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A testing culture out of control 

nydailynews.com - Dennis Clark A student in Queens takes a test. After months of studying, stressing and — yes — some crying, our kids are finally done with this year’s state English Language Arts and math exams. Th...
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Free Internet lessons challenge textbook market

washingtonpost.com - For a modern take on Shakespeare, Montgomery County middle school teacher Amy Soldavini recently borrowed an online lesson comparing hip-hop artists to the Bard. Math teachers at Thomas Jefferson H...
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Pearsongate? « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - Teachers and principals discovered yet another error on one of New York state’s mandated tests. This one was on the fifth-grade math test and it required students to know mathematical processes tha...
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Chicago Teachers Weigh Strike Option

dailykos.com - For example, amidst protests from parents in varied neighborhoods, Emanuel decided to lengthen the school day from one of the shortest in the country to the longest (7.5 hours, but as a compromise ...
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What You Need To Know About ALEC - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Since the 2010 elections, when Republicans took control of many states, there has been an explosion of legislation advancing privatization of public schools and stripping teachers of j...
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Idaho school reform foes hire outside consultant

necn.com - David Williams left his home in Bethesda, Md., last month to work on the Idaho campaign aimed at repealing new state laws that restrict teacher bargaining, eliminate tenure, phase in laptops and re...
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Egyptian Upholds Sex-War View of Revolution

womensenews.org - After stirring an outcry for her article in Foreign Policy magazine, Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy on Tuesday night offered a vigorous defense of her views that the real Middle East rev...
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Does Mitt Romney Have an Education Platform? |

alternet.org - Beyond breaking the unions, what kind of education policy can we expect from a Romney presidency? April 26, 2012  |     Photo Credit: Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com     LIKE THIS ARTICLE ?...
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Drillers May Frack First, Disclose Later Under Draft Plan

bloomberg.com - By Katarzyna Klimasinska - Tue May 01 04:01:58 GMT 2012Natural-gas companies drilling on U.S. land would be permitted to wait until after hydraulic fracturing is completed to disclose what chemical...
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Shoving CEOs under an Online Microscope « The Lefty Gazette

leftygazette.wordpress.com - The Dodd-Frank pay disclosure mandate, the new PayWatch notes, has become more “needed now” than ever. Big-time CEO pay outpaced average worker pay by 380 times in 2011, the stats show, up from 343...
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MA FY13 Budget Moves to State Senate «

eyeonearlyeducation.org - May 2, 2012 by Irene Sege Last week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a $32.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 that includes $487.61 million for the Department of Early Educatio...
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Farewell Junebug

obrag.org - Legendary Chargers linebacker Junior Seau’s life ends tragically in an apparent suicide. Details are sketchy as I write this.  What we do know is that Junior Seau, the future Hall of Fame linebacke...
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