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Launching Project RESPECT | ED.gov Blog
ed.gov - “Our goal is to work with educators in rebuilding their profession—and to elevate the teacher voice in shaping federal, state and local education policy,” said Secretary Duncan today at the launch ...
What Is "Teachers Village"?
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Remember the name: Teachers Village. It's a $150 million, mixed-use development that just broke ground with great fanfare in Newark. The idea is that teachers will live in the complex and teach at ...
Senate spikes McDonnell's teacher-contract overhaul | Richmond Times
timesdispatch.com - Virginia's Senate on Tuesday spiked Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposed overhaul of teacher and principal contracts, dealing a blow to a key piece of his K-12 education agenda. The chamber voted 20-18 to...
Judith Warner: Why Are The Rich So Interested in Public School Reform? | TIME Ideas
ideas.time.com - Warner's latest book is We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication. It was perhaps inevitable that the political moment that has given birth to the Occupy movement, pitting Mai...
Education Petition: Do not publish the unreliable teacher data reports!
change.org - These reports, which rated 12,700 NYC teachers based solely on the 2010 test scores of their students, filtered through a complicated value-added formula, are seen by most experts as highly unrelia...
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City Gives Nearly $6 Million to Principals in Bonuses – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Feb. 15, 2012, 2:45 p.m. The city’s Department of Education distributed roughly $6 million in performance bonuses to principals and assistant principals this year, based on rankings of their studen...
The Board of Education's Circus Act Doesn't Help Kids
huffingtonpost.com - I blogged about the December 14th takeover of the Chicago Board of Education meeting by parents and educators where I described the feeling of being dismissed by powerful people while presenting co...
Why the release of the Teacher data reports and adoption of a new statewide evaluation system will be bad for teachers and bad for kids
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The UFT has lost its lawsuit and the DOE says it will release the teacher data reports to the media within weeks, with all the major newspapers expected to print them. These reports, which rate 12...
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Spying on the Rev.
nypdconfidential.com - February 13, 2012 An NYPD informant spied on the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network [NAN] as the group was organizing large-scale protests of the Sean Bell case acquittals, a police documen...
Ald. Munoz' Plan To Protect Free Speech During G8, NATO Summits
progressillinois.com - Chicago Alderman Rick Munoz said Tuesday legislation he plans to introduce on Wednesday prohibiting police from blocking access to social media and cell phone networks during the G8 and NATO summit...
Rick Santorum's Pincer Movement - New York Times (blog)
campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com - New York Times (blog)Rick Santorum's Pincer MovementNew York Times (blog)It's been clear since Iowa that Rick Santorum, of all the Republican contenders, posed the most serious challenge to Mitt Ro...
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The Best Resources For Learning About What’s Happening In Syria
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - The past year has been one of increasing death and hardship for the people of Syria. I thought it would be useful if I started a “The Best…” list that might be useful for teachers and students. I’m...
Why You Don't Have To Be 'More Like A Man' To Get Ahead
huffingtonpost.com - "Why can't a woman be more like a man?" sings Professor Higgins in the musical "My Fair Lady". Charming as the song is, I can't help but be offended. And in Higgins' misguided opinion, women fall f...
What to do when a teacher ignores bullying
ednewsparent.org - Q. What advice can you give when the children bullying your child do it quietly. My son is 11 years old. Tattling is frowned upon. He gets harassed one-on-one when the teacher is not looking. Then ...
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D.C. Circuit Wants Answers From Trial Judge On Denial Of Anti-SLAPP Motion
legaltimes.typepad.com - In July, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a series of two-sentence orders denying blogger Andrew Breitbart's motions to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him in Washington federal court. ...
Joggers hit road for Occupy Chicago at 4 a.m. to highlight parks access
abclocal.go.com - February 15, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- It's shaping up to be a busy day for members of the Occupy Chicago movement. Some were out jogging around 4 a.m. Wednesday. They want to bring attention to or...
Correia Middle School 14 Year Old Tasered Twice by Police During Arrest for Theft
obrag.org - A Correia student, 14 years old and under suspicion by police of being in possession of a stolen iPod, was tasered twice by officers as they attempted to arrest him this morning at the school.Schoo...
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School Lunch Guidelines: Preschooler Told Homemade Turkey Sandwich Not Nutritious Enough, Given Nuggets Instead
huffingtonpost.com - A preschool student at West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina ended up eating three chicken nuggets for lunch two weeks ago -- because a state inspector declared that the 4-year-old's lunch ...
The ‘Bat Signal’ – “Projection Bombing” by Occupy San Diegans at Convention Center and Other Public Buildlings
obrag.org - Occupy San Diego Throws the ‘Bat Signal’ Up at Democrats’ Party Convention By Eugene Davidovich / Special to the OB RagSAN DIEGO – There are dozens of commercial buildings in San Diego with large f...
Ridgeland High School art teacher wins ring, plans to sell it to buy classroom kiln
timesfreepress.com - Erika Couey, a Ridgeland High School art teacher, wears a ring she won and intends to sell so her students can fire their ceramics in a new kiln. NEED A RING?Couey's ring has three solitaire diamon...
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Google: One Privacy Policy to Rule Them All
insidehighered.com - Beginning on March 1st, Google will eliminate more than 60 separate privacy policies and replace them with a single privacy policy for all of their services. A shiver ran across my back when I watc...
Un dueño de restaurante salvadoreño en California a favor del proyecto de ley WAGES « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Ésto es lo que pasa en mi restaurante diariamente: Es una mañana como todos los días ó una tarde resplandeciente y nuestros meseros están en sus trabajos, atendiendo a clientes ó poniendo ó quitand...
This Week In Web 2.0
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth sharing, I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” It’ll be a short compilation of new decent s...
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Big Education Ape: 2-15-12 PM Guessing About NAEP Results EDition #2013BUDGET #SOSCHAT
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Big Education Ape: 2-14-12 PM Now we’ve got Mayor Rahm upset EDition #2013BUDGET #REALREFORM
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