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Support PURE! » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22:Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22by adminFrom the CTU and Save Our ...
NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog: NEA Teachers Step Up Posted on December 21, 2011 by Arne Duncan Last year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Counc...
Mavericks Charges Charter Schools $350K in Rent, Plus Fees
bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com - This is sure to bring out a new round of troll attacks. From Lisa Rab in the New Times: When a private company aims to profit from a taxpayer-funded public school, the extra dough must come from so...
More Angels Under the Bus
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - An update to my post about two schools in Newark whose students and staff were misrepresented by a child advocacy group, the press, and the Newark superintendent:Branch Brook is the elementary scho...
Officials stop paying for test cheating audit - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News
sacbee.com - High-stakes education testing in California is operating on the honor system because two years ago state officials eliminated the system used to catch cheaters.The routine checking of tests for era...
Video: 30,000 Chinese "Occupy" Highway to Protest Polluting Coal Plants
thinkprogress.org - Tens of thousands of residents in China’s southern Guandong Province gathered in the streets yesterday, occupying a highway to demonstrate against the development of a new coal plant near Shantou c...
More Georgia Schools Accused of Cheating
nytimes.com - Investigators who this year found rampant cheating among Atlanta public school teachers and principals released another report on Tuesday detailing widespread wrongdoing in another Georgia county. ...
Our schools exam system is no longer fit for purpose | Mehdi Hasan | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk - It was a sorry sight. On Thursday, the heads of England's four exam boards, as well as three of their examiners, filed into the Thatcher Room of Portcullis House to be quizzed by MPs on the educati...
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Instant Analysis Of The Dillon Era (& What Happens Next)
scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - December 20, 2011 | Posted At: 10:40 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Media Watch , NCLB News News got out yesterday via email and the NY Observer that longtime national education reporter ...
Neighborhood high schools losing students | catalyst
catalyst-chicago.org - One of the justifications given for phasing out the West Side’s Crane High School is that most students in the attendance boundary are “voting with their feet” to go elsewhere. Only 17 percent of t...
Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: Report
huffingtonpost.com - In nearly two decades, only 3 percent of charter schools have ever been closed for underperforming, according to a new report released Tuesday.The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocac...
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Newt Gingrich tells gay Iowa man Scott Arnold:You’re better off voting for Obama
nydailynews.com - Newt Gingrich isn't exactly chasing the gay vote.The Republican presidential candidate told a homosexual Iowa man at a campaign event on Tuesday to vote for President Obama.Scott Arnold, a Democrat...
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22
pureparents.org - From the CTU and Save Our Schools Chicago: Thursday, December 22, 2011, actions in defense of our schools Support our members, support our schools! CTU members are needed to join with parents, te...
Chris Turney’s last letter to me. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Back in the Fall when we were in the thick of the fight against the attack on pensions, Chris Turney invited me to speak to the Dupage County chapter of the Illinois Retired Teachers Association of...
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Sposato Now Backs UNO School In Ward
chicagonewscoop.org - by DAN MIHALOPOULOS | Dec 21, 2011Facing the embarrassing prospect of seeing a new charter school approved for his ward without his blessing, freshman Ald. Nicholas Sposato (36th Ward) said Wednesd...
Violence Enters 5th Day as Egyptian General Blames Protesters
nytimes.com - CAIRO — In a fifth day of unrest, Egyptian troops and riot police were reported to have attempted to remove demonstrators from Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday, even as the country’s military ruler...
'One Term President With Some Balls Would Have Been Better'
huffingtonpost.com - Matt Damon, one of Barack Obama's earliest supporters and once one of his most staunch advocates, slammed the President in the new issue of Elle Magazine."I've talked to a lot of people who worked ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 21, 2011 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYSUBJECT: Flexible Implementation of the ...
We Did It! Americans Cheer EPA for First-Ever Protections Against Toxic Mercury « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - The following is a guest post from a favorite mom of mine with some great news – Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign: Are you one of the over 800,000 people who submitt...
Kean University gets approval from Chinese government to build degree-granting campus
nj.com - UNION COUNTY — Kean University has received approval from the Chinese government to establish a campus in the country, officials announced today.The Chinese national education ministry has approved...
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Modern School: Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Services
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Services:Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Servicesby Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsPublic schools get ab...
Buying gadgets for kids, holiday sanity tips, new suicide prevention program
ednewsparent.org - Finding meaning during the holidays Let’s face it, this time of year can be stressful and pressure-filled. Here are some straightforward tips from EdNews Parent expert and child psychiatrist Steve...
Deadly New Man-Made Flu Could Wipe Out Millions
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/12/deadly-new-man-made-flu-could-wipe-out.html"; Image from WikipediaA group of scientists is preparing to publish research on how they created a ma...
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What SOPA Means For Education, Technology, and the Future of the Internet
edudemic.com - Topics: infographic, NBC, online piracy, piracy, questions, sopa There’s a lot of talk about the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) right now and for good reason. The future of the Internet depends on...
Mexican Economy Pegged to Grow 3.25% in 2012
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:36 pm, December 21, 2011 Photo Credits: Mexican Economic Growth 2012 Mexico’s economy will grow 3.25 percent in 2012 even though the economic problems in Europe and the United States...
Census: Population slowing in large portions of US
northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger port...
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2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3] | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3] | The Jose Vilson:2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3]by JoseMr. Vilson (left) vs. Jose (right)For some reason, GQ M...
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Reflections on my Schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: Reflections on my Schools:Reflections on my Schoolsby Michael RiceI have not really contributed much to this blog so far this school year. Since we are almost finis...
Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: Report
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: Report:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOY Like717Charter Schools Rarely Closed Fo...
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A Challenge to #Takethetest – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Dec. 21, 2011, 12:37 p.m. EduTalk is a feature of SchoolBook that looks closely at words and phrases that are in use, but largely understood only by people who have passed through a teachers colleg...
A Challenge to #Takethetest – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Dec. 21, 2011, 12:37 p.m. EduTalk is a feature of SchoolBook that looks closely at words and phrases that are in use, but largely understood only by people who have passed through a teachers colleg...
