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Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students’ standardized-test scores seem to have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students’ lives beyond acad...
Know Your Rights
ed.gov - OCR enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Education. These laws prohibit discrimination...
06 | January | 2012
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Last year, I began a new regular interview series. There are always lots of “hot spots” around the world — places where there are natural disasters, political upheavals, etc. And English teachers c...
Book Reveals Friction Between Rahm Emanuel, Michelle Obama
huffingtonpost.com - Then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in February 2010 after a series of columns appeared depicting him as the lone element keeping the Obam...
Corbett Administration Inaction Exacerbated « Senator Andy Dinniman
senatordinniman.com - WEST CHESTER (January 6) – Senator Dinnimian issued the following statement on financial crisis in the Chester Upland School District: “As minority chair of the Senate Education Committee, I am dis...
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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?
huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...
Shanker Blog » New Report: Does Money Matter?
shankerblog.org - Over the past few years, due to massive budget deficits, governors, legislators and other elected officials are having to slash education spending. As a result, incredibly, there are at least 30 st...
Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union's Award – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Jan. 5, 2012, 11:25 a.m. The actor Matt Damon and his mother, a professor of education, on Wednesday turned down an award from the country’s largest teachers union after reading an opinion article ...
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Clergymen Are Among Arrested Protesters
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Updated, 6:26 p.m. | Four pastors, including a member of City Council, were among seven men arrested Thursday morning in front of the city Law Department during a protest of the city’s ban on allow...
Quadriplegic ex-football player dies after losing health insurance - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Rasul "Rocky" Clark, who was paralyzed while playing football for Blue Island's Eisenhower High School in 2000 and later fought an unsuccessful battle to keep his health insurance, died Thursday af...
Referendum drive to overturn California's Dream Act fails
blogs.sacbee.com - What You Should Know About Comments on Sacbee.comSacbee.com is happy to provide a forum for reader interaction, discussion, feedback and reaction to our stories. However, we reserve the right to de...
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Chicago mayor stars in right-wing, anti-public school video
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Thanks to brother Fred I came upon this right-wing propaganda video targeting public school and teachers unions staring none other than Rahm Emanuel. "A Tale of Two Missions," co-stars the head of ...
I'm With Michelle On This One
schooltechconnect.com - I was going to skip this story about Michelle Obama until I realized it's pretty much the story of how she can't stand Rahm Emanuel.The first lady never confronted the advisers directly — that was ...
November school elections, legal notice bills part of busy Monday legislative agenda | The Source
blog.northjersey.com - Lawmakers in both the Assembly and Senate have scheduled votes Monday – the last day of the current lame duck legislative session – on a bill that would allow school elections to be moved to Novemb...
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He’s Political. He’s Hardcore. And He Raps for Children.
dominionofnewyork.com - Most people who use hip-hop to educate children do so badly. Larry Henderson does it so well that after a kid shares his music with you, you’ll secretly download the album yourself. C ustomers at S...
The Education Gadfly Show Podcast
edexcellence.net - Michael J. Petrilli, Chris Tessone / December 22, 2011 This last 2011 installment of the Gadfly Show won’t disappoint, with Mike joined by Chris Tessone (formerly of Dollars and Sen$e fame). The tw...
Why I Am A Liberal | Addicting Info
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why I Am A Liberal | Addicting Info:Why I Am A Liberalby Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" RosarioWhy I Am A LiberalJanuary 6, 2012By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario“A society grows great when old ...
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Louder Than A Bomb - Trailer
oprah.com - Hello. To view this content, JavaScript must be enabled and you need the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player. Click here to get the latest Flash player. Louder Than A Bomb chronicles four teams...
Durango high school student's senior picture removed from yearbook for violating dress code
denverpost.com - It's certainly not a traditional high school senior picture; however, 18-year-old Sydney Spies says it represents who she is and she plans to fight to keep it in the Durango High School yearbook. "...
Van Halen sets Oakland, San Jose concert dates
mercurynews.com - By Tony HicksContra Costa Times Click photo to enlarge Van Halen member David Lee Roth performs at Cafe Wha? in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) Behind its first new album...
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14 wounded in shootings across Chicago - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Fourteen people were wounded in separate shootings across the city Thursday.Two people were shot at 50 W. 85th Street about 11:45 p.m., just west of the Dan Ryan Expressway, police said.They were s...
FORMER BEVERLY HILLS USD FACILITIES DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN PRISON
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Karen Christiansen may have to repay the district more than $2 million. The Notebook By Laurie Lande/Beverly Hills Patch | January 5, 2012 :: Former Beverly Hills Unified School District...
Ruling in Alex Sanchez Case Expected Soon
tomhayden.com - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is close to ruling on key portions of the Alex Sanchez case involving prosecution conflicts-of-interest and double jeopardy issues. Meanwhile, two-and-one-half y...
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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?
huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...
The Best Posts On The Gates’ Funded Measures Of Effective Teaching Report | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Best Posts On The Gates’ Funded Measures Of Effective Teaching Report | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:The Best Posts On The Gates’ Funded Measures Of Effective Teaching Reportby Larry F...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Gates Foundation study paints bleak picture of teaching quality | GothamSchools Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 hour ago Gates Foundation study paints bleak picture of teachin...
#edreformRead this paperSee all
Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?
huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Gates Foundation study paints bleak picture of teaching quality | GothamSchools Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 hour ago Gates Foundation study paints bleak picture of teachin...
Big Education Ape: 1-6-12 PM Shanker Blog » New Report: Does Money Matter? EDition #EDREFORM #ows
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