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NYC Public School Parents: Teacher Evaluation Forum on April 17
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Teacher Evaluation Forum on April 17: Teacher Evaluation Forum on April 17by Leonie HaimsonTeacher Evaluation Nightmare ! a forum on testing,teacher evaluations ...
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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Strike support spreads to 150 schools. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Negotiating a teacher union contract in this town ain’t mumbly peg, to paraphrase the late Harold Washington. If Rahm thought he was going to roll over Chicago teachers, he must have the City confu...
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Faculty bonus pay linked to student success at City Colleges of Chicago
insidehighered.com - A group of part-time instructors at City Colleges of Chicago will join senior administrators in having their job performance – and pay raises – tied to student outcomes, thanks to a new union contr...
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Education "Reform" Passes Louisiana State Senate
fredbauerblog.blogspot.com - A bill empowering vouchers has passed the Louisiana State Senate, as has HB974, which would weaken local control of schools and teacher tenure. HB974 passed 23-16 with an amendment, so the Louisia...
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Engaging Parents In School… - What An Awful & Misleading Video About Our Schools
engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org - April 5th, 2012 by Larry Ferlazzo Michele Molnar over at Education Week has just posted about a new campaign for school choice begun by the ultra-conservative American Federation For Children. The ...
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Questions about bills remain | DailyComet.com
dailycomet.com - Published: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 7:53 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 7:53 a.m. As soon as today, the state Senate could approve Gov. Bobby Jindal’s legislative plan to reform...
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The Murgatroyd Blog: A Clear and Present Danger
themurgatroydblog.blogspot.ca - A Minister of Education, a former teacher, who does not understand schooling and the need for the transformation of schooling is a clear and present danger to society, its economic competitiveness ...
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Elizabeth Catlett. The power of the image. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - As a kid in the 50s and 60s, I could walk into any home of my parents’ friends, politically progressive and more often than not Jewish, and see two framed prints on their walls. Of course, my paren...
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Baseless Reformy Thoughts from Connecticut (& How this year’s reforms improved decades of past performance!?) « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - This utterly absurd post appeared yesterday on the CT Ed Reform blog: http://ctedreform.org/blog/2012/04/poverty-is-not-to-blame-ct%E2%80%99s-low-income-students-rank-48th-in-the-nation-while-ma%E2...
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Showdown looms on GOP convention protest rules
tampabay.com - TAMPA — With protest groups organizing in opposition, the City Council today will consider proposed rules for rallies outside the Republican National Convention, with a few tweaks.For example, the ...
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When are conflicts of interest – conflicts of interests?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 05 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor When are conflicts of interest – conflicts of inte...
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Mitt Romney, Harvard JD/MBA, Says Obama Spent Too Much Time At Harvard
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com - Benjy Sarlin April 5, 2012, 11:54 AM Mitt Romney again bashed President Obama for his connections to Harvard on Thursday, despite holding multiple degrees from the university himself and relying he...
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Arsenic in Our Chicken?
nytimes.com - Let’s hope you’re not reading this column while munching on a chicken sandwich. That’s because my topic today is a pair of new scientific studies suggesting that poultry on factory farm...
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How and Why Rankings Matter
edweek.org - A Brain-Imaging Perspective on Teacher Evaluation ByKaren Hunter Quartz, Kenneth T. Kishida, Dongni Yang, Steven R. Quartz, and P. Read MontagueJane takes off her jewelry and prepares to have her b...
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The California Majority Report // Something About Mary . . . and House Republican Proposed Cuts to Medicare
camajorityreport.com - Sherry Greenberg Mary is a real person who lives in Southern California. Mary supports herself via odd jobs. Until recently, she was uninsured. Mary was just diagnosed with cancer. She received her...
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School Tech Connect: Reductions Are Actually Increases
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Reductions Are Actually Increases: Reductions Are Actually Increasesby noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)I noticed that the IFT and IPACE-endorsed Elaine Nekritz and Lou Lang are...
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There Is A Better Way...
sahilachangebringer.blogspot.com - I am a 21 year-old student from Finland. It makes me sad to hear how Americans are suffering. Here, our taxes are high but we all benefit from them. I grew up in the countryside and always had acce...
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organic, hydroponic and energy efficient
dailykos.com - This brief (<12 minutes) video will introduce you to Robert Tornello and his 3 Boys Farms. I am electronic friends with his wife, and she recently shared this video with me. I thought it deserved...
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Kathy Nickolaus ordered to step aside in recall elections
defendwisconsin.org - Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas relieved County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus from her duties for the historic recall elections in May and June. According to a statement released Thursday from the Cou...
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Transparency For The People, Not For The Lobbyists
capitaltonight.com - Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s aides are clearly unhappy with Monday’s Q-poll that included what they say is a leading question on transparency. The question was worded this way: “Governor Andrew Cuomo and th...
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Remainders: Opening day must wait for school baseball teams
gothamschools.org - by Geoff Decker, at 7:19 pm Bronx Science baseball players say they’re getting a raw deal from the city Parks Dept. (Schoolbook) DFER head says a “large overlap” of donors will exist between his g...
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Trayvon Martin live chat: Trayvon Martin live chat
orlandosentinel.com - Trayvon Martin, a high-school junior from Miami who was visiting family in a gated community in Sanford, was shot to death when he encountered George Michael Zimmerman, captain of the neighborhood-...
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State sues Orange County over school money
latimesblogs.latimes.com - April 5, 2012 | 1:52 pm A lawsuit filed by the state Thursday against Orange County says a diversion of money from education to balance the budget is unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed in Orange ...
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New Orleans: All Four Danziger Bridge Cops Sentenced to 40-65 Years
colorlines.com - On Wednesday the Justice Department announced five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for the shootings of unarmed civilians in the chaot...
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MoveOn.org Civic Action
civic.moveon.org - We're at a crossroads as a country. In recent years, millions have lost their jobs, homes have been foreclosed, and an unconscionable number of children live in poverty. We have to stand up to the ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 4-5 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Krash Course #5: Reform We Need Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 5 minutes ago Schools Matter: Krash Course #5: Reform We Need: Krash Course #5: Reform We NeedbyP. ...
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Big Education Ape: 4-5-12 PM Alledged Life in Rahm’s Chicago Edition #SOSCHAT #SAVEOURSCHOOLS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!:Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 12 hours See all articles HEADLINES EDUCATION SOCIETY STORIES POLI...
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MoveOn.org Civic Action
civic.moveon.org - We're at a crossroads as a country. In recent years, millions have lost their jobs, homes have been foreclosed, and an unconscionable number of children live in poverty. We have to stand up to the ...
mikeklonsky
Big Education Ape: 4-5-12 PM Alledged Life in Rahm’s Chicago Edition #SOSCHAT #SAVEOURSCHOOLS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!:Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 12 hours See all articles HEADLINES EDUCATION SOCIETY STORIES POLI...
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