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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 »

Parents demand stronger role at council hearing on engagement | GothamSchools #edreform

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Parents demand stronger role at council hearing on engagement | GothamSchools:Parents demand stronger role at council hearing on engagementby Jessica CampbellAs today’s City Council hearing on parent engagement wore into its third hour, parents grew agitated that they had yet to deliver their testimony.After listening to chancellor Dennis Walcott and executive director for family and community engagement, Jesse Mojica, discuss parent engagement with council members for hours, the parents were ready to contribute, but the meeting was scheduled to end ... more »

Illinois’ corporate tax dodge. More on “Illinois is broke.” « Fred Klonsky

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Illinois’ corporate tax dodge. More on “Illinois is broke.” « Fred Klonsky:Illinois’ corporate tax dodge. More on “Illinois is broke.”by Fred KlonskyWhen the Illinois General Assembly gave CME and Sears a massive $371 million tax gift this week, it wasn’t the first tax gift to a major corporation.“Illinois is broke,” said Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee when they were going after public school teacher pensions.But a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, as reported in Progress ... more »

How Occupy Wall Street is Also an Education Justice Movement « Parents Across America #OWS

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How Occupy Wall Street is Also an Education Justice Movement « Parents Across America:How Occupy Wall Street is Also an Education Justice Movementby leoniehaimsonBy Jason Langberg and Lewis PittsThe Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has taken the country by storm. Tens of thousands of Americans are taking to the streets to protest corporate greed and government corruption. The People are sick and tired of capitalism destroying what’s left (after Citizens United) of our environment, our social safety nets, and our ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform

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More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeeBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-20 minutes agoMore student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panelby sstanton@sacbee.com (Sam Stanton)One month after the pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis, officials are ... more »

Investing in Education in Every State and District | ED.gov Blog

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Investing in Education in Every State and District | ED.gov Blog:Investing in Education in Every State and DistrictPosted on December 15, 2011 by Cameron BrenchleyIn September, President Obama introduced the American Jobs Act, which among other key investments to create jobs would invest $30 billion to repair and modernize public schools and community colleges and $30 billion to keep hundreds of thousands of teachers from facing layoffs.But how would that really affect you? Earlier today the Department of Education released ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Teachers Iz Stoopider!

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Jersey Jazzman: Teachers Iz Stoopider!:Teachers Iz Stoopider!by DukeThe last I spoke of Laura Waters, she was playing a particularly ugly game of innuendo. I guess that's the sort of stuff B4K likes, because she recently left a guest post on their blog:In a related article today, Matthew Di Carlo in The Shanker Blog notes that the “cognitive ability” among female students who choose teaching as a career has declined over time:An important 2004 longitudinal analysis of the trend in teachers’ ... more »

State Board of Education Call for Applications - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

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State Board of Education Call for Applications - Letters (CA Dept of Education):Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 2012 CALL FOR APPLICATIONSINSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY COMMISSIONI am requesting your assistance in recruiting individuals to apply for membership on the Instructional Quality Commission (Commission), formerly known as the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission. The Commission is an advisory body to the State Board of Education (SBE) and consists of 16 public members, 13 of whom ... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Last night's PEP meeting approving a further expansion of the DOE (Department of Eva) and Walcott's falling poll numbers

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NYC Public School Parents: Last night's PEP meeting approving a further expansion of the DOE (Department of Eva) and Walcott's falling poll numbers:Last night's PEP meeting approving a further expansion of the DOE (Department of Eva) and Walcott's falling poll numbersby Leonie HaimsonAs expected, the Panel for Educational Policy (otherwise known as the Panel of Eight Puppets) rubberstamped two new , very controversial charter co-locations of Eva Moskowitz’s expanding chain of Success Academy last night, despite huge community opposition, and ... more »

An International Diane Ravitch Moment? - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard

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An International Diane Ravitch Moment? - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard:An International Diane Ravitch Moment?Dec 15th, 2011 by Lily.There is hope on the horizon, my dears.For more than ten long, empty, intellectually dry and dishonest years, we’ve lived under the insanity of No Child Left Untested. (Someone told me not to be so negative. Trust me. I’m holding back.) Children, especially poor children, have been subjected to a corporate “reform” mentality of pass/fail by making their quota of test score ... more »

Check it OUT! Chromebook Classroom

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Chromebook Classroom:Chromebook ClassroomSet up a Chromebook Classroom today with a special offer and new pricing planChromebooks for Education give students, teachers, and administrators a simple solution for fast, intuitive, and easy-to-manage computing.At home in the classroom• Power through the school day with 8.5 hours of battery life 1• Boot up in just 8 seconds and resume instantly from standby• Connect to the web via WiFi or optional built-in 3G 2(100MB of mobile broadband included each month for 2 years)Easy to ... more »

RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee’s 5-City California infomercial- coming to an auditorium near you!

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RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee’s 5-City California infomercial- coming to an auditorium near you!:Michelle Rhee’s 5-City California infomercial- coming to an auditorium near you!admin at RheeFirst! - 11 minutes ago"Last night, I drove over to the Shiley Auditorium on the beautiful campus of USD to hear Michelle Rhee talk about education reform, or as it should more aptly be called when it comes to Rhee, “reform.” San Diego was the first of five stops she is making in California as part ...more »

DAC gives LAUSD A Wack - District Advisory Committees

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Central and Local District Advisory Committees: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Parent Group Files Lawsuit Charging LAUSD With Misuse of $2.5 Billion in Federal Title I FundsP_R_E_S_S_____R_E_L_E_A_S_Evar docstoc_docid="108630898";var docstoc_title="P_R_E_S_S_____R_E_L_E_A_S_E";var docstoc_urltitle="P_R_E_S_S_____R_E_L_E_A_S_E";Summary of DAC et. al. vs. LAUSD et. al. L.A.S.C. Case No. BC474879var docstoc_docid="108630994";var docstoc_title="Summary of DAC et. al. vs. LAUSD et. al. L.A.S.C. Case No. BC474879";var docstoc_urltitle="Summary of DAC et. al. vs. LAUSD et. al.... more »

More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

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More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panelby sstanton@sacbee.com (Sam Stanton)One month after the pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis, officials are struggling with how to move forward, even as they prepare for the possibility of new protests and building takeovers when students return next month.UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi speaks at ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: An "astonishing number..."

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: An "astonishing number...":An "astonishing number..."by Mike KlonskyRemember last spring when Arne Duncan was pushing for reauthorization of NCLB, heclaimed that 82 percent of public schools were "failing"? Three days later, President Obama repeated Duncan's foolish claim in a speech at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va. “Four out of five schools will be labeled as failing,” Obama said , in March. “That’s an astonishing number.”Astonishing indeed. The only thing "failing" was NCLB itself.As Duncan himself admitted ... more »

NYC Educator: Digging in His Heels

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NYC Educator: Digging in His Heels:Digging in His Heelsby Miss Eyre"Ronny" is a senior at my school. Ronny is universally regarded as, on one hand, bright and capable; on the other, as stubborn, strong-willed, and difficult to get to know. As you can imagine, working with Ronny is not an easy task as the seniors wrap up their college applications.Ronny does not want to go to college. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts. Four years at an ostensibly college-prep school ... more »