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Shanker Blog » Are Americans Exceptional In Their Attitudes Toward Government's Role In Reducing Inequality?
shankerblog.org - As discussed in a previous post, roughly half of Americans believe that government should take some active role in reducing income differences between rich and poor, though, as one would expect, th...
The US schools with their own police | World news
guardian.co.uk - The charge on the police docket was "disrupting class". But that's not how 12-year-old Sarah Bustamantes saw her arrest for spraying two bursts of perfume on her neck in class because other childre...
Review of Gateways to the Principalship
nepc.colorado.edu - Review of: Gateways to the Principalship: State Power to Improve the Quality of School Leaders by Gretchen Rhines Cheney & Jacquelyn Davis Center for American Progress October 24, 2011 Gateways to ...
Money Matters, Affects Student Performance, Outcomes
huffingtonpost.com - Amid major slashes to public funding, political leaders have cited assertions that money doesn't affect student learning to sometimes justify cutting billions in education dollars. But a new report...
The New Feeding Ground for Corporate Education Reformers
pegwithpen.com - Indianapolis, Indiana, home of the Hoosiers, is getting ready for the fight of a lifetime. The Crossroads of America will need us to rally and support them as a corporate education takeover makes i...
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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...
Virginia governor pushes questionable ed reforms - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - You’ve got to hand it to Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell. He knows how to jump on a bandwagon and firmly stay the course. In 2011 McDonnell showed himself to be a strong supporter of business-driven...
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Teachers Oppose Anoka-Hennepin Controversial Topics Policy « CBS Minnesota
minnesota.cbslocal.com - COON RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — The teachers union in Minnesota’s largest school district urged its school board Monday night to drop a proposed policy on handling controversial topics in the classroom, ...
Many Hispanic Hotel Workers' in Indiana See Paychecks Shorted
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:36 pm, January 10, 2012 Photo Credits: Many Hispanic Hotel Workers in Indiana Underpaid For Their Work Earlier this week hotel workers in Indiana staged a protest outside Hospitality...
Parents – watch out for parent trigger proposals in your state « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents – watch out for parent trigger proposals in your state « Parents Across America:Parents – watch out for parent trigger proposals in your stateby pureparentsPAA member Caroline Grannan recen...
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Quinn asks leaders for pension panel appointments
chicagotribune.com - By Ray Long Clout Street 7:01 p.m. CST, January 9, 2012 SPRINGFIELD— Gov. Pat Quinn today called on top legislators to appoint representatives to his pension working group that hopes to come up wit...
Where Are the Liberals?
nytimes.com - Why aren’t there more liberals in America? It’s not because liberalism lacks cultural power. Many polls suggest that a majority of college professors and national journalists vote Democ...
Please Hold the Cheese
nytimes.com - A charge of “pious baloney” from the king of sanctimonious salami: that was the taste of Debate Weekend, during which Newt Gingrich of all people called out Mitt Romney for larded self-aggrandizeme...
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Barriers to Outdoor Activity for Children in Child Care Centers
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - Ω Three-fourths of preschool-age children in the United States attend child care, and many are not getting enough outdoor physical activity, which may be due in part to parental and societal values...
CDC: Young adults down 9 drinks when they binge
northjersey.com - ATLANTA — New government statistics show college-age binge drinkers average an astounding nine drinks each time they get drunk. Binge drinking is when someone consumes four or five alcoholic bevera...
The best way to Boost a student is to .
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Home + BoostUp.org: National Dropout Rates Explore this map to see what’s happening with students around the country. Click on your state to see dropout rates among different student segmen...
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Obama's OMB Pick Oversaw Citigroup Unit That Shorted Housing Market
huffingtonpost.com - President Barack Obama's choice to lead the White House budget office oversaw a Citigroup unit that profited off the housing collapse and financial crisis by investing in a hedge fund king who corr...
LAO: BROWN TAX PLAN MAY OVERSTATE REVENUE
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Brown tax hike plan may bring in less than estimated The governor says a sales and income tax hike could bring in $6.9 billion a year. The Legislative Analyst's Office says it's likely to gener...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments | California Progress Report
californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendSACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments (from the Governor's website). Denise Brown, 60, of Fair Oaks, has been ap...
Berkeley City Clerk Deanna Despain Found Dead in Oakland
baycitizen.org - Bay City News Service A city of Berkeley emblem on the door of a building downtown Deanna Despain, Berkeley’s city clerk, was found dead in her home on the 4100 block of Lyman Road in Oakland at 2 ...
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Virginia governor pushes questionable ed reforms - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - You’ve got to hand it to Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell. He knows how to jump on a bandwagon and firmly stay the course. In 2011 McDonnell showed himself to be a strong supporter of business-driven...
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Why has the Illinois media ignored the Pearson test junket scandal? « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Illinois School Superintendent Christopher Koch loved to travel at Pearson expense. Yesterday’s posting of the letter from Oswego Superintendent Roger Sanders got a lot of attention as measured by ...
