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The Answer To The $125,000 Question
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Two years ago I first heard about a new Charter School in New York City called The Equity Project, founded by a TFA alum named Zeke Vanderhoek. There was an article in The New York Times about how...
Education in the Republic of Korea
edweek.org - National treasure or national headache? ByByong-man AhnDuring the more than two years I served as South Korea's minister of education, science, and technology, I found myself frequently astonished ...
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 -...
Brown proposes waiving annual evaluations to draw top teachers to struggling schools - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (D) is developing legislation to encourage the city’s most effective teachers to work in its lowest-performing schools by exempting them from annual evaluations...
If You Want to Know the Human Impact of The Current Recession, Ask America’s Teachers
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- One of the things I’ve discovered in recent years is that when it comes to education policy, the last people asked for input are America’s teachers. We have a President who holds an” education sum...
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The CPS Grind on Teachers - Gapers Block Mechanics
gapersblock.com - By Katie OsgoodRecently, in Chicagoland, a story hit the papers about a teacher committing suicide. She wrote in her suicide note that the major reason for this drastic act was work-related. Accord...
New York City Abandons Teacher Bonus Program
nytimes.com - A New York City program that distributed $56 million in performance bonuses to teachers and other school staff members over the last three years will be permanently discontinued, the city Departmen...
Study: $75M teacher pay initiative did not improve achievement
gothamschools.org - New York City’s heralded $75 million experiment in teacher incentive pay — deemed “transcendent” when it was announced in 2007 — did not increase student achievement at all, a new study by the Harv...
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Missouri Immigration Bill Copies Alabama, Would Require Schools To Check Student Immigration Status
huffingtonpost.com - In a move similar to ones chided by federal courts in Alabama and Arizona, one Kansas City area lawmaker has proposed a bill that would require Missouri schools to check the immigration status of i...
Diane Ravitch will speak to Sac City Teachers Association members - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News
sacbee.com - Education historian Diane Ravitch, an outspoken critic of the movement to reward or penalize teachers based on student test scores, will speak to hundreds of teachers at a public event organized by...
Tom Donohue | Bain Attacks | Mitt Romney
dailycaller.com - WASHINGTON — US Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue expressed disappointment with the attacks on Mitt Romney by other Republican presidential candidates for his time at Bain Capital. “I was v...
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Shoddy petitions force Mulligan off 55th District primary ballot - Park Ridge Herald
parkridge.suntimes.com - By JENNIFER JOHNSON jjohnson@pioneerlocal.com January 10, 2012 2:58PM Updated: January 12, 2012 4:35AM State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan has withdrawn from the March 20 primary race for the state’s 55th...
Downtown will be on lockdown during NATO, G-8 summits - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com January 12, 2012 1:58AM 11-7-2002 Anti-globalization protesters carry signs, banners and pictures as they protest the TransAtlantic World ...
Occupy Chicago Targets Obama Speech
nbcchicago.com - advertisement President Barack Obama is holding one public event in Chicago on Wednesday, and Occupy protesters plan to be there. About 90 people confirmed on the "Occupy UIC" Facebook page they wo...
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From the Archives: 19th Century Wisdom on Gender and Productivity
danagoldstein.net - Since newsier blogging will be light as I throw myself into my book project, I think I'll occasionally post some of the wonderful stuff I'm finding in my archival research on American teachers and ...
Judy Collins and the Majority of Americans "Really Don't Know Clouds At All" and the Danger to Individual Privacy
missourieducationwatchdog.com - Is this the America we are becoming? “I think it would be a good idea to make everybody come before a properly appointed board …..say every 5 or 7 years, and be asked “Sir or madame, will you be ki...
Whisper in the President’s Ear « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - You have a tremendous opportunity to help shape what the President addresses in the State of the Union and to offer your thoughts on what our country’s priorities should be in 2012.*Click here now ...
LeisureSee all
The Book
teachersolidarity.com - Increasingly public education’s character is under assault. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher union leaders from around the world fuses personal stories, r...
Photo Galleries Of The Week
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Obviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called sl...
Latino Culture of New Food and Travel Magazine- "Latin Lover"
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 7:56 pm, January 11, 2012 Photo Credits: Latin Lover Magazine Lovers of Latin American gastronomy are enjoying a new online magazine specializing in food and travel, in which restauran...
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Can Facebook Users Stop SOPA Without A Blackout?
forbes.com - Yesterday Forbes blogger Paul Tassi urged Google and Facebook and other opponents of SOPA to bring their servers down in opposition to the SOPA. I agreed – a blackout of major search engines and so...
LAAAC BUILDING PROGRAM INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL REPORT
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - report of the Panel dated Jan 4, 2012 smf: My concerns, based on my background and experience , was the obvious, oblivious and ineffective exercise of oversight by the LACCD Bond Oversight Commit...
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Live Blog for #Occupy: Laying, Sitting on a Park Bench Can Get You Arrested
dissenter.firedoglake.com - The barricades around Zuccotti Park were finally taken down after NYCLU took issue with how the presence of the barricades were in violation of Brookfield Properties’ zoning permit and wrote a lett...
Great Schools for America Blog
greatschoolsforamerica.org - If you are a teacher, consider this. Occupy/Apply to Teach for America. When Wendy Kopp founded (wink, wink) Teach for America (TFA) with the help of million dollar contributions from some of Ameri...
