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Public School Advocates Skeptical of Cuomo Education Reform Plans
politickerny.com - Advocates of public education do not have high hopes for Andrew Cuomo’s latest initiative to reform’s the state’s education system. “We want to see what exactly the governor proposes, ” said Billy ...
U.S. Department of Education Amends its FERPA Regulations to Allow for Certain Additional Student Disclosures
natlawreview.com - The United States Department of Education (DOE) has completed its administrative procedures and has enacted new regulations that amend current regulations enforcing the Family Educational Rights an...
Schools flunked inquiries into suspicious scores in 2011
usatoday.com - By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Posted A decade ago, Hopeville Elementary School was one of the worst-performing schools in Waterbury, Conn., 30 miles west of Hartford. So when Michael Puffer, an educatio...
I Gotta’ Wonder Why Obama Talks So Much More About South Korean Schools Than Ones In Finland…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - “Indeed, Mr. Obama cites [South Korea President] Mr. Lee’s views on education in virtually every speech he gives these days, including one in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, holding up the hard-working Asia...
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csa-nyc.org - The job of the Principal has lost some of its luster.By Ernest Logan “Out with the old and in with the new” is a New Year mantra that makes us think of forgiven sins, fresh starts, clean slates. W...
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Mavericks High Schools Hope to Profit From Education – But at What Cost? - Page 1 - News - Broward/Palm Beach - New Times Broward
browardpalmbeach.com - Before the songs, chanting, and heartfelt tears, the ceremony next door to a Palm Springs strip mall begins with speeches. A thin, deeply tanned man in a pin-striped suit is among the first to take...
Fighting back against mandatory school testing
sdcitybeat.com - The red pillow takes the least space. The yellow pillow takes more space than the blue pillow. Which of the following is not true:The red pillow takes more space than the blue pillow.The yellow ...
Andre Agassi and charter schools: Former tennis star Andre Agassi teams with L.A. bankers to finance charter school construction
articles.latimes.com - June 02, 2011|Roger VincentFormer tennis star Andre Agassi has joined with Los Angeles bankers to create an unusual for-profit investment fund for construction of as much as $750 million worth of c...
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NEW YEAR QUOTABLES
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Barack Obama "I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists." -- CNNLu You...
Russian Art Group Claims Attack on Police Van
nytimes.com - MOSCOW — A spokesman for the radical art collective Voina on Monday announced that its members had broken into a St. Petersburg police station on New Year’s Eve and used Molotov cocktails to incine...
2011 Mayor's Year In Review: Bloomberg's Policy Wins Counter City Hall Woes
ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. While 2011 got off to a rough start for Mayor Mi...
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You Have No Idea What To Count, So Shut Up
thejosevilson.com - Ira Socol, the unabashed scholar he is, dropped my first favorite quote of 2012 in his meme on December 30th: Things I don’t want to hear in 2012: (3) “Accountability” – you have no idea what to co...
Yes we can. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - I want to talk about Obama voting this morning. It sort of started back last July at the NEA convention. IEA President Dennis Van Roekel, in his infinite wisdom, decided we should endorse the guy t...
Sometimes You Have to Settle for Just Being There – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Jan. 2, 2012, 3:39 p.m. As a teacher, you are exposed to poverty, but you are not poor. You care for a child as long as he or she is within reach, but you cannot touch their lives after the school ...
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Gingrich Lines Up Experienced Education Adviser - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - Lisa Graham Keegan, who served as a top adviser on K-12 issues during Sen. John McCain's bid for the presidency in 2008, is set to join former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign early next year...
Reports of Fidel Castro’s Death May Actually be Computer Virus… Again
therightsphere.com - I’ve seen some rumbling on Twitter about reports that Fidel Castro has died. While the 86 year-old has been in poor health recently, I have not been able to find any credible source to corroborate ...
Governor Cuomo Announces A New Education Committee
southbronxschool.com - We here at SBSB wish to take the time and congratulate Governor Cuomo on his call in tomorrow's state of the state address tomorrow night in calling for an education committee to look at education ...
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Chicago Losing a Chef Who Refined Its Stockyards Palate
nytimes.com - CHICAGO — Charlie Trotter, a pioneering chef whose restaurant in this city helped transform American fine dining in the last quarter-century, will close his famed establishment this year. ...
Rose Parade 2012: Thousands thrill to floats, marching bands
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Thousands gathered under clear, blue skies Monday for Pasadena’s yearly spectacle of fantastical floral floats, high-stepping marching bands and colorful equestrian units. Themed "Just Imagine," th...
Occupy’s Rose Parade Octopus Floats Down the Street Tomorrow! | La Figa #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy’s Rose Parade Octopus Floats Down the Street Tomorrow! | La Figa:Occupy’s Rose Parade Octopus Floats Down the Street Tomorrow!Lisa Derrick Sunday January 1, 2012 10:57 am Tweet It’s reall...
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AP: Officials Say Fracking Caused Ohio Earthquake
readersupportednews.org - Intro: "Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure t...
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Big Education Ape: 1-2-12 PM Mavericks High Schools Hope to Profit From Education EDition #edreform #ows
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#Occupy Oakland: For Wanda, For Tatiana, For Uncle Bobby . . . For Oscar
my.firedoglake.com - I am Oscar Grant (photo: tenacious snail/flickr) Today is the third anniversary of Oscar Grant’s execution by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. For any of you unfamiliar with this story: Oscar...
#J3 - Call To Action Against the NDAA
occupywallst.org - Posted 5 hours ago on Jan. 2, 2012, 1:33 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Tuesday, Jan. 3rd 12PM - 5PM (EST) New York Public Library, 455 5th Ave, Manhattan (5th Ave and 42nd St.) (B/D/F/M to 42nd/Bryant P...
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Why the press promotes the powerful, marginalizes dissent « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Jan 3, 2012 CarolineSF By Caroline Grannan Parents Across America founding member, San Francisco The press attitude toward corporate education “reform” has baffled me for more than a decade – since...
