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PAA Action News
archive.constantcontact.com - PAA and PAA founding member Rita Solnet honored in Florida! Watch the tribute by the Palm Beach County School Board here. PAA in the mediaTwo PAA founders published columns in this week's Washing...
Everything You Need to Know About President Obama's Blueprint for College Affordability
whitehouse.gov - Matt ComptonJanuary 27, 2012 at 06:10 PM EST President Barack Obama delivers remarks on college affordability while speaking at the football practice field at the University of Michigan's Al Glick ...
President Obama's Plan to Train 2 Million Workers for Jobs in High-Demand Industries
whitehouse.gov - Megan SlackFebruary 13, 2012 at 04:26 PM ESTToday, President Obama announced the Community College to Career Fund, an $8 billion investment in his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget that would train two milli...
Charter Spending Squeezing Education Budget – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - March 29, 2012, 5:51 p.m. New York City’s Education Department will spend $51 million to open more than two dozen new charter schools next year, according to a report released on Thursday by the In...
Flunking the Test | American Journalism Review
ajr.org - The American education system has never been better, several important measures show. But you’d never know that from reading overheated media reports about “failing” schools and enthusiastic pieces...
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Only 7 Percent of Teachers Believe in Standardized Tests - Education
good.is - The number of standardized tests students have to take is about to increase, but the according to a national survey from Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, the nation’s teachers overwhelmingly do...
Researchers blast Chicago teacher evaluation reform - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - Scores of professors and researchers from 16 universities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area have signed an open letter to the city’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and Chicago school officials warning...
Do you have a moment to join the Wait, What? Investigative Team
us4.campaign-archive1.com - Do you have a moment to join or help the Wait, What? Investigative TeamCan you help us track down the most recent salary for your local superintendent of schools? One of the most incredible devel...
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More Wisconsin News
jsonline.com - A federal judge in Madison on Friday ruled that portions of Act 10 - which removed most collective bargaining for most public employees - are unconstitutional. Seven major unions had challenged the...
Connecticut and “Education Reform” – The Truth is it’s all about Section 18:
jonathanpelto.com - Mar 29 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Yesterday, Governor Dannel...
ADELANTO CAMPUS CALM AFTER 'PARENT TRIGGER' PETITION REJECTED: But petition supporters reiterate their outrage and say they will go to court to challenge the school board rejection of their effort to turn the campus into a charter school.
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/Hr6iRy March 30, 2012 :: A day after Mojave Desert school officials rejected a controversial effort by parents seeking major changes at thei...
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Is This How Madison Teacher Should Instruct About Trayvon Martin? « CAFFEINATED POLITICS
dekerivers.wordpress.com - From a Facebook friend of James come this message regarding the ‘lesson’ taught at a Madison middle school over the shooting of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. The parent writes the following. She to...
“Liberty and Justice for Some?” she asked. « Cooperative Catalyst
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “Liberty and Justice for Some?” she asked. « Cooperative Catalyst: “Liberty and Justice for Some?” she asked.by educatedtodeathOriginally posted at educatedtodeath.com A 7th grader asked me: “Why d...
Preparing for Spring Break | Mr. Teachbad
teachbad.com - I’m mulling over the book club options. Maybe unhappy teachers don’t want to read about how teaching sucks. (But then, why would you be here in the first place?) Preaching to the choir, as is we...
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13 shot, 2 dead in Chicago in six hours Thursday night - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - By Peter Nickeas and Jeremy Gorner Tribune reporters 7:03 a.m. CDT, March 30, 2012 At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in violence across Chicago overnight, most of the victims fr...
L.A. SCHOOLS TO NOTIFY PARENTS WHEN TEACHERS ARE REMOVED: They'll be told within 72 hours if an instructor is pulled because of sexual-misconduct allegations.
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/H3GgVh Parents at Miramonte Elementary in unincorporated Florence-Firestone were upset that they received no explanation when veteran teacher M...
Sacramento Press / McClatchy High Students Experience Dangers of Driving Under Influence
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sacramento Press / McClatchy High Students Experience Dangers of Driving Under InfluenceMcClatchy High Students Experience Dangers of Driving Under InfluenceStudents at C.K. McClatchy High School e...
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Another 'Parent Trigger' Effort Ends in Defeat
kcrw.com - Subscribe to this Podcast:Listen to/Watch entire show: First in Compton, now in Adelanto — out in the Mojave Desert — elected school boards have rejected petitions by parents to reform failing scho...
Looking Back at Our Nuclear Future
my.firedoglake.com - The Los Angeles Times heralds the nuclear age in January 1957. (photo via wikipedia)On March 11, communities around the world commemorated the first year of the still-evolving Fukushima Daiichi nuc...
With San Onofre Down, What's Up?
tomhayden.com - It may take a Fukushima-type nuclear disaster to force California away from its reliance on two aging, dangerous nuclear plants at San Onofre or Diablo Canyon. The Fukushima catastrophe has virtual...
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Protesters Wreak Havoc As Ten Arrested
huffingtonpost.com - A class meets in the auditorium building at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif., Friday, March 18, 2011. Oakland, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland's school board is planning to resume a meeting ...
Monster surf, dangerous rip tides forecast this weekend
latimesblogs.latimes.com - A large west swell is expected to bring monster surf and dangerous rip currents to the coast this weekend, stretching from the Bay Area to San Diego. The National Weather Service has issued a high ...
No school today as Rockford’s teachers union still on strike - Rockford, IL
rrstar.com - Follow Cathy Bayer's tweets. ROCKFORD — Classes are canceled again today and are stalled until further notice while contract negotiations between the Rockford School District and Rockford Education...
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Challenging Corporate Ed Reform
rethinkingschools.org - Spring 2012Illustration: Michael Duffy By Stan Karp This is a revised version of a speech given at the Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference in Seattle, October 2011. Corporate school re...
Big Education Ape: 3-29-12 PM STRIKE! EDition #CORPREFORM #soschat
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