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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...
Why "turnaround" won't help kids
insideschools.org - UPDATE: On April 2, Chancellor Walcott announced a reprieve for seven of the 33 schools that were slated for closure and "turnaround." These schools will remain open: In Manhattan, Harlem Renaissan...
Investigative Reporters and Editors | 2011 IRE Awards Winners
ire.org - Honoring the best in investigative journalism The annual IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative work and help identify the techniques and resources used to complete each story. Entries are ...
State burdened by oversight of more charter schools
edsource.org - Photo by Seth Sawyers The closure and bankruptcy of a West Sacramento charter school this fall highlights the State Board of Education’s increasing role in granting charters to charter schools—and ...
Making Play Disappear- What Test Based School Reform and the Suppression of the Occupy Movement Have in Common
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- One of the most threatening features of the Occupy movement was its playfulness and spontaneity. The beating of the drums, the impromptu marches through city streets, the group discussions that co...
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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...
Spitting in the eye of mainstream education
latimes.com - Reporting from Oakland— Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. . . . Multicultural s...
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...
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Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 a ‘cruel and wanton act’
washingtonpost.com - Forty-four years ago today, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn. He was 39. A day after his assassination, The Washington Post ran a fro...
Take Action NowAmnesty International USA
takeaction.amnestyusa.org - For nearly 40 years, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been held in solitary confinement, mostly in the Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola prison).The men, originally jailed in unre...
At Advocates’ Offices, Confronting an Anti-Liberal Scheme
nytimes.com - Young, bearded, a bit scruffy, a young man walked into a community organizing office in East Harlem, lugging a heavy bag. A little nervous, he said that his name was Melvin Howting, and that he wor...
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Education Top-Tier 2012 Election Issue In Swing States, Survey Shows
huffingtonpost.com - After a presidential primary campaign so far largely devoid of debate on education, the topic could be a decisive one in 2012, according to a new survey sponsored by the College Board.And the focus...
Chicago Mayor Blasted As Having 'A Problem With Democracy'
huffingtonpost.com - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the subject Tuesday of a scathing profile published on Rolling Stone's website -- a rare piece written by a journalist or blogger not based in Chicago that expresses ...
GOP Budget Guts Education Spending To Benefit The One Percent | OurFuture.org
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - GOP Budget Guts Education Spending To Benefit The One Percent | OurFuture.org: GOP Budget Guts Education Spending To Benefit The One Percentby Jeff BryantThis week President Obama derided the draco...
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Lunch with the FT: Charles Murray
ft.com - The restaurant is empty when Charles Murray and I sit down. It is still empty when we leave 90 minutes later. Nobody else dines in between. “I have to say that we are the only patrons here and it i...
Blog posts on this issue
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release April 04, 2012 Maryland Fisher House IV Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland2:02 P.M. EDTMRS. OBAMA: Hey! ...
Google's Goggles of the Future Are Both Creepy and Awesome - Technology
theatlanticwire.com - Google finally divulged details of its much-rumored project to design eye-wear that augments reality with a video featuring their hopes for "project glass," and the results are as impressive as you...
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City, NATO protestors agree to route for May 20 parade - Blogs On Politics
chicagobusiness.com - The city and anti-NATO protestors have worked out a dispute over a proposed major demonstration parade during the May 20 NATO summit here, avoiding a court fight and removing a bit of a political h...
College president defends pepper spray against 'unlawful' crowd
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Santa Monica College officials said Wednesday a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety after a large crowd of students tried to force entry into a meeting of the Board...
Santa Monica Students Attacked By Campus Police
occupywallst.org - Posted 0 minutes ago on April 4, 2012, 12:08 p.m. EST by OccupyWallStYesterday, hundreds of students from Santa Monica College gathered outside a Board of Trustees meeting to disrupt planned tuitio...
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ParentLink® Releases Mobile Parent for Android -- PROVO, Utah, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
prnewswire.com - PROVO, Utah, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ParentLink® today announced the release of the Android version of their mobile application for users of the ParentLink Communication Service. Called...
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At yesterday's press conference
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Isabel Nuñez from Concordia Univ. at press conference I went to yesterday's press conference to stand with other academics in support of (CReATE). The research group presented its "Open Letter of...
Flawed teacher-rating plan on horizon for CPS - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Kevin Kumashiro March 29, 2012 7:04PM Updated: April 1, 2012 2:34AM A flawed teacher-evaluation system is coming to the Chicago Public Schools. How could this happen, you ask? Because once again...
The give and take
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - I enjoyed the give and take last night on #SOSchat. I haven't typed that fast since Miss Roman's 10th-grade typing class. Most useful class I ever took in high school. Thanks Nancy Flanagan for pul...
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Fight the Cuts! Occupy for Public Transit TODAY
occupywallst.org - Occupy Wall Street and the Amalgamated Transit Union have declared today, April 4, a National Day of Action for Mass Transit. Demonstrations are taking place in over 20 cities including New York, B...
Reports from the Front Lines | Occupy Together
occupytogether.org - YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS Written by Jennifer Sacks for The Occupied Wall Street Journal Occupy Homes MN fights to keep Frank and Kristina Clark from foreclosure. Photo: Occupy Ho...
