Directory Scholarships, Internships, Programs for Latino Students - Hispanically Speaking News
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Directory Scholarships, Internships, Programs for Latino Students - Hispanically Speaking News:Check Out: Directory of Scholarships, Internships and Programs for Latino StudentsMarch 6, 2012 | by HS News StaffPhoto Credits: CHCI Scholarships ResourceCheck Out “Directory of Scholarships, Internships and Programs for Latino Students”. This directory was prepared by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute with the support of State Farm. There is a lot of useful information and resources for Latino students here.Click here to access.
DCPS budget: RHEEFORM IMPACT’s impact - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post
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DCPS budget: IMPACT’s impact - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post:DCPS budget: IMPACT’s impactby Bill TurqueThere’s plenty for DCPS stakeholders to dislike in the newly released school-based budget allocations proposed for 2012-13. While they reflect a two-percent increase in the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula, they will still mean larger class sizes--as in, fewer teachers--at the middle and high school levels, along with cuts in positions such as special education coordinator.Read full article
Estimados padres de las escuelas públicas de NYC….. | United Opt Out National
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Estimados padres de las escuelas públicas de NYC….. | United Opt Out National:Estimados padres de las escuelas públicas de NYC…..by adminEstimados padres de las escuelas públicas de NYC:Somos los padres de dos niños que asisten a dos escuelas elementales en Manhattan. Hasta el presente, hemos estado muy satisfechos con la educación que nuestros hijos han recibido en las escuelas públicas de NY. Sus directores y maestros, sin excepción, han demostrado ser profesionales inteligentes con un conocimiento amplio sobre la formación ... more »
School Tech Connect: Arne Duncan's Genie, Part 2
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School Tech Connect: Arne Duncan's Genie, Part 2:Arne Duncan's Genie, Part 2by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)I'm sure this all sounds very appealing to people who don't understand test scores.Check out the article title:
Focusing On Neighborhood Assets — One Of My Favorite Lessons! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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Focusing On Neighborhood Assets — One Of My Favorite Lessons! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:Focusing On Neighborhood Assets — One Of My Favorite Lessons!by Larry FerlazzoWe’re in the middle of one of my favorite units — where we focus on our neighborhood’s assets instead of its deficits.I explain it more in detail at A Lesson Highlighting Community Assets — Not Deficits, and have a complete lesson plan, including hand-outs, in my book on Helping Students Motivate Themselves. In ... more »
California Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program - School Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)
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California Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program - School Nutrition (CA Dept of Education):California Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, administered by the California Dept of Education, provides schools with funding to offer students a free fresh fruit or vegetable snack during the school day.Program DescriptionThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) at the federal level. At the state level, the FFVP is administered by the California Department ... more »
Federal Suspension and Expulsion Report - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
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Federal Suspension and Expulsion Report - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Responds to FederalReport on Student Suspension and Expulsion RatesSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today applauded efforts by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to shed light on the problem of excessive use of suspension and expulsion of students as a disciplinary tool in the nation's schools."Collecting this data helps us start crucial conversations at the local school level ... more »
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Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. Contract in Seattle | Seattle EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoMotion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. Contract in Seattle | Seattle Education:Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. in Seattleby seattleducation2011On February 16th, there was a motion to cancel the Teach for America, Inc. contract by one of the school board members in the Board Curriculum and Instruction Committee meeting. Five board members were in attendance. A majority of ...more »
Career Technical Education (CTE)Assembly Bill 1330 - Letters (CA Dept of Education)
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Implementation of Assembly Bill 1330 - Letters (CA Dept of Education):Dear County and District Superintendents, Charter School Administrators, and High School Principals:IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY BILL 1330The purpose of this letter is to provide guidance on the implementation of Assembly Bill 1330 (Chapter 621, Statutes of 2011) in districts and schools offering instruction in any of grades nine through twelve, inclusive.Existing state law requires all graduating high school students to complete one course in visual or performing arts or foreign language. ... more »
Police Anonymity Demands Thwart Release of UC Davis Pepper Spray Report « Student Activism
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Police Anonymity Demands Thwart Release of UC Davis Pepper Spray Report « Student Activism:Police Anonymity Demands Thwart Release of UC Davis Pepper Spray Reportby Angus JohnstonAs I noted last month, only one of the dozens of police officers involved in the notorious November 18 UC Davis pepper-spray incident has yet been publicly identified. Now a police demand for continued anonymity has delayed today’s intended release of the university’s report on the incident.Attorneys for the officers claim that because the report ... more »
School official outs 8th-grader as pregnant - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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School official outs 8th-grader as pregnant - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:School official outs 8th-grader as pregnantby Valerie Strauss“We learn by example and by direct experience,” wrote Malcolm Gladwell in “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” “because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”And herein lies a fundamental obstacle to increasing efforts across the country to counter bullying by young people: adult bullies.Read full article
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education Reform: Socks Worn Inside-Out
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education Reform: Socks Worn Inside-Out:Education Reform: Socks Worn Inside-Outby Charlie MasI have touched on this idea a couple of times before, but with the Board poised to vote on the contract with Teach for America I think it is time to bring it back.I am not an advocate for the status-quo. I'm surprised that I even have to write that. Holy cow, if I haven't established myself as a critic of the education establishment, then I ... more »
Florida Parent Groups Frustrated by Lack of Access « Parents Across America
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Florida Parent Groups Frustrated by Lack of Access « Parents Across America:Florida Parent Groups Frustrated by Lack of Accessby leoniehaimsonCheck your pockets when a Corporate Education reformer claims to care about parent empowerment; nearly always, as in this case, they are working for their own private ends.For immediate release.Tallahassee, FloridaOn Saturday, March 3, 2012, for the third time in a matter of weeks, a real Florida parent was cut off mid-sentence during testimony opposing SB 1718/”Parent Empowerment” and told by ... more »
Fresh Evidence: Pascale Mauclair’s Report Should be Declared Invalid | Edwize
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Fresh Evidence: Pascale Mauclair’s Report Should be Declared Invalid | Edwize:Fresh Evidence: Pascale Mauclair’s Report Should be Declared Invalidby Jackie BennettLast week, Leo Casey gave Edwize readers the real story of Pascal Mauclair, whom the NY Post declared was the “at the bottom of the heap” when the DOE released the Teacher Data Reports to the press. The DOE gave Ms. Mauclair a “0” on her report, but the results seemed, to put it mildly, arbitrary. As Casey pointed out, ... more »
Answering Questions of Fundamental Fairness | ED.gov Blog
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Answering Questions of Fundamental Fairness | ED.gov Blog:Answering Questions of Fundamental FairnessPosted on March 6, 2012 by Cameron BrenchleyEarlier today, Secretary Duncan released new data from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that reveal unfortunate truths about our nation’s schools. The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) is a first-of-its kind national data tool that highlights schools that are making real progress in closing opportunity gaps, as well as educational inequities around teacher experience, discipline and high school rigor.Key ... more »
Dozens Arrested in California and New York Capitol Protests « Student Activism
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Dozens Arrested in California and New York Capitol Protests « Student Activism:Dozens Arrested in California and New York Capitol Protestsby Angus JohnstonRunning around today, but wanted to at least quickly follow up on the student protests in Sacramento and Albany yesterday.The New York Times has a good overview of the Albany action. Excerpt:About 300 students, most of them from public universities in New York, rattled the Capitol on Monday with an outburst of loud protests, in the gallery of the ... more »
Chicago Public School Students Face Racial Discipline Gap: Education Department
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Chicago Public School Students Face Racial Discipline Gap: Education Department:Chicago Public School Students Face Racial Discipline Gap: Education Departmentby Joy ResmovitsIn Chicago public schools, black students receive harsher punishments for in-school infractions than white students, a fact that mirrors a nationwide trend, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday. The report paints a startling picture of racial disparities in how students are disciplined in schools across the country.Nationally, black students are more than three-and-a-half times... more »
Parent trigger: A farce in Florida - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Parent trigger: A farce in Florida - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Parent trigger: A farce in FloridaBy Valerie StraussThere’s one important thing missing from the effort in Florida to pass a bill that would institute a “parent trigger” allowing parents to force specific changes at low-performing public schools: support from Florida parents.The legislature has been considering whether to join a movementstarted in California that gives parents with children at low-performing (based on standardized test scores) to ask the ... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Look who's taken by surprise
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Look who's taken by surprise:Look who's taken by surpriseby Mike KlonskyChicago Public Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard, second from left, takes part in a panel discussion Monday with moderator Tim Knowles, left, director of the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute, Michael Milkie, CEO of the Noble Network of Charter Schools, and Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, superintendent of the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools. (Antonio Perez / March 5, 2012)Taken aback yesterday was corporate reformer Tim Knowles, ... more »
Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. Contract in Seattle | Seattle Education
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Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. Contract in Seattle | Seattle Education:Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. in Seattleby seattleducation2011On February 16th, there was a motion to cancel the Teach for America, Inc. contract by one of the school board members in the Board Curriculum and Instruction Committee meeting. Five board members were in attendance. A majority of them supported a motion to terminate the district’s contract with Teach for America, Inc. The motion will appear as an ... more »