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Urban Prep charter hype redux
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Lots of extra resources for Urban Prep The media usually go nuts every year when Chicago's Urban Prep Academy announces it has enrolled 100% of it's graduates in college. In Arne Duncan's Race To ...
National Conversations about Teaching: The RESPECT Project
ed.gov - All across the country, teachers are talking with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) about how they envision a renewed and transformed teaching profession in the 21st Century. This page is desig...
Courant’s Rick Green Suggests: “Back Off On Tenure, Step Up On ‘Commissioner’s Network’”
jonathanpelto.com - Mar 31 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor In his latest Hartford Courant column, Rick Green ...
Oakland plan makes teachers compete for their jobs
sfgate.com - As part of a radical plan to reform three failing high schools in Oakland, current teachers who want to stay will have to compete for their jobs with outside applicants. They also will have to agre...
Alternative Louisiana education overhaul plan proposed
nola.com - Republicans rebuffing critics of Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposals for primary and secondary education have rallied around a common theme: What's your idea? Rep. Joe Harrison, himself a Republican who ...
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Daily Kos: thoughts on retiring
dailykos.com - First, why did I tell my students? After all, my missing the first two periods when we return from break on April 10 might well have been assumed to be for a medical appointment. Except there is ...
Respect Our Teachers & Support Public Education
signon.org - Flag petition as inappropriateBy Davina Allen (Contact)To be delivered to:The Louisiana State House, The Louisiana State Senate, and Governor Bobby JindalStop attacking our public schools and teach...
Reading guarantee not enough – Kasich’s study conveys need for a “Third Grade Poverty Guarantee”
plunderbund.com - Last week John Kasich submitted his latest education reform bill to the legislature via Senator Peggy Lehner. We’ve posted about that introduction of ideas now known as Senate Bill 316, and I pers...
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Rep. Peter Barca will not run for Gov. of Wisconsin. His letter to supporters. |
bluecheddar.net - A facebook note from Wisconsin Assembly Rep. Peter Barca dated 03/31/12 “This morning I sent this personal note below to my supporters who have urged me to run for governor. I am deeply grateful an...
Tragedy to Farce: US Military Changes Feng Shui on Bases in Afghanistan
news.firedoglake.com - In a sign of how well things are going in Afghanistan, NATO and US troops are designating guards for any time they come into contact with the Afghan security forces they’re supposed to be training....
Barrett joins race for Governor and Wisconsinites still beg Barca to enter |
bluecheddar.net - Late Friday afternoon, the news came out that Tom Barrett had finally decided to enter the race for Governor of Wisconsin. What this will probably do is prevent Rep. Peter Barca from entering the r...
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Shot Across my Boomer Bow | Lefty Parent
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shot Across my Boomer Bow | Lefty Parent: Shot Across my Boomer Bowby Cooper ZaleI think there are way too few conversations going on between us Baby Boomers and our kids’ generation about our comm...
Tech Support Needed (Downtown) | deClassifieds
declassifieds.info - Position open immediately with fast growing American company for a tech support professional. Responsibilities include: #1: Supporting new client base with support needs #2: Must speak English and ...
American Skin (41 Shots) #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - AMERICAN SKIN (41 SHOTS) Studio version41 shots, and we'll take that ride 'Cross this bloody river to the other side 41 shots, cut through the night You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule P...
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Bloomberg Wins Shorty Award For "Foursquare Mayor," Gets Heckled By OWS: Gothamist
gothamist.com - For one night of the year, Twitter gets to walk the red carpet at their very own glamorous award show. The fourth annual Shorty Awards were held Monday night at the Times Center in Midtown. All the...
Titanic's legacy: A fascination with disasters
boston.com - Epic disasters -- the anguished cries, the stories of heroism -- are the central narratives of our age, both enthralling and horrifying. And our obsession began a century ago, unfolding in just 160...
$640 Million Lotto Jackpot Split by Three People Who Aren't You - National
theatlanticwire.com - The biggest lottery jackpot in the history of mankind -- $640 million smackeroos, which works out to a lump sum payout of $247 million after the government takes its share -- has a winner. Rather, ...
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Rockford schools, teachers have tentative deal - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Rockford public school teachers are on strike. (March 29, 2012) The Associated Press 8:36 p.m. CDT, March 30, 2012 ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Officials of the Rockford School District say a tentative co...
Marine sergeant receives Silver Star for bravery in Afghanistan
latimesblogs.latimes.com - The ambush was quick and intense on that Thanksgiving Day 2010 in Sangin, Afghanistan, long a Taliban stronghold. The platoon commander was killed and his Marines were under withering small-arms fi...
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Insolvency by Bob Lyons, TRS Board
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Up until now, “Insolvency” has been the mantra of the Civic Committee (Illinois is Broke) and our state legislators. “The pension funds are going to run out of money and, thus, the pensions will no...
Mt. Diablo school board to discuss raising tax rate on 2010 bond
contracostatimes.com - CONCORD -- The Mt. Diablo school board on Monday will discuss raising the tax rate on its 2010 Measure C bond in the hopes of lowering taxpayer costs in the long run.The board study session is at 6...
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Flunking the Test | American Journalism Review
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Flunking the Test | American Journalism Review: Flunking the Test The American education system has never been better, several important measures show. But you’d never know that from reading ove...
Shot Across my Boomer Bow | Lefty Parent
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shot Across my Boomer Bow | Lefty Parent: Shot Across my Boomer Bowby Cooper ZaleI think there are way too few conversations going on between us Baby Boomers and our kids’ generation about our comm...
Parent Engagement: Do you have a policy on that?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parent Engagement: Do you have a policy on that?: Parent Engagement: Do you have a policy on that?By Myrdin ThompsonAs parents we don't often rigidly define what "engagement" in our child's educati...