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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...
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...
William V. Healey: Heal for America
online.wsj.com - Considering the success of Wendy Kopp's Teach for America program?which this year will train and place more than 7,300 highly motivated teachers in our nation's neediest schools?perhaps we're ready...
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....
Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America's Wildest School Board Race
thenation.com - School board elections are supposed to be quintessential America contests. Moms and Main Street small business owners and retired teachers campaign by knocking on doors, writing letters to the edit...
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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...
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...
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...
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Study finds education gap for illegal Mexican migrants' children
latimes.com - The majority of children of illegal immigrants from Mexico in the Southland fail to graduate from high school, completing an average of two fewer years of schooling than their peers with legal immi...
The Ugliness Started With Bork
nytimes.com - On Oct. 23, 1987 — 24 years ago on Sunday — Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court was voted down by the Senate. All but two Democrats voted “nay.” The rejection of a Supreme Cou...
DocuDrama: Pepper-Spray Officer Involved in Nine Lawsuits, Including $30,000 Settlement - The Local East Village Blog
eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com - Last week, The Guardian reported that Anthony Bologna, the senior police officer who was videotaped using pepper spray on the eyes of protesters, was previously named in a lawsuit alleging police b...
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Duncan drives, shoots and scores
dyn.politico.com - Arne Duncan grabbed headlines from the moment he arrived in Washington as President Barack Obama’s basketball-playing friend in the Cabinet. Nearly three years later, Washington insiders are paying...
The Iraq War Ain’t Over, No Matter What Obama Says | Danger Room
wired.com - President Obama announced on Friday that all 41,000 U.S. troops currently in Iraq will return home by December 31. “That is how America’s military efforts in Iraq will end,” he said. Don’t believe ...
Soldiers May Be Leaving Iraq, But Contractors Will Remain
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Ryan J. Reilly October 21, 2011, 3:33 PM American troops may be leaving Iraq before the end of the year, but U.S. contractors aren’t going anywhere soon.ABC News reports that the State Department “...
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How many teachers does it take to screw a lightbulb?
doyle-scienceteach.blogspot.com - NJ World Class Standard: 8.2 Technology Education, Engineering, and DesignAll students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and ...
How Did Vincent Van Gogh Die? « CAFFEINATED POLITICS
dekerivers.wordpress.com - Spending last Sunday with friends in Lone Rock meant that 60 Minutes was taped. With everything happening this week it was not until this evening that I watched the show and saw one of the best se...
What’s The Best English Verb Tense Chart You’ve Seen?
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Oct 22 2011 Larry FerlazzoI’d like to create a “The Best… list of verb tense charts for English Language Learners, plus determine which is the best one for using with my Beginning ELL class. I’ve b...
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All U.S. troops to leave Iraq; war by the numbers - BlogPost
washingtonpost.com - In a televised address Friday, President Obama announced that the U.S. would withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq by year-end.Gen. David Petraeus, former commander of Multi National Forces in Iraq, s...
Police Break Up "Occupy Sydney" Protest in Morning Raid
democraticunderground.com - Source: ReutersPolice break up "Occupy Sydney" protest in morning raidSYDNEY | Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:49pm EDTSYDNEY (Reuters) - Police broke up a Sydney protest camp inspired by the Occupy Wall Street...
Mar Vista: WALGROVE AVENUE ELEMENTARY NEIGHBORS OPPOSE CHARTER LAND LEASE PROPOSAL, FEEL IGNORED BY LAUSD Mar Vista: WALGROVE AVENUE ELEMENTARY NEIGHBORS OPPOSE CHARTER LAND LEASE PROPOSAL, FEEL IGNORED BY LAUSD
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Mar Vista: WALGROVE AVENUE ELEMENTARY NEIGHBORS OPPOSE CHARTER LAND LEASE PROPOSAL, FEEL IGNORED BY LAUSD:Mar Vista: WALGROVE AVENUE ELEMENTARY NEIGHBOR...
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High lead levels hurt learning for DPS kids | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - High lead levels hurt learning for DPS kids | freep.com | Detroit Free PressHigh lead levels hurt learning for DPS kidsMore than half of students tested have poisoning historyBY TINA LAM AND KRISTI...
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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...
Big Education Ape: 10-22-11 PM Page Two #OCCUPYTHECLASSROOM #ows
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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...
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