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Monday, December 19, 2011

Big Education Ape: 12-19-11 AM Law turns kids into commodities EDition #edreform

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Fighting over the fundamentals of philanthropy

humanosphere.kplu.org - There appears to be a  deep-seated intellectual boil festering at the base of our discussions around philanthropy, foreign aid and development. Those three words? I’m not sure anyone really knows w...
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Old school, new school | SILive.com

silive.com - Even though the city Department of Education’s plan to close PS 14 in Stapleton is proceeding, students, parents, teachers and other supporters of the embattled neighborhood school are not giving u...
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Law turns kids into commodities - Fred Grimm

miamiherald.com - Compared to modern school kids, I was a downright worthless student.I don’t mean worthless as a pejorative. (My father would have used a more colorful term to characterize my scholarly pursuits.) B...
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Poll: Negatives up for NYC Schools Chancellor

nydailynews.com - Voters have gotten to know city schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott since he assumed the important post last spring, but a new poll shows many haven’t liked what they’ve seen. The Quinnipiac Universi...
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JournalGazette.net - Learning Curve | The Journal Gazette

journalgazette.net - While most Hoosiers were coping with the season's first snowstorm last week, several Republican state officials were in sunny Arizona, where they played major roles in the American Legislative Exch...
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There's no rush for in-district charter

statesman.com - As the Austin school district's case for hiring IDEA Public Schools to run an in-district charter in two East Austin schools crumbles, some trustees and Superintendent Meria Carstarphen now are pus...
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OpEdNews - Article: Saving Our Democracy

opednews.com - The Constitution of this country has served us well, but when the Supreme Court says that attempts by the federal government and states to impose reasonable restrictions on campaign ads are unconst...
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Crippling the Right to Organize

nytimes.com - Stanford, Calif. UNLESS something changes in Washington, American workers will, on New Year’s Day, effectively lose their right to be represented by a union. Two of the five seats on th...
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A La Prochaine - Dana Goldstein

danagoldstein.net - Mes amis, I realized this weekend that some very important longterm research and writing projects are never going to get done unless I take somewhat of a break from daily Interneting. So at least f...
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Occupy the Blog! | MyFDL

my.firedoglake.com - Author’s Note: Please take a few minutes and Join the Firedoglake Membership Program today. FDL provides the tools that help me and others extend our reach with our rants so we need to support FDL ...
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Emanuel wants big fine increases for G8 protesters

articles.chicagotribune.com - December 14, 2011|By Hal Dardick and John Byrne | Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel wants to raise fines for resisting police as the city gears up for anticipated protests that will come with the G8 a...
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Marie Antoinette, Meet David Vitale

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - As soon as one speaker was removed by security guards, another stood up to take their place."Moral courage comes in many forms, but sometimes not at all. Faced with adversity last week, David Vital...
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This Week In Web 2.0

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth sharing, I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” It’ll be a short compilation of new decent s...
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Educational IPad Apps - The Educator's PLN

edupln.com - Since we are rolling out a BYOD environment, we're interested in apps which will simplify collaborative communication. Evernote is one example that is being adopted in Middle School. It will allow ...
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