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Analyzing Released NYC Value-Added Data Part 1
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The New York Times, yesterday, released the value-added data on 18,000 New York City teachers collected between 2007 and 2010. Though teachers are irate and various newspapers, The New York Post, ...
NYC's release of teacher ratings could lead to disclosure statewide | The Journal News | LoHud.com
lohud.com - New York Citys release Friday of ratings for 18,000 public-school teachers may set the stage for the eventual release of ratings for all teachers in the state, a scenario that would surely heighte...
The Teacher Tea Leaf Reports on SchoolCrock: An Explanation
allthingsedu.blogspot.com - SchoolCrock has published the teacher tea leaf reports using a new tool that was created by interactive journalists at The New Hack Times and WNLIC. The goal of the tool: to make the tea leaves eas...
The Great Charter School Conspiracy « Wait, What?
jonpelto.wordpress.com - February 24, 2012 jonpelto Achievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Achievement First, ConnCAN, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor The Hartford Courant headli...
Pinellas charter school reaches out to Scientology for help
tampabay.com - CLEARWATER — Looking for a savior, a North Pinellas charter school that has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy has asked for help from the director of a group affiliated with Scientology.Life Force Ar...
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Education Petition: Keep Private Companies out of Public Education
change.org - Governor Dannel Malloy's "Education Reform" bill that is currently being considered by the Connecticut Legislature is the first step to dismantling the public education system in Connecticut. Howev...
Universities to be tested to distraction
universityworldnews.com - US schools policy has been all about accountability and measurement. This has led to demoralisation among teachers and a narrowing of what education means. Now higher education is about to be subje...
Controversy over Scientology influence clouds future of Pinellas charter school
tampabay.com - By Drew Harwell, Times Staff WriterDrew HarwellTampa Bay Times In Print: Sunday, February 26, 2012 DUNEDIN — One Friday afternoon in December, leaders of a tax-funded elementary school called Life ...
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The Right-Wing Plot to Undermine Science in Public Schools | Education
alternet.org - Leaked documents reveal a right-wing think-tank's plans to undermine the teaching of climate science -- and defund public education in the process. February 24, 2012 | Photo Credit: Szasz-Fabi...
NYCLU Lawsuit Challenges Punitive Quota System in Bronx Precinct | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
nyclu.org - February 23, 2012 — The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the repeated retaliation against a veteran police officer who has disclosed the use of an illegal q...
World's Oldest Holocaust Museum, in London, Gets New Life
nytimes.com - LONDON — In a sun-drenched room overlooking Russell Square, a visitor’s eye is immediately drawn to a display of cheerful coloring books, a brightly colored board game and photographs of laughing c...
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Breaking News: Mayor Rahm returns to the Democratic Party!
chicagoreader.com - Election day’s coming, so, naturally, I get a mailing from the Democratic Party, telling me who to vote for. Not that I’m going to be heeding their endorsements, even though I’m a lifelong Democrat...
Santorum Says Religion and Conservative Principles Are at Risk
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - MARQUETTE, Mich. — Two days before the Arizona and Michigan primaries, Rick Santorum on Sunday made a broad appeal to social conservatives, arguing that religion and conservative principles are at ...
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...
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Shameless. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Here is some truth: Every time some bureaucrat, administrator or principal comes up with some hair-brained scheme, they will justify it as being for the kids. In fact, I will go a step further and ...
Rick Santorum's home-school hokum - Home Schooling
salon.com - Here’s where the fun starts.My son and daughter regard me in grave silence, faces stuffed with processed meat and fried potato product. They field this question themselves fairly often, but they’re...
All Things Education: The Teacher Tea Leaf Reports on SchoolCrock: An Explanation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Things Education: The Teacher Tea Leaf Reports on SchoolCrock: An Explanation:The Teacher Tea Leaf Reports on SchoolCrock: An Explanationby Rachel LevySchoolCrock has published the teacher tea ...
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JURUPA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY A MINI-LAUSD by Anthony Scott (Jurupa Distrito Escolar Unificado del Condado de Riverside Un MINI-LAUSD por Anthony Scott)
perdaily.com - (Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) For readers of Perdaily, it is important to recognize that what is occurring in LAU...
BronxNet - On Bronx Media
bronxnet.org - Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. deliver his annual State of the Borough address. The speech was delivered on February 23, 2012 in the beautiful auditorium at Truman High School, in front of...
Four Philly-area Catholic high schools to stay open
articles.philly.com - But students at St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls in Holmesburg, Conwell-Egan in Fairless Hills, Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast in Drexel Hill, and West Catholic who watched a live...
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Featured at Truthout
wrestlingwithwriting.blogspot.com - Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view it online. Saturday 25 February 2012Bill Moyers | How Pop Culture Influences Political Expectations Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "Film historian ...
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Teacher Evaluation in New Haven « JD2718
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teacher Evaluation in New Haven « JD2718:Teacher Evaluation in New Havenby jd2718New York City’s “teacher improvement plan” will look like New Haven’s? Makes you want to cut through all the fancy l...
Reading List: VAM (Value Added Measures) - Sacramento City Teachers Association
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Reading List: VAM (Value Added Measures) - Sacramento City Teachers Association:Reading List: VAM (Value Added Measures)Formula for deriving a teacher’s value added score in New York CityOne of the...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 2-26 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Culturally Responsive Teaching Model to Expand in Chicago&Suburbs - Hispanically Speaking News Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 20 minutes ago Culturally Responsive Teaching Mode...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 2-26 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Culturally Responsive Teaching Model to Expand in Chicago&Suburbs - Hispanically Speaking News Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 20 minutes ago Culturally Responsive Teaching Mode...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 2-26 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-25 #soschat #ReclaimingReform Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 3 hours ago Saturday coffee. « Fred KlonskyBig Education...
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