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Sneaky Michelle Rhee What’s a GNESPA? More Bait N Switch - Jonathan Kantrowitz - Connecticut News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What’s a GNESPA? - Jonathan Kantrowitz - Connecticut News: Jonathan KantrowitzPolitical activist, health nutAbout Jonathan KantrowitzWhat’s a GNESPA?April 15, 2012 at 4:17 pm by Jonathan Kantrowitz...
- Wait, What?
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...
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...
Life in Rahm’s Chicago. $300 million no-bid contracts. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Rahm takes us for a ride. A hint on what Chicago’s mayor has in mind with his grand infrastructure rebuilding scheme can be found today in a Tribune story. Shortly after taking office Rahm had secr...
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A View of the Illinois Public Pension Dilemma, Pt. III
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA), pension reform should not be the focus or the conversation. The dialogue s...
The Ongoing Sham of Teach for America: Part Two
education-radio.blogspot.com - Tania KappnerYou can download mp3's of the program here:Audioport (mp3)Internet Archive In this second of our two-part exploration of Teach for America, we'll explore TFA's larger goals and connec...
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...
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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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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 15, 2012 Courtyard Casa de Huespedes Cartagena, Colombia4:30 P.M. COTPRESIDENT SANTOS: (As interpreted.) Good afternoon to ...
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Cannibalize the Future
nytimes.com - One general rule of modern politics is that the people who talk most about future generations — who go around solemnly declaring that we’re burdening our children with debt — are, in practice, the ...
The Fine Art of Starving the Beast
my.firedoglake.com - First they convince us that government borrowing is necessary to inhibit inflation. Then they max out the nation’s credit card, so the government can’t borrow any more. And then Grover starts filli...
Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected - Nancy Scola - Politics - The Atlantic
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected - Nancy Scola - Politics - The Atlantic: Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All ConnectedAPR 14 2012, 8:00 AM ...
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Mayor, CTA privately talked about $300 million no-bid deal with rail-car manufacturer - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - The Emanuel administration and the CTA engaged in private discussions on a $300 million no-bid contract with the maker of the transit agency's new rail cars, but the talks collapsed amid disclosure...
Tepco’s Cheapskate Tactics Put World at Risk
dissidentvoice.org - Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. – Henry David Thoreau The system of nature, of which m...
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Going Green in BEX IV
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: Going Green in BEX IV: Going Green in BEX IVby Melissa WestbrookThe needs for BEX IV are considerable and complex. But we have to hope that, moving forward, the d...
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Share a Connected Experience. - The Educator's PLN
edupln.com - It's a great question Tom. The first time I clearly realized the power of being connected was learning about and winning the Discovery/CDWG $50,000 sweepstakes for my school. A Twitter colleague wo...
Will there ever be a truce in the Mommy Wars? « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Last Thursday an online tempest erupted when Hilary Rosen went on CNN to explain that she didn’t think Ann Romney was a worthy voice for America’s women because she “has actually never worked a day...
30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - I’ll admit it, I enjoy self help books. Mind you, I include Drive and political autobiographies like Worlds Apart in my repertoire of consciousness expanding literature, I also hold shelf space fo...
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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 04/16/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Popplet | Collect, curate and share your ideas, inspirations, and projects! The "A week in the life" elementary Flat Classroom project is using Popplet to jumpstart collaboration in a "n...
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...
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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 Late Nite Posts 4-15 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected - Nancy Scola - Politics - The Atlantic Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 hour ago Exposing ALEC: How Conserv...
Big Education Ape: 4-15-12 PM - Wait, What? EDition #EDREFORM #CORPREFORM
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!:Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hours See all articles HEADLINES EDUCATION SOCIETY LEISURE ADUL...
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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...
Big Education Ape: 4-15-12 PM - Wait, What? EDition #EDREFORM #CORPREFORM
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!:Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hours See all articles HEADLINES EDUCATION SOCIETY LEISURE ADUL...
