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Come Back To Jamaica | Gary Rubinstein's TFA Blog

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The New York City reform model is centered upon closing ‘failing’ schools and opening new ones. Some of these ‘failing’ schools have been pillars of their communities for decades. One such school I...
DianeRavitch

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

New charter school advocacy lobby formed - JY Teachers

jyteachers.com - Posted October 29th, 2011 by Caleb Macdougall A new high-powered lobbying group has been formed to push expansion of charter schools in Florida, and it expects to have an inside track with lawmaker...
DianeRavitch

Tells the Facts, Names the Names

counterpunch.org - My arrest, or, more accurately, my assault was personal. I was taking photographs of the police arresting Occupy Wall Street demonstrators at the December 12 Winter Garden flash mob, which had been...
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Kindergarten Test on Hold - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com - New York's kindergartners can relax—for now. The state has shelved a plan to test the students after losing a competitive federal grant for early-childhood programs. New York, New Jersey and Connec...
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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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'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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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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A Survival Guide « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - For years I would wake up at 5:30 in the morning every Black Friday, leaving the kids with my mother-in-law, and get to the mall by 6:15 am. Every year, I would return six or seven hours later, loa...
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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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And Now for the Hard Part...

baycitizen.org - Crews will begin installing the huge steel cable that will hold up the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge this week. Currently, temporary steel structures support the bridge. At a media briefing Mo...
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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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