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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...
Heading back to Occupy this morning
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Peggy Robertson It should be a beautiful day in D.C. -- sunny and in the 70s. I'm heading back for Day 3 of Occupy the DOE this morning. Although the turnout has been smaller than organizers had ho...
Urban prep boasts another perfect college acceptance year - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - For the third year in a row, every senior at Urban Prep Academy, the only all-African-American, all-male charter high school in Chicago, has been accepted to college, the school's leaders said.The ...
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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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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Tactic #1: Divide (us) and Conquer (us)
illinoisntu.ning.com - This is the corrosive advice of IEA, RTA and other "leadership" regarding how to address our legislators in Illinois during our individual encounters with the. We are supposed to tell them how self...
When Reproach is beyond Reproach « Cooperative Catalyst
coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Education in America has been on a path of continual downfall that is laced with sections that are inaccessible and are so sensitive that are deemed incapable of being habitable. We have moved towa...
Occupy Toronto hold rally for arrested, injured protesters
democraticunderground.com - Source: CBCOccupy Toronto protesters held a rally Saturday afternoon denouncing the arrests of five of the group's members. Four of the Occupy Toronto protesters appeared in court today after they ...
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One Thousand Hoodies Unite 4 Justice
sacramentopress.com - When I saw the flier for the One Thousand Hoodies Unite 4 Justice march, I was very inspired. The march was designed to be a show of support for the Martin family. Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old...
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...
Mind Tripping About “Standing Your Ground”
obrag.org - Marching for Trayvon Martin in San Diego. Photo courtesy of Yvette PorterWhen my hand wasn’t being shook or my body hugged by old friends I stood with my mind tripping as I looked down at the multi...
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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...
$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, ...
Woman seeking medical help dies in jail, arrested for trespassing [video]
beinglatino.us - Seven hours after she was examined by doctors at St. Mary’s Health Center, 29 year-old, Anna Brown sits on a wheelchair in the waiting room, draped in a sheet. She continues to complain to security...
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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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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 ...
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Tactic #1: Divide (us) and Conquer (us)
illinoisntu.ning.com - This is the corrosive advice of IEA, RTA and other "leadership" regarding how to address our legislators in Illinois during our individual encounters with the. We are supposed to tell them how self...