ « School Finance 101 Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - ...
Schools Matter: NCLB 2.0 and the New Feuderalism
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: NCLB 2.0 and the New Feuderalism:NCLB 2.0 and the New Feuderalismby Jim HornEverybody connected to Washington's corporate legislative process badly needs some good PR. With approva...
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nypost.com - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted teachers- union complaints over a new evaluation system that’s not even operational yet -- saying the UFT is just trying to subvert a real measure of teacher quali...
Thoughts on Improving the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) in NJ « School Finance 101
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Thoughts on Improving the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) in NJ « School Finance 101:Thoughts on Improving the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) in NJby schoolfinance101I’ve seen a number of tweets...
Why do we trust superintendents more than teachers? The Case of Houston ISD « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why do we trust superintendents more than teachers? The Case of Houston ISD « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues:Why do we trust superintendents more than teachers? The Case of Houston ISDby Dr. E...
The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle: Dan Brown
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Amazon.com: The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle (9781559708357): Dan Brown: Books: The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle[Ha...
Classroom Walls: We Don't Need No Thought Control - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Classroom Walls: We Don't Need No Thought Control - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Classroom Walls: We Don't Need No Thought Controlby Nancy FlanaganOne of the things I found mo...
Geaux Teacher!: Why NOT School Performance Scores?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Geaux Teacher!: Why NOT School Performance Scores?:Why NOT School Performance Scores?by noreply@blogger.com (Lee Barrios, M.Ed., NBCT)This blog by Gary Rubinstein at "TEACHFORUS" is a great example...
16 steps forward, 2 backward – Editorial Blog
community.statesmanjournal.com - Here is an updated draft of our Sunday editorial: It’s disappointing that the Oregon City School District has quit one of the nation’s leading school-reform efforts. But that decision shouldn’t dis...
Bremerton High graduate numbers on the rise — Parent involvement key
pnwlocalnews.com - Not one specific program or change can be pinpointed as helping more students to graduate high school in Bremerton. But numbers show an increase in graduation rate and there are many factors that h...
Occupy LAUSD: What Does 'The Man' Have to Do With L.A.'s Educational Woes?: LAist #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy LAUSD: What Does 'The Man' Have to Do With L.A.'s Educational Woes?: LAist:Occupy LAUSD: What Does 'The Man' Have to Do With L.A.'s Educational Woes?Occupy LAUSD tents on Day 3 (Photo by @Jo...
'Clarity' sought on charter schools | Richmond Times
timesdispatch.com - The Richmond School Board will ask Virginia to change the law on charter schools so the people who work in the schools aren't required to be employed by the public school district. The proposed cha...
Transporting Finland’s education success to U.S. - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Mark Phillips, professor of secondary education at San Francisco State University and author of a monthly column on education for the Marin Independent Journal.By Mark Phillips ...
Responding to colleagues, three state Board of Education members say it is 'time to embrace more parental choice'
mlive.com - There's a deep divide on the state Board of Education over charter schools, with three members sending letters defending the schools a week after three colleagues cautioned lawmakers about plans to...
Education Report: Science Night in West Oakland and thoughts on teacher "consolidation"
mercurynews.com - This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more at www.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/KatyMurphy.Oct. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Elementa...
