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Charter School: Attorney general says Pocono Mountain Charter School violated state law
articles.mcall.com - A report claims the Pocono Mountain Charter School violated a state law… (KEVIN MINGORA, THE MORNING CALL)January 06, 2012|By Steve Esack, Of The Morning CallA Monroe County charter school has viol...
Send a Mom to Congress
parenting.com - Wanted: 51 amazing moms! Are you or do you know a mom who's made a real difference in her community's schools? We want to hear about it! We'll be selecting one outstanding mom from every state to r...
McDonnell proposes repealing ‘Kings Dominion law,’ teacher tenure in schools plan - Virginia Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - If Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) gets his way in 2012, teacher tenure as we know it will be a thing of the past, local school boards will be able to set their own calendars and students will be requ...
Putting New York’s testing program on trial - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Fred Smith, a retired New York City Board of Education senior analyst who worked for the city public school system in test research and development. In this post he writes about...
Florida’s budget solution: Ban the kids - Fred Grimm
miamiherald.com - MiamiHerald.com/columnistsPondering the budget Gov. Scott sent to the Legislature, I’m overcome with something similar to the sentiment suffered by adults in the lobby of Disney World’s Animal King...
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Diane Ravitch To Discuss NY School Reform in Cobble Hill
carrollgardens.patch.com - Diane Ravitch will be discussing her newest bestseller, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, tommorrow evening at PS 29 in Cobbl...
Who's Responsible for This, Anyway? - Teacher in a Strange Land
blogs.edweek.org - I taught in a middle school for almost 30 years. The last year I was there, I ended up teaching a class called Enrichment, which was code for Kids Who Are Falling Behind. The students in my class w...
Zombie NCLB still stalking our schools « Rethinking Schools Blog
rethinkingschoolsblog.wordpress.com - by Stan Karp Anniversaries are often cause for celebration… but the 10th anniversary of No Child Left Behind is mostly a time for damage assessment. A new report from FairTest sums up the fallout f...
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ALEC's disturbing level of influence [Video]
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Anna Scholl, ProgressVA, joins Thom Hartmann in exposing ALEC - the American Legislative Exchange Council. In case you dont know what ALEC is - it's a far-rightwing organization that brings togethe...
Santorum targets blacks in entitlement reform - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - At a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa on Sunday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum singled out blacks as being recipients of assistance through federal benefit programs, telling a most...
ALEC's disturbing level of influence [Video]
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Anna Scholl, ProgressVA, joins Thom Hartmann in exposing ALEC - the American Legislative Exchange Council. In case you dont know what ALEC is - it's a far-rightwing organization that brings togethe...
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White House Chief of Staff Daley resigns | Consumer
chicagobusiness.com - January 09, 2012 (Updated 1:35 p.m.)(Crain's) — White House Chief of Staff William Daley is leaving the post months sooner than he'd earlier planned.The Chicago Tribune reports that after a year on...
No honor among thieves. Wing-nuts defend Romney when it comes to job destruction. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Some of the crazy right-wingers in the GOP would rather lose the White House than elect Mitt Romney, in spite of his claim of being conservative. He’s just not conservative enough for the likes of ...
Bill Daley to serve as co-chair of Obama re-election campaign
washingtonpost.com - Outgoing White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley will serve as a co-chairman of President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, campaign officials confirmed. “Bill will serve as one of the co-chairs for ...
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A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug
nytimes.com - PERHAPS the most widespread peril children face isn’t guns, swimming pools or speeding cars. Rather, scientists are suggesting that it may be “toxic stress” early in life, or even before birth. ...
A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug
nytimes.com - PERHAPS the most widespread peril children face isn’t guns, swimming pools or speeding cars. Rather, scientists are suggesting that it may be “toxic stress” early in life, or even before birth. ...
RI confirms 8 cases of whooping cough
articles.boston.com - Eight elementary and middle school students in Rhode Island have been diagnosed with whooping cough, also known as pertussis.State health officials say they’re working with local school officials t...
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WOR - 710 AM New York, NY
tunein.com - About WOR 710 Real Life. Real People. Real Talk Radio. Founded in 1922, WOR 710 HD is New York's oldest, privately-owned and continuously-operated radio station. As the top talk radio station in th...
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE LAUSD SCHOOL LUNCH FIASCO? + smf's 2¢
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - by Dana Woldow‚ BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » http://bit.ly/zioZL9 Jan. 09‚ 2012 :: The recent Los Angeles Times article revealing that LA Unified School District's...
CALIFORNIA TEACHER CREDENTIALING (CTC): "WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT" - SOUND LIKE LAUSD CULTURE?(CALIFORNIA Credenciales de Maestros (CTC): "Nosotros somos el gobierno" - SONIDO como la cultura del LAUSD?)
perdaily.com - (Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)Kathleen Carroll was an attorney for California Teacher Credential (CTC) from 2006-2010,...
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NYC second to last among cities in student progress on the NAEPs since 2003
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Class Size Matters has done a detailed analysis of the trend in student achievement in NYC since 2003, when Mayor Bloomberg's educational policies were first implemented, as measured by the NAEPs -...
Education Reform Now’s 2010 IRS 990 Form « DFER Watch
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education Reform Now’s 2010 IRS 990 Form « DFER Watch:Education Reform Now’s 2010 IRS 990 Formby ken libbypEducation Reform Now’s IRS 990 form and audited financial statement were recently posted o...
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Santorum targets blacks in entitlement reform - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - At a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa on Sunday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum singled out blacks as being recipients of assistance through federal benefit programs, telling a most...