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Resolution on busing, with FOILed data showing DOE granted more busing thru safety variances to private school students
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The DOE unilaterally eliminated middle-school busing from many areas of Queens and Staten Island that have no public transportation, and this may have contributed to the death of at least one publi...
Audit Culture, Teacher Evaluation and the Pillaging of Public Education
education-radio.blogspot.com - In this weeks' program we look at the attempt by education reformers to impose value added measures on teacher evaluation as an example of how neoliberal forces have used the economic crisis to b...
Will California Start a National Revolt Against Bad Ideas? - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Your trip to Japan sounds exciting and exhausting. Your summary reminded me that you must protect your energy and continue to share your wisdom about children for many years.While you ...
Daily Kos: "American Teacher" - American Hoax
dailykos.com - The movie American Teacher finally premiered in Portland, Oregon, where I live. I had been curious to see it since it was promoted on ABC's Education Nation in September. The movie is said to be b...
Lessons Shared At California Forum
huffingtonpost.com - STANFORD, Calif. -- Finland is this decade's shiny icon of classroom success, the repeat winner of top results in a global ranking of national school systems. That's why academics, teachers and gov...
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Would You Believe that Romney’s Bain Capital Supports Michelle Rhee? « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - That’s right, the same company that made billions for Mitt Romney by tearing companies to bits and selling them off and moving all the manufacturing facilities overseas – yes, Bain Capital is proud...
Two say they got paid to protest, back closing Chicago schools - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - Always contentious hearings on whether to close failing Chicago schools have taken a bizarre twist this year with charges that cash-strapped residents were hired as “rent-a-protesters” and given pr...
Shame of a nation
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - After a decade of No Child Left Behind and three more years of Race To The Top, Black and Lation teenagers in U.S. schools are performing at academic levels equal to or lower than those of 30 years...
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Readers sound off on Eli and the Giants, upstate and down
nydailynews.com - That golden ruleHolbrook, L.I.: To Voicer Michael W. Domis: I totally agree we should be better than our enemies, and we are. Are the Taliban building schools, etc.? And the Golden Rule applies to ...
Supporting Domestic Workers at the State Capitol « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Photo by Flickr user mathoov This morning, the film The Help was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. The movie depicts African-American domestic workers who undertake great risks to st...
Alan Singer: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
huffingtonpost.com - Rethinking Schools is a magazine written for teachers by teachers. It is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and covers local issues, but really its concerns are national in scope. Its Winter 2011-2012 i...
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Making waves. Backing good guys. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Will Guzzardi in the 39th House District in Chicago. The Chicago Democratic Machine has been famous for promoting the theory of, “Don’t make no waves. Don’t back no losers.” What is surprising is h...
Obama Faces Heat from Left on ‘Robosigning’ Talks - Developments
blogs.wsj.com - By Alan ZibelAssociated Press The Obama administration is facing criticism about a possible settlement over alleged foreclosure abuses.For quite a while now, liberals have been unhappy with the Oba...
Mitt Romney's Tax Forms' Craziest Revelations: Swiss Accounts, Mormon Payouts, Low Taxes - Miami News
blogs.miaminewtimes.com - Mitt Romney released his tax filings late last night as he desperately tries to run down Newt Gingrich's ballooning lead in Florida, telling a Tampa audience: "I'm proud of the fact that I pay a l...
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School Obesity Programs May Promote Worrisome Eating Behaviors and Physical Activity in Kids
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩA new report from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health examines the possible association between school-based childhood obesity prevention programs and an increase ...
Whooping cough deaths in California vanish in 2011; cases plummet
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Nobody in California died from whooping cough in 2011 -- the first time in more than two decades that there were no deaths due to the disease, public health officials announced early Tuesday. The p...
CPS schools to be stocked with EpiPens. District tackles students with asthma and diabetes as well. - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Chicago Public Schools is planning to start stocking epinephrine injectors at schools to treat life-threatening allergic reactions.Chicago Public Schools is planning to start stocking epinephrine i...
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Obama Must Choose On Housing: Sweetheart Deal For The 1% Or Fairness for the 99%?
ourfuture.org - With George Goehl Rumor has it that on Monday, after months of negotiation with big banks, the White House may announce a settlement that would let the banks off the hook for their role in the fore...
Higher Education Funding Drops Off a Cliff « Student Activism
studentactivism.net - Nineteen states cut higher education spending by more than ten percent last year, and total state funding to higher ed dropped by 7.6% nationwide, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. A quart...
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Florida Poverty Outstrips U.S. « CBS Miami
miami.cbslocal.com - (Source: U.S. Census Bureau )TALLAHASSEE (CBS4)- The recession of the last couple years put more Florida residents into poverty and resulted in a decrease of median family income in much of the sta...
Showdown Averted: ILWU and EGT Reach Agreement
dissidentvoice.org - The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the international conglomerate EGT Development came to a tentative agreement on Monday to resolve their long simmering labor dispute. The...
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Slaves, Oranges and Arithmetic: The Dangers of Too Much Content Integration | Mr. D's Neighborhood
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Slaves, Oranges and Arithmetic: The Dangers of Too Much Content Integration | Mr. D's Neighborhood:Slaves, Oranges and Arithmetic: The Dangers of Too Much Content Integrationby ldorazio1In that eve...
Support PURE! » PSAT for 1-24-12: Call for a moratorium on school closings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 1-24-12: Call for a moratorium on school closings:PSAT for 1-24-12: Call for a moratorium on school closingsby adminWe’ve done it ...
New Book Critiques 'Corporate' School Reform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - New Book Critiques 'Corporate' School Reform:DescriptionNeoliberal education reforms, including No Child Left Behind and Chicago's Renaissance 2010, tend to "marketize" schools and threaten to dism...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts 1-24 #ows #edreform #edchat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The facts that school reformers ignore - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 7 minutes ago The facts that school reformers ignore - The Answer S...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts 1-24 #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - An old news recap: charter school decisions, mutual matching, blue ribbon nomination - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 2...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 1-23 Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Life in Rahm’s Chicago. « Fred Klonsky Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 4 minutes ago Life in Rahm’s Chicago. « Fred Klonsky:Life in Rahm’s Chicago.by Fred KlonskyOnly in Rahm’s ...
