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Joy in Education

commondreams.org - The failure of the market place view of education should be evident to everyone. In a little publicized announcement the College Board said that SAT scores fell across the nation. The average writi...

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State-supported online schools failing students, data show | online, students, schools

gazette.com - Colorado taxpayers will spend $100 million this year on online schools that are largely failing their elementary and high school students, state education records and interviews with school officia...

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On a road to nowehere

pasisahlberg.com - The popularity of international student assessments, especially the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), allows us to compare national education systems in ways that were not poss...

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Dictionary of Education Reform - Rewarding Great Teachers

dictionaryofreform.wikispaces.com- Reform frequently presents us with the false choice between "rewarding great teachers" and "protecting bad teachers". At first, like all reform propaganda, “rewarding great teaching” seems like a p...

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Teachers join Wall Street occupation

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - On Sunday, a group of New York public school teachers sat in the plaza, including Denise Martinez of Brooklyn. Most students at her school live at or below the poverty level, and her classes are ja...

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An ed reform book not really about education - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - For those who don’t remember the Bobby Ewing letdown in the Dallas television series, let me summarize: Back in the 1980s, the actor who played Bobby left the show and his character was killed, pre...

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Things That Didn't Happen, Part 2

schooltechconnect.com - Yes, I am in an endless loop about this study, but I think it's important to point out that here in Chicago, many of the rosy phenomena that Secretary Duncan has long talked about in Chicago did no...

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WEEKEND QUOTABLES

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - U.S. Marine"2nd time I've fought for my country. 1st time I've known my enemy." - At Wall Street protestsAlabama Supt."In the case of this law, our students do not have anything to fear," Casey War...

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Troy Davis Mourned As A Martyr In Georgia : NPR

npr.org - Stephen Morton/AP Pallbearers carry the casket of Troy Davis followed by family and supporters after his funeral in Savannah, Ga., Saturday. Davis died by injection for the 1989 slaying of off-duty...

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Marine(s) Headed to Wall Street to Protect Protesters

dailykos.com - I'll let this message speak for itself. Posted on Facebook earlier today: The Marines are coming to Wall St...(to PROTECT the protestors) "I'm heading up there tonight in my dress blues. So far, 1...

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Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Over Arrests at 2008 GOP Convention in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan

democracynow.org - MEDIA ADVISORY Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Police and U.S. Secret Service Crackdown on Journalists at 2008 Republican National Convention ...

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Teachers Union Courts Aldermen - Chicago News Cooperative

chicagonewscoop.org - The Chicago Teachers Union’s closed-door “policy briefings” for aldermen Monday were as much about public relations as they were about school policy, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s unofficial City Council fl...

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All Major Initiatives for 2011 Come Crashing Down

news.firedoglake.com - I guess I’ve been remiss in writing about the American Jobs Act, but then I haven’t written anything about Libyan admission into the United Nations, either, which is a policy I’m sure somebody some...

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Condoleezza Rice | Democracy | PolicyMic

mediaite.com - Today, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took part in an online debate on the topic of “Connecting the Dots: 9/11, U.S. Policy, and the Arab Spring” following a syndicated piece she wrote ...

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Expert on digital-age learning modes to kick off UC Davis lecture series - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News

sacbee.com - A UC Davis lecture series intended to spark conversations about some of the most pressing issues of our time will begin its third year Oct. 25.The UC Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speakers ...

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In the Battle Against STDS, Officials Turn to Technology and Games

baycitizen.org - As public health budgets are slashed, and money for sex education and outreach evaporates, California public health officials are slowly introducing new technologies including texting and computer-...

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Break A Barrier - Healthy Education Helps Kids - PR Newswire

sacbee.com - DETROIT, Oct. 3, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center is pleased to announce that the G-Team, Groupon's philanthropic arm (www.groupon.com/g-team), is hosting a lo...

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Snag for Perry: Offensive Name at Texas Camp

nytimes.com - The campaign of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas found itself on the defensive on Sunday over a report that he had hunted at and taken guests to a West Texas camp with a racially charged name that his fath...

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As Goes Pottermania, So Goes Childhood

oberlinreview.org - Sept. 9, 2011 We cried during the Harry Potter series. A lot. And we don’t mean just the books, but the movies, too. We sobbed over Cedric Diggory. We wept when Sirius went through the veil. We blu...

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Watch “American Teacher: A Documentary” | Edwize

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Watch “American Teacher: A Documentary” | Edwize:Watch “American Teacher: A Documentary”by W.J. LevayPlaying at AMC Empire 25234 West 42nd St. in ManhattanOctober 1–6: 10:40 a.m., 1 p.m., 7:15 p.m....

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The List of Reasons Wall Street Executives are the Culprits of the Great Recession of 2008. And Why Our Billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is SO WRONG.

asilvany121.tumblr.com - The List of Reasons Wall Street Executives are the Culprits of the Great Recession of 2008. And Why Our Billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is SO WRONG. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg lies without...

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Make Banks Pay: Actions organized in tandem with Occupy Wall Street

dailycensored.com - Jamie Diamond, CEO of BofA received $20 million in bonuses last year. Now the criminal enterprise that poses as a ‘bank’ is set to charge five dollars per month for the use of debit cards at all ...

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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet:Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreetby The Perimeter PrimateThese are recent Tweets from Bernie Sanders @ http://tw...

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