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Billionaires Shouldn’t Always Be The Boss
politic365.com - by Marvin King Any serious student of K-12 education performance and reform efforts must read Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Unde...
2011 UNITY NewU Startup Funds
landing.k12newsnetwork.com - BIOCynthia Liu, PhD, is CEO/Founder of the online organizing and education news site K12NewsNetwork.com, a "MoveOn" for supporters of public education.In 2011, she received the BlogHer.com / HTC 20...
Newt Gingrich's "big" idea about poverty is ignorant, callous and dangerous
publicpolicyblogger.com - Refreshing to read Kathleen Parker this morning as she eviscerates the "big" idea of ever-pompous Newt Gingrich to give poor kids the work ethic he believes they lack by firing their school custodi...
Executives Collect $2 Billion Running U.S. For-Profit Colleges
bloomberg.com - Enlarge image Former DeVry Co-CEO Ronald Taylor Ronald Taylor, former co-chief executive officer of Devry Inc. Ronald Taylor, former co-chief executive officer of Devry Inc. Source: DeVry Inc. via ...
IDEA Academy vs East Austin Schools on Achievement and Student Characteristics « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues
fullerlook.wordpress.com - This study uses data from the State of Texas to compare three year averages in student characteristics and performance between the one IDEA Charter elementary school with data available over the th...
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Second KIPP school may come to Austin
austinweeklynews.com - Chicago Public Schools' proposal to turn around or close several chronically failing schools has paved the way for Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) to open a second charter school on the city's We...
Urban Districts Post Gains in NAEP Math
edweek.org - Published Online: December 7, 2011Reading achievement in a set of large urban districts has stayed mostly flat since 2009, based on new national test results, while in mathematics, half the school ...
Most Teachers See the Curriculum Narrowing, Survey Finds - Curriculum Matters
blogs.edweek.org - You've heard it before, and now a new set of survey results drives the point home: Most teachers believe that in the era of high-stakes testing in math and English/language arts, other important su...
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Democratic National Convention Host Charlotte Proposes Law Aimed At Banning Occupy Encampments
huffingtonpost.com - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When the Democratic National Committee picked Charlotte to host its September 2012 convention, city leaders saw it as a boost to the local service economy. Hotels would be filled...
On the corrupting influence of the mayor's party for people who cover the mayor
capitalnewyork.com - Writing in The Nation, Allison Kilkenny argues that "co-opted media" and "so-called journalists" are becoming "servants" to people like Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She pointed to the attendance of rep...
Alabama May Use Inmates To Fill Immigrant Labor Void
latino.foxnews.com - Agriculture officials in Alabama are looking into using prisoners to fill a labor shortage that the agency blames on the state's controversial new law targeting undocumented immigrants. The Alabama...
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With Lobbying Blitz, For-Profit Colleges Diluted New Rules
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Last year, the Obama administration vowed to stop for-profit colleges from luring students with false promises. In an opening volley that shook the $30 billion industry, officials prop...
With Lobbying Blitz, For-Profit Colleges Diluted New Rules
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Last year, the Obama administration vowed to stop for-profit colleges from luring students with false promises. In an opening volley that shook the $30 billion industry, officials prop...
Conservative pundits turn down Newt - Alexander Burns
politico.com - The conservative opinion elite has reached a consensus on Newt Gingrich: He’s not the one they’ve been waiting for.In the days since Gingrich leaped to the forefront of the Republican presidential ...
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What the NEA’s Dennis Van Roekel isn’t saying to the membership. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What the NEA’s Dennis Van Roekel isn’t saying to the membership. « Fred Klonsky:What the NEA’s Dennis Van Roekel isn’t saying to the membership.by Fred KlonskyNEA President Dennis Van Roekel releas...
Four Songs for the Donald Trump Debate
forbes.com - Now that the Donald Trump debate is down to only two contenders with only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum appearing – all the other candidates having politely (or not-so-politely) declined – I thin...
Occupy Boston Midnight Deadline: A Letter From Inside
my.firedoglake.com - Occupy Boston (photo: Kevin Gosztola/flickr)Last night, when the eviction deadline for Occupy Boston arrived, I wasn’t able to make it down to Dewey Square. But I have a good friend who was able t...
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Robert Reich (The Remarkable Political Stupidity of the Street)
robertreich.org - Wall Street is its own worst enemy. It should have welcomed new financial regulation as a means of restoring public trust. Instead, it’s busily shredding new regulations and making the public more ...
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
owsnews.org - On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful case to force the Federal Reserve to reveal the lending details of its 2008-09 bank bailout. Bloomberg reported that by March ...
Wal-Mart reveals probe of possible overseas bribes
democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, says it's investigating whether its workers violated international bribery laws.In a Securities and Exchange Commiss...
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Bloomberg Says City Didn't Stop Reporters from Covering the Occupy Raid - National
theatlanticwire.com - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that police didn't stop journalists from covering the Nov. 15 clearing of Zuccotti Park: "We didn't keep anybody from reporting, you just had to stan...
Lady Gaga lends support to O.C. gay teen
latimesblogs.latimes.com - December 9, 2011 | 10:06 am Jonah Mowry, the gay Lake Forest teen whose anti-bullying YouTube video went viral this week, has one star-studded fan in his corner: Lady Gaga. The pop singer tweeted h...
NY Occupy protest shuts down 'Law & Order'
northjersey.com - NEW YORK — A protest by about 100 Occupy Wall Street members in New York City shut down production of an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." The Daily News reported Friday that the pr...
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Occupy Wall Street Reaches Princeton University
dealbook.nytimes.com - Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg NewsPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University, the alma mater of financial bigwigs like Carl C. Icahn, is not typically thought of as a hotbed of anticorporate ardor.In “Li...
Democratic National Convention Host Charlotte Proposes Law Aimed At Banning Occupy Encampments
huffingtonpost.com - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When the Democratic National Committee picked Charlotte to host its September 2012 convention, city leaders saw it as a boost to the local service economy. Hotels would be filled...
Bloomberg Says City Didn't Stop Reporters from Covering the Occupy Raid - National
theatlanticwire.com - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that police didn't stop journalists from covering the Nov. 15 clearing of Zuccotti Park: "We didn't keep anybody from reporting, you just had to stan...
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Occupy Wall Street Reaches Princeton University
dealbook.nytimes.com - Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg NewsPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University, the alma mater of financial bigwigs like Carl C. Icahn, is not typically thought of as a hotbed of anticorporate ardor.In “Li...
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Occupy Boston Eviction
dissenter.firedoglake.com - Mayor Thomas Menino issued a statement earlier today ordering Occupy Boston to leave Dewey Square by midnight. The order came a day after Judge Frances McIntyre ruled in favor of the city, denied O...