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NYC Educator: A Message from Condi
nyceducator.com - Hi everyone. It's me, your old pal Condoleezza Rice. You remember me. I'm the one who brought you the Iraq War. You know, I was the one who kept saying we didn't want the smoking gun to become a mu...
In Texas, a revolt brews against standardized testing - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - More than 100 school districts in Texas have passed a resolution saying that high-stakes standardized tests are “strangling” public schools, the latest in a series of events that are part of a brew...
Will You Help Me Test?
schooltechconnect.com - I've learned more about Google Sites and Google Forms and scripting in the last three hours than I ever imagined. I'm creating a database where pro-public education people living in the same state ...
Alexander Spring: Online Learning: The Ruin Of Education
huffingtonpost.com - I remember my seventh grade science teacher. I remember the jokes she would make and the experiences she would share. Everyone has these memories of their teachers. Yet, soon this will be no more. ...
Washington Post writes about Texas resolution
tasanet.blogspot.com - Valerie Straus, writer of The Washington Post's phenomenally popular education blog The Answer Sheet, just posted a lengthy entry about the debate surrounding high-stakes, standardized testing here...
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The depressing idiocy of the Common Core
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - David Coleman As readers of this blog are already aware, the Common Core standards for English Language Arts were designed by a man named David Coleman, a former McKinsey consultant who was hired ...
Teacher: One (maddening) day working with the Common Core - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Jeremiah Chaffee, a high school English teacher in upstate New York for the last 13 years. It’s long but worth reading.By Jeremiah Chaffee The high school English department in ...
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nypost.com - A college faculty honcho and union man has been tapped to head the powerful State University panel that approves charter schools — setting off alarm bells from advocates who fear charters will face...
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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Will Illinois outlaw Noble’s “secret sauce??
pureparents.org - Feb. 13, 2012 press conference on Noble fines According to this article by Jim Broadway in today’s Catalyst, Senator Willie Delgado passed an amendment out of the Senate Education Committee last We...
Jackie Robinson, Trayvon Martin and the Sad History of Sanford, Florida
thenation.com - Sanford, Florida is a city that will now be known for all times as the place where Trayvon Martin was killed for the crime of Living While Black. It's in addition the place whose institutions—the p...
Educating Trayvon Martin « Cooperative Catalyst #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Educating Trayvon Martin « Cooperative Catalyst: Educating Trayvon MartinPOSTED BY TINASHE BLANCHET ⋅ MARCH 23, 2012 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENTFILED UNDER TRAYVON MARTIN As an educator, I feel that I must ...
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Obama urges serious investigation of Florida teen killing
reuters.com - WASHINGTON | Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:52am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday it was "absolutely imperative" that police investigate every aspect of the killing of an unarm...
IEA may have cancelled Lobby Day in Springfield. But Wisconsin’s Scott Walker didn’t. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Wisconsin’s Scott Walker is facing recall. He’s coming to Springfield. Our Park Ridge Education Association local was taken by surprise when the state leadership cancelled Lobby Day in Springfield ...
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Just Try Them, You'll Like Them (and we'll throw in a vote to boot)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: Just Try Them, You'll Like Them (and we'll throw in a vote to boot): Just Try Them, You'll Like Them (and we'll throw in a vote to boot) by Melissa Westbrook Th...
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“Minorities who wear hoodies just asking to be shot,” says Geraldo Rivera. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali. The Gawker: Minorities Who Wear Hoodies Just Asking to be Shot, Says Geraldo Rivera.This morning on Fox and Friends, an unusually stupid walrus named Geraldo Rivera of...
survivor cast members do the chink-eye
blog.angryasianman.com - Oh, hell no. I haven't been keeping up with the current season of Survivor, but check out this recently uploaded "secret scene" from the CBS reality show, in which cast members Colton Cumbie and Al...
Slain teen's friends say he never picked a fight
boston.com - MIAMI—Wearing a hoodie. Listening to music and talking on his cellphone. Picking up Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother. Friends say that's how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Mart...
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"At KIPP, I would wake up sick, every single day"
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - A few months ago, Class Size Matters met with a former KIPP student who lives in the Bronx and her mother to hear about their experiences at the celebrated charter school. What follows are excerpts...
School Tech Connect: Will You Help Me Test?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Will You Help Me Test?: Will You Help Me Test?by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)I've learned more about Google Sites and Google Forms and scripting in the last three hours than I eve...
Portland couple blogs quest to pay down more than $69,000 in student debt
oregonlive.com - Debt-free college graduates are hard to come by these days. Americans now owe more on student loans than credit cards -- $867 billion in student loans vs. $693 billion in credit card debt at the en...
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Latest attack on retirement unveiled in Senate Bill 1040
mea.org - The latest legislative assault on retirement was launched on Thursday in the form of Senate Bill 1040. The bill makes sweeping changes to limit the pension benefits received by employees while incr...
All Education Matters: Why Is The Student Lending Crisis Being Ignored?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Why Is The Student Lending Crisis Being Ignored?: Why Is The Student Lending Crisis Being Ignored? by Cryn Johannsen Here's is my latest article over at the Loop. It is...
Support PURE! » Will Illinois outlaw Noble’s “secret sauce??
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Will Illinois outlaw Noble’s “secret sauce??: Will Illinois outlaw Noble’s “secret sauce??by adminFeb. 13, 2012 press conference on Noble f...
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Jersey Jazzman: How Conservatives Co-Opt Racial Justice
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: How Conservatives Co-Opt Racial Justice: How Conservatives Co-Opt Racial Justiceby DukeYeah, it's a provocative title for a post, I'll admit; but what happened yesterday in New Jers...
School Tech Connect: Will You Help Me Test?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Will You Help Me Test?: Will You Help Me Test?by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)I've learned more about Google Sites and Google Forms and scripting in the last three hours than I eve...
Is the Killer of Trayvon Martin a Police Informant? Feds Must Investigate Sanford Police #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - tomhayden.com - Peace Exchange Bulletin - Is the Killer of Trayvon Martin a Police Informant? Feds Must Investigate Sanford Police: "SEARCH "IS THE KILLER OF TRAYVON MARTIN A POLICE INFORMANT? FEDS...
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Is the Killer of Trayvon Martin a Police Informant? Feds Must Investigate Sanford Police #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - tomhayden.com - Peace Exchange Bulletin - Is the Killer of Trayvon Martin a Police Informant? Feds Must Investigate Sanford Police: "SEARCH "IS THE KILLER OF TRAYVON MARTIN A POLICE INFORMANT? FEDS...
Educating Trayvon Martin « Cooperative Catalyst #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Educating Trayvon Martin « Cooperative Catalyst: Educating Trayvon MartinPOSTED BY TINASHE BLANCHET ⋅ MARCH 23, 2012 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENTFILED UNDER TRAYVON MARTIN As an educator, I feel that I must ...
New Prosecutor Appointed in Treyvon Martin Case « Tangerine, Florida
tangerineflorida.com - Late afternoon yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott appointed a new prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case. He along with state attorney Pam Bondi appointed Angela B. Corey of Jacksonville. Norman Wolfinger a...
