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nypost.com - An administrator at a Brooklyn high school that saw an unusual surge in Regents test scores last year violated state grading policies by urging teachers to re-score exams that fell just shy of pass...

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Lawrence :: Federal visit could mean money for schools

6lawrence.com - By Theo Hayes on October 21, 2011 LAWRENCE - The U.S. Department of Education's Assistant Secretary of Special Education, Alexa Posney, promoted President Obama's Jobs Act on Friday during a tour o...

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nypost.com - Just one out of every four students who started high school in 2007 went on to graduate in 2011 prepared for college under a first-ever city measure aligned with City University of New York entranc...

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kdvr.com - DENVER -- A year after Colorado saw the most expensive U.S. Senate race in the entire country, an election that's seen more than $600,000 in campaign contributions might seem like a low budget affa...

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NCLB: End It, Don't Mend It - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Have you been following the evolving story of the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind? I have, and it is disheartening. Instead of ditching this disastrous law, senators are trying...

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The Great Equalizer Or Business As Usual

shankerblog.org - Several weeks ago, a survey of college admission directors and enrollment managers conducted by Inside Higher Education sparked considerable media coverage about an issue that is not entirely new: ...

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All Current Investments - The Broad Foundation

broadeducation.org - ACHIEVEMENT FIRSTwww.achievementfirst.org The Broad Foundation supports the New York City expansion of Achievement First, which aims to deliver high-quality education for low-income and minority st...

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Teachers put pressure on North Boone School Board

wrex.com - Poplar Grove (WREX) - The North Boone Education Association pickets outside the North Boone School District's headquarters for what they call a fair contract. They've been working without a contrac...

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Occupy Wall Street Spills Into Classrooms

huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- While on Wall Street many protesters decry economic inequality, and in Washington, D.C. debates continue over federal education policy, teachers across the country are occupying their c...

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College Readiness Is Lacking, City Reports Show

nytimes.com - Only one in four students who enter high school in New York City are ready for college after four years, and less than half enroll, according to the A-through-F high school report cards released on...

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Big money to be made in the teacher evaluation biz

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Education reforms translate into big money for private groups writes Sarah Garland in the Oct. 24th American Prospect. Following the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, states paid millions of dollars a...

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Roundtable explores ‘inflection point’ in education

stanforddaily.com - Over 1,000 attendees gathered Saturday morning in Maples Pavilion for the sixth annual Reunion Homecoming Roundtable at Stanford, titled this year “Education Nation 2.0: Redefining K-12 education i...

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The Teachers’ Union Hypothesis | Truthout

truth-out.org - For the past couple of months, Steve Brill’s new book has served to step up the eternally-beneath-the-surface hypothesis that teachers’ unions are the primary obstacle to improving educational outc...

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Noguera: School reform is community reform

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - BBA's project in Newark In the new issue of Kappan, Pedro Noguera describes the theory and practice behind a Broader, Bolder Approach (BBA) initiative in Newark which links community-based reform w...

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Dems living abroad in France get it right

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - I wonder why the Democrats, living abroad in France, seem to have it much more together than the ones in the White House, Congress and the DOE? Here's the education platform they want the Democrati...

leoniehaimson

Elite Club or Catalyst for Change?

edweek.org - When the Broad Prize for Urban Education was created in 2002, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad said he hoped the awards, in addition to rewarding high-performing school districts, would foster ...

leoniehaimson

Occupy Wall Street Spills Into Classrooms

huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- While on Wall Street many protesters decry economic inequality, and in Washington, D.C. debates continue over federal education policy, teachers across the country are occupying their c...

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A Whole New World! - The Educator's PLN

edupln.com - The Government cuts in public services have hit all Local Authorities (LA's) hard, although it is arguably the smaller Unitary Authorities and the schools within them who have lost the most. Being ...

coopmike48

School District Says No To Teacher Bonus Grant : NPR

npr.org - Enlarge Paul Sancya/AP Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Oregon earlier this month, and he heard from an Oregon City teacher who complained about the rules of a performance-based pay bonus gr...

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Discussion of Common Core to compete with human mic tonight

gothamschools.org - “The people’s mic” could drown out discussion of curriculum standards at tonight’s unusual Panel for Educational Policy meeting. The Department of Education has convened an off-schedule and highly ...

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Ann Cooper goes off on potatoes in school lunch

ednewsparent.org - Well, this is a moot point now since it seems that politicians in potato-producing states have stopped the USDA from setting limits on potatoes in school lunch. It seems that potatoes will still be...

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When Parents Pushback on Grading

ascd.typepad.com - Educators working to reform grading and reporting often find that some of their strongest opposition comes from parents and community members. Most parents remember grades from when they were in sc...

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Occupy movement hits UCLA - latimes.com

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Apparently, the 99% includes university students too. As of Sunday, the fervor from Occupy Los Angeles and similar movements across the nation trickled down to Westwood where a group of about 20 st...

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Why We Can’t Fire Our Way to Urban School Reform | Edwize

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why We Can’t Fire Our Way to Urban School Reform | Edwize:Why We Can’t Fire Our Way to Urban School Reformby Christina CollinsA recent SchoolBook article on the high teacher turnover at one of Eva ...

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Reviewing the SAO Work Product on the MLK, Jr. Building Sale

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - One thing is clear - there were people in the district who just did not want the MLK, Jr. Building to go to an affluent private school. Didn't matter the price - it was a non-starter. The issue w...

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NJ afterschool program out of money, will close

northjersey.com - TRENTON — A program that had kept as many as 15,000 children busy after school has fallen victim to New Jersey budget cuts and the bad economy. NJ After 3 plans to close next week. The private, no...

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Anti-Bullying Music Video:

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Anti-Bullying Music Video::Anti-Bullying Music Video: “To All You Guys,” by Eric Baraoby cynthiaHere’s an original song and music video from a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Eric Barao w...

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TĂş educaciĂłn es nuestro futuro

vidayfamilia.univision.com - Un importante panel de funcionarios y expertos en educaciĂłn participaron en el foro “Tu EducaciĂłn Es Nuestro Futuro” conducido por Jorge Ramos desde el Newseum, en Washington DC, para buscar soluci...

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Las mejores becas para estudiantes latinos

vidayfamilia.univision.com - Las mejores becas para estudiantes latinos Hispanic Scholarship Fund. El HSF ofrece premios a estudiantes matriculando en una secundaria o universidad, y también a estudiantes de universidades comu...

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Long-Term Care Still Adrift | FDL News Desk

news.firedoglake.com - It’s sad that it took the demise of the CLASS Act for the media to take notice that the problem the measure was trying to solve, long-term care, is both serious and growing. But whether or not the ...

coopmike48

Quick Hits (10.25.11)

quickanded.com - High school diploma does not equal college readiness. One-quarter of New York City high school graduates are prepared for college, according to state report cards released Monday. It was the first ...

coopmike48

NEA's Bully Free: It Starts With Me

nea.org - NEA Campaign Against Bullying Educators Standing Up Against Bullying NEA's Bully Free Pledge Taker Vincent Pompei This high school counselor makes his office and his school a safe place for all stu...

coopmike48

Among low-scoring schools, familiar names and dashed hopes

gothamschools.org - Yesterday’s high school progress reports release put 60 schools on existential notice. Fourteen high schools got failing grades, 28 received D’s, and another 14 have scored at a C or lower since at...

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NHD Research Made Easy | GothamSchools

gothamschools.org - NHD Research Made Easy: Online, Accessible, and Free Thursday, October 27th, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Learn how to access primary and secondary sour...

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Cooperative Catalyst

coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Hey Coop-ers, I haven’t posted much to this blog yet but wanted to reintroduce myself. I’m the Communications Director of IDEA, an organization that has much in common with the Coop. Kirsten Olson ...

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Randi Weingarten on Teacher Bashing | TIME Ideas | TIME.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Randi Weingarten on Teacher Bashing | TIME Ideas | TIME.com:Randi Weingarten RespondsThe president of the American Federation of Teachers begs to differ with Rotherham's column, "Let’s Talk Honestl...

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What MSNBC's O'Donnell Gets Wrong About Denver

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - October 25, 2011 | Posted At: 03:05 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Best of the Blogs & Pundits , Foundation Follies , Media Watch , Urban Ed #edcolo @ednews Following up on recent coverag...

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Blue Jersey:: Shared Sacrifice

bluejersey.com - promoted by the_promised_land Hello Blue Jersey community. My name is Maria DeFilippis, President of AFT Local #2375 representing the full and part time faculty at Raritan Valley Community College...

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Winner: 'Redesign the Report Card' Project - Education

good.is - For our most recent challenge, we asked you to redesign the report card so that it's visually appealing, informative, and inspirational, and gives context to student achievement. We received so man...

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Students' financial info revealed on gov't website

boston.com - WASHINGTON—The personal financial details of as many as 5,000 college students were temporarily laid bare for other students to view on the Education Department's direct loan website earlier this m...

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The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral. « Fred Klonsky's blog:The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral.by Fred KlonskyWhen we got back to where we were staying in Brooklyn after going to Occupy Wall Street on ...

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LAUSD cops adopt new truancy policy

dailynews.com - The Los Angeles Unified School District's police force is adopting a more moderate truancy policy in an effort to reduce what was seen as unfair targeting of some students. Community groups had com...

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Extended Day Dollars For Charters?

chicagonow.com - By Alexander Russo, today at 10:09 am Today's news is that the Board is going to consider extending the extended learning incentives to charter schools at tomorrow's monthly meeting, that Superinte...

coopmike48

Students' financial info revealed on gov't website

boston.com - WASHINGTON—The personal financial details of as many as 5,000 college students were temporarily laid bare for other students to view on the Education Department's direct loan website earlier this m...

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Blog posts on this issue

whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 25, 2011 Military medics are on the front lines everyday saving lives; they are the battlefield’s first responders. Yet m...

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Wall Street Occupiers Fear Drummers Will Be Their Undoing

democraticunderground.com - Source: Atlantic WireThe most pervasive sound at Zuccotti Park, and one of the neighbors' biggest complaints, is that of a group of drummers pounding the skins, and organizers now fear their inabil...

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Mind Over Media: The End of Newspapers

dissidentvoice.org - (On the set of WTFN’s new public affairs show Mind over Media, host Romana Clay is seated at a kidney-shaped table around which are large mock-ups of various newspapers and web pages. Over her righ...

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October 25, 2011 - PrivatizationWatch.Org

privatizationwatch.org - HeadlinesOH: Feds will give turnpike study money to Ohio if changes are made The U.S. Department of Transportation will give Ohio permission to use federal money to study privatization of the Ohio ...

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Early college needs to be free — Joanne Jacobs

joannejacobs.com - High school students will be guaranteed no-cost access to “early college” classes under the Pathways to College program, which is part of the Harkin-Enzi bill reauthorizing the Elementary and Secon...

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Saving San Diego schools | SignOnSanDiego.com

signonsandiego.com - “Because of the need for reducing the tax burden, class sizes were increased, teachers’ salaries were lowered and drastic economies applied.” – From the San Diego Unified School District’s official...

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Schools flunk science - San Jose Mercury News

mercurynews.com - Click photo to enlarge Arushi Sharma (l), Alexis Velasquez (center) and Tanroop Singh (cq)(r) concentrate on dissecting owl pellets during a fourth-grade science lab at Brookvale Elementary School ...

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4 Tech Tips for Parents to Embrace Digital Education

education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com - Learning the ins and outs of the latest technology is a lot like learning to swim or ride a bike: The younger you are, the more naturally it comes. This is troubling news for parents who already fe...

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Tigard-Tualatin school board OKs online learning pilot

oregonlive.com - TIGARD -- Online learning for the Tigard-Tualatin School District could be a reality as soon as next semester, although the specifics still need to be ironed out.The school board gave the green lig...

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