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The testing obsession, and how it is destroying my Kindergarten child
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - This parent prefers to remain anonymous. But so many of us parents share her concerns about how the DOE’s obsession with testing threatens to undermine our children’s confidence and spirit. My 5...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 06, 2012 Today, at the White House Forum on Women and the Economy, the President will discuss the importance of restoring t...
Duncan and Posny Join CEC Convention for Twitter Town Hall
ed.gov - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Alexa Posny, will join the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) during their 201...
U.S. Department of Education Awards Joplin Schools Nearly $50,000 to Support Local Recovery Efforts
ed.gov - The U.S. Department of Education awarded Joplin Schools a $49,780 Project SERV grant to help provide local students and education staff with academic and mental health services following the Catego...
A Tale of Two Crows (Guest Voice)
themoderatevoice.com - A Tale of Two Crows by Catherine Tanguis As if the Stand Your Ground law and the current efforts to restrict voter registration hadn’t reminded us that discrimination is alive and well in the 21st ...
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Charter schools deserved to lose
kingfish1935.blogspot.com - I'm going to say it: we deserved to get beat on the charter school bill last week. No sugar-coating or spinning. The other side earned their victory. They did what they had to do, they showed up fo...
- Wait, What?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 09 jonpeltoEducation Education Reform Photo courtesy of CTNewsjunkie (Michael Lee-Murphy) Last week, Karissa Niehoff, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Schools participat...
Private School Vouchers in New Orleans » Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives
coweninstitute.com - By: Jill Zimmerman | March 28, 2011 The Student Scholarships for Education Excellence Program, a state-funded school voucher program in New Orleans, is about to conclude its third year in operation...
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In Chicago, it’s not how many votes you get. It’s who counts them. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Chicago Machine Boss Berrios. Chicago politics ain’t mumbly peg Mayor Washington used to say. If you’re taking on the powerful Chicago Democratic Machine, that goes double. Cook County Democratic C...
Obama Camp Mocks Romney's Harvard 'Hypocrisy'
livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of being “out of touch” in recent remarks and press releases, suggesting that his”years of flying around on Air Force One” have left him disconnected from th...
WEEKEND QUOTABLES
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - In Sanford, Fl the police chief threatened to stop the game if Robinson did not leave the field Chris Lamb "A specter of Jackie Robinson" haunts the city of 53,000 people to this day. People wa...
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Guzzardi Asks For Recount
nbcchicago.com - advertisement Will Guzzardi isn’t giving up in his quest to unseat the Boss’s Daughter. With all precincts reporting, Guzzardi, a former Huffington Post editor, was trailing state Rep. Toni Berrios...
Blue Jersey:: Deep Thought: VP Audition Edition
bluejersey.com - promoted by Rosi Politico says that Chris Christie was a hit on his Israel trip and speculate about the implications of the trip along with its apparent success:But his first international trip ca...
Poll on L.A. mayor's race shows front-runners locked in dead heat
latimesblogs.latimes.com - City Councilman Eric Garcetti, City Controller Wendy Greuel and County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky would be locked in a dead heat if the 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election were held today, according ...
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Teacher: Dear students, I’m sorry about that test I made you take - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Ruth Ann Dandrea, who has taught secondary English in upstate New York for 29 years. A freelance writer, she is co-author of “Women on Water,” about women’s kayaking, which will...
Thanks for participating in the poll on Mike Miles. The "incorrect" answer is... | Dallas ISD Blog
dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com - Last week, we provided a poll on superintendent-select Mike Miles, who is expected to take over running Dallas ISD on July 2. Participants were provided with a list of tidbits about Miles that he h...
Dear Abby... - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dear Abby... - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Dear Abby...by Nancy FlanaganSo--I'm out for breakfast on a sunny Saturday morning, reading the paper while waiting for my omelet ...
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Cornelius teenager named winner of national Art Institutes fashion competition
oregonlive.com - A Cornelius teenager has been named the grand prize winner in the fashion design category of the 2012 Passion for Fashion Scholarship Competition, sponsored by the Art Institutes, one of which is l...
Even in retirement, teachers bring warmth to their former Oakland school - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Even in retirement, teachers bring warmth to their former Oakland school - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: Even in retirement, teachers bring warmth to their former Oa...
Polish-Americans set to celebrate Dyngus Day
northjersey.com - BUFFALO, N.Y. — Polish-Americans are marking the day after Easter with annual Dyngus Day celebrations. In Buffalo, that means parades and pussy willows and a giant party inside its closed Central T...
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Easy money without govt. regs for ed start-up companies
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Congress has passed a bill making it easier for ed start-up companies to raise capital while at the same time, easing government regulation. The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups, or JOBS Act woul...
Pinterest vaults into third place for social networks, ahead of LinkedIn and Google+, report says
mercurynews.com - Pinterest has become the third most popular social network in the United States, behind only Facebook and Twitter, a marketing-research report has found.An Experian Marketing Services report found ...