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Big Education Ape: 11-7-11 AM Occupy Wall St. on the attack on public education EDition #ows

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Does Value-Added Correlate With Principal Evaluations?

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Perhaps the most controversial issue in Ed Reform is whether or not it is fair to tie teacher evaluation to their ‘performance’ as defined by reformers as how their students do on standardized exam...

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The Common Core Will Be The Common Cure

laststand4children.blogspot.com - Back in 1979 when they used to actually make family movies, I remember seeing a wonderful movie called The Great Santini. The movie was about a Marine Lieutenant Colonel who is raising a family. ...

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Occupy Wall St. on the attack on public education; & Santos Crespo asks, where's the money?

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - See this video from Occupy Wall St. about the attack on public education in NYC with testimony from laid-off DC37 school aide Cliftonia Johnson and investigative journalist Chris Hedges. For more ...

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A history of failed reform - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - This was written by Marc Epstein, who was a history teacher at Jamaica High School in Queens, N.Y., for the past 15 years, and a former dean of students. Since the “phasing out” of Jamaica began th...

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My high school’s surprise transformation, and what it says about education reform - Class Struggle

washingtonpost.com - Among the cliques in our national education debate, I am considered part of the no-excuses crowd. We are defined by our fondness for charter schools and the Teach for America organization, our beli...

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State: Obama testing waiver will cost $3.1 billion | state, waiver, teacher - News

ocregister.com - California would need to spend up to $3.1 billion to implement teacher evaluations, adopt new learning standards, purchase new textbooks and other costs before the state can qualify for a waiver fr...

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Mr. Governor, Shut This School District Down!

plunderbund.com - Today’s story is about the 21st largest school district in the state of Ohio and how district leaders are working to attain financial success while being under attack on multiple fronts. I will no...

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How & Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System « Same Subject, Continued

ramsincanon.wordpress.com - Barack Obama is presiding over the beginning of a process that will inexorably result in the privatization of our school system. That doesn’t meant of course that all of our schools will be owned b...

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Of 50,000 Marijuana Arrests In New York City A Year, Most Are Black And Hispanic Men

huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- As the nation's biggest city deals with threats of terrorism and a variety of violent crimes, carrying a little bit of marijuana is still a big deal.There are more arrests for low-level...

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Chicago News, Food, Arts & Events

mobile.chicagoist.com - Chicago Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Evelyn Diaz. Evelyn Diaz, Commissioner of the City's Department of Family and Support Services, had what can be sincerely described as...

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Big Education Ape: 11-6-11 PM Mr. Governor, Shut This School District Down! EDition #ows #edreform

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Illinois teacher pensions. Zero hour. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Public employees occupy the Illinois Capitol last week to defend pensions. The Chicago edition of the New York Times carries a story by the Chicago News Cooperative on this week’s final three days ...

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Oligarchy Is the Problem | Firedoglake

firedoglake.com - John Pierpont Morgan, American Oligarch (photo: Images of American Political History, public domain) We have a society in which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people, and ...

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The New York Times Still Has Not Heard About the Recession

my.firedoglake.com - It is sometimes hard to get news about the economy over in the middle of New York City. Communications ain’t what they used to be. That is what readers of David Leonhardt’s piece telling us that ou...

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14,000 Coloradans move $100M into credit unions

coloradoindependent.com - As the social media-sparked Bank Transfer Day approaches, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that over 650,000 people have joined credit unions in the last four weeks. In Colorado...

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Bank Transfer Day a Resounding Success for Move Your Money Movement

news.firedoglake.com - It’s going to be hard to gauge the actual success of Bank Transfer Day for a while. Not only do we have to wait for record-keeping – and Bank of America, at least, is not giving up the data – but m...

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Americans mutiny against the big banks – 650,000 new accounts and $4.5 Billion show up at credit unions

obrag.org - San Diegans protest outside Bank of America branch on Island Street during Bank Transfer Day, Nov. 5, 2011. Photo by Frank Gormlie.By Credit Union National Association / November 4, 2011WASHINGTON ...

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Charter schools draw students and money from high-ranking suburban districts

blog.cleveland.com - Mention the words "charter school" and people are likely to picture classrooms full of poor kids who have fled failing big-city districts -- much like the story told about the Harlem Children's Zon...

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Diabetes-themed health fair draws crowds in downtown L.A.

latimesblogs.latimes.com - November 6, 2011 | 1:10 pm A few thousand people were expected at a health fair Sunday at La Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles, where attendees were offered diabetes education and free medica...

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Pa. warehouse workers tell paper they endured cold

democraticunderground.com - Source: AP NewsA report says workers at an Amazon.com warehouse in Pennsylvania who were subjected to sweltering conditions last summer also say they endured frigid wintertime conditions a year ago...

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Muhammad Ali: "I'm pulling" for Frazier

cbsnews.com - Muhammad Ali, left, throws a punch at Joe Frazier during their Jan. 28, 1974 bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/File) (CBS/AP) Muhammad Ali is pulling for a former boxing foe who...

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Last Stand for Children First: The Common Core Will Be The Common Cure

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Stand for Children First: The Common Core Will Be The Common Cure:The Common Core Will Be The Common Cureby Last Stand for ChildrenPopoutBack in 1979 when they used to actually make family mov...

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Game \'Carmen Sandiego\' to be a Live Action Film, Jennifer Lopez

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:34 pm, November 6, 2011 Photo Credits: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego to Feature J Lo Kids favorite detective ‘Carmen Sandiego’ is getting ready to become a feature film star,...

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