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Top 20 K-12 Schools | Green Power Partnership

epa.gov -   The Top 20 K-12 Schools list represents the largest green power users among K-12 school partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power use of these organizations amounts to...
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Burbank instructor is named National Teacher of the Year

latimes.com - Though she was raised by two teachers, Rebecca Mieliwocki never figured she'd end up in front of a classroom. She first aspired to be a lawyer, then worked in publishing. Unfulfilled, she decided t...
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National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing

timeoutfromtesting.org - As of right now, 62 organizations have signed on to the Resolution on High Stakes Testing. The signatory organizations are listed below. back to the ResolutionNational Center for Fair & Open Testin...
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who is next « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - New “blueprint” for Philadelphia calls for closing of 40 public schools of the city’s 249. They will be replaced by charters. With more to be closed in the years ahead. Similar shutdowns of public ...
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Old superintendents. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - I got a call yesterday from Dr. Fred. About ten years ago and for about ten years before that he was our district’s superintendent. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not a great fan of administrator...
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why release test items? « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - A reader said it would be expensive to release all test items as the test publishers would have to spend lots more money creating new ones. Actually there is another way to think about all this. Re...
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why release test items? « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - A reader said it would be expensive to release all test items as the test publishers would have to spend lots more money creating new ones. Actually there is another way to think about all this. Re...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release April 24, 2012 Century Link Center Omaha, Nebraska 12:31 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA:  Oh, wow.  Thank you all so much.  (Applause.)  Thank yo...
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Listen to WRHU - WRHU Radio Hofstra University 88.7 fm

hofstra.edu - Click below to tune in to a live webcast of Radio Hofstra University!E-mail us to report problems with the WRHU.org webcast.The broadcasters of tomorrow are at Hofstra today! Radio Hofstra Universi...
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Bruce Springsteen’s Appeal to Conscience « InterACT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bruce Springsteen’s Appeal to Conscience « InterACT: Bruce Springsteen’s Appeal to Conscienceby David B. CohenBruce Springsteen (image by GabboT, used by permission, via Flickr)Tonight, I’ll be amo...
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Procter & Gamble Becomes 13th Company To Drop ALEC

thinkprogress.org - Joining a dozen other major corporations, Procter & Gamble decided not to rejoin the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) this year, according to a statement from Color Of Change, which lau...
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Pineapple Rebellion in full swing

illinoisntu.ning.com - The N.Y. Times reports:   Anti-testing activists have taken up the cudgel, saying that the passage and the multiple-choice questions associated with it perfectly illustrate the absurdity of standar...
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Pearson | Always Learning

pearsoned.com - September 15, 2011.  Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is announcing today the acquisition of Connections Education from an investor group led by Apollo Management, L.P. Through its Co...
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