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Differentiating Learning for Teachers | Connected Principals

Differentiating Learning for Teachers | Connected Principals

Differentiating Learning for Teachers

A few weeks ago I “attended” Principal Lyn Hilt’ssession: “Differentiating Learning: It’s Not Just for Students!” at the Reform Symposium Worldwide E-Conference.

A common comment/complaint I’ve heard from other administrators is that their teachers have become complacent, lost their spark or are stuck in their old (teaching) habits. After attending Lyn’s session, I started to

Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet | Scathing Purple Musings

Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet | Scathing Purple Musings

Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet

Conservative legislative planning non-profit, the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC has operated under the radar for some time. Not any more. And no longer so in Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reported in July of the Koch brothers-funded group’s involvement in the republican sponsored “paycheck protection” bill and state GOP legislator’s subsequent evasions. This morning the newspaper went a step further and called for the state’s republicans to come clean with what legislation ALEC has been writing for them, and also which legislators are closely aligned with the group.

Everyone knows what the legislators who run Tallahassee generally want: lower taxes, fewer

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Three R's of Education Today: Redistribution, Retribution and Repudiation

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Three R's of Education Today: Redistribution, Retribution and Repudiation

The Three R's of Education Today: Redistribution, Retribution and Repudiation

The three R's used to represent what children learned in school: Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic. Those three R's were the basic principles and goals for public education, but we are under new rubrics in the educational arena. The modern and not so improved three R's currently coming from the Department of Education (and other Federal agencies) are Redistribution, Retribution and Repudiation.

What is Redistribution in Education? The USDA is involved with the Department of Education and the USDA will be providing for breakfasts and lunches schools served in public schools through the "Community Eligibility Option". The official announcement states:

Section 104(a) of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 amended section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B. Russell

All Education Matters: Conversations with Candidates: K-12 Teacher Marie Corfield Wants to Shake Things Up in New Jersey

All Education Matters: Conversations with Candidates: K-12 Teacher Marie Corfield Wants to Shake Things Up in New Jersey

Conversations with Candidates: K-12 Teacher Marie Corfield Wants to Shake Things Up in New Jersey

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Jersey Jazzman: Corporate Reformer Motivations

Jersey Jazzman: Corporate Reformer Motivations

Corporate Reformer Motivations

Again: I hope I don't upset Matt Yglesias by bringing up such disturbing topics. But don't you find it a little unusual, Matt, that so many hedge fund managers are so passionate about charter schools?
After hearing from Mr. Cuomo, Mr. Williams arranged an 8 a.m. meeting last month at the Regency Hotel, that favorite spot for power breakfasts, between Mr. Cuomo and supporters of his committee, Democrats for Education Reform, who include the founders of funds like Anchorage Capital Partners, with $8 billion under management;Greenlight Capital, with $6.8 billion; and Pershing Square Capital Management, with $5.5 billion.
Although the April 9 breakfast with Mr. Cuomo was not a formal fund-raiser, the hedge fund

In Decrying Obama's Centrism, Drew Westen Ignores Role of Race

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: In Decrying Obama's Centrism, Drew Westen Ignores Role of Race

In Decrying Obama's Centrism, Drew Westen Ignores Role of Race



Big Education Ape: 8-14-11 PM Power to the Corporation! EDition

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now
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Power to the Corporation!

nytimes.com - DES MOINES, Iowa I saw Mitt Romney’s hair move. No really, I did. We were standing amid the soybean and corn fields in rural Iowa and a breeze lifted some of his salt-and-pepper...

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My Response to the Heartland Institute

sites.google.com - Dear Ms. Pullman,As the 2011 Palm Beach County Teacher of the Year I had to laugh when I saw that an "education research fellow" at the Heartland Institute wrote a letter to the editor in the Palm ...

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Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So

news.yahoo.com - The Nation -- Steven Brill, the journalist and media entrepreneur, has come a long way since he helicoptered onto the education beat in 2009.   That’s when The New Yorker published Brill’s exposĂ© o...

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I’m just honored to be nominated. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - From Jersey Jazzman, an ed blogger of great wisdom: Here are some people who would have been great panelists for MSNBC’s show on education, but, for some strange reason, weren’t invited:Dr. Diane R...

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Florida Charter School’s Man at DOE Spins Their Poor Record

bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com - In a weekend interview with GRADEBOOK’s Jeffrey Solochek, Michael Kooi, the executive director of Florida’s Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice. Kooi played the interview close to t...

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Contracts Update for August PEP Meeting: Verizon & EPOs

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Below is an update sent to Manhattan Community Education Councils this morning: To: CEC1, CEC2, CEC3, CEC4, CEC5, CEC6: Dear Parents, I have received many emails with inquiries or concerns about t...

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Take Action: Stop Verizon Greed

action.cwa-union.org - Sign the Petition 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on the middle class. The reason? Despite record profits, Verizon is refusing to bargain and is demanding that its worke...

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The Perry-Obama education fight - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - No U.S. governor has been at public odds with President Obama’s education policies over the past few years more than Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), and it is a safe bet that tensions between Texas and ...

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Good news. Students don’t have to bother with with the long form, also known as novels. Snippets are enough. Koch brothers are a bunch of crooks. Need proof? Only Obama and Duncan could make right-...

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SF cell shutdown: Safety issue, or hint of Orwell?

news.yahoo.com - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers' safety from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commut...

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The real voter fraud problem

uppitywis.cloudmin.cruiskeenconsulting.com - Good bookNow that the recall elections are winding down (two more to go; don't forget to vote Aug. 16 if you live in the districts of Democrats Robert Wirch and Jim Holperin), maybe we can get the ...

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It’s Okay to be Scared Now

fdlaction.firedoglake.com - This, according to the New York Times, is the internal policy debate about the economy going on at the White House: Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Plouffe, and his chief of staff, William M. Dal...

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Day 1 - Going Down

anarchish.blogspot.com - Names have been changed to protect the guilty. I remember the blood rushing through my ears and the sick cramp in my stomach as the judge passed her sentence. My probation officer, my lawyer and ...

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School Tech Connect: Penny For My Thoughts?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Penny For My Thoughts?Penny For My Thoughts?by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Heck with the penny; you can have 'em for free. It's that pre-school year lull in blogging; there's just...

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Why Facts Matter…A Personal Plea

addictinginfo.org - It’s quite a statement about the imminent “idiocracy” in this country that I or anyone would feel compelled to write an article called, ‘Why facts matter’. I mean…duh.The fact that matters most of ...

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National Poetry Slam attracts hundreds to Mass.

boston.com - CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Joseph Andres Romero says he could have easily ended up in a dark place. Growing up in Albuquerque's Old Town, the 22-year-old writer said he witnessed friends and family turn to c...

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'Anonymous' hackers target BART, Fullerton police

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The hacker-activist group Anonymous threatened cyber attacks against the Fullerton Police Department and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system after controversial police confrontations. The threat to h...

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English city stages peace rally after deadly riots

northjersey.com - LONDON — Community groups held a peace rally Sunday in England's second-largest city against the hit-and-run attack that claimed three lives during rioting in Birmingham. Scores of people gathere...

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Take Action: Stop Verizon Greed

action.cwa-union.org - Sign the Petition 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on the middle class. The reason? Despite record profits, Verizon is refusing to bargain and is demanding that its worke...

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The Perry-Obama education fight - The Answer Sheet

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