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RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee: the company she keeps
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee: the company she keeps:Michelle Rhee: the company she keepsby adminGuns, Rick Santorum, the Koch brothers, Islamophobia and Michelle Rheeby admin(Photo credit: Joe Foss I...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce begins multi-million dollar ad campaign in congressional races - Election 2012
washingtonpost.com - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a multi-million dollar ad blitz in House and Senate races across the country on Thursday.Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Joshua Robe...
Two teachers, one connection | silverman, meléndez, mrs - News
ocregister.com - IRVINE – The bell rang.A front door in a quiet neighborhood in Irvine was all that separated Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana and the woman she was coming to visit — the kindergarten teacher she hadn't...
What Colorado College Remediation Rates Tell Us about the Value of a DPS HS Diploma
squarestate.net - According to the CCHE report, 1,075 DPS students enrolled in a 2- or 4-year institution of higher education in Colorado in 2011. Of these, 672 students, or 58.9%, required one or more remedial cl...
Detroit To Close 9 Schools, Convert 4 To Charters
huffingtonpost.com - Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced a big shake-up in the district Wednesday, closing nine schools next year and converting four into charters, to save $7.5 million in an...
NYT: Obama Offers 'Accommodation' o
mobile.nytimes.com - WASHINGTON - President Obama, seeking to dampen a runaway political furor over birth control and religious liberty, unveiled a plan on Friday that is meant to calm the right's ire about a new admin...
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Compensation for Exelon's Rowe jumps 48%, to $10M
chicagotribune.com - On the verge of his retirement, Exelon Chief Executive John Rowe saw his total compensation for 2011 rise 48 percent, to $10.7 million, according to documents filed Thursday with the Securities and...
New count could cut high school graduation rates 20 percent - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - High school graduation rates in the District, long thought to be inflated by generous counting methods, will be adjusted downward by about 20 percent under a new, more accurate formula, officials a...
Michigan's recovery school district needs $24M from donors by fall | The Detroit News
detroitnews.com - Detroit — Michigan's recovery school district will need $24.7 million for start-up costs that include administrative salaries, technology for students and classrooms, and paying for a summer academ...
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Tales From the Kitchen Table
nytimes.com - This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway. When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and tol...
Alinsky and Terkel, talking | Bleader
chicagoreader.com - Posted by Michael Miner on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:18 PM Republicans from Newt Gingrich on down who have been trying to hang Saul Alinsky on Barack Obama are handicapped by their apparent failure to ...
Protesters Rally Against School Closures To No Avail
ny1.com - Updated 02/09/2012 11:17 PM 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. The United Federatio...
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Applying the Success of NCLB to the Improvement of Interscholastic Football
dailykos.com - NCLB: The Football Version 1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champio...
Welcome to Teachbad’s Book Club | Mr. Teachbad
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Welcome to Teachbad’s Book Club | Mr. Teachbad:Welcome to Teachbad’s Book ClubANNOUNCING!!!!Mr. Teachbad’s Official Teachbad Book Club Eventacular Discussion Series (MTOTbBCEDS). Here’s what...
We Need More Poets
dissidentvoice.org - by E.R. Bills / February 10th, 2012 Writer Don DeLillo once wrote that reading poetry makes us conscious of breathing. I can’t imagine a better way to put it. The first time I fell in love, really ...
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Prelude to New York Mayor's Race? Liu Faults Quinn's Education Proposals - Metropolis
blogs.wsj.com - By Michael Howard SaulAssociated Press John Liu, center, speaks to reporters before New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers his State of the City address Jan. 12.New York City Comptroller Jo...
STATE DEMOCRATS ROLLING INTO SAN DIEGO ON ROAD TO ELECTION
utsandiego.com - California Democrats will begin sketching out a road map to the November election and beyond when they converge by the thousands for the state party convention this weekend in San Diego.The priorit...
Greeks Call for Solidarity in Strikes Against Austerity
occupywallst.org - Posted 0 minutes ago on Feb. 10, 2012, 3:26 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Under pressure from creditors, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the EU, the Greek government is f...
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Preteen Vaccine Week - Letters (CA Dept of Education)
cde.ca.gov - Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators: PRETEEN VACCINE WEEK—FEBRUARY 12–18, 2012 I am writing to inform you of Preteen Vaccine Week, a statewide immunization ca...
High school students test best with 7 hours' rest
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - Ω Whether or not you know any high school students that actually get nine hours of sleep each night, that’s what federal guidelines currently prescribe. A new Brigham Young University study found t...
Latinas Risk for Preterm Birth Rises Longer They Live in U.S.
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:39 pm, February 10, 2012 Photo Credits: Preterm Birth Rates Latinas The longer Hispanic women live in the United States, the more likely they are to have a preterm birth, a new stud...
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LAUSD board member Nury Martinez meets with parents of Telfair Elementary School students in Pacoima
dailynews.com - PDF: Statement of LAUSD Board Member Nury Martinez regarding crimes against children at Telfair Elementary School Angered by revelations that a third-grade teacher had been arrested on child molest...
San Jose principal escorted off campus, placed on leave
insidebayarea.com - The principal of Schallenberger elementary school in San Jose has been placed on paid administrative leave, after being escorted off campus last week.San Jose Unified School District spokeswoman Ka...
O.C. students who stay out of gangs will get Chivas soccer tickets
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Orange County law enforcement officials challenged students at a Orange middle school Thursday morning to stay out of gangs earn good grades in school. The incentive? Soccer tickets. About 700 stud...
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Eduardo Marti - Administrators CUNY
cuny.edu - On July 1, 2010, the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York appointed Eduardo J. Marti as the first Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges. An experienced educator who has led several...
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