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NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP!
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 5:30PMBrooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Pl (between Fulton and Dekalb) in BrooklynNear the Nevins 2/3/4/5 or the Dekalb B/D/N/Q/R Ba...
Big Education Ape: 2-6-12 PM Racial segregation continues EDition #DREAMERS #ASKARNE
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now: Big Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSBUS...
Secretaries Duncan and Solis Meet with DREAMers
ed.gov - Secretaries Hilda Solis and Arne Duncan meet with students during one of Duncan's regular "Student Voices" sessions. Official Department of Education photo by Leslie Williams. “Opportunity.” A powe...
Choice schools not outperforming MPS
jsonline.com - March 29, 2011 | Students in Milwaukee's school choice program performed worse than or about the same as students in Milwaukee Public Schools in math and reading on the latest statewide test, accor...
Jack Hassard: We Have Low Expectations for American Students in Math & Science - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by Jack HassardWho the #@!% would make such a statement? Why would such a statement be made about America's youth?If you go the Broad Foundation Education page you will find the answer t...
LA Youth » School cuts survey results
layouth.com - In October L.A. Youth asked readers about budget cuts at their schools and more than 1,850 teens responded. I could relate to the students who took the survey because I’ve seen similar bad conditio...
Saul Alinsky, Who?
commondreams.org - And now, a word about a good American being demonized, despite being long dead. Saul Alinsky is not around to defend himself, but that hasn’t kept Newt Gingrich from using his name to whip up the f...
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U.S. Schools Have a Poverty Crisis, Not an Education Crisis
huffingtonpost.com - In the 10 years since enacting the No Child Left Behind Act, we have made very little progress toward our national goal of closing the achievement gap between students from low-income families and ...
Obama’s coming "flexibility" debacle
edexcellence.net - yes Michael J. Petrilli / February 6, 2012 An announcement on education waivers is anticipated this week. Don’t expect the reaction to be positive, for it appears that the President and his educa...
Bob Lyons. TRS Trustee. What happens next? « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Making predictions is hard especially about the future. – Yogi Berra What Happens Next For months now we have seen a carefully orchestrated campaign of news stories designed to convince the people ...
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Racial segregation continues, and even intensifies: Manhattan Institute report heralding the “end” of segregation uses a measure that masks important demographic and economic trends
epi.org - In a study released this week, two Manhattan Institute researchers heralded the “end of the segregated century.” Harvard professor Edward Glaeser and Duke professor Jacob Vigdor showed that African...
Stop Corporate Funded Voter Suppression
act.colorofchange.org - Dear President/CEO and Board, I want to alert you to the fact that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – which your company funds – is pushing discriminatory voter ID legislation that ...
Closing Arguments: Despite Grad Rate, Curtain May Fall On Performing Arts School
ny1.com - Updated 02/06/2012 07:15 PM To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. The 400-plus student...
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NYC Public School Parents: NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP!:NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP!by Leonie HaimsonIT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP THURSDAY, FEBRUARY...
Write On! My Kids WANT to Write! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Write On! My Kids WANT to Write! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!:Write On! My Kids WANT to Write!Posted February 6, 2012 by Oldschoolteach in Integrating Technology in the Classroom, Student Is...
When Were Your Students “Utterly Absorbed” In Their Learning Task?
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Adam Simpson will be the host of the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival on March 1st, and has written an excellent post describing its theme of “Flow”: What I’m looking for in your entries for the next...
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Romney campaign takes aim at rival Santorum
news.yahoo.com - CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off the former senator's surge in two of three stat...
Rick Perry "not slipping off into the sunset"
cbsnews.com - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on the campaign trail in late January, 2012, in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Getty Images) (AP) ROUND ROCK, Texas - Rick Perry acknowledged Monday that he's not used t...
Me? Give money to the Democratic Senate election committee? You’ve got to be kidding. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - My phone rings yesterday afternoon. “Fred Klonsky?” Who is calling? “I’m calling on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Election Committee…” What? “The Democrats are all up for re-election and…” No...
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Entire staff to be replaced at LA school where 2 teachers were arrested
usnews.msnbc.msn.com - Krista Kennell / AFP - Getty ImagesEight-year-old Adrian Vital protests outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, Feb. 6.By Jonathan Lloyd, Annette Arreola and Lolita Lopez , NBCLosAngele...
Ca. school closing for 2 days over teacher arrests
boston.com - LOS ANGELES—The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are canceled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd a...
Cupertino High School locked down after student found with Nerf gun
insidebayarea.com - Click photo to enlarge A Cupertino High School student brought this Nerf gun to school, prompting a 20-minute lockdown. Note to 30 Cupertino High School students. Um, bringing those Nerf guns to sc...
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In my mailbox
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Dear Parents and Community Members, As concerned parents we ask that you call Mr. Brizard, Chicago Board of Education CEO, on Tuesday, January 31, and urge him to immediately withdraw pl...
CalPERS slashes pension of former school lobbyist » Ventura County Star
vcstar.com - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's government pension fund is slashing by two-thirds the $17,089 monthly retirement check for the former director of the association represe...
Occupy Pittsburgh Facing Noon Eviction Deadline
occupywallst.org - Posted 0 minutes ago on Feb. 6, 2012, 12:03 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Following a court issued injunction on behalf of BNY Mellon ordering the removal of "all tents and other structures, camping equ...