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Samuel Gompers Students, Staff Make Final Plea to Stave Off School Closure
dnainfo.com - Joseph Duarte, a Gompers sophomore, blamed the DOE for his school's struggles at a public hearing on Thurs., Feb. 3, 2012. (DNAinfo/Patrick Wall) MOTT HAVEN — Joseph Duarte and his friends have tri...
ALEC Education "Academy" Launches on Island Resort
truth-out.org - Today, hundreds of state legislators from across the nation will head out to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by the American Legislative Exchang...
Newark superintendent to announce closing of 7 failing schools, new charter school rules
mobile.nj.com - Newark superintendent to announce closing of 7 failing schools, new charter school rules NEWARK — In an historic reshuffling of the state’s largest school system, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderso...
High school students tell Mayor Bloomberg why he should not close their schools
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - NYC high school students from the Schomburg Satellite Academy, Herbert Lehman HS, Samuel Gompers HS, and Legacy HS -- among the 62 schools threatened with closure or truncation -- tell Mayor Bloom...
Venture Capitalists Moving Into K-12 Education Right On Schedule « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - A lot of folks who are worried about the direction that education is taking in this country have said, over and over again, that this is partly an attempt by billionaires to amass even more money b...
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When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify -- In These Times
inthesetimes.com - New gadgets in the classroom may cost more than schools bargain for. In lieu of empirical data, why are schools rushing into this brave new world of technology? The release of Apple’s computer-base...
Superman Has Left the Building (and left the majority of the children behind)
themomarchy.wordpress.com - On January 20th, a bill (HB 2428) to establish Charter Schools was heard in the Washington State House Education Committee. While waiting for the ice and snow to melt, I decided to watch the heari...
Diane Ravitch exhorts city principals to join evaluations protest
gothamschools.org - Principals union president Ernest Logan with Diane Ravitch after Ravitch's speech to union members on Tuesday City principals should overcome their fear and join with more than a thousand of their ...
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Romney’s Tough Immigration View Is at Odds With His Church
nytimes.com - While Mitt Romney is taking a hard line on immigration even as the Republican primaries head toward the heavily Hispanic states of Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, the Mormon Church to which he belong...
Outcry Grows Fiercer After Funding Cut by Cancer Group
nytimes.com - The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday to its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising disse...
Tucson Youth Group Hosts Their Own Chicano Studies Classes on Weekends [Photos]
colorlines.com - Organizers from Unidos, a youth group that opposes the Mexican-American studies ban that went in to affect January 1st in Tucson, have started organizing their own weekly ethnic studies classes.“We...
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Assembly Committee Votes to Put Charters Under Local Control
njspotlight.com - Credit: Amanda BrownAssemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex). The Christie administration’s slowdown in approving charter schools in the suburbs hasn’t slowed the push by Assembly Democrats to tig...
Koch Brothers, Allies Pledge $100 Million At Private Meeting To Beat Obama
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- At a private three-day retreat in California last weekend, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and about 250 to 300 other individuals pledged approximately $100 million t...
Daily Kos: Romney Isn't Concerned
dailykos.com - so says Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman in this column from this morning whose title I appropriated for this post. I am surprised that I could not find a post on it. It totally takes apart Romney's cla...
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San Onofre: One Leaks, the Other Doesn't… Yet
my.firedoglake.com - For those who thought that, with the new year, nuclear power had turned a page and put its “annus horribilis” behind it–as if the calendar were somehow the friend America’s aging reactors–let’s tak...
#F29 Shut Down the Corporations
owsnews.org - Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rej...
The Domes 2.0 - A Live-in Work in Progress
davis.patch.com - With six domes now occupied and restoration work ongoing in several more, the future looks bright for the Domes, UC Davis's unique 40-year-old experiment in sustainable living. It was a different s...
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Komen’s accidental case against breast exams
washingtonpost.com - It will be years until we know how the Komen/Planned Parenthood fight really ended. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has apologized, and promised to allow Planned Parenthood to apply for grants in the...
This week's healthy schools highlights
ednewsparent.org - White House chef tests healthy school lunch How about this for a healthy school lunch: a chef salad in a pocket alongside veggie dippers and fruit kebobs with honey yogurt dipping sauce. White Hous...
6 on UCD faculty elected scientific society fellows - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News
sacbee.com - Six UC Davis faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, according to a campus news stat...
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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 02/03/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - CarrotSticks Online Math Games If you're teaching addition, your students can play carrot sticks free. There is a fee for advanced games. Targeted to grades 1-5, this is a multiplayer ma...
Edu app news: apps, ebooks, and sites for your classroom #mlearning 02/03/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - VOXY :: Learn a language from life This website is in English, spanish, and portugese and works to help you improve English "while reading" You can get this app on your smartphone. This ...
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NYC Public School Parents: High school students tell Mayor Bloomberg why he should not close their schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: High school students tell Mayor Bloomberg why he should not close their schools:High school students tell Mayor Bloomberg why he should not close their schoolsby Leonie H...
Bee exclusive: Former CSBA exec's pension slashed after audit - Sacramento Bee
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bee exclusive: Former CSBA exec's pension slashed after audit - Sacramento Politics - California Politics | Sacramento Bee:Bee exclusive: Former CSBA exec's pension slashed after auditShareBy Melod...
NEW DETAILS: President Obama to Host White House Science Fair | The White House
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEW DETAILS: President Obama to Host White House Science Fair | The White House:NEW DETAILS: President Obama to Host White House Science Fairby The White HouseRelease Time: For Immediate ReleaseEve...
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California Legislature keeps school buses rolling
latimes.com - School buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday restored $248 million for home-to-school transportation that was particularly crucial for small and rural school dist...
