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Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight
nytimes.com - What was Arne Duncan doing sharing the stage with Michelle Rhee at a recent education conference? Mr. Duncan is the education secretary. Ms. Rhee was the chancellor of schools i...
Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight
nytimes.com - What was Arne Duncan doing sharing the stage with Michelle Rhee at a recent education conference? Mr. Duncan is the education secretary. Ms. Rhee was the chancellor of schools i...
He’s looked at life from both sides now – or has he? Arne Duncan claims the high ground, but school clinics still face needless obstacles
epi.org - A contentious debate in education policy concerns whether the low achievement of disadvantaged children is attributable primarily to social and economic conditions that bring them to school relativ...
Charters quick to suspend, expel, council told - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - Public charter school officials pushed rarely seen suspension and expulsion data into public view at Friday’s D.C. Council oversight hearing, some of it astonishing if accurate--and some school lea...
Malloy’s “Strange Love” for Charter Schools; « Wait, What?
jonpelto.wordpress.com - February 22, 2012 jonpelto Achievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Achievement First, Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Yesterday the New Y...
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NYC's release of teacher ratings could lead to disclosure statewide | The Journal News | LoHud.com
lohud.com - New York City’s 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 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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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...
Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members' Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) - ParentAdvocates.org
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org:Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members' Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) And the Unity CaucusNYC UFT o...
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Abbott and Costello Meet the Teacher Data Reports
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Abbott and Costello Meet the Teacher Data Reports:Abbott and Costello Meet the Teacher Data Reportsby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)It had to happen. The farcical world of ...
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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...
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...
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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 ...
Rupert Murdoch backs Rebekah Brooks over phone-hacking allegations | Media
guardian.co.uk - Rupert Murdoch has taken the highly unusual step of issuing an official public statement backing Rebekah Brooks over the phone-hacking scandal engulfing his UK newspaper business.The News Corporati...
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Sacha Baron Cohen Spills Ashes on Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars
theblemish.com - Somehow Sacha Baron Cohen made his way onto the Oscar red carpet on Sunday, despite being dis-invited unless he promised not to promote his movie, and did what everyone assumed he would do which wa...
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Steve Lopez: L.A. CATCHING UP TO CHICAGO IN SLEAZE Steve Lopez: L.A. CATCHING UP TO CHICAGO IN SLEAZE
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Steve Lopez: L.A. CATCHING UP TO CHICAGO IN SLEAZE:Steve Lopez: L.A. CATCHING UP TO CHICAGO IN SLEAZEA University of Illinois study finds that we're the...
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Identifying Eight Trillion Dollars in U. S. Federal Savings and Revenue Increases: 23 Ways to Help Balance the U. S. Federal Budget
dailycensored.com - By Skip Robinson Ph.D. The U. S. Congressional Supercommittee fell from the sky in flames. (Not that it was any great surprise.) It could not reach its goal to manage a bipartisan agreement for $1....
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Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members' Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) - ParentAdvocates.org
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org:Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members' Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) And the Unity CaucusNYC UFT o...
Document: State and Local Per-Pupil Revenue for California School Districts - San Jose Mercury News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Document: State and Local Per-Pupil Revenue for California School Districts - San Jose Mercury News:Document: State and Local Per-Pupil Revenue for California School DistrictsPosted: 02/26/2012 0...
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Abbott and Costello Meet the Teacher Data Reports
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Abbott and Costello Meet the Teacher Data Reports:Abbott and Costello Meet the Teacher Data Reportsby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)It had to happen. The farcical world of ...
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Exposing ROADS Charter School Invasion of Schomburg Satellite Academy ROADS Charter School: The plans are hidden, but the consequences are pefectly clear. How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other NYC Educator: A Fine
ednotesonline.blogspot.com - I know the publication of TDRs is causing much anguish but the charter school invasion is as big a menace. Thank goodness teachers are still fighting the good fight. More skulduggery from the part...