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A decade and a hundred schools closed. From Duncan to Brizard. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - WBEZ public radio and Catalyst document ten years of Chicago school closings and turnarounds, from present Secretary of Education Arne Duncan when he was CPS boss to the current CEO, J.C. Brizard. ...
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...
City schools stagnate as test score stay flat
metro.us - Test scores for eighth graders in math and reading have barely improved since 2003, a year after Mayor Michael Bloomberg took control of New York City schools and vowed to turn them around. Results...
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...
Second KIPP school may come to Austin
austinweeklynews.com - Chicago Public Schools' proposal to turn around or close several chronically failing schools has paved the way for Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) to open a second charter school on the city's We...
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Most Teachers See the Curriculum Narrowing, Survey Finds - Curriculum Matters
blogs.edweek.org - You've heard it before, and now a new set of survey results drives the point home: Most teachers believe that in the era of high-stakes testing in math and English/language arts, other important su...
Dawn of the deal
chicagoreader.com - How clout raised an Uptown TIF deal from the dead by Ben Joravsky The last time the TIF-funded deal at Montrose and Clarendon reared its ugly not-so-little head was on a sweltering day in June, whe...
Occupy Wall Street Reaches Princeton University
dealbook.nytimes.com - Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg NewsPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University, the alma mater of financial bigwigs like Carl C. Icahn, is not typically thought of as a hotbed of anticorporate ardor.In “Li...
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Democratic National Convention Host Charlotte Proposes Law Aimed At Banning Occupy Encampments
huffingtonpost.com - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When the Democratic National Committee picked Charlotte to host its September 2012 convention, city leaders saw it as a boost to the local service economy. Hotels would be filled...
Alabama May Use Inmates To Fill Immigrant Labor Void
latino.foxnews.com - Agriculture officials in Alabama are looking into using prisoners to fill a labor shortage that the agency blames on the state's controversial new law targeting undocumented immigrants. The Alabama...
On the corrupting influence of the mayor's party for people who cover the mayor
capitalnewyork.com - Writing in The Nation, Allison Kilkenny argues that "co-opted media" and "so-called journalists" are becoming "servants" to people like Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She pointed to the attendance of rep...
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UC Chancellor Robert Birgeneau shouted down
sfgate.com - Dylan Entelis / The Chronicle UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau stands before a meeting of students on Wednesday, but was not able to speak. It's a precarious moment for the chancellor of UC ...
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...
The Gingrich Tragedy
nytimes.com - Of all the major Republicans, the one who comes closest to my worldview is Newt Gingrich. Despite his erratically shifting views and odd phases, he continually returns to this core political refrai...
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Bloomberg Says City Didn't Stop Reporters from Covering the Occupy Raid - National
theatlanticwire.com - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that police didn't stop journalists from covering the Nov. 15 clearing of Zuccotti Park: "We didn't keep anybody from reporting, you just had to stan...
Lady Gaga lends support to O.C. gay teen
latimesblogs.latimes.com - December 9, 2011 | 10:06 am Jonah Mowry, the gay Lake Forest teen whose anti-bullying YouTube video went viral this week, has one star-studded fan in his corner: Lady Gaga. The pop singer tweeted h...
NY Occupy protest shuts down 'Law & Order'
northjersey.com - NEW YORK — A protest by about 100 Occupy Wall Street members in New York City shut down production of an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." The Daily News reported Friday that the pr...
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Stop closing Chicago schools. Contact your state rep, senator and Chicago alderman. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stop closing Chicago schools. Contact your state rep, senator and Chicago alderman. « Fred Klonsky:Stop closing Chicago schools. Contact your state rep, senator and Chicago alderman.by Fred Klonsky...
#OccupyEverything: #OpESR & #OWS (Music Video)
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Diego Rivera murals Return to New York at the MoMA (VIDEO)
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Photo Credits: Diego Rivera's Art at the MoMa In 1931, the fledgling Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York chose Mexican muralist Diego Rivera for its second major show, inviting him to New York ...
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This week's healthy schools highlights
ednewsparent.org - VIDEO: PlayWorks offers tips on getting the most out of recess Check out the video above. Most doctors don’t tell parents kids are overweight Less than one-quarter of American parents with an overw...
Florida Lawmaker Wants to Eliminate Mandatory Physical Education in Middle Schools
abcnews.go.com - Florida children in grades six through eight are required under current law to take one semester of physical education every year, but the state is now considering a bill to eliminate the requireme...
Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival
northjersey.com - Thursday, December 8, 2011 Last updated: Thursday December 8, 2011, 6:31 PM SAN ANTONIO— Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to...
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Democratic National Convention Host Charlotte Proposes Law Aimed At Banning Occupy Encampments
huffingtonpost.com - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When the Democratic National Committee picked Charlotte to host its September 2012 convention, city leaders saw it as a boost to the local service economy. Hotels would be filled...
Occupy Wall Street Reaches Princeton University
dealbook.nytimes.com - Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg NewsPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University, the alma mater of financial bigwigs like Carl C. Icahn, is not typically thought of as a hotbed of anticorporate ardor.In “Li...
Bloomberg Says City Didn't Stop Reporters from Covering the Occupy Raid - National
theatlanticwire.com - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that police didn't stop journalists from covering the Nov. 15 clearing of Zuccotti Park: "We didn't keep anybody from reporting, you just had to stan...
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What real education reform looks like
salon.com - As 2011 draws to a close, we can confidently declare that one of the biggest debates over education is — mercifully — resolved. We may not have addressed all the huge challenges facing our schools,...
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