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Burning Down the House - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
edge.ascd.org - A week ago I posted the following graphic and comment: Me: “You know what's sad? This entire altruistic movement has no end goal...the world has spoken and it's still...
How Can Teachers Create A Supportive Environment For Each Other? - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo
blogs.edweek.org - S.H. asks: Our school culture has a growing sense of [unhealthy] competitiveness. I believe a lot of this stems from the fact that our administration does not recognize (or maybe they do and simply...
U.Va.’s Curry and Darden Schools Launch New Dual Degree Program Aimed at Improving Education » Press Releases » Curry School of Education
curry.virginia.edu - November 17, 2011—Three out of 10 American students will not graduate from high school this year. After a decade of standards-based reforms and tests, National Assessment of Educational Progress sc...
Like Penn State, South Carolina's Citadel faces child sex scandal
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Like Penn State, an alleged child sex-abuse drama is unfolding at the Citadel, a military college in Charleston, S.C. Louis "Skip" ReVille, a counselor at a Citadel summer camp, reportedly showed p...
Teaching Is No Longer Fun - Walt Gardner's Reality Check
blogs.edweek.org - When Albert Shanker was president of the American Federation of Teachers, he penned "Where We Stand," a column labeled Advertisement because the AFT paid for the space. In "Our 'Easy' Schools," whi...
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teacherken in C"ville @ Miller Ctr of UVA 4 a seminar on Making Civil Rights Matter - put on by Ctr for Liberal Arts for tchrs - will be very intrsting6 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
teacherken last night had dinner in Richmond w/cohort classmates of Sorensen Inst Polit Ldrs Progr. Sorensen also of Miller Ctr of UVa4 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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Need Children Read ‘Proficiently’ by Grade Three?
languagemagazine.com - Stephen Krashen presents some possible misinterpretations of the ‘Double Jeopardy’ studyA study by Donald Hernandez, titled “Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence Hi...
MPR’s Unfortunate Sidestepping around Money Questions in the Charter CMO Report « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Let me start by pointing out that Mathematica Policy Research, in my view, is an exceptional research organization. They have good people. They do good work and have done much to inform public poli...
Defining and Identifying Hard-To-Staff Schools: The Role of School Demographics and Conditions
rand.org - Published in: Educational Administration Quarterly, v. 47, no. 4, Oct. 2011, p. 582-619PURPOSE: This study makes a distinction between a school having high attrition and one having difficulties in ...
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Mathématiques Noir + - × ÷ >
mathematiquesnoir.com - blackacrylic:Sister Souljah on Larry King Live Part 1, Part 2 (1992) Rap artist, activist and author Sister Souljah addressing the controversy that arose after remarks she made following the 1992 L...
Lord High Executioner Cerf
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Sir Christopher of Cerf will now allow you an audience:Still, the tension between state and local control in New Jersey is nothing new, and both the legal critics and some local school leaders yest...
"Love Your Enemies" = "Don't Shoot Them, Either."
sojo.net - The House of Representatives just passed a law that would allow gun-owners to carry their guns through other states based on the Constitutional right to bear arms (as opposed to the right to bear l...
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Eva C. Haldane - these are just my thoughts
evahaldane.com - I have this friend at school, let’s call her B. B is easily one of the smartest kids in my PhD program and is super nice. And she was a total bookworm, putting school over relationships. Last year ...
The Best Sites For Learning About Animals
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - After taking our grandkids to the zoo yesterday, I thought it might be useful to pull together some of the best resources out there to learn about animals.This “The Best…” list is geared more towar...
Kids are Heroes - Kids are making a difference in this world
kidsareheroes.org - Kids are indeed heroes and each one has the power tochange the world.
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Barack Obama and Wen Jiabao meet, minus the print reporters - Jennifer Epstein
politico.com - BALI, Indonesia — President Barack Obama’s last-minute bilateral meeting Saturday with a top Chinese official made for a potentially dramatic moment — one that the traveling print reporters did not...
Will Egypt's Tahrir protests today dislodge military control?
csmonitor.com - It was one of Egypt's biggest demonstrations since Mubarak was toppled, a show of force against military efforts to maintain control. Amr Moussa recently discussed some of the key issues in an inte...
Is Rahm Emanuel angling for Barack Obama's job? | Blogs On Politics
chicagobusiness.com - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday will cap off what has to be one of the better weeks of his life, when he'll climb on a big national stage to talk to the Iowa Democratic Party. Mr. Emanuel is...
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TCRecord: Article
tcrecord.org - Background/Context: There is much current interest in the impact of early childhood education programs on preschoolers and, in particular, on the magnitude of cognitive and affective gains. Purpose...
Permanent Income and the Black-White Test Score Gap
nber.org - NBER Working Paper No. 17610Issued in November 2011NBER Program(s): CH EDAnalysts often examine the black-white test score gap conditional on family income. Typically only a current income meas...
How Many Neutrinos Does It Take to Screw Up Einstein? | Wired Science
wired.com - Results from a second experiment uphold the observation that neutrinos are moving faster than the speed of light. The OPERA collaboration, which first reported the superluminal neutrinos in Septemb...
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The Atlantic
theatlantic.tumblr.com - Drones in the ForceLighter and cheaper than a helicopter and equipped with high tech features, these vehicles are increasingly on the want list of law enforcement officials. Though none of these dr...
Portland school bus driver helps 6 students escape from burning bus
oregonlive.com - Firefighters are crediting a school bus driver for her quick evacuation of six students from her bus this morning.Paul Corah, spokesman for the Portland Fire Bureau, said bus driver Kay Brown had s...
Pregnant woman pepper sprayed at Occupy Seattle
cbsnews.com - (AP) SEATTLE - A downtown march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement turned briefly chaotic as police scattered a crowd of rowdy protesters — including a pregnant 19-year-old an...
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UPDATE: State of Seized Library
peopleslibrary.wordpress.com - by Michael | November 16, 2011 · 11:22 (This post is being updated as news comes in, check back regularly.) We’re getting our first report back from the folks who went to the Sanitation Garage. May...
Once Again, Protesters Occupy the New School
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Andrea VocosThe New School president, David E. Van Zandt, right, conferring with student occupiers Thursday.Much of New York City may be having a hard time getting used to the presence of protester...
modern day heroes: Miran Istina of Occupy San Francisco
browneyedgirl65.com - [Audio: English; Transcript: see below] Miran Istina is an 18 year old woman who has been denied treatment for her leukemia (diagnosed at 14 years of age) because it was deemed “pre-existing”. This...
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How are you doing more with less?
keysurvey.com - In the "New Normal" economy, educators are being asked to reduce costs and increase results. To do both requires rethinking the planning, acquisition, structure, and delivery of education, and acti...
Survey of School Administrators Explores Digital Classrooms, Major Challenges -- THE Journal
thejournal.com - Research | News Survey of School Administrators Explores Digital Classrooms, Major Challenges Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of school administrators who responded to a recent survey said 1:1 compu...
Klout | The Standard for Influence
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