Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Fail - Feature Story - Local Stories - November 17, 2011

newsreview.com - Full disclosure: Reporter Cosmo Garvin’s wife is a teacher in the Sacramento City Unified School District. School districts all over the country are struggling to turn around “failing schools.” It’...

DianeRavitch

Statement By U.S. Secretary Of Education Arne Duncan On The Supercommittee

ed.gov - "I join the President in his disappointment that the supercommittee has failed to reach a final deal. We must reduce America's debt. But we must do so in a thoughtful and deliberate way that protec...

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Most 2-Year Students Quit - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com - Most City University of New York community college students drop out before graduating, squandering the system's resources as enrollment soars, according to a report set to be released on Monday. T...

DianeRavitch

C. M. Rubin: How Will We Read: In Public Libraries?

huffingtonpost.com - "When asked to support local library funding measures, communities have done so, voting in favor of 87% of operating funding measures last year." -- Molly RaphaelLibraries across the United States ...

DianeRavitch

Shanker Blog » The Uncertain Future Of Charter School Proliferation

shankerblog.org - This is the third in a series of three posts about charter schools. Here are the first and second parts. As discussed in prior posts, high-quality analyses of charter school effects show that there...

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English class at Frederick Douglass Academy in Queens hasn't had a regular teacher in three months

nydailynews.com - Seniors at a struggling Queens high school have gone the first three months of the school year with no English teacher, the Daily News has learned.About 75 students at Frederick Douglass Academy VI...

DianeRavitch

Kevin Carey: A Much-Needed Challenge To Low-Quality Universities

tnr.com - Like global warming, the growth of online higher education is the kind of trend whose steady progress will ultimately change the world. Just take a look at the latest numbers: The annual Sloan Cons...

leoniehaimson

Chicago Teachers Union | Next year, will your neighborhood school still be there?

ctunet.com - 11/16/2011CPS is planning radical changes to many of our schools. Join concerned school staff, parents and community members for a Teach-In on Stopping CPS School Closings Saturday, December 3, 201...

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Ret. police captain: To be arrested in solidarity ‘was the proudest moment of my life’

rawstory.com - By David EdwardsSunday, November 20, 2011 Retired Philadelphia police captain Ray Lewis, who was arrested last week alongside others in the Occupy movement, calls the ordeal “the proudest moment ...

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*** Painting the Wall St "Occupiers" as dirty hippies, etc.

dakotatoday.typepad.com - The rightwing of US press coverage is working hard to diminish the issues raised by the Wall St "occupiers" by attacking the occupiers. The "mainstream" press has generally ignored the protestors ...

mikeklonsky

German Mercedes-Benz Executive Arrested Under Alabama's Immigration Law

thinkprogress.org - Alabama’s economy is suffering because of HB 56, the state’s draconian immigration law, as workers flee out of fear. State Sen. Scott Beason (R), who sponsored the anti-immigrant bill in the Alabam...

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Occupy: Ditch tents, get savvy - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com November 20, 2011 6:48PM Laura Washington Updated: November 20, 2011 6:48PM Michael Bloomberg has handed the Occupy movement a golden opportunity. Last Tue...

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Republican Candidates and Obama Find Common Ground: China

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — China’s swift economic rise, and a presidential election dominated by fears of a declining American economy, have produced a rare convergence: Republican contenders talking tough about...

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Boring Cruel Romantics

nytimes.com - There’s a word I keep hearing lately: “technocrat.” Sometimes it’s used as a term of scorn — the creators of the euro, we’re told, were technocrats who failed to take human and cultural factors int...

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NYC Educator: On Punctuality

nyceducator.com - For the first ten years I taught, I attended a lot of meetings. There were, of course, the new teacher meetings, required to maintain my city license. In these meetings I learned that the presenter...

leoniehaimson

Jerry Sandusky Victim Bullied Out of High School for Snitching

angryblacklady.com - By ABL on November 21st, 2011 Just when you thought people couldn’t be any worse… (via Angry Little Girls) This is madness: Victim One, the first known alleged victim of abuse by former Penn State ...

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Anthony Krinsky Fractures Reality

southbronxschool.com - A new name is out there amongst the deformers, Harvard grad Anthony Krinsky. I had Anthony on my radio show (which will return after the 1st of the year) back on August 23. He was a gracious guest ...

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Art & EntertainmentSee all

UC Davis pepper-spraying cop finds his way into artistic masterpieces

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Lt. John Pike, the policeman at UC Davis who was shown Friday pepper spraying peaceful protesters, has become an unlikely rallying figure for the Occupy movement. Outrage at his actions has galvani...

leoniehaimson

Blog posts on this issue

whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 21, 2011 East Room7:16 P.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, good evening, e...

coopmike48

UC Davis officer an Internet 'meme' after pepper-spray incident

latimesblogs.latimes.com - It is hard to know how the gentlemen and gentlewomen of the late 19th century would have responded to being blasted in the face with pepper spray. But in a Photoshopped image of Georges Seurat’s fa...

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CrimeSee all

Ex-Beverly Hills school official convicted

latimesblogs.latimes.com - A former Beverly Hills School District official was convicted Monday of conflict-of-interest charges for taking more than $1.3 million through a contract she steered to herself, authorities said.Ka...

coopmike48

Teen in gay-student slaying case agrees to 21-year prison term

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The Ventura teen who shot a gay classmate he believed was flirting with him has agreed to spend the next 21 years in prison, a plea deal that ends a case that drew national attention and ignited de...

coopmike48

UC Davis officer in pepper-spraying was honored for past feats

latimesblogs.latimes.com - A UC Davis police officer who reportedly pepper-sprayed student protesters Friday is a former U.S. Marine who has been honored for his campus police work. Lt. John Pike, identified by the UC Davis ...

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*** Painting the Wall St "Occupiers" as dirty hippies, etc.

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Occupy: Ditch tents, get savvy - Chicago Sun

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New York media organizations demand meeting with Kelly, Browne about Zuccotti Park 'abuses' of the press

capitalnewyork.com - In a letter co-signed by executives from a variety of media outlets and press advocacy groups, New York Times Company vice president and assistant general counsel, George Freeman, has requested an ...

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