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To protest school closure, students fill officials’ voicemail boxes
gothamschools.org - April Pichardo, Justin Watson, and Harry Rivas (center), students from Manhattan's Legacy School for Integrated Studies, organized a phone bank to lobby officials to keep the school open. Students ...
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...
APPR Paper - New York Principals
newyorkprincipals.org - In May 2010, the New York State Legislature—in an effort to secure federal Race to the Top funds—approved an amendment to Educational Law 3012-c regarding the Annual Professional Performance Review...
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...
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...
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 ...
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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...
ISBE chief hid real costs of testing company junkets
pureparents.org - The Pearson junket scandal broke — i.e. was actually reported – a few months ago in New York, and the NY state attorney general is now investigating local education officials, but Chicago media see...
Regrets & clarification…after signing one of Michelle Rhee’s petitions « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Apr 28, 2011 leoniehaimson Michael Paul Goldenberg, a PAA member and mathematics coach in Michigan, responds to an email from State Senator Pavlov (see Pavlov’s note at the bottom). He received th...
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Cuomo says state’s teacher evaluation law was “destined to fail”
gothamschools.org - Gov. Andrew Cuomo turned up his rhetoric against teachers unions today, charging that their influence made the state’s teacher evaluation law “destined to fail.” Cuomo was responding to the Obama a...
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, ...
Remainders: UFT again accuses city of bad faith on evaluations
gothamschools.org - by Elizabeth Green, at 8:55 pm UFT: The city must never have intended to broker a teacher evaluation deal at all. (Leo Casey) The mayor will deliver his State of the City at Morris High School in t...
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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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What The National Children’s Study Means To You « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy Worldwww.healthychild.org Is there a link between the environment and illnesses such as pediatric cancer, asthma, allergies an...
Your Pre-Existing Condition Is Your Fault « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Imagine my shock, when I recently found out that not everyone reads our blog. I will give you a moment to recover from this astounding revelation (person who religiously reads our blog). For the ve...
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...
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Saving the Post Office: The Models of Kiwibank and Japan Post
owsnews.org - Neither rain nor sleet nor snow may have stopped the Pony Express, but the nation’s oldest and second largest employer is now under attack. Claiming the Postal Service is bankrupt, critics are pus...
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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But First Him, Always Him | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - But First Him, Always Him | The Jose Vilson:But First Him, Always Himby JoseAlejandro Luis Vilson Rojas and His DadFor the last four days, I’ve averaged about four hours of consistent sleep, includ...
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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...
Big Education Ape: 1-10-12 PM The New Feeding Ground for Corporate Education Reformers EDition #CORPREFORM #edREFORM
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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 ...
