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To SOS Supporters From Don Bartalo
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - To SOS Supporters From Don Bartalo:To SOS Supporters From Don Bartaloby rbhattDecember 6th, 2011. The recent action taken by New York State principals is a great example of what can happen when th...
Parents Gather from Across NYC to Protest Rapid, Unregulated Expansion of Politically Connected Success Charter Network « EdVox
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents Gather from Across NYC to Protest Rapid, Unregulated Expansion of Politically Connected Success Charter Network « EdVox:Parents Gather from Across NYC to Protest Rapid, Unregulated Expansio...
Gaps between high- and low-achieving students in 4th grade math in DC and elsewhere « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - Using the NAEP TUDA data, we can see how various groups of students are doing in various cities and here in Washington, DC. In some places, the gap between the highest-achieving students and the lo...
2011 UNITY NewU Startup Funds
landing.k12newsnetwork.com - BIOCynthia Liu, PhD, is CEO/Founder of the online organizing and education news site K12NewsNetwork.com, a "MoveOn" for supporters of public education.In 2011, she received the BlogHer.com / HTC 20...
Principals union chief lambastes city’s school closure strategy
gothamschools.org - Among the press releases that went flying after the city announced its first set of school closures earlier today, the one from principals union president Ernest Logan stood out for its stridency. ...
Backyard brawl? Western Beaver brochure criticizes PA Cyber
timesonline.com - Posted: Saturday, November 12, 2011 10:00 pm | Updated: 4:15 pm, Mon Nov 14, 2011. OHIOVILLE — Superintendent Robert Postupac says the Western Beaver School District wasn’t trying to ignite a back...
Universities in Stand-Off Over Teacher Program Review — Higher Education
texastribune.org - Enlargephoto illustration by: Todd WisemanAround this time next year, U.S. News & World Report will issue the first of what is intended to be an annual review of teacher preparation programs at uni...
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City announces plans to close or shrink 15 struggling schools
gothamschools.org - In the first wave of annual closure announcements, the Department of Education has announced plans to shutter or reshape 15 low-performing schools. The schools include three elementary schools, thr...
UPDATED: Joe Biden's Brother Is President and "P.T. Barnum" for SoFla Charter School Chain - Broward/Palm Beach News
blogs.browardpalmbeach.com - pr.comFrank Biden (right) is president of the charter chain.UPDATE: The Palm Beach County School Board's vote on three new Mavericks schools has been postponed. Read more after the jump.When owners...
Some New York City Scores Drop in U.S. Student Tests
nytimes.com - New York City students scored slightly lower on federal math tests this year compared with 2009, according to scores released Wednesday morning, even as scores of their counterparts in other big ci...
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Pablo Casals is under attack. Parents fighting back. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Pablo Casals elementary school is on the list for turnaround status by CPS boss J.C. Brizard. After attending the CTU teach-in on school closings last week, 50 parents and teachers showed up at Mon...
Not so Surprising, 85% of School Employees Vote to Reinstate Unions!
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Now all we have to do is remove Scott Walker from office: WSJ: School employees approved state certification for about 85 percent of the unions seeking the limited collective bargaining rights allo...
In Lebanon, Violence Between the Sheets Is Legal
womensenews.org - Lebanon's parliament recently dropped a bill to criminalize violence against women. Paola Salwan Daher says activists have pursued the matter as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Viole...
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What The Blagojevich Charges Mean For Daley
huffingtonpost.com - Time:It shouldn't come as any surprise that, in the wake of the shocking allegations against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, observers almost immediately evoked the Windy City's rich, colorful h...
Before we start feeling all warm and fuzzy about Teddy Roosevelt...
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Let's remember that Teddy Roosevelt, eulogized in Pres. Obama's Osawatomie speech on "New Nationalism," Tuesday, was at his best a tame economic reformer and at his worst, a racist, imperialist war...
Remainders: Looking into D.C.’s wide racial achievement gap
gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer, at 9:03 pm D.C.’s racial achievement gap on NAEP is so wide that white students are far advanced. (The Nation) An architect of the city’s small schools shift says large struggli...
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China inflation at 4.2 pct in November
boston.com - SHANGHAI—China's chronically high inflation rate fell to a lower than expected 4.2 percent in November, allowing wider leeway for Beijing to ease credit to support growth.The National Bureau of Sta...
Protect Homeowners and Close Corporate Tax Loopholes Act
lao.ca.gov - December 16, 2009 Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the constitutional and statutory initiative (A.G. File No. 09‑0077), which affects assessments of nonresidential real pro...
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
dissidentvoice.org - On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful case to force the Federal Reserve to reveal the lending details of its 2008-09 bank bailout. Bloomberg reported that by March ...
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Halliburton Stock Open To Hurt From BP Blame Games
forbes.com - Still assessing blameBritish oil major BP rolled out its latest legal maneuver in the Gulf of Mexico spill case by accusing subcontractor Halliburton of destroying evidence that could be used to p...
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team
fcmat.org - Thursday, December 8, 2011 Thousands of 4-year-olds in California will start getting some extra help next fall. A new state law allows those children to take two years of kindergarten classes, the ...
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team
fcmat.org - Thursday, December 8, 2011 Metaphorical images of pulling the trigger and an impending nuclear explosion were evoked Tuesday as members of the La Mesa-Spring Valley school board heard the school di...
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Spent Batteries From U.S. Put Mexicans’ Health at Risk
democraticunderground.com - Source: NYTThe spent batteries Americans turn in for recycling are increasingly being sent to Mexico, where their lead is often extracted by crude methods that are illegal in the United States, exp...
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School Tech Connect: Chicago's Miracle Workers
schooltechconnect.com - Well, the NAEP Urban District Assessment is out, and it pretty much re-confirms everything that everyone has already known. I don't think you can make conclusions beyond the executive summary of an...
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