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Emanuel Criticizes Chicago Union in Interview
educationnews.org - As the Chicago Teachers Union is set to go head to head with the Chicago Public Schools system in what many believe will be contentious contract negotiations, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has publicly critic...
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 ...
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nypost.com - School closing? No problem — help is now on the way!After voting to shutter 23 struggling schools, the city’s Department of Education is only now launching what it refers to as “targeted action pla...
The Joke’s on Us
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - February 11, 2012 (GBN News): In a stunning development, GBN News has learned that Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s signature “Race to the Top” program was originally conceived as a practical joke...
Dmytro Fedkowskyj on why he voted "No" on the 23 school closings
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Here is the statement made by Dmytro Fedkowskyj, Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy, before voting against the 23 school closings and numerous co-locations. The vote was 9-...
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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....
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...
Kelly Flynn Tackles the Learning Problem that Dare Not Speak its Name - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by Kelly Flynn.Teachers and corporate reformers both refuse to acknowledge the real roadblock to teaching and learning. It's an unspoken pact: teachers will not talk about the biggest ro...
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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...
Hope College. Mea Culpa. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Ben Velderman of AEG does not represent the students of Hope College. Back last March when Ben Velderman of the right-wing anti-union Michigan-based Education Action Group had made a FOIA request o...
Senate supports new tuition rate for illegal immigrants
denverpost.com - Colorado's Democratic Senate gave preliminary approval Friday to a measure that would set a new tuition rate for residents who are illegal immigrants.Republicans weren't swayed. This year's immigra...
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Want To Do Something About ALEC? 6 Suggestions For Activism That Match Your Personality
my.firedoglake.com - This week I helped produce a segment on ALEC for Angie Corio’s new radio show In Deep the show airs Friday night in Monterey KRXA 540am http://krxa540.com 8-10p, tomorrow (Sat)10a-12noon in DC WPWC...
A Father. « Student Activism
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Father. « Student Activism:A Father.by Angus JohnstonImagine a father gives his teenaged daughter a lovely carved wooden box. Imagine she puts her diary in it, and letters she’s written to her fr...
School Tech Connect: "Shills and Cruel Jokes"
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: "Shills and Cruel Jokes":"Shills and Cruel Jokes"by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Feeling kind of wobbly here but on the mend. I'll be flopping around in no time. Meanwhile, here's ...
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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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Springfield portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln called a fraud - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - A 2003 photo of the Executive Mansion in Springfield. (Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune) By John Byrne Tribune reporter 6:19 p.m. CST, February 11, 2012 A celebrated portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln that ...
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48
latimesblogs.latimes.com - February 11, 2012 | 5:15 pm Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said...
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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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...
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Kelly Flynn Tackles the Learning Problem that Dare Not Speak its Name - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by Kelly Flynn.Teachers and corporate reformers both refuse to acknowledge the real roadblock to teaching and learning. It's an unspoken pact: teachers will not talk about the biggest ro...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-11 #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - RIP Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - Lyrics Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 26 minutes ago A Father. « Student Activism Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: A...
School Tech Connect: The Other Learning Problem
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: The Other Learning Problem:The Other Learning Problemby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Go read this, including the comments.I agree. Incidentally, technology is not going to change t...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-11 #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - RIP Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - Lyrics Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 26 minutes ago A Father. « Student Activism Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: A...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 2-11 #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Facebook Emails « DFER Watch Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago Facebook Emails « DFER Watch:FACEBOOK EMAILSPosted by ken libby on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment ...
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...
