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Who I Am and What's On My Mind
southbronxschool.com - I originally wrote this for the Huffington Post on February 5. I have slightly rewritten it. This is a big step for me. My name is Peter Zucker. I am a teacher at PS 154 in District 7 in The Bronx...
Mitt Romney Defends Rush Limbaugh
opposingviews.com - During an interview with Time‘s Mark Halperin, Mitt Romney was asked if he thought controversial radio host and former drug addict Rush Limbaugh had too much influence on the Republican Party. “You...
Finnish Lesson #5: How to kill 99.9% GERMs?
pasisahlberg.com - In FINNISH LESSONS: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? I conclude that rather than introducing sequential educational revolutions, Finnish education policy has been built ...
Race To The Top For Districts Piques Interest Of Chicago And Los Angeles Mayors
huffingtonpost.com - Opening a new phase for the Obama administration's role in education reform, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signaled interest in applying for the revamped, di...
How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools by Diane Ravitch
nybooks.com - Matt Roth David Donaldson, a high school teacher in the Teach for America program, with his students at the Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Sciences, Baltimore, December 2009In his 2012 S...
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Romney Has Some Great Friends Who Are For-Profit College Owners
republicreport.org - David Halperin 3.2.2012 at 1:30 PM Mitt Romney invested in Tagg Romney’s company, which invested client money in TA Associates, which invests in the for-profit education industry, which Mitt Romney...
Supporters, opponents clamor as PEP backs charter co-location
gothamschools.org - Led by a trio of PEP "puppets" produced for the occasion, dozens of protesters marched around Brooklyn Technical High School at the start of the first March PEP meeting. After hearing nearly two ho...
Bill Schechter: I Was a Teacher, Not a Number - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by Bill Schechter. Clearly, I was a superb teacher. Probably one of the best. That's what the numbers show, and numbers don't lie.Before I retired after 35-years as a high school teacher...
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Santorum defends Rush: He’s just taking the absurd point of view » The Right Scoop
therightscoop.com - I’m so glad Santorum didn’t throw Rush under the bus like some Republicans have today, pandering to Democrats. Instead he defended Rush, noting that basically he was pointing out the absurd with th...
| ThinkProgress
thinkprogress.org - Yesterday, he unleashed a hateful tirade against 30-year-old Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, who became a birth control activist after her friend developed ovarian cysts and found that the ora...
Cinda. Rub that sleep from your eyes. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Back on February 24th we reported on the Governor’s plan to cut state funding for TRIP, the retiree health insurance program. From our IEA leaders there has been no word. Today, two weeks later, IE...
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Limbaugh says we need to return to ‘segregated buses.'
thinkprogress.org - Last week, a video of a school bus beating showing two African American children assaulting a white student began circulating the internet. Despite claims by authorities that the attack was not nec...
Obama Calls for an End to Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies
nytimes.com - NASHUA, N.H. — With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President Obama called on Congress to end $4 billion in subsidies for oil and gas compa...
Jeb Bush’s Desperate Attempt to Save Florida’s Parent Trigger Legislation | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jeb Bush’s Desperate Attempt to Save Florida’s Parent Trigger Legislation | Scathing Purple Musings:Jeb Bush’s Desperate Attempt to Save Florida’s Parent Trigger Legislationby Bob SikesApparently, ...
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More "Indoctrination" Paranoia: Fox Attacks Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
mediamatters.org - The Muppets. SpongeBob SquarePants. Dr. Seuss.Beloved icons of childhood entertainment in America, or subtle forms of anti-business indoctrination that brainwash your kids into hating capitalism?Th...
Tweak. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Tweak. « Fred Klonsky:Tweak.by Fred KlonskyFredWhen I was starting out, it seemed like all the principals were wizened career veterans. Now that I’m a wizened career veteran, it seems like there’s ...
One Mom's Struggle to Direct the Fifth-Grade School Play – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - March 2, 2012, 3:40 p.m. Helene Stapinski is a writer with no experience in the theater. Somehow she found herself directing the fifth-grade musical at Public School 29 John M. Harrigan, her son’s ...
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Gulen charter school timeline
perimeterprimate.blogspot.com - The largest charter school chain in the U.S. is run by the members of the Gulen movement, a controversial, secretive, religious, and highly nationalistic group out of Turkey that is operating in a ...
Loveland kids eat green eggs and ham to celebrate Dr. Seuss birthday
denverpost.com - Not sure about the green eggs, Trinity Lutheran Preschool student Sophia Reynolds, 5, looks up at her mom before tasting them Thursday at The Egg & I restaurant in Loveland. (Loveland Reporter-Hera...
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Students Return To Class After Deadly School Stabbing « CBS Chicago
chicago.cbslocal.com - Chris Wormley was stabbed to death at school on the South Side. (Credit: MySpace)UPDATED 03/02/12 8:11 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Students at a therapeutic day school on the city’s Far South Sire return ...
Students Return To Class After Deadly School Stabbing « CBS Chicago
chicago.cbslocal.com - Chris Wormley was stabbed to death at school on the South Side. (Credit: MySpace)CHICAGO (CBS) — Students at a therapeutic day school on the city’s Far South Sire return to class Friday morning, on...
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A KEEN SENSE FOR THE OBVIOUS « Teachers Fight Back
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A KEEN SENSE FOR THE OBVIOUS « Teachers Fight Back:A KEEN SENSE FOR THE OBVIOUSby alkleenOh no! Not another useless university study. We must convince Congress to pass the “Useless University Rese...
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee - Will She Get Investigated?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: Michelle Rhee - Will She Get Investigated?:Michelle Rhee - Will She Get Investigated?by Melissa WestbrookAccording to the NY Times, it seems that there is an invest...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 3-1 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mother Crusader: NJDOE Conducts A Careful And Stringent Approval Process? Now THAT Is Funny! Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 4 minutes ago Mother Crusader: NJDOE Conducts A Carefu...
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| ThinkProgress
thinkprogress.org - Yesterday, he unleashed a hateful tirade against 30-year-old Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, who became a birth control activist after her friend developed ovarian cysts and found that the ora...
