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Revisiting the legacy of busing, hoping to close old wounds - The Boston Globe

2011-Oct-15
Revisiting the legacy of busing, hoping to close old wounds - The Boston Globe:Conversations on busingBy Adrian WalkerGlobe Columnist / October 15, 2011E-mail|Print|Reprints|Comments (0)Text size – +You think of it as ancient history until you hear the pain and the hurt 35 years later, the buried legacy of busing.Tweet Be the first to Tweet this!ShareThis“We lost the most important part of our education,’’ said Regina Williams, who said she dropped out of school at the height of busing, demoralized over ...
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PUNISHMENTS IN THE ATLANTA TEACHING SCANDAL « Teachers Fight Back

2011-Oct-15
PUNISHMENTS IN THE ATLANTA TEACHING SCANDAL « Teachers Fight Back:PUNISHMENTS IN THE ATLANTA TEACHING SCANDALby alkleenThe first punishments are being handed down in the Atlanta test cheating scandal. Several teachers had their certificates suspended for two years. Many more cases are pending and the suspensions are just the beginning. The teachers might also face permanent dismissal as well as criminal charges.What do you think about the punishments ? The teachers had changed answers on the achievement tests in order to ...
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All Education Matters: Letter of Support from Australia: "Your work is resonating far and wide"

2011-Oct-15
All Education Matters: Letter of Support from Australia: "Your work is resonating far and wide":Letter of Support from Australia: "Your work is resonating far and wide"by Cryn JohannsenLast week, I received a great letter from a gentleman in Australia. While the majority of my readers are from the U.S., I actually am receiving more and more hits outside of the country. I receive a lot of letters of support, but those will be followed by hate mail and attacks. So ...
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Why is Murdoch speaking at an "education summit" in the first place?

2011-Oct-15
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Why is Murdoch speaking at an "education summit" in the first place?:Why is Murdoch speaking at an "education summit" in the first place?by Mike KlonskyTeachers want to knowTeachers in the San Francisco Bay area picketed Thursday outside an education conference that features News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch as a keynote speaker, saying they believe he and other business leaders are out to profit from the so-called "reforms" discussed at the summit.More than 100 demonstrators marched ...


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tens of millions of dollars in state and federal funds have been lost by start-up charter schools #edreform

2011-Oct-14
Chief of state’s charter school division stepping down | EdSource Extra!: Chief of state’s charter school division stepping downAt the last State Board of Education meeting, Richard Zeiger, the Department of Education’s chief deputy superintendent, announced that tens of millions of dollars in state and federal funds have been lost by start-up charter schools that either never opened or closed within a year or two of opening. At that meeting, Hunkapiller told the board that oversight procedures, especially of federal ...
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solidaridad: "Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools! #ows

2011-Oct-14
solidaridad: "Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools!:"Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools!by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"Occupy LAUSD" and Reclaim Our Schools!Open Planning MeetingFriday, October 14, 2011 at 5:00pmUTLA Building3303 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA,90010Room 815Reclaim and Occupy LAUSDBegins Tuesday, 10/18/114:00pm Meet w/Occupy LA in Downtown LA and march to LAUSD HQ4:45pm Rally and Protest at LAUSD HQ333 S. Beaudry Ave. Los Angeles CA, 90017Suggested Signs: "Bail out Schools, Not Banks," "Corporate Greed out of LAUSD," "Stop Starving our Schools" ...
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Big Education Ape: STOP Starving America’s Public Schools | Protest LAUSD CUTS

2011-Oct-13
Big Education Ape: Starving America’s Public Schools | OurFuture.org:Starving America’s Public Schools | OurFuture.org:Starving America’s Public SchoolsHow Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates Are Hurting Our Nation’s StudentsBy Jeff BryantCampaign for America's FutureOctober 13th, 2011Related Topics: Quality Education Read full report »VIDEOSSchool Cuts Hurt Kids. . . Critics of America’s public schools always seem to start from the premise that the pre-kindergarten-through-12th-grade public education system in this country is failing or in crisis.This crisis mentality is in stark contrast to years of survey research ...
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Big Education Ape: 10-13-11 PM Parents Occupy Wall Street: Family sleepover EDition #OWS

2011-Oct-13
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSSTORIESCRIMEWORLD#OWS#USINDIAEDParents for Occupy Wall Street: Family sleepovermetro.us - When the Occupy Wall Street movement began, it was largely comprised of college-aged people. But over the past month the protest has grown, as people of all ages join the marches and demonstrations...leoniehaimsonAaron Krager begins Petitioning Progressive Sites to Stop Promoting Michelle Rheeschoolsmatter.info - After I signed the petition, other petitions popped up ...
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Bay Area teachers protest education reform summit - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

2011-Oct-13
Bay Area teachers protest education reform summit - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:Bay Area teachers protest education reform summitShare The Associated PressPublished: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 - 10:40 amSAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco Bay area teachers are protesting an education conference featuring News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch as the keynote speaker.The National Summit on Education Reform is being held at a San Francisco hotel on Thursday and Friday.The conference is organized by the Foundation ...
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Second #OccupyColleges Day of Action Coming Today « Student Activism #OWS

2011-Oct-13
Second #OccupyColleges Day of Action Coming Today « Student Activism:Second #OccupyColleges Day of Action Coming TodayOctober 13, 2011 in Campus Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Organizing, Politics, Student Power, The Corporate UniversityLast Wedenesday students from dozens of campuses across the country participated in walkouts in support of Occupy Wall Street. After a hurried set of discussions over the weekend, organizers of those events called a second day of action for today.Some 144 colleges in thirty states have announced plans for actions ...
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Starving America’s Public Schools | OurFuture.org

2011-Oct-13
Starving America’s Public Schools | OurFuture.org:Starving America’s Public SchoolsHow Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates Are Hurting Our Nation’s StudentsBy Jeff BryantCampaign for America's FutureOctober 13th, 2011Related Topics: Quality EducationRead full report »VIDEOSSchool Cuts Hurt Kids. . . Critics of America’s public schools always seem to start from the premise that the pre-kindergarten-through-12th-grade public education system in this country is failing or in crisis.This crisis mentality is in stark contrast to years of survey research showing that Americans generally give high marks to their ...
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New report shows state budget cuts devastating public schools Our Nation’s Students

2011-Oct-13
Starving America’s Public Schools | OurFuture.org:New report shows state budget cuts devastating public schoolsNEA President: Our students are suffering in the wake of funding slashes WASHINGTON—New austerity budgets, passed by state legislatures, are having a huge negative effect on direct services to children, youth, and families, according to a new report by Campaign for America’s Future. The report, “Starving America’s Public Schools: How Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates are Hurting our Nation’s Students,” compiles data from local news reports across ...
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Building Trust Between Schools & Parents - Bridging Differences - Education Week

2011-Oct-13
Building Trust Between Schools Parents - Bridging Differences - Education Week:Building Trust Between Schools Parentsby Deborah MeierDear Diane,I've so many different topics I want to write you about! Watching a YouTube video Mike Klonsky sent me about a current demonstration in Chicago brought back a flood of memories from the late 1950s and '60s when my children's schooling began and when I was subbing throughout Chicago's South Side. Speaking of memories, Fred and I spent last weekend in St. Louis ...
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Engaging Parents In School… - The Best Posts & Articles For Learning About Newark’s $100 Million From Facebook

2011-Oct-12
Engaging Parents In School… - The Best Posts Articles For Learning About Newark’s $100 Million From Facebook:The Best Posts Articles For Learning About Newark’s $100 Million From Facebookby Larry FerlazzoLast year, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million contribution to Newark schools, and made a public commitment to parent and community engagement. I’ve written a lot since that time about how that second part hasn’t worked out real well.It’s great that they recognized the importance of speaking to parents. However ...
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One True Act of Patriotism by Shysti #ows

2011-Oct-12
Images and video of the current occupation of wall street. The Occupy Wall Street protests and marches and police brutality accompany this song, written, produced and performed by Shysti Music for this movement. @shystimusic on twitter / shystination@gmail.com
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Pearson and the Texas Public School Profiteers

2011-Oct-12
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Pearson and the Texas Public School Profiteers:Pearson and the Texas Public School Profiteersby Mike KlonskyText books, testing and virtual learningAbby Raporport writes about textbook giant, Pearson, in the Sept. 6 issue of the Texas Observer.Pearson, one of the giants of the for-profit industry that looms over public education, produces just about every product a student, teacher or school administrator in Texas might need. From textbooks to data management, professional development programs to testing systems, Pearson ...
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Why Education Needs an Occupy the Classroom Revolution - Education - GOOD

2011-Oct-12
Why Education Needs an Occupy the Classroom Revolution - Education - GOOD:Why Education Needs an Occupy the Classroom Revolutionby Josรฉ VilsonOver the last few months, the Occupy Wall Street movement has grown from a small collection of hardcore activists to a groundswell of everyday Americans frustrated with the lack of opportunity afforded them in the United States. Of course, the irony of society having 24/7 coverage of our country’s ills is that some members of the media portray those same ...
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Improving Teaching 101: Teacher Action Research - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

2011-Oct-12
Improving Teaching 101: Teacher Action Research - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Improving Teaching 101: Teacher Action Researchby Anthony CodyOver the past two decades living and working in Oakland, I became well acquainted with Dr. Anna Richert. This professor of education at Mills College has built a powerful network of teachers engaged in systematically reflecting on their teaching practice. I have served as a member of the advisory board for the Mills Teacher Scholars for several years. I wrote ...
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Schools Matter: Sanity Returns to Wake County School Board: Koch Candidates Crushed

2011-Oct-11
Schools Matter: Sanity Returns to Wake County School Board: Koch Candidates Crushed:Sanity Returns to Wake County School Board: Koch Candidates Crushedby Jim Horn In a repudiation of the segregationist policies that have caused turmoil in Wake County, NC for the past two years, voters have returned a pro-diversity majority that we can only hope will vote to restore the most successful socioeconomic integration plan in the U. S. Particularly sweet to diversity and public school advocates is the crushing of ...
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2012 California Distinguished School Awards - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

2011-Oct-11
2012 California Distinguished School Awards - Letters (CA Dept of Education):October 11, 2011Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:2012 CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL AWARDSI am pleased to announce the launch of the California School Recognition Program’s (CSRP) 2012 California Distinguished School Awards for elementary schools.This year we look forward to some exciting changes to the California Distinguished School Awards Program that will reflect the priorities set forth in A Blueprint for Great Schools. The program will also continue its ...
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New ESEA Senate bill posted

2011-Oct-11
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » New ESEA Senate bill posted:New ESEA Senate bill postedby adminJust received this link from Monty Neill. More on the new proposal to come.http://help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ROM117523.pdfThe proposal is 860 pages long. You may want to jump in at p. 38, on assessment, on p. 111, where the school performance (i.e. improvement and intervention) section begins, or at the parent involvement piece beginning on page 149.PSAT for 10-11-11: Support the youth movement for quality education!byadminAn ...
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Schools Matter: Resolution: NCTE will oppose common core standards and national tests

2011-Oct-11
Schools Matter: Resolution: NCTE will oppose common core standards and national tests:Resolution: NCTE will oppose common core standards and national testsby skrashenResolution on National Standards and TestsSubmitted to National Council of Teachers of English, Committee on Resolutions, via e-mail, on October 10, 2011.The movement for national standards and tests is based on these claims: (1) Our educational system is broken, as revealed by US students' scores on international tests; (2) We must improve education to improve the economy; (3) The ...
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The Mitchell 20 - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

2011-Oct-11
The Mitchell 20 - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:The Mitchell 20by Nancy FlanaganA year ago, we were waiting for Superman, according to the national media. This year, we've been introduced to the realities of the American Teacher--but policymakers are still counting on base economic incentives to entice, then reward, the teaching force we need.Next year, with any luck, the educational movie du jour--the quintessential story around which our national educational discussion centers--will be The Mitchell 20, ...
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Frightening Children in Alabama - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard

2011-Oct-11
Frightening Children in Alabama - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard:Frightening Children in AlabamaOct 11th, 2011 by Lily.I do not understand deliberate cruelty. I understand it exists. I understand that those who practice it can often justify it as excusable and even noble. But I do not understand it.But cruelty to a child? This is beyond all understanding. It is cruel to deliberately frighten children. In Alabama they have passed an anti-immigrant law infinitely worsethan the shameful one passed in Arizona ...
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What Can We Learn From Finland? - Bridging Differences - Education Week

2011-Oct-11
What Can We Learn From Finland? - Bridging Differences - Education Week:What Can We Learn From Finland?by Diane RavitchDear Deborah,I recently returned from a trip to Europe. In Berlin, I spoke at an international education research conference. Researchers from Europe, Asia, and Latin America were very alarmed by the current "reform" movement in the United States, fearful that the same trends—the same overemphasis of standardized testing, the same push for privatization and markets, and the same pressure to lower standards ...
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Because Mos Def Can Say It Better Than I Can Right Now | The Jose Vilson

2011-Oct-10
Because Mos Def Can Say It Better Than I Can Right Now | The Jose Vilson:Because Mos Def Can Say It Better Than I Can Right Nowby JoseMos DefBecause Mos Def can say it better than I can (all emphases mine) …The fresh, the author and associates are proud to presentM-Def the Black, fantastic rawDynamic, true Ecstatic, ghetto outstandingClassic active every place, I haveThe skill, power, passion, raise your red lantern
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Early Draft Of No Child Left Behind Re-Write Reduces Federal Role In Education

2011-Oct-10
Early Draft Of No Child Left Behind Re-Write Reduces Federal Role In Education:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOYLike567Early Draft Of No Child Left Behind Re-Write Reduces Federal Role In EducationFirst Posted: 10/10/11 08:31 PM ET Updated: 10/10/11 08:41 PM ETAn early draft of a Senate committee's sweeping rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act rolls back major accountability provisions of the law's current form, known as No Child Left Behind.The bill would require states to ...
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Stand for Children, School Board Races and the Washington State PTA | Seattle Education

2011-Oct-10
Stand for Children, School Board Races and the Washington State PTA | Seattle Education:Stand for Children, School Board Races and the Washington State PTAby seattleducation2011Stand for Children, School Board Elections, the Washington State PTA and Chad Magendanz.As I previously posted in Stand for Children Stands for the Rich and Powerful, Stand for Children (SFC) has proudly declared by way of its’ co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jonah Edelman, that he was successful in busting the teachers’ union in Chicago and ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Turning around the 'turn-arounds'

2011-Oct-10
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Turning around the 'turn-arounds':Turning around the 'turn-arounds'L.A.'s Promise turns out to be a big lieOut in L.A., they're "turning-around" Manual Arts High School again. School district officials announced that they will retake control over Manual from L.A.'s Promise, a corporate-style reform group they had appointed to turn the school around. The huge campus (3,500 Latino and African-American students) has been beset by overcrowding and endured a disorderly start to the school year that saw initial shortages ...
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Diane Ravitch to Offer Keynote Address at First-Ever Bronx Education Summit

2011-Oct-10
William Paterson University - News:William Paterson University’s Distinguished Lecturer Series Features Leading Educator Diane Ravitch on October 13One of the nation's leading authorities on American education history and policy, Ravitch will speak about issues related to test-based accountability and school choiceDiane RavitchDiane Ravitch, one of the nation’s leading authorities on American education history and policy, will discuss issues related to test-based accountability and school choice on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 7 p.m. as part of the 32nd season of ...
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Sen. Patty Murray Introduces FOCUS Class Size Legislation | Education News

2011-Oct-10
Sen. Patty Murray Introduces FOCUS Class Size Legislation | Education News:Sen. Patty Murray Introduces FOCUS Class Size LegislationUS Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) has introduced legislation that would limit class sizes and push recruitment for better teachers.U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Facilitating Outstanding Classrooms Using Size Reduction (FOCUS) Act of 2011 [bill summary, PDF], which the Senator says would provide states with the resources they need to reduce class sizes across the early grade levels in order to provide ...
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Soul Survivor

2011-Oct-9
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Education Officials Travel Paid by a Vendor’s Foundation - NYTimes.com

2011-Oct-9
Education Officials Travel Paid by a Vendor’s Foundation - NYTimes.com:Free Trips Raise Issues for Officials in EducationBy MICHAEL WINERIPPublished: October 9, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERLINKEDINCOMMENTSE-MAILPRINTSINGLE PAGEREPRINTSSHARESince 2008, the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of one of the nation’s largest educational publishers, has financed free international trips — some have called them junkets — for education commissioners whose states do business with the company. When the state commissioners are asked about these trips — to Rio de Janeiro; London; Singapore; and Helsinki, Finland — ...
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Engaging Parents In School… - “Parents Are Our Allies”

2011-Oct-9
Engaging Parents In School… - “Parents Are Our Allies”:“Parents Are Our Allies”by Larry Ferlazzo‘Education is about preparing young people to make the world better than it is’ is by Pedro Noguera. Here’s what he wrote about parent engagement:Parents are our alliesBut that means that educators need to see themselves as part of the community as well. The educators have to have a vision for how knowledge can be used to address some of those problems. And that means the educators ...
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Diane Ravitch : U.S. public education: A race to the bottom? – Your Bottom Line - CNN.com Blogs

2011-Oct-9
U.S. public education: A race to the bottom? – Your Bottom Line - CNN.com Blogs:October 8th, 201109:50 AM ETShareComments (Add comment)PermalinkU.S. public education: A race to the bottom?Education Historian Diane Ravitch tells Christine Romans that the U.S. should learn from top-ranked education systems and stop focusing on student testing.
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Occupy All Streets | Dissident Voice #ows #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

2011-Oct-9
Occupy All Streets | Dissident Voice:Occupy All Streetsby James KeyeYou who want to know that the Occupy Wall Street protests are about and what the ‘demands’ are had best reflect on the old saw, “Be careful what you ask for; you just might get it.”; get it? And come on, you know what these people want; they want the banking/financial types (individual and collective royalty) to be made to stop using their power to dominate and control, for their own ...
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Time for Democracy for California Charter Schools

2011-Oct-9
CurrentCalifornia charter school laws force elected School Boards to approve all charter school applications within 60 days.Let the people decide:Every Charter application or Renewal of Existing Charter Shall Require a simple majority of the registered voters in the jurisdictiongranting the charter.ReturnDemocracy toCaliforniaEducation
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solidaridad: Make Banks Pay

2011-Oct-9
solidaridad: Make Banks Pay:Make Banks Payby Robert D. Skeels * rdsatheneMy dear friend Ernest Savage produced these documenting a local struggle to save a homeowner from foreclosure by their capricious bank. Like the man at the end of the first video says, "you can't foreclose on justice."Popout
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