Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!
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The Pineapple and the Hare: Pearson's absurd, nonsensical ELA exam, recycled endlessly throughout country
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - There was a ridiculous passage on Tuesday’s 8th grade NY State ELA exam about a Pineapple and a Hare, along with some equally absurd questions. Here is a comment about the passage from a student: ...
Review & Outlook: Shutting Down ALEC
online.wsj.com - Is it suddenly disreputable to advocate free-market policies? That's the question raised by a remarkable political assault on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which promotes reform...
Montgomery Superintendent Joshua Starr sharpens critique of national reforms - Maryland Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - Montgomery schools superintendent Joshua Starr congratulated the school board Tuesday on standing firm against some of the turbulent reform efforts being embraced around the country. He called thei...
U.S. Department of Education Releases Blueprint to Transform Career and Technical Education
ed.gov - ANKENY, IOWA – Today U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa, to release the Obama Administration’s blueprint for transforming Caree...
Jeremy Lin - 2012 TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World
time.com - Jeremy Lin's story is a great lesson for kids everywhere because it debunks and defangs so many of the prejudices and stereotypes that unfairly hold children back. He's dispelled the idea that Asia...
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President Obama's Plan to Train 2 Million Workers for Jobs in High-Demand Industries
whitehouse.gov - Megan SlackFebruary 13, 2012 at 04:26 PM ESTToday, President Obama announced the Community College to Career Fund, an $8 billion investment in his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget that would train two milli...
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jonathanpelto.com - Apr 19 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Teacher Tenure Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Teacher Tenure No matter how much the downsizing a...
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jonathanpelto.com - Mar 27 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, State Legislature, Stefan Pryor Charter Schools, ConnCAN, Education Reform, Malloy Last night, the CEO of ConnCAN, the ...
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CT News Junkie | Malloy Defends Pryor, Calls Conflict of Interest Accusations ‘Ridiculous’
ctnewsjunkie.com - by Christine Stuart | Jan 10, 2012 3:29pm(10) Comments | Commenting has expired Posted to: Education Google Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called allegations that his Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor has...
Republicans Push To Cut Child Tax Credits For Undocumented Immigrant Families
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Sahil Kapur April 19, 2012, 5:00 AM Exhibit A: Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney is warning his donors that Republicans must win back Hispanic voters or face “demographic doom.”Exhibit B...
ALEC to Right-Wing Bloggers: We Need Your Help!
motherjones.com - Portland Action Lab.The American Legislative Exchange Council, the once-obscure organization that pairs corporations with state lawmakers to draft pro-business and often anti-union legislation for ...
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This hedge-fund "school reformer" is so rich, he donates to the Koch Bros.
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Griffin is the one on the right Greg Hinz at Crain's, "Follow the money: Citadel's Ken Griffin and the Illinois GOP," reports on the Chicago hedge-fund billionaire who secretly throws millions into...
Life in Rahm’s Chicago. If you “think” you voted does that mean you did? « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Chicago is witnessing the largest municipal election in the country. 6,500 candidates are running for positions on Local School Councils, an 80s school reform that has made a difference at many the...
Allen West's Communist Conspiracy Implicates Woodrow Wilson
motherjones.com - Noted Communist Woodrow Wilson. WikimediaRep. Allen West has been on a tear recently trying to defend his assertion that liberal Democrats are actually communists. West's argument focuses not on De...
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We are marching!
childrenaremorethantestscores.blogspot.com - I am inspired by this image of Sisters Ceresta Smith and Morna McDemott walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This bridge is sacred ground in the Civil Rights movement. That bridge where Civil R...
This Is How I Vote
schooltechconnect.com - So, the Sullivan HS LSC election is tomorrow. Turns out that the community candidates do indeed have digital footprints, and one of them is a known commodity here in Rogers. Here's the list, if any...
A new angle on the anti-bullying campaign
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - A lot of accusations and allegations have been flying around here lately, but this one had to make me laugh. Our little band of progressive bloggers and tweeters are being made out to be "bullies" ...
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First it was corporations bailing out; now the parade of Louisiana Legislators exiting ALEC membership begins « Louisiana Voice
louisianavoice.com - At least one member of the Louisiana Legislature has seen enough of the inner workings of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Even as ALEC Executive Director Ron Scheberle bemoans wha...
CEO pay is 380 times average worker pay
teamsternation.blogspot.com - Yup, CEOs at the largest U.S. companies earned an average of $12.9 million a year, 380 times the wage of the average worker last year. That's according to the AFL-CIO, which renamed its annual "Exe...
Oligarchy That Runs The World Now Verified By Science
dissidentvoice.org - After about five centuries of modern science, since the Scientific Revolution, Science has finally officially confirmed a global oligarchy. Although for, conservatively, 10,000 years ruling familie...
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The Book Bench: Justice for Ralph Ellison : The New Yorker
newyorker.com - One of the greatest of all American books, Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” was published by Random House sixty years ago, on April 14, 1952, and became an immediate sensation. Almost everyone who ...
Noticigrama: Crucigrama + Noticias (19-04-2012) | Zambombazo
zachary-jones.com - 19/04/2012 • 2:26 pm¿Quieres aprender algunas de las palabras más relevantes de la semana del 16 de abril del 2012? ¡Sólo tienes que resolver nuestro noticigrama (noticias + crucigrama)!Cómo resolv...
Lawsuit claims 'Bachelor' show discriminates
boston.com - NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Two black men are taking "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.Nathaniel...
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We are marching!
childrenaremorethantestscores.blogspot.com - I am inspired by this image of Sisters Ceresta Smith and Morna McDemott walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This bridge is sacred ground in the Civil Rights movement. That bridge where Civil R...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 4-19 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: This Is How I Vote Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 2 hours ago School Tech Connect: This Is How I Vote: This Is How I Votebynoreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)...
Big Education Ape: 4-17-12 PM The Incoherent Reform of Michelle Rhee EDition #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT
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