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Clear Creek TX school board resolution vs. high-stakes testing « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Here is an excellent resolution that has been passed by Clear Creek School District, a large district near NASA, as well as several other school boards in Texas. It has been called “The shot hear...
No Funds Left Behind
prospect.org - Last spring, as the Texas Legislature debated massive cuts to public schools—one of many desperate measures to close a $27 billion biennial budget deficit—10,000 protesters massed in Austin for a “...
Marc Epstein: Putting New York's School Reform in Perspective
huffingtonpost.com - In case you haven't noticed, hunting public school teachers is currently the sport of choice for a passel of politicians, education philanthropists, and members of the Fourth Estate, from Maine to ...
It was the shot heard 'round the county
galvestondailynews.com - The Clear Creek and Dickinson school boards adopted a resolution asking the Texas Legislature to dump the state’s fatally flawed public school accountability system. The language in the resolution ...
Georgia Charter School Decision Could Set National Precedent
foxnews.com - The Georgia Legislature is hotly debating a bill that would allow the state to cover the costs of charter schools even if local school boards reject them, setting up a case that could set national ...
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Angry, Frustrated, Humiliated School Leaders: Accountability-Driven Supervision Alienates Principals Even More Than Teachers.
mets2006.wordpress.com - There’s nothing like sitting at a meeting and listening to someone who taught for two years with Teacher for America telling you how you should run your school. (Anonymous principal) The Met Life ...
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gates uses funding to force privately-run charters on school districts
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Gates uses funding to force privately-run charters on school districts Last spring, as the Texas Legislature debated massive cuts to public schools—one of many desperate measures to close a $27 bil...
Why I Hate Teach for America
feministe.us - Like many English majors who have reached their senior year of college and are unsure of what kind of job they can get with that specialized B.A. in interwar period lesbian literature, five years a...
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Wisconsin Approves Recall Votes for More Republican Senators - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com - You don't hear much about this unprecedented, amazing wave of Wisconsin recalls...but it should be a national story, part of a bigger election year story about failed RW strategies...the anti-union...
DOJ Blocks Discriminatory Texas Voter ID Law
thenation.com - The Justice Department today blocked Texas’s new voter ID law, which is among the toughest in the country, under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, noting that “over 600,000 registered voters do n...
The Plum Line - Greg Sargent's take on domestic politics and debate on the Hill. - The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com - Think Progress gets its hands on an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks that lists nearly 100 national companies that have asked that their advertisements not be played on the Rush Limbaugh ...
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Big Education Ape: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Jose Vilson The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Jose Vilson: The only way to shock my son out of his crying spurts is to sing the first big note in “The Lion Sleeps Tonight....
Big Education Ape: Fred Klonsky Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fred Klonsky Blog Fred Klonsky: The in box: The other side speaks. Fred, As most true professionals know, you can not really be a professional if you are in a union…sorry. Please do everyone a favo...
Big Education Ape: Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong: You may have seen this ad on my blog: I don't control which ads come up, so maybe they can't control where their a...
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Romney: 'I've Got A Lot Of Good Friends' That Are NFL Team Owners
thinkprogress.org - Late last month, Mitt Romney was the butt of many jokes after he said that although he is not a huge NASCAR fan, “I have some great friends that are NASCAR team owners.” But Romney’s friends are mo...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Parenting and Professing Parallels, part two
insidehighered.com - I enjoyed Afshan Jafar’s piece a couple of weeks back about parallels between parenting and professing in the early years, and I imagine I’m not the only mid-career academic/parent of a teenager wh...
Uppity Radio Returns!
uppitywis.org - The Uppity Wisconsin BlogTalkRadio show returns tomorrow after a long hiatus. For quite a while Blue Cheddar and I did a daily radio show about the "troubles" in Madison until we both wised up and...
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PETITION: Stop the Republican War on Women
dccc.org - House Republicans have launched an all-out war on women since taking the Speaker's gavel. In the last year, Republicans have: Over the last week, we saw top Republican leaders squirm at denouncing ...
Georgia Joins Other States in Diverting Foreclosure Fund Settlement Money for Non-Housing Purposes
news.firedoglake.com - When last I looked in on it, I counted $80.35 million in foreclosure fraud settlement funds earmarked for the states actually headed to purposes other than helping homeowners, its ostensible aim. T...
Cheney deems Canada too dangerous for visit
stltoday.com - Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney canceled a Canadian speaking appearance because of security concerns sparked by demonstrations during a visit he made to Vancouver last fall. Cheney was sched...
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Big Education Ape: Berkeley police union 'gravely concerned' with chief's move to alter story #ows Mercury News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Click photo to enlarge Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan, middle, speaks to residents at Northbrae Community Church... Mar 9: Berkeley police chief sends sergeant to reporter's home to request s...
Defendant not testifying in webcam spying trial - Boston.com
boston.com - FILE-- In a March 9, 2012 file photo Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student waits before court proceedings in New Brunswick, N.J. Dharun Ravi, 20, is accused of using a webcam for the c...
Teacher sex cases highlight California credential agency's role - Inside Bay Area
insidebayarea.com - LOS ANGELES -- The failure by Los Angeles school officials to report two suspected pedophiles to the state's teacher licensing commission has put a spotlight on the obscure agency that was reeling ...
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Big Education Ape: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Jose Vilson The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Jose Vilson: The only way to shock my son out of his crying spurts is to sing the first big note in “The Lion Sleeps Tonight....
Big Education Ape: Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong: You may have seen this ad on my blog: I don't control which ads come up, so maybe they can't control where their a...
Big Education Ape: SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Non-Answers From Gideon Stein The Answer Man
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Non-Answers From Gideon Stein The Answer Man SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Non-Answers From Gideon Stein The Answer Man: I met someone online a week or so ago. My Jewish parents would hav...
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Big Education Ape: Linda Darling-Hammond critiques Branstad school plan #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - WATERLOO, Iowa --- A Stanford University professor and author of a book on inequities in the U.S. educational system gave mixed reviews Thursday to Gov. Branstad's school reform proposals. Linda Da...
Big Education Ape: Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 3-12 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 3-12 #soschat #EDReform RheeFirst! » Interview: Rhee-placement claims ATL kid’s scores went up despite the cheating proves that they were le...
Big Education Ape: AFT - American Educator, Current Issue #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Putting Students on the Path to Learning The Case for Fully Guided Instruction By Richard E. Clark, Paul A. Kirschner, and John Sweller Discovery learning, problem-based learning, inquiry learning...
