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Why the school progress reports and NYC education reporters deserve a big fat “F”
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Gary Rubinstein, a math teacher at Stuyvesant, totally outclasses the numerous education reporters in this city in his analysis of the recent school grades. He shows via this graph to the right an...
68 Percent Of Millionaires Support Raising Taxes On Millionaires
thinkprogress.org - NEWS FLASH 68 Percent Of Millionaires Support Raising Taxes On Millionaires | According to a new survey by the Spectrem Group, “68% of millionaires (those with investments of $1 million or more) su...
Florida charter schools’ track record at issue in expansion
jacksonville.com - Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson said Tuesday the state application for opening charter schools doesn’t need to address performance. The application doesn’t take into account whether ...
Shanker Blog » The Ratings Game: New York City Edition
shankerblog.org - Gotham Schools reports that the New York City Department of Education rolled out this year’s school report card grades by highlighting the grades’ stability between this year and last. That is, the...
Crisis in the UK education system « theputneydebates
theputneydebates.wordpress.com- In today’s Guardian, columnist Deborah Orr proclaims that there is a literacy crisis in the UK. Her method is not particularly scientific; it is based on the observation that rioters failed to loot...
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The Sky is Falling: Preparing for a 2% Tax Cap - Finding Common Ground
blogs.edweek.org - "The sky is falling. I saw it with my eyes. I heard it with my ears. Some of it fell on my tail." Chicken LittleMany educators have spent the past couple of years dealing with the realities of our ...
Redefining Teachers as True Professionals
leftyparent.com - So why is it that doctors play a key role in running the institutions (hospitals) where they practice their profession and defining what constitutes quality practice, but teachers generally don’t? ...
Cribsheet 26.10.11 | Education | guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk - Nick Gibb… he's been told. Photograph: Getty Images Teachers and lecturers have descended on parliament this morning to lobby MPs about pension changes. What's got seven teaching unions united in a...
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Jean Quan’s Big Mistake Politics and Breaking News | Oakland, Berkeley, Bay Area & California
eastbayexpress.com - Jean Quan won the mayor’s race last year in large part because of her liberal credentials. She and fellow progressive candidate Rebecca Kaplan represented a sharp contrast to the more moderate, law...
Occupy Oakland: Mayor Quan Issues Contrite Statement after Police Crackdown | City Brights: Aimee Allison
blog.sfgate.com - Late last night, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a statement about the police crackdown against Occupied Oakland protesters. In it, she expressed concern for those injured and a commitment to minimi...
Occupy first. Demands come later | Slavoj Žižek | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk - 'The protesters should fall in love with hard and patient work – they are the beginning, not the end' Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images What to do after the occupations of Wall Street an...
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Denver School Board Election Heats Up As National Spotlight And Outside Cash Become Focal Points
huffingtonpost.com - School board elections rarely garner significant attention -- these are not the typical high-profile races that bring in big money, U.S. Senate seats, and shady organizations known as Super PACs.Th...
Rachel Maddow, Frank Rich Talk Occupy Wall Street and Fox News (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com - Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich sat down Wednesday night to discuss Occupy Wall Street and the conservative media's response to the movement.Maddow also discussed Rich's Sunday column in New York Maga...
Harkin-Enzi No Child Left Behind Bill Faces Uncertain Future
huffingtonpost.com - Though getting a sweeping federal education bill out of a Senate committee feels momentous given Congress's heightened partisan atmosphere, Senators Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) and Mike Enzi's (R-Wyo.) m...
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Video: Marine Scott Olsen injured during Occupy Wall Street confrontation in Oakland
mercurynews.com - OAKLAND -- A 24-year old Marine Corps corporal and Iraqi war veteran remained in critical condition at Highland Hospital on Wednesday night with head wounds and brain swelling after being injured i...
Veteran improves after injury in Occupy Oakland clash
latimesblogs.latimes.com - The Iraq war veteran and Occupy Oakland protester who suffered head injuries when he was hit by a projectile during a clash between police and protesters Tuesday night has been upgraded from critic...
Oakland Police and Mayor Face Fresh Protest Over Critical Wounding Veteran
sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Published on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by The Guardian/UKOccupy movement returns to streets demanding answers after teargas canister hit Iraq serviceman Scott Olsen in the headby Andrew GumbelProt...
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Daily Show Occupy Oakland | Jon Stewart | Video
mediaite.com - Video “What the [bleep!] happened in Oakland?” asks Daily Show host Jon Stewart. He called the city’s decision to launch tear gas into the crowd “a little heavy-handed” and attempted to figure who ...
The OccupyUSA Blog for Thursday (Oct. 27), With Frequent Updates
thenation.com - I’ve been live-blogging OWS since October 1. For yesterday’s blog, click on my name at top. All times ET. E-mail: epic1934@aol.com. Twitter @gregmitch. From late Wednesday 9:15 Rightwingers wi...
Michelle Rhee, Superstar | Mr. Teachbad
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Michelle Rhee, Superstar | Mr. Teachbad:Michelle Rhee, Superstarby teachbadWow, Michelle Rhee.I’d like to hitch my wagon to yours. I mean, we both know there is no evidence that you know much about...
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All parenting produces unhappy adults — Joanne Jacobs
joannejacobs.com - Every parenting style produces disturbed, miserable adults, according to a new study reported by The Onion. “Our research suggests that while overprotective parenting ultimately produces adults unp...
International Nestlé-Free Week: 31 October - 6 November 2011 | Protecting breastfeeding
info.babymilkaction.org - International Nestlé-Free Week is a time for people who boycott Nestlé over the way it pushes baby milk to do more to promote the boycott - and for those who don't boycott to give it a go. This pag...
Why we can’t shop our way out of breast cancer. « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - By Mia Davis and Amy Lubitow We’re sure you’ve noticed: October is breast cancer awareness month. You can’t miss the deluge of pink ribbons on every store shelf, on NFL players, jewelry, cosmetics....
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Rachel Maddow, Frank Rich Talk Occupy Wall Street and Fox News (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com - Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich sat down Wednesday night to discuss Occupy Wall Street and the conservative media's response to the movement.Maddow also discussed Rich's Sunday column in New York Maga...
Protesters Affiliated With Occupy Wall Street Disrupt Department Of Education Meeting
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- When New York City schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott stood up to face a full Seward Park High School auditorium on the Lower East Side Tuesday evening, he found himself confronted by th...
Corporate School Reform and 10 Hopeful Signs of Resistance « Rethinking Schools Blog
rethinkingschoolsblog.wordpress.com - On Oct. 1, 650 people attended the 4th annual Northwest Teachers for Social Justice conference in Seattle. Rethinking Schools editor Stan Karp gave a well-received talk on “Challenging Corporate E...
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Occupy Oakland: Mayor Quan Issues Contrite Statement after Police Crackdown | City Brights: Aimee Allison
blog.sfgate.com - Late last night, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a statement about the police crackdown against Occupied Oakland protesters. In it, she expressed concern for those injured and a commitment to minimi...
#ows Takes The Streets In Solidarity With #occupyoakland
occupywallst.org - Last night hundreds marched through the streets of NYC, chanting "New York is Oakland, Oakland is New York." We circled City Hall, ran in the streets, refused to be kettled or have our voices silen...
Tonight: Vigils Across America for Scott Olsen, Marine Veteran Critically Injured by Police Projectile at #OccupyOakland
occupywallst.org - This morning Occupy Oakland and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) put out a call for occupations across America and around the world to hold solidarity vigils for Scott Olsen, a former Marine an...
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