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The Ben Chavis / American Indian Public Charter School saga continues
perimeterprimate.blogspot.com - Ben Chavis’s crooked charter school reign is finally being exposed. A preliminary investigation into his management has found evidence of fraud and multiple violations of state laws. As a result, t...
#AskVP Your Questions About College Affordability
whitehouse.gov - On Tuesday, April 3rd, Vice President Biden is traveling to Norfolk, VA to discuss how the Obama Administration is tackling rising college costs. Higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an econom...
ED Releases New Report on Arts Education in U.S. Public Schools
ed.gov - On Monday, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, released the findings of the first nationwide arts survey in a decade that comprehensively ...
Oakland charter school accused of fraud may close
sfgate.com - A controversial Oakland charter school with a history of rigid rules, harsh discipline and the second highest test scores in the state faces closure after an investigation found evidence of fraud a...
A NYC teacher's observations on how the Danielson rubrics are being (mis)used
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - One thing that the DOE and the UFT seem to have agreed upon is that the instructional framework developed by consultant Charlotte Danielson is potentially useful and constructive, though they disag...
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The Ingram Shift « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - H/T to Bob Haisman whose Pension 101 emails provided most of the following information. A year ago, TRS Executive Director Richard Ingram was singing a different tune when it came to TRS sustainabi...
City Revokes Testing Word Ban – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - April 2, 2012, 6:14 p.m. New York City Department of Education officials said late Monday that they were pulling back on a clause in contracts for testing companies that list 50 words and topics th...
Poisoning the Pension Well: TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram’s Shift in Position
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Has the TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram successfully contaminated any future evidence regarding the pension system’s sustainability, so that we do not have to evaluate any longer or refute the C...
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nypost.com - The Bloomberg administration is waging an all-out battle to suppress a scathing report aptly called “911 CPR’’ — which has determined that the city’s emergency-dispatch system is on life support, T...
Tell Scott Walker he's not welcome in Illinois!
afscme31.org - 03/28/2012Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is coming to Springfield on April 17 -- and we're going to be there to tell him, "Go home!" Join in solidarity, Tuesday, April 17, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Abr...
Apology to Robert Jackson; More on Ben Chavis's well-deserved RIPPING of Charles Barron
edreform.blogspot.com - I owe NY City Council member Robert Jackson an apology for a case of mistaken identity. After I heard he spoke out against mayoral control during the morning panel of the Eq Equality Day on Frid...
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GSA chief resigns amid reports of excessive spending
washingtonpost.com - Public Buildings Service chief Robert A. Peck, a fixture in the Washington area real estate community on his second stint running the department, was forced out, along with Johnson’s top adviser, S...
Rahm paving path for 2016 prez bid - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com April 2, 2012 9:30AM Laura Washington storyidforme: 28198619 tmspicid: 1032729 fileheaderid: 731012 Updated: April 2, 2012 9:38AM Look out, Clinton, Cuomo ...
Children clamor for Congress to act against Kony
boston.com - WASHINGTON—The voices demanding that Congress stop the brutality of African warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army belong to America's children."All three of my kids, in different conte...
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Where Have All The Teachers Gone?
dcgmentor.com - …Long time gone, marches on DC drew hundreds of thousands. In 1969, I marched on Washington as part of a massive crowd of 500,000 larger than the actual population of the city. In the summer of 20...
2012 Time 'Person' Of The Year Prediction: The Slacktivist
forbes.com - Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” dates back to 1927. Charles Lindbergh’s famous aviation earned him the title in what was widely seen as an attempt to make up for Time’s lack of coverage on the...
Raising My Voice Without Freedom
dailycensored.com - Raising My Voice Without Freedom By Liliana Valdez Here in this sea of grief they cover my voice and tie me! I can’t say anything. This intrigues me, it kills me, but at the same time relieves me...
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Longevity Up in U.S., but Education Creates Disparity, Study Says
nytimes.com - Americans are living longer, but the gains in life span are accruing disproportionately among the better educated, according to a new report by researchers from the University of Wisconsin. ...
BPA, Flame Retardants & Toxic Jewelry « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO, Healthy Child Healthy Worldwww.healthychild.org So many news stories that relate to children’s environmental health, it’s hard to keep up! The FDA ...
Study: Reading For Pleasure Makes Your Brain Grow (Literally)
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - A study has just been published finding that reading for pleasure makes your brain literally grow. Relationships Among Cortical Thickness, Reading Skill, and Print Exposure in Adults was published ...
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UC Davis ‘robosquirrels’ take on rattlesnakes
davisenterprise.com - UC Davis animal behavior researchers use remote-controled robot squirrels to study rattlesnake behavior. UCD scientists are working along side researchers from San Diego State. Andy Fell (UCD)/Cour...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 4-3 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Chris Norby: Too many kids stuck with label of English Language Learner | english, language, ell - Opinion - The Orange County Register Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 8 minutes ago...
My View: Are we doing enough to make sure our kids aren't racist? – Schools of Thought
schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com - By Jose L. Vilson, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Jose Vilson is a math teacher, math instructional coach and data analyst in a New York public school. He can be found at TheJoseVilson.com. Vilson i...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts 4-3-12 #edreform #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This is why we don’t want charter schools: Lousiana proposed bill allows discrimination | Seattle Education Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 35 minutes ago This is why we don’t wan...
