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No Big Changes in DC’s NAEP Scores This Year « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - As I predicted, there was no miracle in DC under Michelle Rhee’s reign. At least not one you can see on the NAEP scores for fourth or eighth grade students in reading and math. There was some sligh...
Why do wealthy suburban schools really score higher on tests?
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - The longer school day propaganda continues Stupid ed journalism doesn't get any stupider than this. The Chicago Sun-Times annual story about wealthy suburban elementary schools outscoring inner cit...
Will San Diego's Public Schools Survive? - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,As I travel the country, I am frequently asked to identify an urban district where public education is working. My first impulse is to say that public schools everywhere have been hemm...
Bloomberg: 'Plain and simple,' Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
capitalnewyork.com - 11:03 am Nov. 1, 2011 Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this morning that if there is anyone to blame for the mortgage crisis that led the collapse of the financial industry, it's not the "big banks," b...
Imagine the profits | The Journal Gazette
journalgazette.net - Elisa Crouch of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an interesting series on the city's Imagine Inc.-operated charter schools, examining academic performance and the questionable real estate arrangemen...
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What the new NAEP test results really tell us - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - Someone should be printing up a T-shirt about now that says: “My nation spent billions on testing and all I got was a 1-point gain.” Here’s what the newly released scores for the 2011 administratio...
Tweeting with the guy from the Illinois Policy Institute. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - The Illinois Policy Institute’s Jonathan Ingram. In an earlier post I made reference to a report form the Illinois Policy Institute on teacher contributions to the Teacher Retirement System. The IP...
A Look at a Finnish School
huffingtonpost.com - Aurora School Principal Martti Hellström in the classroom with his pupilsIf you thought you knew everything about the remarkable transformation of Finland's schools from mediocre to one of the top ...
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More to worry about than pensions
dailyherald.com - Article posted: 11/1/2011 5:00 AM Shouldn’t our state legislators be discussing stagnant or falling wages and a more equitable tax system in Illinois, the state’s crumbling infrastructure, economic...
Allegations of Exam-Tampering Soar
nytimes.com - Complaints of tampering with state Regents exams have ballooned since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of New York City’s schools, newly released data show, placing in stark relief the confl...
At Occupy Wall Street central, a rift is growing between east and west sides of the plaza
nydailynews.com - The Wall Street protesters determined to “Occupy Everything” now find themselves, in a sense, occupied.Six weeks after a handful of activists took up residence in Zuccotti Park — the privately owne...
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The amazing Justin Wedes!
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Justin Wedes has emerged as one of the key spokespeople behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Justin, a 27 year old former NYC teacher, was on WNYC radio a couple of weeks ago, and on the Colbe...
Topless protest against DSK in Paris
euronews.net - A protest with a difference has taken place outside the home of the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn in Paris.A Ukrainian feminist organisation organised a “topless demonstration” to protest...
Neo-Cons Blame Obama for Iraq “Loss” to Iran
tomhayden.com - The neo-conservatives were the vanguard who advocated, lobbied for and won the authorization forcibly replace Saddam Hussein with Shiite Iraqis linked to Iran.* Having installed those forces in pow...
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Brooklyn Eagle, Bay Ridge Eagle Brooklyn, NY :: daily paper in Brooklyn
brooklyneagle.com - They Shout Down Former Manhattan Councilwoman By Mary Frost Brooklyn Daily Eagle COBBLE HILL — Waving signs and shouting out questions, parents from local schools interrupted an information sessi...
OWS has transformed public opinion - Occupy Wall Street
salon.com - You took me by surprise. For all I know, you took yourself by surprise, the first of you who arrived at Zuccotti Park and, inspired by a bunch of Egyptian students, didn’t go home again. And when t...
Blog posts on this issue
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release November 01, 2011 Private Residence New Orleans, Louisiana1:33 P.M. CDTMRS. OBAMA: Well, thank you so much. (Applause.) Please, res...
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600 charter schools x 200 graduates/year = 120,000 Turkish sympathizers produced every year
perimeterprimate.blogspot.com - Tim Stellar, a reporter for the Arizona Daily Star, has written extensively about the Sonoran Science Academy school network and its ties to the Gulen movement. In May 2010, he posted a story about...
Latin America Celebrates “DÃa De los Muertos”
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:11 pm, November 1, 2011 Photo Credits: Day of The Dead is Here! Celebrate With us “Dia de los Muertos,” the Latin American holiday that starts on “All Saints Day” (November 1st) and ...
City boxes off fountain at Occupy L.A. -- and artists start painting
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Artists camped at Occupy L.A. -– and there are many -– now have a new canvas: a large wooden plywood barrier built to protect a historic fountain outside City Hall. Shortly after the plywood went u...
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How midyear school cuts could be “triggered”
signonsandiego.com - The San Diego Unified School District faces numerous budget problems, the most immediate being the possibility of having to slash millions in spending early next year.School officials recently expr...
Japan: Damaged reactors at (Fukushima) nuclear plant could take 30 years to retire
democraticunderground.com - Source: CNN InternationalTokyo (CNN) -- The decommissioning of four reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will likely take more than 30 years to complete, according to a re...
Declaration of Solidarity with Neighborhood Reclamations « occupy california #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Declaration of Solidarity with Neighborhood Reclamations « occupy california:Declaration of Solidarity with Neighborhood ReclamationsBy *from OccupyOakland:Occupy Oakland, in solidarity with the Oc...
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Oakland braces for Occupy movement's call for general strike
latimesblogs.latimes.com - All eyes will be on Oakland Wednesday as the Occupy movement calls for a citywide general strike in the wake of last week's heavy police response to protesters speaking out against the razing of th...
Cops Say Quan's 'Confusing' Decisions Put Them at Risk
baycitizen.org - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oakland Mayor Jean Quan pauses during a press conference on October 26, 2011 in Oakland Oakland cops are worried about a showdown with Occupy Oakland protesters on Wedn...
Iraq Invades Oakland
tomhayden.com - The predicted police violence rapidly is coming true. First, on October 18, US Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas, back from two tours in Iraq, intervened to reproach the NYPD for wanton attacks on peaceful...
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In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Date – SchoolBook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Date – SchoolBook:In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Dateby Claire LambrechtTo say that the new Afterword in the paperback edition of “The Death and...
This Week In Education: Thompson: The Importance Of In-School Suspension
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Thompson: The Importance Of In-School Suspension:Thompson: The Importance Of In-School Suspensionby john thompsonThe Catalyst's Sarah Karp, in her ongoing account of the tur...
Are teachers paid too much? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Are teachers paid too much? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Are teachers paid too much?by Valerie StraussI never thought I’d do this, but I’m going to call Michelle Rhee, superstar school ...