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Taking on New Jersey : Education Next
educationnext.org - A conversation with Chris Cerf By Peter Meyer | Print | NO PDF | Share SPRING 2012 / VOL. 12, NO. 2 I didn’t know what exit we were passing, but Christopher Cerf, the six-foot New Jersey commission...
Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America : The New Yorker
newyorker.com - A prison is a trap for catching time. Good reporting appears often about the inner life of the American prison, but the catch is that American prison life is mostly undramatic—the reported stories ...
NCLB Waiver Request Continues Failure Trap
louisianaeducator.blogspot.com - Superintendent White's request for a waiver of the US Dept. of Education mandates of the No Child Left Behind law has serious basic flaws. Even so, such flaws will probably have no affect on its ap...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 13, 2012 In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a national commitment to help create an economy b...
U.S. Department of Education 2013 Budget Continues Investments to Strengthen Workforce and Rebuild American Economy
ed.gov - The Obama Administration continues its commitment to education and an America Built to Last with the release of its 2013 budget today, building on responsible decisions that will put the nation on ...
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Learning from Rhee
perimeterprimate.blogspot.com - This is a guest post by Joanna A. Bujes, an Oakland public school parent and supporter of public education. She has taught at U.C. Berkeley, University of Santa Clara, and SUNY Plattsburgh, and she...
Analysis: Why a charter school trumped a neighborhood school for space | school, charter, schools - News
ocregister.com - MISSION VIEJO – Barcelona Hills Elementary is closing in June, but not because it's an underperforming school or because neighborhood parents are demanding sweeping changes. The 34-year-old Mission...
Common Sense Improvements Needed in Education, Not Reform Per Se
mathequality.wordpress.com - The following post in the Silicon Valley Education Foundation Thoughts On Public Education (TOP-Ed) website caught my attention Friday night, so much so that I wrote and posted the comment shown be...
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LA Sheriff’s Letter to Miramonte Parents: ”We Will Not Ask About Your Immigration Status’
colorlines.com - Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca on Friday mailed a letter to an estimated 1,400 parents of students at Miramonte Elementary telling them “not to worry about immigration status” if they had any informa...
Arizona Bill Would Likely Prohibit Teachers And Professors From Teaching Any Book With 'Profanity'
thinkprogress.org - A new bill in Arizona is seeking to impose harsh restrictions on teachers’ conduct, even in their own homes. The bill, SB 1467, states that educators at the state’s public schools and universities ...
Chris Cerf Hearing Thursday is Cancelled
bluejersey.com - Acting NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf's hearing before the NJ Senate Judiciary Committee has just been canceled, I am told by a member of the Committee. The Judiciary Committee has determined...
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David Koch Funds Andrew Cuomo :: The Future of Capitalism
futureofcapitalism.com - http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/09/david-koch-funds-andrew-cuomoThe Democratic candidate for governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has been receiving campaign contributions from a surprising s...
Santorum Faces Questions on Women in the Work Force
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Only days after having to explain a comment about women in the military and emotions in combat, Rick Santorum seemed to struggle a bit on Sunday to explain a remark in his book “It Tak...
Severe Conservative Syndrome
nytimes.com - Mitt Romney has a gift for words — self-destructive words. On Friday he did it again, telling the Conservative Political Action Conference that he was a “severely conservative governor.” ...
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New York State Tests: 3rd Grade 2010
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - I don’t know when the first time I took a bubble test was, but I don’t think I was aware of them back when I was in 3rd grade during the 1977-1978 school year. At the time, though, I was part of a...
Dirty Work - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dirty Work - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Dirty Workby Nancy FlanaganEver have a summer job as a teenager? Yup. Me, too. I was a chicken fryer and pot washer at a KFC. I had a...
Basset Hound Gets Texas High-School Diploma | NewsFeed
newsfeed.time.com - A Houston news team used a so-called "diploma mill" to get Molly the dog a degree.What has your dog done lately? Sleep, eat and, if you’re lucky, bring you your slippers? Well, Molly the Basset Hou...
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Save Jobs, Occupy AT&T in Atlanta!
occupywallst.org - Posted 0 minutes ago on Feb. 13, 2012, 5:37 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Earlier Today, Occupy Atlanta, Atlanta Jobs with Justice, Communication Workers of America, and AFSC began occupying the AT&T He...
Brown’s Bond Bookkeeping Plan Would Cut Billions From California Schools
bloomberg.com - California (STOCA1) students from kindergarten to community college may have funding curtailed for years to come under Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to cut education spending if voters reject $7 bill...
Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers
northjersey.com - NEW YORK — Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled. MAR...
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In Less Than 7 Hours, Over 500,000 People Sign Up To Keep Keystone XL Killed
thinkprogress.org - NEWS FLASH In Less Than 7 Hours, Over 500,000 People Sign Up To Keep Keystone XL Killed | Less than seven hours after progressives launched a campaign to mobilize opposition to the Keystone XL pipe...
Say no to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
pol.moveon.org - Thanks for your interest in this petition. Help us reach our goal by clicking the buttons below and asking your friends, family, and colleagues to sign.We've reached 34% of our goal of 100,000 sign...
Access To Birth Control Is A Fundamental Component Of Climate Survival
thinkprogress.org - Any morally acceptable pathway to prevent catastrophic global warming includes broad access to affordable birth control for the world’s women. The conservative war on birth control is a war on wome...
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Big Education Ape: 2-13-12 PM U.S. Department of Education 2013 Budget #2013BUDGET #edchat
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SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO OCCUPY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
m.free-press-release.com - By Laurie T MurphyPublished: Feb 12, 2012Email to Author Email to Friends WASHINGTON, DC. February 11, 2012—From March 30-April 2, Americans from across the nation will gather in Washington D.C. fo...
