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In Washington, Large Rewards in Teacher Pay
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — During her first six years of teaching in this city’s struggling schools, Tiffany Johnson got a series of small raises that brought her annual salary to $63,000, from about $50,000. Th...
Santorum Gets `Glitter-Bombed’ - Naureen Khan
nationaljournal.com - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was greeted with a fistful of glitter as he arrived at his final campaign event on Friday night. An unidentified man shouted “Stop ...
Worst and best education events of 2011
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Please add your suggestions for what I've missed in the comment section, and Happy New Year to all! Worst education news of 2011:Schools suffer huge budget cuts across the nation & class sizes incr...
Community College Budget Cuts Drive Students To For-Profit Schools
huffingtonpost.com - ONTARIO, Calif. -- Just after she started working for an ambulance company in this suburban enclave east of Los Angeles, Cierra Nelson came to admire the quick decision making and street smarts of ...
Resolve in 2012: Abolish No Child Left Behind
johnyoungcolumn.blogspot.com - The subject here is destructive education policies. But first: Have you heard of the Capital One Cup? It goes to the two Division I NCAA schools that win the most titles each year in men's an...
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Jeb Bush’s Privatization Plan for Indiana Public Schools
btownerrant.com - This is a guest post by B-town Errant contributor, Doug Martin. This post was originally published on Mr. Martin’s blog on Fire Dog Lake, and has been republished on B-Town Errant with his permissi...
Dispute Over Evaluations Imperils Grants for Schools
nytimes.com - Negotiations between New York City’s Education Department and union officials over a new evaluation system for teachers and principals broke down on Friday, jeopardizing roughly $60 million in fede...
My Year-End Post: No Matter the Reforms, No One Likes Tyranny
allthingsedu.blogspot.com - Education blogger/journalist Alexander Russo asked via twitter and then via his blog with Scholastic where all the smart, interesting pro-reform teacher and principal bloggers were. For now, he sai...
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I hate end-of-the-year lists. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - “I hate those biggest story of the year lists,” he said over pizza last night. “Yes. Me too,” I said. There was a pause as we both took another bite out of a slice. “But, what do you think was the ...
Feel Free to Ignore Iowa
nytimes.com - Only days until the Iowa caucuses! Can you believe it? Less than 8,000 minutes to go! Perhaps this would be a good time to point out that the Iowa caucuses are really ridiculous. ...
Will we play Vocabgame?" - The Educator's PLN
edupln.com - In November, I attended Dogus University’s 1st International ELT conference. At the conference, Philip Kerr mentioned the importance of translation from L2 to L1 as because he states that taking L1...
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Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
abcnews.go.com - A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of App...
3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US
occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com - The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative along with Amnesty International are asking the U.S. to step up its efforts to address the foreclosure crisis, including by giving serious conside...
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parentadvocates.org - Holder̢۪s Voting Rights GambleThe Supreme Court̢۪s voter ID showdown.By Richard L. Hasen|Posted Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at 1:09 PM ETLINKOn the Friday before Christmas Day, the Department of Justi...
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Obama signs defense bill 'with reservations'
cnn.com - By the CNN Wire Staff updated 4:32 PM EST, Sat December 31, 2011WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday reluctantly signed a defense authorization bill, saying he was concerned about...
Wisconsin's Role in Our Year of Dissent |
bluecheddar.net - This is a small portion of a lengthy and fantastic Truthout story called “The Year Dissent Came Back”. It’s a thoughtful piece that covers 2011′s Slutwalks, the Occupy Movement, the Tar Sands Keyst...
Board of Governors Rebuke of USF President “Shameless Political Boot Licking” | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Board of Governors Rebuke of USF President “Shameless Political Boot Licking” | Scathing Purple Musings:Board of Governors Rebuke of USF President “Shameless Political Boot Licking”by Bob SikesYowz...
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Worst Public Schools in the USA
neighborhoodscout.com - custom searches to find your ideal neighborhood:Find best neighborhoods for ... -- Select a search --Best public schoolsHome appreciation ratesCrime RatesFamiliesFirst-time homebuyersLuxury Communi...
Occupy Houston Update. | MyFDL
my.firedoglake.com - Occupy Houston Update. I delivered the most recent box of Occupy Supply goodies on Christmas Day but far more timely was the hot meal. It had been raining hard for much of the previous 48 hours and...
Occupy 2012: Wall Street New Years Eve Celebration | OccupyWallSt.org #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy 2012: Wall Street New Years Eve Celebration | OccupyWallSt.org:Occupy 2012: Wall Street New Years Eve CelebrationPosted 8 hours ago on Dec. 31, 2011, 6:19 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt2011 was an...
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this year's angriest posts | angry asian man
blog.angryasianman.com - It's been a hell of a year! Ching chongs, tiger moms and of course, Asians in the library. Here are this year's angriest posts -- not really the angriest, just the most viewed. Check it out:alexand...
Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 01/01/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Whole School: Sustainability: Global citizenship teaching resources - TES Tons of global citizenship ideas for your school. As you work to reach the world, these maps, images, and lesson...
Edu app news: apps, ebooks, and sites for your classroom #mlearning 12/31/2011
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - iPad lesson Plans and teaching ideas Here is a great list of ipad teaching ideas and lesson plans across a lot of subjects. tags: eduapp ...
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#OccupyBigEd
k12newsnetwork.com - When Republican Congressmen vote against higher nutrition standards for children’s school lunches, carrying out the wishes of “Big Ag” by making the tomato sauce on school lunch pizza the equivalen...
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#OccupyBigEd
k12newsnetwork.com - When Republican Congressmen vote against higher nutrition standards for children’s school lunches, carrying out the wishes of “Big Ag” by making the tomato sauce on school lunch pizza the equivalen...
