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Peg with Pen: A New Year's Resolution. Opt Out of State Testing. January 7th.

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Peg with Pen: A New Year's Resolution. Opt Out of State Testing. January 7th.: A New Year's Resolution. Opt Out of State Testing. January 7th.byPeggyUnited Opt Out Nationalhas declared January 7thto beNational Opt Out Day. It is our goal that students, teachers and community members will express their dislike for corporate education reform and will use various means to demonstrate how they plan to OPT OUT.There are many ways to opt out. You can explore these ideas at ourwebsite. Today ... more »

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

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Higher Education News and Jobs: A Man of Many Parts: Computer Science Professor Juan Gilbert Excels as a MentorLatest articles-24 minutes agoDr. Juan Gilbert is also a researcher, scholar, teacher and entrepreneur in the field of Human-Centered Computing, which is a fairly young discipline that applies computer-based solutions to real-world problems. in NewsInspire Scholarships Help Boost Delaware State's In-State EnrollmentLatest articles-24 minutes agoThis school year, Delaware State’s in-state freshman student enrollment is up 43 percent to 433 from 302, the ... more »

This Day in History 12/16: The Boston Tea Party | Mr. D's Neighborhood

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This Day in History 12/16: The Boston Tea Party | Mr. D's Neighborhood: This Day in History 12/16: The Boston Tea Partybyldorazio1Image via WikipediaToday’s story is not about 342 chests of tea dumped into a harbor.It is not about Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams or John Hancock.It is not about Committees of Correspondence, Mohawks or tarring and feathering.And it sure as hell isn’t about anyAmerican Revolution.Instead, this is about how a seemingly insignificant everyday citizen helped resurrect a central moment ... more »

Teachers For Social Justice: MIC CHECK: Teachers, Parents, Community Take Over Board of Ed Meeting

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Teachers For Social Justice: MIC CHECK: Teachers, Parents, Community Take Over Board of Ed Meeting: MIC CHECK: Teachers, Parents, Community Take Over Board of Ed Meetingby sarah atlasOn December 14, parents, teachers, community members, and the CTU Community Board (Coalition of the CTU and community groups, including TSJ), w/ support from Occupy Chicago, shut down the Board of Education meeting. A big shout out to TSJ members who attended the vigil in front the Board on Dec. 13, slept out ... more »

New Orleans Liberation Academy: Youth Led Social (R)evolution

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New Orleans Liberation Academy: Youth Led Social (R)evolution:Youth Led Social (R)evolutionby New Orleans Liberation AcademyRemember when that loud, unruly kid was a punk? Remember when that quiet girl doing art in the back of the room was weird? Remember when the kids who were leaders were predictable and understandable? What a cool world that we live in that none of that is true anymore!Over the last 100 years our society has been busy birthing new realities, thrusting itself forward into ... more »

Balanced Assessment: Improving Student Achievement and Standardized Test Results « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education

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Balanced Assessment: Improving Student Achievement and Standardized Test Results « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:Balanced Assessment: Improving Student Achievement and Standardized Test ResultsDecember 16th, 2011 by Klea ScharbergAssessing student knowledge, understanding, and skills is something that educators must master to teach properly. Test and quiz results help teachers assess, but they need to look at other factors to get a complete and accurate assessment. Educators must look at virtually every part of the learning process to understand ... more »

Miami – Charter Schools… Tell the corporations… Separate is still not equal. Never was… Never Will Be #Education @SaveOurSchools « Continuing Change

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Miami – Charter Schools… Tell the corporations… Separate is still not equal. Never was… Never Will Be #Education @SaveOurSchools « Continuing Change:Miami – Charter Schools… Tell the corporations… Separate is still not equal. Never was… Never Will Be #Education @SaveOurSchoolsby gatorbonbcWhy are Miami charters segregating out the minorities again and offering a lesser program? “These school networks are all managed by Academica, Florida’s largest charter school operator. Miami-Dade charter schools also enrolled a smaller share of poor students: 54 percent, ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A great charter school hustle

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A great charter school hustle:A great charter school hustleby Mike KlonskyRichmondI've got to hand it to charter school authorizer and former lobbyist, Greg Richmond for coming up with this great hustle. A law recently pass by the Illinois state legislature created his new charter school agency called the Illinois State Charter School Commission which has the power to create new charter schools even when local school districts oppose them. The commission also has the power to ... more »

Duncan's Dilemma: What will be Done to States without NCLB Waivers? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Duncan's Dilemma: What will be Done to States without NCLB Waivers? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Duncan's Dilemma: What will be Done to States without NCLB Waivers?by Anthony CodyAs No Child Left Behind becomes an ever bigger disaster, Secretary Duncan faces a major dilemma. How can he continue to enforce this law he has declared a train wreck?Last spring, in an attempt to goad Congress into accepting his formula for revising No Child Left Behind, Education Secretary Arne ... more »

U. Of Phoenix founding family sells $127 million in stock while less than 7% of Phoenix students graduate in DC metro area | Dailycensored.com

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U. Of Phoenix founding family sells $127 million in stock while less than 7% of Phoenix students graduate in DC metro area | Dailycensored.com:U. Of Phoenix founding family sells $127 million in stock while less than 7% of Phoenix students graduate in DC metro areaby Danny WeilAs Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings ramps up his investigation of for-profit college CEO pay, stock options and stock sales and their relationship to student outcomes, he may want to pay particular attention to the ... more »

Jon Stewart takes on Obama’s school reform — again - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Jon Stewart takes on Obama’s school reform — again - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Jon Stewart takes on Obama’s school reform — againby Valerie StraussJon Stewart showed considerable restraint this week when he welcomed Melody Barnes, President Obama’s chief of domestic policy, on The Daily Show and she spoke about the administration’s education reforms in a way that revealed how out of touch the White House is on the subject.Stewart asked Barnes, who is leaving her post as ... more »

Early Learning Challenge Grant - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)

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Early Learning Challenge Grant - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):California Wins Federal "Race to the Top" Early Learning Challenge GrantSACRAMENTO—Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that California has been awarded a $52.6 million federal Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge Grant (Outside Source)."Local education leaders have developed solid proposals for improving early childhood education, which have now been recognized by the Obama administration," said Governor Brown."This grant will help more ... more »

HechingerEd Blog | Winners of the Early Learning Race to the Top competition

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HechingerEd Blog | Winners of the Early Learning Race to the Top competition:Winners of the Early Learning Race to the Top competitionby Sarah GarlandThe announcement of nine winners in the Obama administration’s latest version of its “Race to the Top” education competition will push forward reforms that early learning advocates have lobbied heavily for over the past several years.The winners are California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington state. To win, they promised to increase ... more »

Norris to require parents sign residency form - Bakersfield.com

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Norris to require parents sign residency form - Bakersfield.com:Norris to require parents sign residency formThe Bakersfield Californian | Thursday, Dec 15 2011 06:24 PMLast Updated Thursday, Dec 15 2011 06:27 PMThe Norris School District board on Wednesday approved an updated form some parents must sign declaring under perjury they live within Norris boundaries.It's in response to new language in a state law that takes effect Jan. 1 intended to get new students into schools quickly. When new parents register their ... more »

Protesters occupy Department of Ed lobby, demand charter school reform - NorthJersey.com #OWS #EDREFORM

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Protesters occupy Department of Ed lobby, demand charter school reform - NorthJersey.com:Protesters occupy Department of Ed lobby, demand charter school reformFRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2011, 12:53 PMBY CHRISTOPHER BAXTERSTATE HOUSE BUREAUPRINT | E-MAILTRENTON - Protesters angry about the Christie administration's charter school initiatives briefly occupied the lobby of the state Department of Education this morning, chanting, "charter reform now!"The group of about 50 people from Highland Park, Edison, New Brunswick, Teaneck, Montclair, Cherry Hill, Voorhees and South Orange said the stat... more »

Modern School: Mayor Calls #OWS Terrorists, Congress Calls On Military To Arrest U.S. Citizens

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Modern School: Mayor Calls OWS Terrorists, Congress Calls On Military To Arrest U.S. Citizens:Mayor Calls OWS Terrorists, Congress Calls On Military To Arrest U.S. Citizens0diggTerrorist or CEO? (Image by puuikibeach)Oakland Mayor Jean Quan called OWS protestors economic terrorists for shutting down the Oakland Port on Monday. Such bombast would be laughable if we weren’t currently slaughtering thousands of people throughout the world, assassinating, torturing and incarcerating suspects in secret prisons without trial, all in the name of fighting terrorism.Her comment ... more »

Yes, Our Urban Kids Is Learning | Mother Jones

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Yes, Our Urban Kids Is Learning | Mother Jones:Yes, Our Urban Kids Is Learning—By Kevin Drum| Thu Dec. 15, 2011 11:57 AM PST16I didn't write about this when the results were announced last week, but we now have another year's worth of data from the NAEP's Trial Urban District Assessment, a measure of academic progress in big-city school districts. So how are our urban kids doing? Bob Somerby summarizes the results from 2003 through 2011:Fourth grade math: According to those ... more »

If I Were A White, Male Middle Aged Forbes Columnist… « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

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If I Were A White, Male Middle Aged Forbes Columnist… « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:If I Were A White, Male Middle Aged Forbes Columnist…by millerlfAkiba Solomon hits back at Forbes Magazine writer who wrote racist piece “If I Were a Poor Black Kid.”Colorlines 12/14/2011In a reaction to President Obama’s big, pragmatic, race-free economic inequality speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, “Forbes” tech writer Gene Marks crafted a recklessly condescending column called “If I Were a Poor Black Kid.” In just ... more »

Yo: UPDATE IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION DAC meeting this Saturday Law Suit Briefing DAC gives LAUSD A Wack

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Big Education Ape: DAC gives LAUSD A Wack - District Advisory Committees:DAC meeting this Saturday Law Suit BriefingThis Saturday 17th December at 10am our lawyer Robert A Brown will be debrieifing parents and community about our law suit.I hope that some of you who are DAC members and Chairs from other districts will be able to attend to hear first hand what this law suit is about and whethersome of the same issues are taking place in your district!!!!!The address ...more »

Shaun Johnson: Corporate Education Reform and ALEC's Definition of Acceptable Risk

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Shaun Johnson: Corporate Education Reform and ALEC's Definition of Acceptable Risk:Shaun JohnsonAssistant Professor of Elementary Education, Towson UniversityGET UPDATES FROM SHAUN JOHNSON Like40Corporate Education Reform and ALEC's Definition of Acceptable RiskPosted: 12/15/11 05:17 PM ETThe left-leaning political blog Think Progressrecently reported on a comment from a top-executive with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that some children eating rat poison is "an acceptable risk." Thus, there is no justification for the government to regulate these kinds of product...more »