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BOYCOTT PEARSON NOW | United Opt Out National
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - BOYCOTT PEARSON NOW | United Opt Out National: BOYCOTT PEARSON NOWby adminPearson, ALEC, and the Brave New (Corporate) World: Stand Up to Pearson Now!(Note: We have revised our Boycott Pearson inf...
New Research Suggests Federal Education Grants Are Working - Emily Richmond - National
theatlantic.com - At least in California, stimulus money for failing schools appears to be closing the achievement gap. Whether this will amount to long-term growth is yet to be seen. ReutersA new study found studen...
BLOCK THAT EUPHEMISM! « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - I wonder why our policymakers in Washington, D.C., love euphemisms. Ten years ago, Congress passed No Child Left Behind, and by now, is there anyone in the United States who takes seriously the ide...
Students post several hundred images of state tests on social media networks
scpr.org - Rogers Herr Middle School Standarized test scantron answer sheetStudents have taken several hundred images of this year's state tests and posted them online on social networking sites including Fac...
PA Blows Up Its School District, And No One In The Complicit National Media Even Cares
crooksandliars.com - The elites' plans are in place to close 40 schools, break the teacher and janitorial unions, and put the education of the City of Philadelphia's children up for bid. It just makes me sick. I knew i...
BOYCOTT PEARSON NOW | United Opt Out National
unitedoptout.com - Pearson, ALEC, and the Brave New (Corporate) World: Stand Up to Pearson Now! (Note: We have revised our Boycott Pearson information for clarity and in order to add additional research – please use...
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Some schools offer incentives to students to improve state test scores
dailybreeze.com - Andrea Tinajero, 10th grader, holds ipod she recieved for maintaining her advanced CST test scores at Leuzinger High School. The program awards students who show improvement in the standardized tes...
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Recall Walker phone banks in Wisconsin. NY Times photo. Apple loves Teach for America, but pays little in state taxes that support public education. John Dillon’s Pension Vocabulary lesson of the ...
Why the Racist History of the Charter School Movement Is Never Discussed | Education
alternet.org - Touted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed. March 9, 2012 | Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join ...
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Another “Education Reform” Group Violates Connecticut’s Ethic’s Laws?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 29 jonpeltoBridgeport, Education, Ethics, Malloy, Teach for America Education Reform, Malloy, Teach for America It now appears that Teach for America is joining the “you won’t find our lobbying...
4 children, 4 the public, 4 social justice, 4 the future
ipetitions.com - The Petition We are education scholars, students, teachers, and citizens who support worldwide democratic efforts that demand economic and social justice. Access to decent education i...
After farm groups complain, Obama administration drops plan to restrict child labor on farms
washingtonpost.com - While labor officials said their goal was to reduce the fatality rate for child farm workers, the proposal had become a popular political target for Republicans who called it an impractical, heavy-...
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On Ending the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
tomhayden.com - Casualties of the Long Wars, according to the Department of Defense, as of April 27, 2012.In a recent op-ed, "Is US-Afghan Agreement a Prelude to Afghan Civil War?" AFSC’s Matt Southworth is right ...
the liberal center has collapsed: Appeasement by public sector unions in Oregon and California
dailycensored.com - The liberal center has folded. Anyone who had any illusions about Democrats and a politics of resistance, you can forget it. The issue that faced both Governor Jerry Brown of California and Gover...
Student protests force Quebec’s Liberal Party convention out of Montreal
rawstory.com - By Agence France-PresseSunday, April 29, 2012 19:13 EDT MONTREAL — The Liberal Party of Quebec Premier Jean Charest, faced with a student protest movement that has turned violent, said Sunday it ...
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A Few Secrets About My Appearance at TEDxNYED | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Few Secrets About My Appearance at TEDxNYED | The Jose Vilson: A Few Secrets About My Appearance at TEDxNYEDby JoseYou didn’t think I’d let the weekend go by without talking about TEDxNYED right?...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - http://www.southbronxschool.com: Once Upon a Time The UFT Manipulated a School Based Organization Voteby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)Yesterday, I touched on a flyer that will be distributed ...
Daily Kos: "A man's got to know his limitations"
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: "A man's got to know his limitations": "A man's got to know his limitations"by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)Words spoken by Clint Eastwood in his role as Dirty Harry, Inspector Harry Cal...
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SCARS OF THE LAST MEN OUT OF SAIGON
utsandiego.com - A15-18: Military + DefenseNavy’s littoral combat ship under new scrutiny.Veterans’ key issues: employment, housing, VA enrollment John Valdez, senior enlisted Marine at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, ...
Drone strike kills four suspected militants in Pakistan
democraticunderground.com - Source: ReutersPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday, intelligence officia...
TO JOLIET JAIL FOR NATO OFFENDERS?
suntimes.com - Mothballed for a decade, the Joliet Correctional Center could be temporarily reopened to serve as a detention facility for those arrested for serious offenses during the May 20-21 NATO summit.
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new g.i. joe: retaliation trailer
blog.angryasianman.com - Oh yesssss. I was already looking forward to seeing G.I. Joe: Retaliation this summer, but this kickass new trailer takes my excitement to the next level. Directed by Jon M. Chu, it's the sequel to...
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Charter schools get extra grant money by nesting schools within each other - Schools
miamiherald.com - From the outside, it looks like a single school, with one main door, one security guard, one principal greeting students. But on paper, the Charter School of Excellence at Tamarac is actually two s...
Link between value-added ratings and classroom observations is modest at best, studies show - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - Here’s a statistical postscript to the story of Sarah Wysocki , the MacFarland Middle School teacher fired by DCPS last year after she earned good classroom observation scores on IMPACT’s Teaching ...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 4-29 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Missouri Education Watchdog: Educational Tidbits about Israel, Politicians and School Lovers in the Sunday Education Weekly Reader 04.29.12 Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 29 minute...
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Charter schools get extra grant money by nesting schools within each other - Schools
miamiherald.com - From the outside, it looks like a single school, with one main door, one security guard, one principal greeting students. But on paper, the Charter School of Excellence at Tamarac is actually two s...
Complaint filed over reform consultant hiring
ctpost.com - HARTFORD -- The head of a non-profit consumer watchdog on Friday filed a whistleblower complaint charging that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor violated state law...
