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jonathanpelto.com - Apr 15 jonpeltoEducation, Ethics, Malloy, Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst Education Reform, Malloy, Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst Perhaps in Michelle Rhee’s world our Connecticut laws are “more of what...
Letters: Testing, cybertheft, voter ID rules
chron.com - Sad testimony on testing There have been many articles and news reports over the past few months about the effects of standardized testing on schools in Texas. I am a ninth-grade student attending ...
Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected - Nancy Scola - Politics
theatlantic.com - A shadowy organization uses corporate contributions to sell prepackaged conservative bills -- such as Florida's Stand Your Ground statute -- to legislatures across the country. ReutersThe recent bl...
Nightline on test prep & the gifted exams: more "choices" for parents or magnifying social inequities?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The results of the Gifted and Talented exams are in, and according to the NY Times, more than half of the children tested in wealthier districts like District 2 and District 3 were found to be "gif...
Leaders of New Group Have an "Interest" in Education
huffingtonpost.com - Few people define themselves as being a member of a special interest. That term applies to the folks on the other side -- the people you disagree with. New Yorkers got more evidence of that this mo...
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leoniehaimson Paul Farhi on so-called 'Failing Schools' On The Media -goo.gl/hrQ9V wish he'd discussed@educationnation like goo.gl/EWN6958 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
leoniehaimson Chris Cerrone: why I'm opting my son out of standardized tests; they are harming pub education Buffalo News - goo.gl/OsOgE56 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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My review of ‘Class Warfare’ in the Journal of School Choice
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Journal of School Choice © 2012 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC; the Journal of School Choice is available onl...
Reflections on and Rebuttals of Class Warfare (Or Steven Brill has a Serious Credibility Problem) « Raginghorseblog
raginghorse.wordpress.com - Class Warfare: Inside the fight to Fix America’s Schools, Steven Brill’s ethically challenged, error ridden, incoherent yet highly illuminating love letter ...
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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Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said...
Scott Walker Tells NRA Members He's 'A Target' In Recall Election
huffingtonpost.com - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker told National Rifle Association members Friday he's "a target" and asked for their help in his upcoming recall election."I have become a target," Walker told the cro...
Racist past haunts Florida town where Trayvon died
articles.chicagotribune.com - (Roberto Gonzalez, Getty Images)April 08, 2012|Tom Brown | ReutersSANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by becoming the first African American to play...
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Cyclists en route to CicLAvia turned away from Metrolink trains
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Some cyclists attempting to hop on Metrolink trains en route to Union Station downtown to take part in the CicLAvia festival were turned away Sunday. As trains from Orange County and San Bernardino...
CicLAvia will be bring many street closures, traffic for motorists
latimesblogs.latimes.com - April 15, 2012 | 8:18 am Motorists will have to make way for cyclists today around Los Angeles. About 100,000 cyclists and pedestrians are expected to participate in the fourth CicLAvia festival t...
Daily Kos: Today is Pascha
dailykos.com - Aleut (Sugpiag): Kriiiiistuusaq Ungwektuq! Pichinuq Ungwektuq! Albanian (Tosk): Krishhti Unjall! Vertet Unjall! Anglo-Saxon: Crist aras! Crist sodhlice aras! Arabic: Al Maset'h ahm! Hat'em ahm! and...
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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 04/15/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Got 2B Safe! Think Smart. Take Charge. I highly recommend that teachers of kids 10 and under download the Got 2B safe Educational safety kit to help prevent child abduction. The kit is f...
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 04/15/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Innovate My School - 5 practical ways to make money for your school Interesting article that talks about monetizing the intellectual property most schools own: lesson plans and curriculu...
Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 04/15/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - When Teachers Demand to be Co-creators, not Consumers Yes! @bjfr rocked w/ "When Teachers Demand to be Co-creators, not Consumers" http://t.co/XRk4O3nG via @edweek #flatclass #oer12hf ...
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Denver-area's Lamb Spring archaeological dig hints at early North American humans
denverpost.com - This month, officials with Colorado Economic Development Division will consider a proposal to fund Lamb Spring as a Regional Tourist Project, turning one of the most promising digs in North America...
Blog posts on this issue
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 14, 2012 Earlier today, in remarks at the Plenary Session of the 6th Summit of the Americas, President Obama highlighted hi...
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Sheila Bair's Fabulous Idea: $10 Million Loans for Everyone!
my.firedoglake.com - Money for the rest of us. (photo: wbeem/flickr) Former FDIC chair Sheila Bair makes the following provocative proposal: For several years now, the Fed has been making money available to the financi...
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Arts in education? Tell Obama, “No Duncan in a second term.” « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Last week we received an email from my department chair with a link to a speech Education Secretary Arne Duncan gave at a Washington DC elementary school on April 2nd.It is deeply disturbing that a...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 4-15 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Read and Endorse the Declaration of Professional Conscience for Teachers Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 10 minutes ago Schools Matter: Read and Endorse the Decl...
DID SOMEONE SAY #EDREFORM -Bain, Teach For America, Sylvan, Broad Foundation and Dan Katzir
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Broad Team - The Broad Foundation - Education: Dan Katzir Senior Advisor The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Katzir is senior advisor at The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, a national venture p...
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More Implications from NJ & MA for CT! « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Recently, I responded to an absurd and downright disturbing Op-Ed by a Connecticut education reform organization that claimed that Connecticut needed to move quickly to adopt teacher evaluation/ten...
