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Question of Cheating at Taft High School
citybeat.com - In a Cincinnati neighborhood plagued by high rates of blight, poverty and crime, the new $18.4 million Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in the West End couldn’t offer a more contra...
School closure fight continues at Board of Ed
wbez.org - The Chicago Board of Education heard impassioned comments from the public Wednesday.People began lining up at 4 a.m. to address board members before they vote on whether to close seven schools and ...
Due to a generous grant, our school has a new Mac...
insidecolocation.tumblr.com - Due to a generous grant, our school has a new Mac lab. This room is being taken by Success Academy. There is no room upstairs that has the necessary wiring for our computer lab. According to the Bu...
Shanker Blog » Public Schools Create Citizens In A Democratic Society
shankerblog.org - Our guest author today is Jeffrey Mirel, Professor of Education and History at the University of Michigan. His book, Patriotic Pluralism: Americanization Education and European Immigrants, publish...
Oops – and here I thought it was an annual meeting and not a Gala Dinner « Wait, What?
jonpelto.wordpress.com - Governors engage in a fair number of strange and suspicious political maneuvers – but this one is a first. Courtesy of the Yale Club Call it the “Golden Rule” when it comes to Elected Officials and...
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Wis. Republicans and ALEC Push Vouchers on Disabled Kids
progressive.org - By Ruth Conniff, February 21, 2012 It’s crunch time on school vouchers for disabled kids in Wisconsin. Last summer, I wrote about how Republicans and school choice groups are targeting kids in spec...
Bankstreet - Occasional Papers
bankstreet.edu - Guest editors Gail Boldt and Bill Ayers have asked 13 leading educators to address the politics of the teacher accountability movement in America. Who benefits and who is hurt? What is gained and w...
U.S. schools chief endorses release of teacher data
articles.latimes.com - August 16, 2010|By Jason Felch and Jason Song, Los Angeles TimesU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that parents have a right to know if their children's teachers are effective, end...
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California Will Not Be Fooled By Mitt Romney
huffingtonpost.com - I was two years old in 1988 when I left Guadalajara, Mexico with my mother to join my father in the United States. I don't remember the long car ride or when the world I was barely learning about d...
Town says, "frack you" to Anschutz
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Phillip Anschutz, bankrolled the anti-public school propaganda film, Waiting for Superman. Now he's financing another film glorifying the so called, "parent trigger", a law which gives a group of ...
Board Closes All 17 Schools!
teachersforjustice.org - Tonight, Feb 22, 2012, at about 6:15 PM, the appointed Board of Education of the city of Chicago closed, phased out, and turned around all 17 schools on their chopping block without a dissenting vo...
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Yard sale. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - When I walk out of school on June 8th it will be with lots of memories and hands free. The few personal belongs that I have in and on my desk will have been taken home by then. Everything else stay...
Magisto Is A Lot Of Fun
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Magisto is an amazing video editor that is an app on its own and is also available as a YouTube editing tool. It was on The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 list. I’ve just started u...
Comments To That Snoop Dogg Article You Didn’t See | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Comments To That Snoop Dogg Article You Didn’t See | The Jose Vilson:Comments To That Snoop Dogg Article You Didn’t Seeby JoseAs I’m sure you’re aware, there will always be comments worth posting a...
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As new evaluations firm up, more city principals oppose them
gothamschools.org - During the month that Gov. Andrew Cuomo was engineering revisions to the state’s teacher evaluation law, more city principals signed onto a petition critiquing it. A pair of Long Island principals ...
Buffett Should 'Write a Check and Shut Up,' Christie Says
sfgate.com - (Adds Christie comments in seventh, eighth paragraphs.) Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called for the nation's wealthiest pe...
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber voices frustration that health care, education reforms are bottled up
oregonlive.com - SALEM -- A frustrated Gov. John Kitzhaber went public Wednesday with his concerns that his health care and education reforms -- identified early on as the marquee bills of the 2012 session -- have ...
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Strauss-Kahn freed after French police questioning – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com - PARIS (AP) – French police released former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday after nearly 30 hours in custody for questioning about a suspected hotel prostitutio...
Conn. mom pleads guilty in school residency case
boston.com - NORWALK, Conn.—A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school district.Tonya McDowell entered her plea Wednesday in Norwalk Superior C...
Supt. Deasy orders new look at L.A.'s teacher misconduct reports
latimesblogs.latimes.com - L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy has ordered his staff to submit or re-submit reports to the state credentialing commission on hundreds of teachers accused of misconduct over the last four years. Deas...
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New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking
nytimes.com - In a victory for opponents of the drilling process known as hydrofracking, a New York State judge ruled on Tuesday that the upstate town of Dryden in Tompkins County can ban natural gas drilling wi...
District invites outside bidders to maintain its buildings
thenotebook.org - by Benjamin Herold for the Notebook/WHYY’s NewsWorks Still searching for millions of dollars in savings and hoping to extract concessions from its largest blue-collar union, the cash-strapped Sc...
New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking
nytimes.com - In a victory for opponents of the drilling process known as hydrofracking, a New York State judge ruled on Tuesday that the upstate town of Dryden in Tompkins County can ban natural gas drilling wi...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-22 #soschat #ReclaimingReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Setting The Record Straight On Teacher Evaluations: Scoring and the Role of Standardized Exams | Edwize Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 23 minutes ago Setting The Record Straight ...
Missouri Education Watchdog: Notice to DESE: SHOCKER! Apparently Common Core Standards Will Cost Missouri Money.
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Missouri Education Watchdog: Notice to DESE: SHOCKER! Apparently Common Core Standards Will Cost Missouri Money.:Notice to DESE: SHOCKER! Apparently Common Core Standards Will Cost Missouri Money.b...
Modern School: Why Girls Don’t Go For STEM Careers
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Why Girls Don’t Go For STEM Careers:Why Girls Don’t Go For STEM Careersby Michael DunnGirl Scouts of Central Maryland host STEM event (Image from Flickr, by RDECOM)A new nationwide s...
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School Tech Connect: No Big Surprises
schooltechconnect.com - No big surprises at the CPS Board meeting tonight. If anyone thought they weren't going to vote in lockstep agreement on the "turnarounds," then that person was seriously deluded. Dissent is not t...
The Prescience of Rev. Calvin Morris
schooltechconnect.com - Just to review... The administration came up with a plan to "turnaround" x number of neighborhood schools. They had a series of hearings marked by overwhelming opposition. Today, the board is going...
Big Education Ape: 2-22-12 PM Obama’s Education Record #edition #CPS #OCCUPYCPS
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