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Teacher Cheating Scandals Spur Obama Administration Call To Address Growing Problem
huffingtonpost.com - The first time Bob Wilson, a former DeKalb County, Georgia, district attorney, interviewed educators suspected of cheating on exams in 56 Atlanta schools, he got nothing. The second time, armed wit...
North Dakota school superintendent Wayne Sanstead retiring
bismarcktribune.com - After more than 46 years in public office, the last 28 serving as superintendent of public instruction, Wayne Sanstead announced Friday that he would not be running for re-election. Sanstead, 76, s...
Duncan: Colo. a leader in education reform
denverpost.com - It's no surprise that Colorado was among the first states to receive a waiver from No Child Left Behind's rigid, one-size-fits-all mandates. If any one thing is true of the many challenges federal ...
A promise to education and other lies
tucsoncitizen.com - Katie Dabney, an administrator in the Vail School District has put herself out there as a proponent of “recruiting” teachers to stay or even come to Arizona through increased compensation.(1) While...
Duncan’s equity commission and the ‘rising tide’ of avarice, hostility, testing - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by John Merrow, veteran education reporter for PBS, NPR, and dozens of national publications. He is the president of the nonprofit media production company Learning Matters. Merrow...
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Teacher rated "Below Average" speaks out
insideschools.org - Vasilios Biniarls is a math teacher at a Queens middle school program for gifted students, The Academy at PS 122. He wrote to Insideschools after his name was published in the press as a "Below Ave...
Problem with new state system is its constricted view - Another Voice
buffalonews.com - I would like to take this opportunity to clarify my position on teacher evaluations. A recent article in The Buffalo News centered more on my letter to New York State United Teachers President Rich...
Reformy Platitudes & Fact-Challenged Placards won’t Get Connecticut Schools what they Really Need! « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - For a short while yesterday – more than I would have liked to – I followed the circus of testimony and tweets about proposed education reform legislation in Connecticut. The reform legislation - SB...
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26 States Seek Relief From Education Law
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- More than half of all states applied by this week's new deadline to be freed from the most strenuous requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, the Education Department sa...
Supreme Court voids takeover of schools
ctpost.com - HARTFORD -- The state Supreme Court Tuesday overturned the state takeover of the Bridgeport school system, ruling the state violated law when it failed to properly retrain the city's Board of Educa...
» Company Offers Products to Protect Private Property from Chicago Teachers Union Protests
biggovernment.com - This isn’t your mother’s teachers union. The Chicago Teachers Union has brandished its radical political stripes in recent months. It has fully embraced Occupy Chicago, protested side-by-side with ...
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Join SOS for Occupy the DOE in DC March 30-April 1
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Angry Teachers: Watcha Gonna Do? | Mr. Teachbad
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Angry Teachers: Watcha Gonna Do? | Mr. Teachbad:Angry Teachers: Watcha Gonna Do?by teachbadTeachers are in a tough spot. I think it’s fair to say there is a growing sense among teachers that the...
Celebrity Gossip, Part 2
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - What school district seems to have been dragging their feet on releasing a long-awaited investigation report on a personnel issue at an elementary school? It has taken months for this thing (never...
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Here's What Happened When Occupy Wall Street Tried To Make A Come Back Today
businessinsider.com - After watching occupations get shut down across the country last fall, the media left Occupy Wall Street for dead. The public, in general did as well. But today they tried to convey that they were ...
How Sad We Have to Go to War Again but It Won’t Hurt Too Much
my.firedoglake.com - The ruins of Vaux, France, 1918 The mournful masks are tightening around the faces of the tiny number of people* who will make the decision to bomb Iran. It is a time of deep thought, but in the en...
February 29: Theodore Roosevelt Said Yes!; Paparazzi at Harvard - Politics
theatlanticwire.com - After a week-long media frenzy, Roosevelt finally admitted the obvious — he's running for President — but the candidate and the reporters trailing his every move, including a stop by Harvard's Hast...
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Dump Pritzker. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Dear President Obama, On February 21st your campaign announced the naming of six national co-chairs from Illinois. The list included Bill Daley, Sen. Dick Durbin, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Penny Pritzker...
Unite Here on Penny Pritzker. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Press Advisory for March 1, 2012Contact:Elliott Mallen, UNITE HERE(312) 656-5807, emallen@unitehere.org Parents, homeowners call on Pritzker family to pay their fair share of taxesTax appeals by Ch...
The in box: Unite Here on Penny Pritzker. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The in box: Unite Here on Penny Pritzker. « Fred Klonsky:The in box: Unite Here on Penny Pritzker.FEBRUARY 29, 2012Press Advisory for March 1, 2012Contact:Elliott Mallen, UNITE HERE(312) 656-5807, ...
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Chief U.S. District Judge sends racially charged email about president
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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 02/29/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - THe hungry caterpillar electronic book. - Resources - TES The hungry caterpillar ebook (in a powerpoint) that uses sound effects and animations. You could use this on your board to retel...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 02/29/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - What Is a Leap Year? - YouTube A video explaining leap year if you want to share it with your students. tags: education news ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 2-28 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Read Across America promotional videos Dr. Seuss' The Lorax movie ... Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 2 hours ago The stars of the Lorax are shining the spotlight on NEA's Rea...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 2-29 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
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SignOn.org Beta - Repeal an Ill
signon.org - Flag petition as inappropriateBy Joe Knapp (Contact)To be delivered to:The New York State House, The New York State Senate, Governor Andrew Cuomo, The United States House of Representatives, The Un...
Governor Quinn Do Not Cut Our Health Insurance!!!
signon.org - Flag petition as inappropriate This petition hasn't yet been reviewed by the SignOn Team. If you agree with it, please sign it! And if you see problems or something inappropriate, please flag it.By...