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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Toplate nitePostsFlorida DOE Gets Caught in Their Own “Choice” Spin | Scathing Purple MusingsBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-2 hours agoFlorida DOE Gets Caught in Their Own “Choice” Spin | Scathing Purple Musings:Florida DOE Gets Caught in Their Own “Choice” Spinby Bob SikesWhile in the process of promoting its virtual school program, the Florida Department of Education’s blog, Florida Common Ground, had it’s own rhetoric thrown back in their face. After commenter LZ ... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: No Child Left Behind? How About "No Constituent Left Behind"?

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Missouri Education Watchdog: No Child Left Behind? How About "No Constituent Left Behind"?:No Child Left Behind? How About "No Constituent Left Behind"?by stlgretchenThis a clever take on the politicians' rantings and ravings on assessing teachers based on student scores. You would think poor scores would automatically mean poor teachers. That's what all the politicians tell us, right? They don't advance the conversation to consider individual cases, such as a teacher having a group of learning challenged students, or students whose ... more »

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Princess Sydney Morris Writes An Email To Los Angeles Teachers

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Princess Sydney Morris Writes An Email To Los Angeles Teachers:Princess Sydney Morris Writes An Email To Los Angeles Teachersby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)As reported this past Wednesday, October 5,Educators4Excellence is planning to invade Los Angeles. This Tuesday, October 11, the invasion begins. Yes, you read this right, 5 30 PM PDT at the Paul Williams Cafe at the RFK Education Center, the brainwashing, the subterfuge, the lies begin. For you Los Angeles teachers who are not aware of ... more »

Pepper-Sprayed for Peace | Dissident Voice

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Pepper-Sprayed for Peace | Dissident Voice:Pepper-Sprayed for Peaceby David SwansonI’ve been coughing and vomiting, and my head aches from pepper spray. I’ll post videos and photos of why atthis link.We intended to hold signs and sing inside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, protesting its promotion of unmanned drones, missiles, and bombs, including its sponsorship by and promotion of weapons corporations. We don’t have any museums promoting health coverage or education or retirement security.We had marched from the Freedom Plaza ... more »

Governor Brown signs Dream Act | Thoughts on Public Education

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Governor Brown signs Dream Act | Thoughts on Public Education:Governor Brown signs Dream ActShareLaw lets some undocumented students apply for state aidPosted on 10/08/11 • Categorized as Community Colleges, Jerry Brown, UC and CSU,Undocumented studentsBy Kathryn BaronGovernor Brown fulfilled a campaign pledge today to extend financial aid to deserving undocumented college students by signing the California Dream Act into law.AB 131, by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), allows students – whether U.S. citizens from other states or undocumented students – ... more »

Three Things I Used to Think About School Reform - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

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Three Things I Used to Think About School Reform - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Three Things I Used to Think About School Reformby Nancy FlanaganA couple of years ago, Deborah Meier, whose thinking frequently encourages me to slow down and go deeper,was musing about changing one's mind. Her reflections were inspired by a meme frequently used in workshops by Richard Elmore, who asks participants to write down what they used to think--and how those beliefs had ...more »

Dumbest completely fabricated (but still serious?) graph ever! (so far) « School Finance 101

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Dumbest completely fabricated (but still serious?) graph ever! (so far) « School Finance 101:Dumbest completely fabricated (but still serious?) graph ever! (so far)by schoolfinance101Okay. You all know that I like to call out dumb graphs. And I’ve addressed a few on this blog previously.Here are a few from the past: http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/dumbest-real-reformy-graphs/Now, each of the graphs in this previous post and numerous others I’ve addressed, like this one (From RiShawn Biddle) had something over the graph I’m going to address in ... more »