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10 Years of Assessing Students With Scientific Exactitude

nytimes.com - In the last decade, we have emerged from the Education Stone Age. No longer must we rely on primitive tools like teachers and principals to assess children’s academic progress. Thanks to the best e...
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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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10 Years of Assessing Students With Scientific Exactitude

nytimes.com - In the last decade, we have emerged from the Education Stone Age. No longer must we rely on primitive tools like teachers and principals to assess children’s academic progress. Thanks to the best e...
DianeRavitch

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LAUSD's New Charter Moratorium Gives Teachers More Power

huffingtonpost.com - LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teachers have approved a new labor agreement with the school district that will give teachers wide-ranging decision-making power in running their schools.United T...
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Arne’s poor poll results. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - My little “fire the fool” poll on Arne Duncan basically shows that readers of this blog don’t think highly of the Education Secretary. No surprise there. I received some comments that I took as bei...
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'I Come From Public Housing' [UPDATED]

huffingtonpost.com - Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) told hundreds of Florida A&M University students marching at the governor's mansion, protesting his decision to call for the suspension of the president of the state's l...
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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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Me and Bank of America. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - I did it! This morning Bank of America stock price dropped to $5 a share. It’s what they call the danger zone. A month or so ago I decided I would support the movement to pull my money out of Bank ...
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Confessions of a Partially Proficient Parent: Holiday break

ednewsparent.org - So, today is our first day of break. My 9-year-old daughter is already glued to the iPad, but at least she’s using a creative application to make a cool drawing. We’ve survived three holiday partie...
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Money talks, twice | Feature

chicagoreader.com - click to enlarge A year ago, Miguel del Valle was running for mayor. His resume was outstanding. He'd risen from blue-collar roots on Chicago's near-northwest side to the state senate, where he was...
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Kids Are Heroes - Lily's Heroes

kidsareheroes.org - Jordan Brown is a WWII buff and has embarked upon a campaign to ensure that the WWII vets who served on D-Day are memorialized. In May 2010, he learned of an effort to honor Jordan’s hero, Major D...
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A Closer Look at Charter Practices | Edwize

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Closer Look at Charter Practices | Edwize: A Closer Look at Charter Practices by Christina Collins Will Dobbie and Roland Fryer’s new study of 35 New York City charter schools a...
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