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Are we winning the online debate over education reform? and an invitation to join the twitter party
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - There's been a lots of intense tweeting and blogging over last two days about Alexander Russo's post in which he called the good guys, including those of us on the NYC Education list serv and PAA (...
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success
m.theatlantic.com - The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.Sergey Ivanov/FlickrEveryone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system drama...
The Innovation Mismatch: "Smart Capital" and Education Innovation - Joanne Weiss - Innovations in Education
blogs.hbr.org - Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.One o...
City, union declare impasse in teacher evaluation negotiations
gothamschools.org - The city and teachers union won’t meet this week’s deadline to hammer out a new teacher evaluation system — and it doesn’t look like they will reach an agreement any time soon. State Education Comm...
Schoolhouse Rock | PolitickerNY
politickerny.com - Schoolhouse Rock Manhattan Borough President and possible 2013 mayoral candidate Scott Stringer blasted the New York City Department of Education at a press conference today following the publicati...
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Forging ahead with nutty teacher evaluation plan - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New...
Great Schools for Amerca — Great Teachers
greatschoolsforamerica.org - “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”Wendell Phillips – American Activist Education Watch is an evolving database constructed to illuminate the connections between wealthy individuals, the p...
It's time to discuss an essential reform
bob-peterson.blogspot.com - We in the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association are reimagining and reinventing our union. But it’s not just our union that needs reimagining. It’s also MPS and Milwaukee itself. In 2012, twelv...
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Catholic Charities dumps the poor in Illinois. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - When Illinois passed the law that allows same sex couples to form civil unions, it meant that no government funded social service agency could discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Cath...
From Wisconsin’s Department of Unmitigated Gall |
bluecheddar.net - I received a charming little missive in my inbox today from none other than our illustrious guv himself: E-update from the Desk of Governor Scott Walker One of the most important duties I have serv...
The Answer Sheet - David vs. Goliath: The battle over public education
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Answer Sheet - David vs. Goliath: The battle over public education:David vs. Goliath: The battle over public educationBy Valerie StraussThis was written by Rita M. Solnet, a nonpartisan busines...
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Turns Out It's the Anti Zen Again
sarahpuglisi.blogspot.com - Well this IS the post about 2011.Just my 2011.In a tiny underperforming CA school that went to safe harbor after a mysterious 40 or 50 point rise in 4th grade.This is a year in review post that sho...
Observations and Realizations of 2011 |
bluecheddar.net - As most people do, I have been reflecting a lot on what’s taken place in 2011, and as is my nature, have observed some very interesting things. First and foremost, the uprising of the downtrodden. ...
Chris Christie Threatens To Go ‘Jersey Style’ On Iowa If They Don’t Vote For Mitt Romney
mediaite.com - video A few months ago, Saturday Night Live envisioned an aggressive NJ Gov. Chris Christie putting on his biggest show to get America to like Mitt Romney. With the Iowa caucuses less than a week a...
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The odd case of the Mark Kirk IEA endorsement. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - The other day I wrote a post about the congressional race in the 10th District of Illinois. Ilya Sheyman is running in the Democratic Party primary. Although this suburban Chicago north shore distr...
City sees drop in murder rate, but not in South Side’s Englewood - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter/fmain@suntimes.com December 29, 2011 12:02AM Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy, during interview with Sun-Times reporter Frank Main about murders in 2011,...
North Korea names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander
northjersey.com - PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea said Saturday that it has officially named Kim Jong Un as Supreme Commander, giving formal approval to his control of the country's 1.2 million-strong military ...
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Teacher from toxic Bronx school to sue after losing her baby to birth defect
nydailynews.com - A TEACHER WHO worked at a toxic Bronx school lost her baby to birth defects linked to the contamination, she charged Wednesday in legal papers.In October, five months into her pregnancy, Nancy Toma...
FYI: NEW LAW - Stricter booster seat requirements for kids under 8 years old begin Sunday
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Victoria Colliver, S.F. Chronicle Staff Writer | http://bit.ly/sQo8pr Sarah Rice / Special to The Chronicle - Twins Greer (left) and Scarlet Nakadegawa-Lee, 7, get settled in their booster seats b...
Why your children should be playing outside
davisenterprise.com - “Go outside and play” may be a parental refrain heard more often during school holidays, but it’s also proving to be a prescription for better health on a number of fronts.One new analysis of recen...
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Verizon's Fee And Attacks On Workers Are Cut From Same Cloth Of Corporate Greed
ourfuture.org - You may have heard that Verizon is going to charge customers a $2 "convenience fee" to pay their bills online. You may not have heard that Verizon is asking its workers to take cuts in their pensio...
Lessons from L.A.: BUILDING BUSINESSES WHILE BUILDING BETTER SCHOOLS
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Tom Lemmon | San Diego Daily Transcript | http://bit.ly/rKnwpu Thursday, December 29, 2011 :: Growing up in San Diego, I always look forward to going to Saska’s in Mission Beach for their bas...
New Manufacturing Jobs Feature Lower Wages
news.firedoglake.com - Manufacturing has been a bright spot over the past year in terms of jobs gained. Activity has picked up, and factories are coming back on-line. The problem is that this has come at a cost. Specific...
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What Teachers Are Saying – Zinn Education Project
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Teachers Are Saying – Zinn Education Project:What Teachers Are SayingHere are just a few of the hundreds of comments we have received from teachers about the impact of Howard Zinn, A People’s ...
The Answer Sheet - David vs. Goliath: The battle over public education
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Answer Sheet - David vs. Goliath: The battle over public education:David vs. Goliath: The battle over public educationBy Valerie StraussThis was written by Rita M. Solnet, a nonpartisan busines...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Healing the Heart of Democracy Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 8 minutes ago Daily Kos: Healing the Heart of Democracy:Healing the Heart of Democracyby rss@dailykos.com...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Healing the Heart of Democracy Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 8 minutes ago Daily Kos: Healing the Heart of Democracy:Healing the Heart of Democracyby rss@dailykos.com...
Big Education Ape: 12-30-11 AM The Killing of a High School. EDition #FLATCLASS #edreform
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Full-time cyber schools expanding despite no evidence of their effectiveness, new report finds Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 5 minutes ago Great Lakes Center For Education Resea...
