Published by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters today
- Next update in about 11 hours
- See all articles
Legacy HS supporters rally against closure, beg for more time
gothamschools.org - Parents, students, and staff gathered to show support for Legacy Carolyn Blackette wasn’t thrilled when she first found out her daughter would be attending Legacy High School for Integrated Studies...
The education of Earl Kim *93
paw.princeton.edu - Ricardo BarrosEarl Kim *93 It’s been a busy and bruising few years for Earl Kim *93, the superintendent of schools in Montgomery Township, just north of Princeton. Like other schools chiefs during ...
Still Full of Life, 114-Year-Old Philadelphia School Faces Closure
edweek.org - Published Online: December 16, 2011 ByBenjamin Herold and Jessica Kourkounis, Philadelphia Public School Notebook and WHYY/NewsWorksIsaac A. Sheppard Elementary School, now 114 years old, could be ...
Ending Cap on Charter Schools Troubles Royal Oak Superintendent
royaloak.patch.com - The Michigan House's action to lift the cap on the number of charter schools "moves our state in the wrong direction," according to Royal Oak schools Superintendent Shawn Lewis-Lakin. Wednesday ...
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...
Live Twitter stream on
@coopmike48/big-edu-ape-news-11
coopmike48 Agitated Education Aggregator Daily is out! bit.ly/iaC4l3 ▸ Top stories today via @dailyabcs @cajacobson21 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 This week's teaching & learning tidbits | EdNews Parent -goo.gl/EzwDt19 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 What I learned from Kids Today - The Educator's PLN - goo.gl/7B8uv11 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 Big Education Ape: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Lowell Lockdown Incident Raises Some Questions -goo.gl/CcWYx35 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
EducationSee all
Illinois’ corporate tax dodge. More on “Illinois is broke.” « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - When the Illinois General Assembly gave CME and Sears a massive $371 million tax gift this week, it wasn’t the first tax gift to a major corporation. “Illinois is broke,” said Ty Fahner and the Civ...
We won’t invest in struggling schools
pureparents.org - They say that if they tell us what they’re doing, we’ll get upset. What are they doing? Here’s what CPS Chief Operating Officer Tim Cawley told reporters over the phone yesterday: “If we think ther...
The Phantom Menace :: Frederick M. Hess
frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Dec 15, 2011 at 8:28 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/12/the-phantom-menaceWhen it comes to the question of for-profits and American educ...
SocietySee all
AFL-CIO Report Spotlights Devastating Impact of Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law | AFL
blog.aflcio.org - by Mike Hall, Dec 15, 2011This summer, Alabama passed one of the harshest anti-immigrant bills (HB 56) in the nation and the parallels between that law and the old South’s Jim Crow laws are “all ...
Indefinite Military Detention Measure Passes On Bill Of Rights Day
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a defense bill Thursday that authorizes indefinite detentions of American terrorism suspects, coincidentally acting on the controversial measure on the 220th anniver...
Hunger Strikers Arrested At Occupy DC Rally for DC Autonomy
occupywallst.org - In Washington, DC, protesters at Occupy DC-K Street are on Day 9 of a hunger strike for DC voting rights. As Occupy the Vote DC has written, “Despite paying taxes to the federal government and send...
PoliticsSee all
United Wisconsin reports 507,533 signatures to recall Walker
host.madison.com - JESSICA VANEGEREN | The Capital Times | jvanegeren@madison.com | @JVanEgeren madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:31 am Four weeks after launching its recall campaign, United Wisc...
Group Clears Path for a Third-Party Ticket
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - To those who bemoan the lack of better choices in presidential elections, third-party fantasies come easily at this stage in a campaign. End hyper-partisanship and Washington dysfunction: Vote Bloo...
Robert Scheer: There Goes the Republic
huffingtonpost.com - Once again the gods of war have united our Congress like nothing else. Unable to agree on the minimal spending necessary to save our economy, schools, medical system or infrastructure, the cowards ...
StoriesSee all
Blog posts on this issue
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release December 16, 2011 Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling1:09 P.M. ESTMRS. OBAMA: Thanks so much. (Applause.) Well, good afternoon, everyone. ...
New Orleans Liberation Academy: Youth Led Social (R)evolution
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - New Orleans Liberation Academy: Youth Led Social (R)evolution:Youth Led Social (R)evolutionby New Orleans Liberation AcademyRemember when that loud, unruly kid was a punk? Remember when that quiet ...
The OccupyUSA Blog for Thursday (Dec. 15), With Frequent Updates
thenation.com - tbaI've been live-blogging OWS here daily since October 1. Email: epic1934@aol.com. All times ET. My new e-book is "40 Days That Shook the World: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere." ...
BusinessSee all
BP receives $5.1 billion is settlements. RECEIVES? « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - This morning’s paper reports that BP will receive $25o million in a settlement with Cameron International. Cameron made the faulty blowout preventer. This will be put in the pot of $5.1 billion tha...
Map: Where the Jobless Are
baycitizen.org - California's unemployment rate fell for the fourth straight month in November to 11.3 percent, down from a peak of 12.5 percent in December 2010. The numbers were slightly better in the Bay Area, w...
LRN Stock | K12 Stock Hits New 52-Week Low (LRN)
thestreet.com - NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- K12 (NYSE:LRN) hit a new 52-week low Wednesday as it is currently trading at $21.05, below its previous 52-week low of $21.78 with 739,453 shares traded as of 11:35 a.m. ET....
CrimeSee all
Gallery founder, director charged with pocketing $400,000 in federal education grants - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - By Tara Malone, Chicago Tribune reporter December 16, 2011 The founder and director of a Chicago art gallery that provided after-school arts education allegedly skimmed thousands of dollars in fede...
Feds: 'Excessive force' by Seattle cops must stop
democraticunderground.com - Source: KOMO 4 News SeattleSEATTLE - An 11-month investigation by the U.S. Justice Department has found the Seattle Police Department "engages in a pattern of unnecessary and excessive force" in "v...
Grand jury dings school trustees for not living in district
bakersfield.com - Grand jury dings school trustees for not living in district BY JORGE BARRIENTOS Californian staff writer jbarrientos@bakersfield.com | Thursday, Dec 15 2011 04:47 PM Last Updated Thursday, Dec 15 2...
#eduRead this paperSee all
We won’t invest in struggling schools
pureparents.org - They say that if they tell us what they’re doing, we’ll get upset. What are they doing? Here’s what CPS Chief Operating Officer Tim Cawley told reporters over the phone yesterday: “If we think ther...
A great charter school hustle
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - RichmondI've got to hand it to charter school authorizer and former lobbyist, Greg Richmond for coming up with this great hustle. A law recently pass by the Illinois state legislature created his n...
This Day in History 12/16: The Boston Tea Party | Mr. D's Neighborhood
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Day in History 12/16: The Boston Tea Party | Mr. D's Neighborhood: This Day in History 12/16: The Boston Tea Partyby ldorazio1Image via WikipediaToday’s story is not about 342 chests of tea du...
#owsSee all
Reoccupation of Plaza and Occupation at Murrieta Foreclosure
obrag.org - Tents go up in the front yard of foreclosed home in Murrieta. Photo by David Langstein.A lot is going on with Occupy San Diego.Occupiers Plans To “Re-Occupy” Freedom Plaza Starting Saturday Decembe...
FedEx Occupies Congress
teamsternation.blogspot.com - You know how poor widdle Fwed Smith likes to complain about all that nasty wegulation pweventing FedEx from creating jobs? Smith is one of dozens of multimillionaire CEOs so busy dodging taxes and ...
Hunger Strikers Arrested At Occupy DC Rally for DC Autonomy
occupywallst.org - In Washington, DC, protesters at Occupy DC-K Street are on Day 9 of a hunger strike for DC voting rights. As Occupy the Vote DC has written, “Despite paying taxes to the federal government and send...
Media1
- mikeklonsky
Photos2
K12NN
leoniehaimson
