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Hearings and my testimony on the DOE's woefully inadequate preliminary capital budget

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The NY City Council Education Committee held hearings on the Mayor’s Fiscal 2013 Preliminary Capital Budgeton March 26, 2012 at 250 Broadway. Education Chair Robert Jackson called the meeting to or...

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#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...

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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 ...

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Group Aims to Counter Influence of Teachers’ Union in New York

nytimes.com - Leaders of a national education reform movement, including Joel I. Klein and Michelle Rhee, the former schools chancellors in New York and Washington, have formed a statewide political group in New...

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One subject the candidates are flunking: Joel Klein

cleveland.com - Until former Sen. Rick Santorum called President Barack Obama "a snob" last month for wanting all Americans to attend college, education had been practically invisible in this presidential campaign...

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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...

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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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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...

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City Revokes Williamsburg High School's Charter – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - April 4, 2012, 12:04 a.m. A charter high school that opened in 2004 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will close at the end of this school year because of governance and financial problems, city education...

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Lawmakers to Consider Health Care Districts' Future

baycitizen.org - Courtesy photo Assemblyman Roger Dickinson After an investigation by The Bay Citizen revealed that many of California's taxpayer-funded health care districts no longer run hospitals — a departure f...

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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...

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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...

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Rahm Emanuel Has a Problem With Democracy | Rick Perlstein | Politics News

rollingstone.com - Rahm Emanuel is sworn in as Mayor of Chicago. Frank Polich/Getty Images Rahm Emanuel insists it’s no biggie. Yes, when it was announced last summer that Chicago would host unprecedented back-to-bac...

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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...

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Social Darwinism versus a Decent Society)

robertreich.org - The returns aren’t all in yet on today’s Republican primaries but President Obama didn’t wait. He kicked off his 2012 campaign against Mitt Romney with a hard-hitting speech centered on the House R...

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The Dreamer, The Believer [The Race Man Cometh] | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Dreamer, The Believer [The Race Man Cometh] | The Jose Vilson: The Dreamer, The Believer [The Race Man Cometh]by JoseThis is what I get for reading comments on CNN blogs. Or anywhere else but m...

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Do Bunnies and Chicks Make Good Easter Gifts?

rosemont.patch.com - Pop culture and photo opportunities at the mall have taught many to associate Easter with cute bunnies and chicks. But those animals don't make good Easter gifts unless someone is prepared to care ...

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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...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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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N.J. to announce private sponsor for roadside service program

northjersey.com - The New Jersey Department of Transportation is expected to announce Wednesday it has a private sector sponsor for its roadside service program known as the Safety Service Patrol. The program, forme...

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Chief: Oakland shooting victims hailed from Korea, Nigeria, Nepal and the Philippines

insidebayarea.com - Click photo to enlargeA sheriff's deputy removes a body from outside Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 2, 2012. A gunman opened fire at the Christian university, killing at least s...

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Two Dallas County Tornadoes Have Already Caused Damage - Technology

theatlanticwire.com - Two very scary looking tornadoes have hit Dallas county Tuesday afternoon, and they've already caused some damage, with North Texas under tornado watch until at least 8 p.m. Here's a Weather Channe...

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