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Extra! Extra! The White House Announces Another Federal Education Non-Policy - Tenured Radical
chronicle.com - Photo Credit: Associated Press I have repeatedly complained in this blog that the Obama administration has no education policy. Part of what is horrible about the Republican presidential field turn...
Tackling Business Problems - Harvard Business Review
hbr.org - Tackling Business Problems Stop Tying Pay to Performance The evidence is overwhelming: It doesn’t work.by Bruno S. Frey and Margit Osterloh Time frame: next week | Degree of difficulty: operational...
Draft of Teachers Letter to President Obama
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- We, the undersigned, a cross section of the nation’s educators, want to express our extreme displeasure with the policies implemented during your administration by Secretary of Education Arne Dunca...
Rye Principal Retires to Fight Standardized Tests
thedailyrye.com - Osborn School Principal Clarita Zeppie announced she will be retiring at the end of 2011-12 school year to fight the "unhealthy" and "wrong" direction of the State's education program for grade-sch...
History, Not “Conspiracy”: Kaleem Caire’s Connections
allenruff.blogspot.com - First of a series Allen Ruff The recent controversy over the Urban League of Greater Madison’s proposal for a Madison Preparatory Academy has been framed primarily as a local story pitting cont...
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Obama, Democrats Still Grasping For A 'Populist Pitch' For Education
ourfuture.org - Reflecting on last night's State of the Union address to the nation, most opinion outlets are declaring that President Obama is now more overtly resorting to a "populist message" to rally Democrats...
Diane Ravitch Addresses Sacramento, and Undresses Education Reform « InterACT
accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - While my main purpose in traveling to Sacramento last week was for an event I helped plan and present, the added benefit was seeing some excellent speeches at the Sacramento Convention Center that ...
A Score Card for Changing Schools – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Jan. 27, 2012, 10:52 a.m. Sixty-two New York City schools are on a path to be closed or otherwise re-shaped this year. Here’s a score card to help you keep track of what schools are affected and ho...
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There’s One Big Worm In Checker Finn’s Apple
edwize.org - On the Fordham Foundation’s Flypaper blog and in the electronic pages of the Hoover Foundation’s Education Next, Checker Finn is bemoaning the state of the American work ethic, and blaming American...
California school districts change board elections to avoid lawsuits - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News
sacbee.com - In recent years, the rural Esparto Unified School District has eliminated teaching jobs and classes as it struggled to absorb state funding cuts.So district officials, eager to avoid a costly legal...
Render Unto Caesar...
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Let's go back to Amir Khan for a minute or two:Pastor Khan - anti-marriage equity crusader and promoter of school voucher legislation to his congregation (is that allowed by the IRS?) - was granted...
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Jobs, Jobs and Cars
nytimes.com - Mitch Daniels, the former Bush budget director who is now Indiana’s governor, made the Republicans’ reply to President Obama’s State of the Union address. His performance was, well, boring. But he ...
Valkyrie: movie for US military today to arrest US War Criminals
dailycensored.com - with movie scene here. Valkyrie opens with the Nazi soldier’s loyalty oath; identical in effect to the 2003-altered US Army Soldier’s Creed: “I will always place the mission first” (as dictated by ...
Unionization Rate Rises in 2011
news.firedoglake.com - This isn’t how conservatives wanted things to play out. They wanted to use the post-Tea Party period as a time to crush union membership. They sought out a coordinated strategy, in places like Wisc...
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Hit me: Gingrich spokesman calls the CNN debate a blackjack ‘push’ | The Ticket
news.yahoo.com - Newt Gingrich disembarks from his campaign plane in Miami, Fla. (Matt Rourke/AP) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--Even Newt Gingrich's top aides agree: Thursday's debate wasn't their boss's hottest night. Mitt...
I’m Looking At The Boy In The Bubble
tbogg.firedoglake.com - Roy has an interesting post up about how Charles “Coloreds Is Dumb” Murray has moved on from explaining why white people are superior to the dusky races and how now Murray is trying to instigate Wh...
Parents 4 Teachers says, “Call Brizard.” « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents 4 Teachers says, “Call Brizard.” « Fred Klonsky:Parents 4 Teachers says, “Call Brizard.”by Fred KlonskyHi Fred,My name is Erica–I’m a CPS parent (going on 14 years in the system!), an avid ...
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Tax Cut Extender: Boon to Charter Schools
citypragmatist.com - Illustration: FRBSF Charter schools are among the big winners in the tax cut extender deal signed into law on December 17 by President Barack Obama. Section 733 of H.R. 4853 provides for an additio...
Jersey Jazzman: Merit Pay Fails Outside of Schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Merit Pay Fails Outside of Schools:Merit Pay Fails Outside of Schoolsby DukeMerit pay is a disaster wherever it goes:We’ve talked about this since the financial meltdown. Now it’s t...
Friday Thoughts: In my own words (recent media commentary) « School Finance 101
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Friday Thoughts: In my own words (recent media commentary) « School Finance 101:Friday Thoughts: In my own words (recent media commentary)by schoolfinance101Interview for In These Times:[I]t’s much...
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gr2 presents year of the dragon, january 28 - february 15
blog.angryasianman.com - More good stuff for art lovers in Los Angeles... Giant Robot is celebrating the Year of the Dragon, an art exhibition featuring dragons! And dragons are awesome. It's running January 28 through Feb...
Over 700 Nominations for Outstanding Local Occupy Activism — And Counting
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - There have already been over 700 nominations of local occupations for outstanding community activism, representing 149 occupations across the country. Occupy Supply announced the contest yesterday...
Daily Kos: WAM
dailykos.com - Mozart could have a sense of humor, which is why I offer this duet in English:We saw this opera perhaps the best way to see - the voices of great singers but done by marionnettes in Salzburg Mozart...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 1-27 #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Blue Jersey:: Liars For Yahweh! How The Tikun Olam Charter School Got A $600,000 Federal Grant Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 46 minutes ago Blue Jersey:: Liars For Yahweh! How T...
Modern School: Andre Agassi Profiteering Off Charter School Mania
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Andre Agassi Profiteering Off Charter School Mania:Andre Agassi Profiteering Off Charter School Maniaby Michael DunnTennis star Andre Agassi has partnered his Andre Agassi Ventures L...
Mother Crusader: Much Ado About Nothing…. If You Consider the Corporate Takeover of Public Education Nothing, Then I Guess You're Right Ms. Waters!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mother Crusader: Much Ado About Nothing…. If You Consider the Corporate Takeover of Public Education Nothing, Then I Guess You're Right Ms. Waters!:Much Ado About Nothing…. If You Consider the Corp...
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What Value Did the Chetty Study Add? - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Just days ago, three economists released a study that created a great deal of controversy. Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard University and Jonah Rockoff of Columbia Universit...
Big Education Ape: 1-27-12 PM Diane Ravitch Undresses Education Reform EDition #CORPREFORM #edreform
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