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Variety of Models Fuels Hybrid Charter Growth
edweek.org - Published Online: March 5, 2012Published in Print: March 7, 2012, as Variety of Models Fuel Hybrid Charter GrowthIn innovation-friendly pockets across the country, the number of hybrid charter scho...
Adrienne Rich, Feminist Poet, Dies at 82
nytimes.com - Adrienne Rich, a poet of towering reputation and towering rage, whose work — distinguished by an unswerving progressive vision and a dazzling, empathic ferocity — brought the oppression of women an...
PARCC Assessments: “To exploit us, they measure us. To control us, they measure us.” (Subcommandante Marcos of the Zapatistas),
mets2006.wordpress.com - He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts– for support rather than illumination. – Andrew Lang, With the State tests in grades 3-8 looming schools are in full test prep mode. Test results...
Big money behind pro-voucher attack on State Rep. Roebuck? | Philadelphia City Paper
citypaper.net - A flyer attacking State Rep. James Roebuck for opposing school vouchers is hitting mailboxes throughout his West Philadelphia district. “James Roebuck blocked kids from attending the schools of the...
UK Study: Parents, Not Teachers, Key to Education
educationnews.org - A study by the Royal Economic Society, to be presented this week, finds that parental effect on test results is five times that of teachers’ influence. This comes in the wake of warnings by Sir Mic...
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Different Results, Same Flawed Methods
shankerblog.org - Without question, designing school and district rating systems is a difficult task, and Ohio was somewhat ahead of the curve in attempting to do so (and they’re also great about releasing a ton of ...
OUR CHILDREN FOR SALE « Jean Jacques Crawb's Blog
jeanjacquescrawb.wordpress.com - About 15 years ago, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania created the concept of charter schools. These schools were to be free of the entanglement of most state regulations. They also were to be bastio...
CT News Junkie | OP-ED
ctnewsjunkie.com - by Sarah Darer Littman | Mar 23, 2012 11:21am(25) Comments | Log in to Post a Comment Posted to: Opinion (Updated 4:39 p.m. Sunday) Wednesday’s Where We Live with John Dankosky featured three membe...
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Parents' effort to fix failing Adelanto school comes to a head
latimes.com - Mojave Desert school officials are expected to settle weeks of controversy Wednesday over what could be the first successful effort by California parents to petition for dramatic changes in their f...
California's school reform 'parent trigger' law doesn't need rewriting
latimes.com - There's a problem with California's groundbreaking "parent trigger" law. But it isn't what you might think.The law, which I wrote, passed in 2010, and it sought to give parents genuine power and co...
Anger with CPS over closings and turnarounds spreads in the Legislature | catalyst
catalyst-chicago.org - High level employees of Chicago Public Schools took an unprecedented scolding Monday on the subject of school closings and turnarounds in the city – and even more heat for CPS’ perceived “disrespec...
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Adrienne Rich. RIP. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - BY ADRIENNE RICHThere’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted who ...
Every man a King
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Huey Long was a Progressive Senator during the Great Depression who believed in wealth redistribution. He organized upwards of seven million Americans to see this dream of wealth redistribution com...
March Board Meeting Shenanigans | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS
chicagonow.com - By Alexander Russo, today at 6:28 pm Here's an unconfirmed email from a reader about CPS employees holding spots in line for parents (and cutting!), a hilariously awful practice that is described b...
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Chicago Congressman violates House decorum. House what? « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush gave a speech on the US House floor today. It was moving message about the murdered teenager Trayvon Martin. As he neared the end of his talk, he pulled a hoodie over...
J Street, Pro-Israel but Opposed to Attacking Iran, Takes Its Message to Washington
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Memo to Congress: Not all American Jews support a military strike on Iran, either by Israel or by the United States. Members of J Street, the dovish pro-Israel group formed...
Business Bets on the G.O.P. May Be Backfiring
democraticunderground.com - When the number one goal of the republican party is to make president Obama a on term president, so they have to take the opposite stand on "anything" the president is for, it's king of hard to get...
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Adopted Board Resolutions
tasanet.org - The following is a list of school districts that have adopted the Resolution Concerning High Stakes, Standardized Testing of Texas Public School Students. As of March 27, 2012, 192 districts have n...
Police Video of Trayvon Martin's Killer Shows No Visible -- Much Less Severe -- Injuries | MyFDL
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Police Video of Trayvon Martin's Killer Shows No Visible -- Much Less Severe -- Injuries | MyFDL: Police Video of Trayvon Martin’s Killer Shows No Visible — Much Less Severe — Injuriesby Phoenix Wo...
Trayvon Martin Case: Exclusive Surveillance Video of George Zimmerman
abcnews.go.com - A police surveillance video taken the night that Trayvon Martin was shot dead shows no blood or bruises on George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who says he shot Martin after he was punc...
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Princeton Review to Sell Test-Prep Unit
online.wsj.com - BY MELODIE WARNER Princeton Review Inc. agreed to sell its test-preparation business and the "Princeton Review" brand to private-equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners for $33 million in cash as ...
Clock is clicking in Rockford. Teachers will hit the bricks tomorrow morning. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Rockford Education Association members picket board of ed meeting yesterday. It would be the first teacher strike in Rockford in 30 years. Over 95% of the members of the Rockford Education Associat...
Western Pennsylvania man stole Microsoft co-founder's ID, FBI says
democraticunderground.com - Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review An Army deserter from East Liberty needed just two phone calls to gain access to a Citibank account belonging to one of the world's richest men, federal investigat...
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The American Spring’s New Tactics
theassailedteacher.com - The warm weather is rapidly approaching, which means the possibility of a resurgence of protests across the country. The Occupy movement has been scattered thanks to the evictions by the corporatis...
Lawyers return to court to argue over release of pepper spray report - Occupy Protests
sacbee.com - The feuding parties over how to release the UC Davis pepper spray report return to court this morning for a hearing that may allow it to be unveiled in some fashion as early as next week.Lawyers fo...
Reports from the Front Lines | Occupy Together
occupytogether.org - This week in Occupy, the arrival of Spring brought everyone back into the streets, thousands rallied for Trayvon Martin, Union Square was #occupied and Occupy UC Davis permanently closed a bank bra...
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CT News Junkie | OP-ED
ctnewsjunkie.com - by Sarah Darer Littman | Mar 23, 2012 11:21am(25) Comments | Log in to Post a Comment Posted to: Opinion (Updated 4:39 p.m. Sunday) Wednesday’s Where We Live with John Dankosky featured three membe...
