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Scum bags. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - I received some interesting reactions to my post on pension abuse. This week the Illinois legislature, facing billions of dollars in unpaid pension obligations, took a bold stand and made it illega...
Many charter schools not measuring up in new report card data
articles.chicagotribune.com - Teacher Stephanie Licker works on arithmetic problems with fifth-graders… (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune)November 30, 2011|By Joel Hood and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reportersMayor Ra...
Is K-12 Inc. The Future Of Education? Here's Why I'm Skeptical
seekingalpha.com - The internet has radically altered the media, financial markets, retail, and service industries to improve their services at a lower cost. Can the same be done to primary and secondary education?K1...
Getting From Here to There - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,The hope that there is a fast route to solving big problems is alluring. And, it might even be true if only I were smart enough. But it's unlikely. I spent many years of my happy youth b...
If I Had It My Way I'd Dump Half Of New York City's Teachers « CBS New York
newyork.cbslocal.com - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s a jaw-dropping prescription for fixing city schools. “Professor” Michael Bloomberg said Thursday he would ac...
Shanker Blog » What Value-Added Research Does And Does Not Show
shankerblog.org - Value-added and other types of growth models are probably the most controversial issue in education today. These methods, which use sophisticated statistical techniques to attempt to isolate a teac...
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Chicago Charter Schools Return Erratic State Test Results
huffingtonpost.com - After being touted as the solution to low-performing Chicago public schools, state achievement test data released Wednesday showed erratic student performance at Chicago's charter schools, even bet...
LAUSD & UTLA Agreement To Give Autonomy To Individual Schools And Put A Moratorium On Charter Schools
huffingtonpost.com - The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the teachers' union, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), which have often been at odds, have reached a tentative agreement that grants more auton...
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Newt Gingrich’s disgusting remarks about ‘really poor children’ - PostPartisan
washingtonpost.com - Newt Gingrich, the know-it-all former Speaker of the House who now rides atop the polls for the Republican nomination for president, has been shooting his mouth off lately. He called himself a cele...
Politicians shocked by pension abuse. But not the abuse you’re thinking of. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - GOP House leader and pension killer Tom Cross. Governor Quinn, GOP House Leader Tom Cross and Rahm Emanuel all expressed shock at the abuse of the state employee pension system. Said Quinn: “Taxpay...
Newt Gingrich: Child labor laws 'truly stupid' [Video]
latimes.com - Promising “extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America,” Newt Gingrich said Friday that he would fire school janitors and pay students to clean schoo...
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Brooklyn School Is Contest Finalist, But Experts Question Corporate Motives
ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. Education experts are concerned about a growing ...
Occupy Los Angeles Eviction: Protesters Arrested, Removed From City Hall
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No One Writes Alone: Peer Review in the Classroom, A Guide For Students
edupln.com - Sophie GoldwasserSkyping with the South African students in Mr. Gatoux’s class (11/28) On the Monday following Thanksgiving break, my Spanish class had the rare opportunity to video chat with stude...
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The CME/Sears Tax Break Goes into a Coma, and Other Alternatives - The 312 - November 2011
chicagomag.com - Posted Nov 30, 2011 at 07:12 PM By Whet Moser The Merc, circa 1982. I demand a red-suit dress code as part of the tax break. The CME-Sears tax-break bill—which also features more modest breaks fo...
Fewer Foreclosures Found in Neighborhoods With Quality School Districts | Moneyland
moneyland.time.com - Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesFewer foreclosures are found in neighborhoods with good public schools.A new analysis of foreclosures shows that the expression “safe as houses” could be expanded to “safe ...
Growing Housing Crisis in Sacramento
sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Wall Street Banks and the Growing Housing Crisis in Sacramento. California has been one of the hardest hit states by the foreclosure crisis. Wall Street’s reckless lending practices devastated Cal...
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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Did Bronxdale High School's John Chase Jr Try To Relieve His Guilt?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Did Bronxdale High School's John Chase Jr Try To Relieve His Guilt?:Did Bronxdale High School's John Chase Jr Try To Relieve His Guilt?by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)On N...
: Chris Christie Show: The Goveymooners
bluejersey.com - So, someone has gone to the trouble of constructing a pretty good replica of The Honeymooners set, and videoed a little domestic comedy of about 10 minutes: The Goveymooners, starring Chris Christi...
Former SF schools chief collects six-figure Philly buyout and then…. | City Insider
blog.sfgate.com - Arlene Ackerman before San Francisco sent her packing File this under the category of You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me. Former San Francisco school Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has filed for unemploym...
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School Expels 4 Students In Alleged Hazing Death : NPR
npr.org - Florida A&M University said it's dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month, while audio of an emergency call released Thursday showed that the drum m...
More good OWS news from South Carolina
democraticunderground.com - Source: The State newspaperCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County's chief prosecutor said Thursday that he dismissed charges against Occupy Columbia protesters who were arrested last month when they defi...
FAMU dismisses 4 students connected to death – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Florida A&M University said that it's dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month, while audio of an emergency call released Thurs...
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Villaraigosa says he raided Occupy LA to protect kids. 13,000 homeless children in LA. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Following the police raid on the City Hall Occupy LA encampment, LA’s Democratic Party Mayor Antonion Villaraigosa the LA Times reported: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he decided it was time to e...
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Ed. Dept. probes principal Sharron Smalls' course credit scam at Jane Addams H.S. in South Bronx
nydailynews.com - Students at an F-rated South Bronx high school got chemistry credits for taking cosmetology courses and geography credits for tourism classes, the Daily News has learned.City Department of Educatio...
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