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Our Children Can’t Wait: New Regulations Increase Accountability and Boost Quality in Head Start
whitehouse.gov - Posted by Kathleen Sebelius on November 08, 2011 at 04:04 PM EST President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, talk with students while visiting a classro...
Biggs and Richwine: Public School Teachers Aren't Underpaid
online.wsj.com - A common story line in American education policy is that public school teachers are underpaid—"desperately underpaid," according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a recent speech. As former fir...
Occupy Wall Street Protests Outside Department Of Education
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- On Monday evening, about 200 students, parents, school aides and educators associated with Occupy Wall Street congregated on the steps of the New York City Department of Education in lo...
In Tennessee, Following the Rules for Evaluations Off a Cliff
nytimes.com - MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Last year, when Tennessee was named one of the first two states to win a federal Race to The Top grant, worth $501 million, there was great joy all around. Educati...
Hooray for the Long Island Principals! - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Sometimes it seems we are living in the worst of times for American education, given the daily news of budget cuts, attacks on teachers, and attacks on the very idea of public educatio...
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Shanker Blog » The False Conflict Between Unionism and Professionalism?
shankerblog.org - Some people have the unfortunate idea that unionism is somehow antithetical to or incompatible with being a professional. This notion is particularly salient within education circles, where phrases...
The choice not taken | Editorials
arktimes.com - The Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, which is subsidized by $200,000 annually in city tax dollars, continues its work to tear down the best hope for a vibrant community — its public school...
Are union-bashing charter reformers sobering up?
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - NYT's Joe Nocera ("Teaching With the Enemy") says Steven Brill was shocked when AFT prez Randi Weingarten held a book party for him at her home. To tell you the truth, I was too. But the real story...
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Occupy Movement: Reframing the school reform debate
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Taking it to the DOE The Occupy Movement in NY has refocused the whole school reform narrative and has transformed power relationships. Where only a few months ago Mayor Bloomberg and his hand-pick...
Chris Hedges: Finding Freedom in Handcuffs Chris Hedges' ColumnsTruthdig
truthdig.com - Posted on Nov 7, 2011AP / Bebeto MatthewsPolice arrest Occupy Wall Street protesters as they staged a sit-down at Goldman Sachs headquarters on Thursday in New York. By Chris Hedges (Page 2) Our po...
School Tech Connect: Faxed To Springfield
schooltechconnect.com - Round up your colleagues and drag them to the phones. This is the message I just faxed to my senator: November 8, 2011Dear Senator Steans,I hope you are as alarmed as I am by the report from Buck C...
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Gilded Blinders to the Reality of a Collapse
nytimes.com - Our mayor encompasses multitudes. Michael R. Bloomberg can be subtle and passionate on government’s role in promoting health and building subways and parks. And just as quickly, he can ...
Rahm meets with GOP House Leader Tom Cross on pension killer. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Rahm and Preckwinkle. Peas in a pod. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel admits to meeting with GOP House Leader Tom Cross about pensions. He won’t say what they said. I bet it was more than, “How are the k...
Obama Aide Hands Over Operations
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — President Obama’s chief of staff, William M. Daley, has turned over some of his day-to-day management responsibilities to another senior aide, Pete Rouse, according to several official...
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Sharon Bialek, Herman Cain Accuser, Speaks Alongside Attorney Gloria Allred At Press Conference
huffingtonpost.com - Sharon Bialek, the fourth woman to come out and make sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain, appeared alongside her attorney Gloria Allred at a press conference on Monday.According to Bi...
How Elisabeth Murdoch Is Trying to Finally Get Her Due -- New York Magazine
nymag.com - Matthew Freud and Elisabeth Murdoch at a London benefit dinner last November. (Photo: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images) A few weeks after the Telegraph report, Liz announced she was turning down Rupert...
Viviendo en la sombra de la industria: familia de Maywood se somete a examines médicos
californiawatch.org - Daniel A. Anderson/California WatchAdilene Martín está en la casa familiar en Maywood. Adilene, la mayor de tres hijos, dice que está harta del sarpullido con comezón que le sale en los brazos a ve...
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(ConocoPhilips pipe) Leaking oil spreads stench over Concord
democraticunderground.com - Source: SF ChronicleA crude-oil leak sent heavy-diesel and sulfur fumes over a Concord neighborhood, and authorities say the smell could linger through the day.The leak from a 7-mile-long ConocoPhi...
Obama to expand drilling off Alaska, in Gulf
northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration cautiously offered up more areas in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska's coast to oil and gas drilling Tuesday, but didn't go far enough to satisfy Republicans...
Memo to Congress: No Secret Farm Bill
thenation.com - Providing yet another reason for its 9 percent approval rating, Congress is attempting to write the nation’s next farm bill in secrecy—sneaking it into law as part of the deficit reduction package ...
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PA Cyber Charter PSSA AYP 2007 - 2011 from PDE
keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com - Of 12 PA cyber charters -only 2 made AYP for 2011while 8 were in corrective action status.Note: the 21st Century Cyber Charter School was created and is governed by the Chief School Administrators...
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Keep your job for five years, get $50,000 … Lol, this teacher says heck ya ! « Continuing Change
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Keep your job for five years, get $50,000 … Lol, this teacher says heck ya ! « Continuing Change:Keep your job for five years, get $50,000 … Lol, this teacher says heck ya !by gatorbonbcMy response...
What’s a Connected Educator? - The Educator's PLN
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What’s a Connected Educator? - The Educator's PLN:What’s a Connected Educator?Posted by Thomas Whitby on November 8, 2011 at 2:19pm View Blog The idea of being connected in the Twentieth Century ha...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Let Them Eat Exams! (Tests, Not Toys For Toddlers) Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 hour ago Modern School: Let Them Eat Exams! (Tests, Not Toys For Toddlers):Le...
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Secretary Duncan to Hold Second #AskArne Twitter Town Hall | ED.gov Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Secretary Duncan to Hold Second #AskArne Twitter Town Hall | ED.gov Blog:Secretary Duncan to Hold Second #AskArne Twitter Town HallPosted on November 8, 2011 by Cameron BrenchleySecretary Duncan an...
Secretary Duncan to Hold Second #AskArne Twitter Town Hall
ed.gov - Secretary Duncan announced today that he will hold his second #AskArne Twitter Town Hall on Monday November 14, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Veteran education journalist John Merrow will return to moderat...
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