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Chris Cerf: there you go again
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - This morning featured an extended story in the Star Ledger examining Chris Cerf, and his record as Deputy chancellor of NYC schools. Cerf has been appointed to be acting New Jersey Commissioner o...
Carrots, Sticks, & the Bully Pulpit : Education Next
educationnext.org - By Frederick Hess 02/10/2012 Interesting day at AEI last week. Hosted a lively discussion on “Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy,” looking at what the year ahead ...
Moving Beyond Separate but Equal — The Century Foundation
tcf.org - Nov. 12, 2009, Washington, DC — Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s far-reaching efforts to transform the country’s lowest-performing schools into successful ones don’t reach far enough, according to...
Schools big eyed by conflict board
nydailynews.com - Deputy Schools Chancellor Christopher Cerf violated city conflict-of-interest law by soliciting a $60,000 charitable contribution from executives of his former firm while the company did business w...
Schools Official Is Chided About Soliciting Donation
nytimes.com - New York City investigators have found that a deputy schools chancellor solicited charitable contributions from executives of Edison Schools, an Education Department vendor for whom he once worked....
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The Widening Academic Achievement Gap between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations
cepa.stanford.edu - Authors: Sean F. Reardon, Publication Type: Book, Book ChapterYear of Publication: 2011Editor(s): In Richard Murnane & Greg Duncan (Eds.)Journal: Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality and the Unce...
Occupy Kindergarten: The Rich-Poor Divide Starts With Education - Jordan Weissmann - Business
theatlantic.com - New research shows that a family's money matters ever more when it comes to their childrens' educationReutersEconomic class is increasingly becoming the great dividing line of American education.Th...
Obama Grants Waivers to NCLB and Makes a Bad Situation Worse
thedailybeast.com - Secretary Arne Duncan is right about the No Child Left Behind law: It is an unmitigated disaster. Signed into law a decade ago by President George W. Bush, NCLB is widely despised for turning schoo...
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Hot News & Views | AlterNet
alternet.org - Want to get the latest on America's drug & rehab culture? Sign up for The Fix's newsletter here. More than 20 years ago, Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was being considered by President G...
Chicago pays $6.2 million for violating our freedom of speech. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - The bridge over the Chicago River, 2003. On the day the US invaded Iraq in 2003, Bush’s war against war against weapons of mass destruction that never existed, we headed down to the Federal Plaza d...
Santorum on Gay Marriage: I'd Die on That Hill
theroot.com - In a comment that some seem to be interpreting to mean he'd literally give his life to prevent same-sex couples from getting married, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said in a recent intervi...
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One Windy Night at Occupy Erie
my.firedoglake.com - When this movement started in New York City I felt something in me spark. I had always known that there was something wrong with the way the country was being run, especially after watching the sto...
The Grandparents of the 99%
owsnews.org - Collected by Bill Schechter of Brookline MA. “The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.” Harry Truman ****** “There are ninety and nine who live and die In want hunger and col...
Blog posts on this issue
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release February 10, 2012 Homestead YMCA Homestead, Florida4:10 P.M. EST MS. WARD: Yay! Yes, great crowd. Very good, very good. All right. Y...
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Obama Goes from 'Change' Candidate to Changed Candidate
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - Doug Mills/The New York TimesIn his re-election campaign, President Obama, who visited Michigan at the end of January, has shifted his strategy to a more practical focus on holding together a cente...
Why Illinois SB 512 Is a Devious Ruse
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Because we are victims of today’s state (and federal) politics that have created an unethical “winner-take-all” economy for wealthy egomaniacs at the expense of everyone else; because we are victim...
Daily Kos: CPAC straw poll results
dailykos.com - will add my comments after posting and the Presidential result at the bottom - because they did not give it until last balloting from ( AM Thursday until 1 PM today, according to Tony Fabrizio, Re...
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Parents: Hazed students not allowed to play sports
boston.com - JACKSON, Miss.—The parents of two boys who say they were punched during high school baseball hazing rituals say they're being victimized again -- this time because they aren't being allowed to play...
School in mourning after boy's fatal jump from three-story building
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Crescent Valley High School was in mourning after a 15-year-old boy jumped off a three-story building Friday during lunch period in what authorities believe was a suicide. The investigation was con...
Education | Bellevue schools to Susan Enfield: We like you, too
seattletimes.nwsource.com - The Bellevue School Board voted Friday morning to officially notify Susan Enfield that she is a "strong candidate" for the superintendent vacancy and that it will consider accelerating the search p...
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PIONEERS OF LAUSD DESEGREGATION: A bus ride from Watts 40 years ago took African American students to a Van Nuys high school, and into the future of an integrated L.A. Unified.
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Sandy Banks | LA Times columnist | http://lat.ms/xfIaXk Rudy Pittman was part of the first group of black students bused to the Valley's Birmingham High. Now he teaches at Frost Middle Sc...
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Blue Jersey:: The New Teacher Evaluation Policy
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Blue Jersey:: The New Teacher Evaluation Policy:The New Teacher Evaluation Policyby newschoolboardmemberpromoted by RosiI attended a meeting last night and learned a few things about the new teache...
Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen:Outsourcing Gym ClassWith budgets tight, schools look for new ways to pay for physical educationTEXT SIZE A A ABy KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI on February 11, 2012 ...
A Parent Questions State Test Scores | United Opt Out National
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Parent Questions State Test Scores | United Opt Out National:A PARENT QUESTIONS STATE TEST SCORESA quick preface to this letter – the Parental Rights Bill in Colorado was voted down at the commit...
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Sign Up Now for Tomorrow’s #OccupySupply Webinar: “My Occupation Was Raided: Now What Do I Do?”
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - Cuomo's Loot: Occupy Buffalo's belonging after raid Our next Occupy Supply online meet-up is Sunday, February 12th, at 2:00 PM Eastern. Register now. In an effort to share strategies and best-pract...
One Windy Night at Occupy Erie
my.firedoglake.com - When this movement started in New York City I felt something in me spark. I had always known that there was something wrong with the way the country was being run, especially after watching the sto...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Afternoon Posts 2-11 #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: What if this is my last year in the classroom? Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 minute ago Daily Kos: What if this is my last year in the classroom?:What if this is my...
