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States Creating New Districts to Steer 'Turnarounds'
edweek.org - Published Online: December 12, 2011Published in Print: December 14, 2011, as Districts Created to Steer 'Turnarounds'If the job of a traditional superintendent is hard, imagine the complexities inv...
No double standards in sex abuse cases – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com - ColumnsIn addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes a variety of opinions from outside writers. On political and policy matters, we publish opinions from across the political spectrum.Rou...
Video: Mic Check at Chicago Board Meeting/ Board Scurries Out How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other NYC Educator: A Fine Day for a Sellout Is Tenure a Strike Issue?Moskowitz Aims Charters at Wealthy- So Much for Clos
ednotesonline.blogspot.com - Interesting irony that Chicago and NYC hold meeting same day - except Chi is early AM to really keep people out. See Chicago Tribune article belowhttp://youtu.be/AoIsdXkVzVg On December 14, 2011 Pa...
Protesters send CPS board members scurrying - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - In a chaotic scene at Chicago Public Schools' headquarters Wednesday, the school board abruptly ended its meeting and went into closed session after being shouted down by a couple dozen angry paren...
Daily Kos: Some thoughts on teaching
dailykos.com - which were occasioned by a recent conversation where i was asked if I thought teaching more of an art rather than a science. I responded that the question was a false frame, and was asked to expla...
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Reforming the Debate to Reform Education
dailykos.com - Reforming the Debate to Reform Education This commentary from Marks is but one face and mindset among many, such as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, and, more specific...
The Evidence on Charter Schools and Test Scores
shankerinstitute.org - Policy Brief: The Evidence on Charter Schools and Test ScoresDecember 2011 Charter schools are among the most controversial issues in education today, with much of the debate focused on whether the...
Stressful connections to learning Other Views
newsobserver.com - CHAPEL HILL -- Amid the debates about our public schools and the need for education reform, the impact of poverty on student learning outcomes seems to be missing.Research has established a clear l...
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Four Difficult Questions Regarding Bullying and Youth Suicide
blogher.com - Over the last couple of years, I've laid awake at night asking myself uncomfortable questions about bullying and teen suicide. I don't have answers to most of the questions that I have, but I'm cho...
Modern School: When Political Action Trumps Direct Action Working People Lose
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: When Political Action Trumps Direct Action Working People Lose:When Political Action Trumps Direct Action Working People Loseby Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsA GOP- and ve...
Newt Gingrich Heckled By Occupy Wall Street Protesters During Iowa Appearance
mediaite.com - video Occupy protesters interrupted a Newt Gingrich speech in Iowa City Wednesday as the Republican frontrunner found himself to be yet another victim of the human microphone. RELATED: Michele Bach...
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Time names "The Protester" 2011 Person of the Year - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Reuters 7:53 a.m. CST, December 14, 2011 NEW YORK (Reuters) - From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, "The Protester" was named Time magazine's 2011 Person of the Year on Wednesday...
Bad Test Results ReachThe Bunker
chicagonow.com - By Alexander Russo, today at 2:52 pm Here's video that's been going around for a while now in which Adolph Hitler finds out that his school has not done well on the latest round of tests. The juxt...
Selling Illinois to the highest bidder. GOP proposes tax rollback for the 1%. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - GOP House Leader Tom Cross. More tax breaks for corporations. On the tails of the shameful tax give away to CME and Sears, House GOP Leader Tom Cross wants a rollback of corporate taxes even more i...
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Voices: Reactions To ‘If I Were A Poor Black Kid’ | Racialicious
racialicious.com - By Arturo R. GarcíaJust when you thought Satoshi Kanazawa had wrapped up Tone-Deaf Article Of The Year honors for 2011, Forbes’ Gene Marks sauntered his way into consideration Monday with “If I Wer...
“I Don’t Believe That”: Reforming the Debate to Reform Education | Dailycensored.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “I Don’t Believe That”: Reforming the Debate to Reform Education | Dailycensored.com:“I Don’t Believe That”: Reforming the Debate to Reform EducationWritten by Paul ThomasEducationDec 14, 20110digg...
Jersey Jazzman: "If I Were a Clueless Old White Guy..."
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: "If I Were a Clueless Old White Guy...":"If I Were a Clueless Old White Guy..."by DukeI'd write a tone-deaf, dumb-ass column like this:If I was a poor black kid I would first and mo...
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Oregon spent more than $1 of every $3 in state funds on education in 2010, a typical rate, feds say
oregonlive.com - Oregon was utterly ordinary compared with other states when it opted to devote 36 percent of its general purpose spending money to education in 2010, the Census Bureau reported today.No state spent...
Thousands of birds make crash landing in Utah
northjersey.com - Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Last updated: Wednesday December 14, 2011, 4:09 PM ST. GEORGE, Utah — Thousands of migratory birds are dead or injured after they apparently mistook a Wal-Mart parki...
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More video of today's battle in Chicago to save our schools
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - TWEETS FROM INSIDE TODAY'S CPS BOARD MEETINGlindalutton Protesters: ”these are our children, not yours” ”reject cps failed reforms”cncschools Chicago News Coop Now shoutin...
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“I Don’t Believe That”: Reforming the Debate to Reform Education | Dailycensored.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “I Don’t Believe That”: Reforming the Debate to Reform Education | Dailycensored.com:“I Don’t Believe That”: Reforming the Debate to Reform EducationWritten by Paul ThomasEducationDec 14, 20110digg...
Hey, who owns Maverick Charter Schools anyway? I bet many Floridians are wondering today: « Continuing Change
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Hey, who owns Maverick Charter Schools anyway? I bet many Floridians are wondering today: « Continuing Change:Hey, who owns Maverick Charter Schools anyway? I bet many Floridians are wondering toda...
School closing protesters take over Chicago board meeting « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School closing protesters take over Chicago board meeting « Parents Across America:School closing protesters take over Chicago board meetingby pureparentsBy Julie Woestehoff, PAA-ChicagoTIME Magazi...
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10 Parents Respond to the New York Times’ Hit Piece | Getting Smart
gettingsmart.com - December 14, 2011 - by Tom Vander Ark The New York Times ran a tabloid-style hit piece on K12, the online learning provider. They apparently didn’t speak to many parents that appreciate full time ...
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