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Bay Area teachers protest education reform summit - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

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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 ... more »

Best In Class Teacher Grants

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Welcome to the Kids In Need Foundation:Kids In Need Foundation and LOFT Launch Best In Class Teacher GrantsTeachers may log on to www.kinf.org beginning October 3 to applyDAYTON, OHIO – October 13, 2011 – The Kids In Need Foundation, a national,non-profit organization dedicated to providing free school supplies toeconomically disadvantaged school children and under-funded teachers,announces its third year partnering with LOFT, to support the Kids In NeedTeacher Grants program. LOFT, known for feminine, versatile, stylish andaffordable fashion, will provide the ... more »

Modern School: The Impending Demise of Unions

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Modern School: The Impending Demise of Unions:The Impending Demise of Unionsby Michael DunnIn honor of the one-year anniversary of Modern School I am reposting some of my favorite articles from the past year. While some of the details in the following article are evolving (e.g., the specific attacks on workers and the ever changing rogue's gallery of pundits and politicians), the basic premise still holds: that unions are facilitating their own demise through ineffectual and collaborationist strategies and tactics.The Impending ... more »

Time to give your input into teacher evaluation in Illinois

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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Time to give your input into teacher evaluation in Illinois:Time to give your input into teacher evaluation in Illinoisby adminSorry – several of these dates have already passed.From the Illinois State Board of Education web siteIllinois is revamping teacher and principal evaluation – your input is needed!Teachers and administrators (and others, I assume…) can weigh in on recommended changes to their evaluation systems at seven upcoming forums. An additional meeting in ... more »

Torlakson Urges Approval of American Jobs Act - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

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Torlakson Urges Approval of American Jobs Act - Letters (CA Dept of Education):October 10, 2011The Honorable Nancy PelosiU.S. House of Representatives235 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Dear Leader Pelosi:In January 2011, during my first week as California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, I declared that a “state of financial emergency” exists in our schools. Severe budget cuts have had a major impact on our students, parents, teachers, school employees, and principals, leading to increases in class sizes and the loss ... more »

Cheap Shots & Careless Inaccuracies---Public Schools Don’t Need This Treatment | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

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Cheap Shots Careless Inaccuracies---Public Schools Don’t Need This Treatment | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:Cheap Shots Careless Inaccuracies---Public Schools Don’t Need This TreatmentBy Cheryl S. Williams on October 13, 2011If the mainstream press reporting on public schools wasn’t important, I wouldn’t be writing this blog post. But, the fact is that the general public gets its information about public education (and private education) from the mainstream press both in print and online, so how our work is ... more »

OR Teachers Voice Concerns to U.S. Education Secretary

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OR Teachers Voice Concerns to U.S. Education Secretary:OR Teachers Voice Concerns to U.S. Education SecretaryPublic News Service - OROctober 2011Budget Policy PrioritiesChildren's IssuesEarly Childhood EducationEducationPoverty IssuesYouth IssuesDownload audioPrint this articleEmail This articleOctober 13, 2011PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon educators Wednesday night shared their concerns with the top man in the federal Department of Education. From "No Child Left Behind" to the proliferation of for-profit online and charter schools and the impact of state and federal budget cuts, the crowd... more »

Second #OccupyColleges Day of Action Coming Today « Student Activism #OWS

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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 ... more »

Nationally, no verdict yet on turnarounds | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Nationally, no verdict yet on turnarounds | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Nationally, no verdict yet on turnaroundsWith federal support, many districts are investing, but there is little evidence yet of success on a large scale.by Dale Mezzacappa and Katrina MorrisonCOMMENTS (0)PRINTEMAILTags:Mastery Charter Schools school climate school improvementfunding Imagine 2014 teacher turnover low-performing schools Renaissance SchoolsObama administration school choice school closingSchool turnaround is about the need to make drastic changes and achieve dramatic improvements in chroni... more »

Parent relates troubled visits to children’s high-achieving schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Parent relates troubled visits to children’s high-achieving schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Parent relates troubled visits to children’s high-achieving schoolsby Valerie StraussThis post was written by a mother with two daughters who attend high-achieving schools in Montgomery County, Md., one of the best public school districts in the country.The mom asked that she not be identified so as not to poison her children’s relationships with their teachers. Even though you won’t know who wrote the post, it ... more »