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Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges
nytimes.com - MIAMI — Florida lawmakers contend that education is essential to high-wage jobs in the state, but the Legislature is again expected to slash millions of dollars from the budget for higher education...
What the ‘N’ in UNCF Stands For These Days
theroot.com - Sixty-five years after a group of historically black colleges came together to form the United Negro College Fund, a mind is still a terrible thing to waste. The UNCF is continuing its mission of r...
A Sociological Eye on Education
eyeoned.org - The word rigor comes up a lot in teacher-evaluation systems. It’s akin to motherhood, apple pie and the American flag. What policymaker is going to take a stand against rigor? But the term is getti...
Protestors blast CPS plans to close, restructure schools - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Protestors blast CPS plans to close, restructure schools By Noreen Ahmed-Ullah Tribune reporter 6:45 p.m. CST, February 20, 2012 With two days left before the Chicago Board of Education votes to cl...
Parents Feeling Ignored in School Reforms
chicagonewscoop.org - Chicago Public School officials are making big changes during their first year in office, but there’s a group of people feeling shut out once again — parents. Despite a well-publicized commitment t...
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Susan Ohanian's Testing Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
susanohanian.org - THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, & TECHNICAL SUBJECTSOhanian comment: This incredibly Incredibly pompous, ignorant document i...
States Try to Fix Quirks in Teacher Evaluations
nytimes.com - Steve Ball, executive principal at the East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, arrived at an English class unannounced one day this month and spent 60 minutes taking copious notes as he watched...
On Dr. Steve Perry « The Black Tongue
theblacktongue.wordpress.com - For many people, Dr. Steve Perry is a modern day hero. He’s the CNN education contributor and he’s the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, a school which, albeit very poorly named, boas...
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Protest of Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Bill in Virginia Leads to Delay
news.firedoglake.com - The Virginia abortion bill, which would mandate that the women seeking an abortion get a trans-vaginal ultrasound – a forcible assault at the very least – before having the procedure, has received ...
How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona's Unions
thenation.com - Two days after Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected Governor John Kasich's anti-labor agenda by a 61-39 margin in a statewide referendum, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker jetted to Arizona to launch ...
Heroine of the Week: Constance Johnson
helloladies.com - Constance Johnson Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson is our heroine of the week. Johnson proposed an amendment to Senate Bill 1433, that would criminalize some ejaculation. The amendment read...
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School Tech Connect: Save Our Schools
schooltechconnect.com - I was unable to stay for the protest going on over at the mayor's house tonight, but I did spend some time with the protestors gathering at Lakeview High School. Weird how everyone there knew the i...
Want to Add Your Anti-Common Core Comment on The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Site?
missourieducationwatchdog.com - Is this the America we are becoming? “I think it would be a good idea to make everybody come before a properly appointed board …..say every 5 or 7 years, and be asked “Sir or madame, will you be ki...
Youthcomm Story: How the Other Half Lives
youthcomm.org - I read on the front page of today’s New York Times that the poor are dropping further behind the rich in school. I grew up in Brownsville, a very poor neighborhood in Brooklyn. I didn’t know what k...
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Santorum aide: I ‘misspoke’ on Obama’s ‘radical Islamic policies’
washingtonpost.com - A spokeswoman for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum said Monday that she “misspoke” when she said the candidate had been describing President Obama’s “radical Islamic policies.”Rick Santoru...
Santorum Defends Remarks on Obama and Government’s Role in Education
nytimes.com - CUMMING, Ga. — As Rick Santorum has addressed huge, supportive crowds in recent days — with hundreds whooping at his jokes and cheering his blistering criticism of the Obama administration — he see...
Two Senators Say U.S. Should Arm Syrian Rebels
nytimes.com - KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Syrian government continuing its deadly crackdown on its citizens, two senior American senators who were on their way to the Middle East spoke out strongly on Sunday i...
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100 Most Powerful Chicagoans - Chicago magazine - March 2012
chicagomag.com - Daley's moved on. Oprah, too. These are the titans of 2012. Read more about our list—how we define "power" and why we omitted Barack Obama—here. Some choices—and omissions—may be controversial. Goo...
read these blogs: jeremy lin edition 6
blog.angryasianman.com - Jeremy Lin - Knicks vs Mavs FULL HIGHLIGHTS - 28 points, 14 assists, 5 steals [2/19/2012]: In case you thought Friday's loss signaled the end of Linsanity, Jeremy finished with 28 points, a career-...
Stephen Colbert to Resume Taping 'Colbert Report' Monday - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Todd Cunningham Reuters 5:24 p.m. CST, February 19, 2012 Feb 19 (TheWrap.com) - Stephen Colbert and "The Colbert Report” will return on Monday, Comedy Central said Sunday. The Comedy Central show l...
EnvironmentSee all
Robert Reich (The Gas Wars)
robertreich.org - Nothing drives voter sentiment like the price of gas – now averaging $3.56 a gallon, up 30 cents from the start of the year. It’s already hit $4 in some places. The last time gas topped $4 was 2008...
Rocket sent into northern lights for GPS research
articles.boston.com - The rocket arcing up into the northern lights above Alaska was on its way to measure the effects of the celestial phenomenon’s effects on global positioning systems.It was a mission launched Saturd...
Hey, what’s that funny smell in the car? « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Sometimes it’s hard to discern what that funny smell is in your car if you have kids, pets, or both. But the smell I’m most worried about when I get into a car is that “New Car Smell.” Some folks l...
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Reformy
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Watching Brian Jones yesterday, I was struck once again by the massive hypocrisy of so many who claim the mantle of "reformer." They sing the praises of standardized testing regimes and "accountabi...
