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Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & Review

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Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News ReviewShould Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp?Remember how people got bummed about the half million dollars in consultant contracts having to do with a new Kings Arena? What about a half million bucks in Sacramento taxpayer money to company owned by Rupert Murdoch?The Sacramento City Unified School Districtboard in August approved a ... more »

Color Coded High School ID Cards Sort Students by Test Performance - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Color Coded High School ID Cards Sort Students by Test Performance - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Color Coded High School ID Cards Sort Students by Test Performanceby Anthony CodyA high school in La Palma, California, is coming under fire for a system that publicly identifies and treats students differently according to their scores on the state standardized tests. Students who perform at the highest levels in all subjects receive a black or platinum ID card, while those who ... more »

Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time] | The Jose Vilson

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Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time] | The Jose Vilson:Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time]by JoseOccupyEverythingFor World’ Teachers’ Day, all the big edu-wigs broke out in song about saluting great teachers, trying to stretch their arms out their offices far enough to find a teacher they’d consider effective and Kumbaya them to death. The billows of hollow praise doesn’t whittle away the troubling issues with education.On that day, teachers all across this nation were given the ... more »

Underage employee at iPhone sweatshop fired for 10-second pause honoring Steve Jobs

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Underage employee at iPhone sweatshop fired for 10-second pause honoring Steve Jobs:Underage employee at iPhone sweatshop fired for 10-second pause honoring Steve Jobsby SHANE FINNERAN on OCTOBER 6, 2011 · 0 COMMENTSin "ARE YOU KIDDING?", CULTURE, ECONOMY, LABOR, MEDIAXiang Jo, a 14-year-old laborer on an iPhone assembly line in Suzhou, China, just wanted to pay homage to someone whose vision transformed the world.Jo had no idea the homage would cost him his job.Steve Jobs, 1955-2011The trouble started Thursday morning, when ... more »

Modern School: Zero-Tolerance Policies Increasing Suspension and Drop-Out Rates

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Modern School: Zero-Tolerance Policies Increasing Suspension and Drop-Out Rates:Zero-Tolerance Policies Increasing Suspension and Drop-Out Ratesby Michael DunnThe National Education Policy Center has found that suspension rates across the country are increasing due to “zero tolerance” policies, particularly among poor and minority students. The researchers say this is increasing the dropout rate. According to the Los Angeles Times, much of this increase is due nonviolent offenses like dress code and cellphone violations. Nationally, nearly one-third of all black male middle school ... more »