Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters today
- Next update in about 9 hours
- See all articles
MoveOn.org Civic Action: Save Social Security
civic.moveon.org - Save Social SecurityA report in The New York Times suggests that the "Super Committee" in Congress—which has the power to fast-track it's recommendations to reduce the deficit—is close to backing m...
NYC School Bus Driver Strike Likely, Warn Bloomberg And Walcott
huffingtonpost.com - Mayor Bloomberg called for an emergency press conference on Friday to address a possible immediate strike by the city's school bus drivers over a disagreement concerning provisions in a bus contrac...
An Explosion in Lobbying Around For-Profit K-12 Programs
thenation.com - My Nation colleague Lee Fang has published a really fascinating investigative piece about the explosion in lobbying around K-12 for-profit virtual education, particularly targeting charter schools....
Charter schools: public in form but private in essence
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - "With these charter schools, people are trying to say, ‘I want a custom-tailored education for my children, and I want you, as my neighbor, to pay for it.’ ” -- Matthew Stewart, resident of up...
More Milwaukee County News
jsonline.com - Less than a week after being elected governor, Scott Walker and his wife met privately with one of the most powerful philanthropic forces behind America's conservative movement. It wasn't the Koch ...
Live Twitter stream on
@coopmike48/big-edu-ape-news-11
coopmike48 Big Education Ape: Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Morning Posts #ows #edreform - goo.gl/l6eO17 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 Big Education Ape: Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi | UCDavis Bicycle Barricade #ucdavis #ows -goo.gl/w4vsL6 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 Big Education Ape: Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank #ows #EDreform #sosmarch #p2#1u - goo.gl/RLXi96 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
EducationSee all
LAUSD won't release teacher names with 'value-added' scores
latimes.com - The Los Angeles Unified School District has declined to release to The Times the names of teachers and their scores indicating their effectiveness in raising student performance. The nation's secon...
How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools
thenation.com - As attendees stood up to leave the hall, the phalanx of lobbyists surrounding the room converged, buttonholing legislators and school officials. On a floor above the main hall, an expo center had b...
Poet-Bashing Police
nytimes.com - Berkeley, Calif. LIFE, I found myself thinking as a line of Alameda County deputy sheriffs in Darth Vader riot gear formed a cordon in front of me on a recent night on the campus of the...
SocietySee all
Ought We Crown Bloomberg King?
nyceducator.com - by special guest blogger Nicholas Azcona The suggestion merits consideration. "A military style raid on peaceful protesters camped out in the shadow of Wall Street, ordered by a cold ruthless billi...
What's the real story behind the threatened bus strike: are the bus drivers the enemy or part of the 99%?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The real facts behind the threatened school bus strike are difficult to untangle. As the NY Times explained today, the mayor's position is a reversal of his previous one:The specter of a strike is...
From Gingrich, an Unconventional View of Education
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - November 19, 2011, 1:37 pm By TRIP GABRIELNewt Gingrich has some unconventional ideas about education reform. He wants every state to open a work-study college where students work 20 hours a week d...
PoliticsSee all
Vilifying Rival, Wall St. Rallies for Senate Ally
nytimes.com - The warning has ricocheted around the financial world in recent weeks, in conversations at Midtown restaurants and Washington fund-raisers, carrying urgent appeals for money from financial executiv...
Lobbying firm's memo spells out plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street
openchannel.msnbc.msn.com - By Jonathan Larsen and Ken Olshansky, MSNBC TVA well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians ...
US War Criminals murdered US soldiers: all US police have arrest authority
dailycensored.com - source: Carl HermanAny police officer has arrest authority for the crime of murder. Because US political and corporate media “leadership” lied US soldiers into obvious criminal wars, they must stan...
StoriesSee all
Interview with the guy did the “bat-man” on the Verizon building for OWS. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Xeni Jardin interviews Mark Read who did the bat-man projects on the Verizon building.XJ: How did you go about finding someone nearby who would allow you stage this from inside their home? MR: Oppo...
Over 105,000 Signatures Gathered in 4 Days! + Photos from today's Madison Recall Rally |
bluecheddar.net - Wow did it feel good to rally today. I got together with some facebook and twitter pals over at Barriques on West Washington. It’s always a pleasure to hear that “Oh!” when online friends meet each...
Personalized Assesment Part 2
ideasandthoughts.org - It might help to read Part 1. I've been teaching a course at the University of Regina for over 5 years. I've taught it for roughly 12 sections over that time. I really don't enjoy the assessment pr...
LeisureSee all
Massive Drum Circle for Bloomberg
yeslab.org - Massive 24-hour DRUM CIRCLE and JAM SESSION party starting tomorrow, Sunday at 2pm, outside Mayor Bloomberg's personal townhouse: 17 East 79th Street.Tie-dye, didgeridoo, hackeysack welcome! No shi...
#ows Oakland Commune Assembles to Retake a Space « occupy california
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Oakland Commune Assembles to Retake a Space « occupy california:Oakland Commune Assembles to Retake a Spaceby *OAKLAND, California – The Oakland Commune’s general assembly called this past week for...
Saturday coffee + Old school . « Fred Klonsky #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyThis morning Anne and I headed over to Peets for coffee and a bagel. My Thanksgiving week off has begun.The week before Thanksgiving m...
SportsSee all
Walt Hazzard, Former Star and Coach for U.C.L.A., Dies at 69
nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walt Hazzard, the former U.C.L.A. and N.B.A. star who played on the Bruins’ first N.C.A.A. championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the...
#owsSee all
Massive Drum Circle for Bloomberg
yeslab.org - Massive 24-hour DRUM CIRCLE and JAM SESSION party starting tomorrow, Sunday at 2pm, outside Mayor Bloomberg's personal townhouse: 17 East 79th Street.Tie-dye, didgeridoo, hackeysack welcome! No shi...
Poet-Bashing Police
nytimes.com - Berkeley, Calif. LIFE, I found myself thinking as a line of Alameda County deputy sheriffs in Darth Vader riot gear formed a cordon in front of me on a recent night on the campus of the...
Modern School: Human Need or Capitalist Greed #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Human Need or Capitalist Greed:Human Need or Capitalist Greedby Michael DunnIt is not only absurd, but dangerous, to believe that jobs are good just because losing a job is undesirab...
#eduRead this paperSee all
Modern School: Human Need or Capitalist Greed #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Human Need or Capitalist Greed:Human Need or Capitalist Greedby Michael DunnIt is not only absurd, but dangerous, to believe that jobs are good just because losing a job is undesirab...
Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion.
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion. Liberty Square to be Occupied with Voices of Immigrant Women and Elders from the Civil Rights Movement | OccupyWallSt.org:Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg'...
#ows Davis Faculty Association » Blog Archive » DFA Board Calls for Katehi’s Resignation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Davis Faculty Association » Blog Archive » DFA Board Calls for Katehi’s Resignation:DFA Board Calls for Katehi’s ResignationThe DFA Board calls for the immediate resignation of Chancellor Katehi. T...
Media1
- leoniehaimson
