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More than 500 English and math teachers show the smallest gains in student performance
nydailynews.com - Daily News Photo Ilustration New Education Department figures did not paint a brilliant picture for city schools. The Department of Education has identified more than 521 English and math teachers ...
We Can't Wait to Help Young Americans Find Jobs
whitehouse.gov - Posted by Colleen Curtis on January 05, 2012 at 10:41 AM EST Your first job brings you more than just a steady paycheck – the experience teaches young people life and work skills that serve them lo...
IMPACTed Wisdom Truth? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The big news in New York today is the release of the Teacher Data Reports (TDRs) for some 18,000 teachers. These were ratings that the city calculated using a value-added model. The New York Time...
Charter School Segregation Target Of New Report
blackstarjournal.org - February 23, 2012 Charter schools often promise to bring greater equity to education, but a new brief starts with the assumption that they fall short in delivery — and provides recommendations to ...
City Teacher Data Reports Are Released – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Feb. 24, 2012, 11:21 a.m. 12:00 p.m. | Updated After a long legal battle and amid much anguish by teachers and other educators, the city Department of Education released individual performance rank...
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Teachers reject education award - Connecticut Post
ctpost.com - TRUMBULL -- Thanks, but no thanks. That sums up the letter fired off last week by some Trumbull teachers who have decided being recognized by Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, an education...
Wendy Lecker: Up is down in school reform plan
stamfordadvocate.com - Remember Bizarro World from the comics? Where everything is opposite from the way it is on Earth? Such is the world I entered listening to the hearing on Governor Malloy's education "reform" bill, ...
CT News Junkie | OP-ED
ctnewsjunkie.com - by Sarah Darer Littman | Feb 24, 2012 4:55pm(0) Comments | Log in to Post a Comment Posted to: Opinion One thing I learned from meeting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy last Friday is that the lawyer-turned-p...
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Quinn cutting health benefits to 65,000 retired teachers. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Quad City Times: Gov. Pat Quinn wants to slash state spending on a health insurance program for more than 65,000 retired teachers and community college retirees. Under the governor’s plan, the stat...
SBE Agenda for March 2012 - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SBE Agenda for March 2012 - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education):SBE Agenda for March 2012Agenda for the California State Board of Education (SBE) meeting to be held on March 7 and 8, 20...
Unexplained deaths behind closed doors
californiawatch.org - Hundreds of thousands of Californians suffer from developmental disabilities like cerebral palsy and severe autism. Some of the most severely disabled are cared for at state-run facilities with aro...
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Publication of Teacher “Data” Reports « JD2718
jd2718.wordpress.com - The court forced NYC to hand over the reports? That’s what Bloomberg claimed on the John Gambling Show on WOR: “I think what people miss is the courts have ordered us to release the data.” Typica...
Sacramento’s Homeless Student Population Exploding « CBS Sacramento
sacramento.cbslocal.com - SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — At first blush when talking to 14-year-old Lamonte Franks, you’d never know he’s homeless. “First period, science, second period, computers, third period, English,” he rattles ...
The Return of ZombieX: Rob Gaudette Teaches Outside the Test
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Return of ZombieX: Rob Gaudette Teaches Outside the TestThe Return of ZombieX: Rob Gaudette Teaches Outside the Testby CYNTHIA on JUNE 24, 2011ZombieX is a 12-year old public school 7th grader....
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Workers Occupy Chicago Factory In Desperate Move To Save Their Jobs
huffingtonpost.com - CHICAGO -- In 2008, more than 200 workers at Republic Windows & Doors organized a sit-in at their Chicago factory after being abruptly fired. The six-day protest attracted national attention, and t...
Scott Walker's Koch Connection Goes Bad
thenation.com - Billionaire campaign donor David Koch has rarely spoken in public about the central role he has played in the election of Scott Walker as governor of Wisconsin, the defense of Walker's embattled go...
Rise & Shine: Teacher data leaks as chancellor urges caution
gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer, at 7:12 am Teacher Data Reports will go public today, to the chagrin of teachers and their union. (NY1, WSJ, Times) We don’t plan to publish the reports’ data with teachers’ nam...
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First Interim Status Report for 2011-12 - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - First Interim Status Report for 2011-12 - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson: One Student inThree Attends a School District in Financial JeopardySACRAMENTO—State Sup...
Why We Need the Nation to Help Restore the Gulf « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Last month I reached out for help from fellow moms across the nation. In the summer of 2010, my daughter’s best friend stood in the Gulf with tears streaming down her face as oil washed ashore in ...
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“The Artistifier” Might Be One Of The Best YouTube Apps Ever!
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Grab the url address of any YouTube video, paste it into the Artistifier, type in your name and title, and the site will “artistify” the video in the manner of the Oscar-nominated silent movie “The...
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A Broader Bolder Approach to Tackling the Achievement Gap
huffingtonpost.com - Rising income and wealth inequality has eroded economic opportunity in America. The potential of education to overcome adversity and our collective belief in a fluid social structure continue to be...
