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Save Our Schools D.C. Convention 2012 :: Save Our SchoolsSave Our Schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools D.C. Convention 2012 :: Save Our SchoolsSave Our Schools: Save Our Schools D.C. Convention 2012Speakers/Supporters. Deborah Meier, Nancy Carlsson Paige, and Jonathan KozolPlease Jo...
Oh, it’s good to be Michelle Rhee;
jonathanpelto.com - May 12 jonpeltoEducation, Malloy, Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst Education Reform, Malloy, Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst Imagine. Knowing you are always right… And regardless of whether you are right...
Something Scary Happened Last Night « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - I got an email last night from Leo Casey at the United Federation of Teachers, informing me that the UFT had just received a dump of emails from the New York City Department of Education, in respon...
A Parent Chooses « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - This is one of the best stories I have read in days. Here is an example of a parent who said “enough is enough.”This parent filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding that the Pearson tes...
OPEN LETTER TO CHANCELLOR OF DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO REINSTATE 333 TEACHERS « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - Here is an open letter from Erich Martel, a retired DCPS teacher, concerning the firing (yet again) of over three hundred teachers. Please read and circulate. ==================== May 11, 2012 Dear...
Charter Schools Association Is Using Taxpayer Money To Support ALEC's Radical Agenda
republicreport.org - By Zaid Jilani posted May 12th 2012 at 9:00AM The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a powerful corporate front group that works to pass Big Business-written laws in state legislatures...
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Nikhil Goyal • Separate and Unequal
goyalnikhil.tumblr.com - This Sunday’s New York Times features a hard hitting piece entitled ‘Why Don’t We Have Any White Kids?’ as part of the series “A System Divided.” It delves into the racial schisms of Explore Charte...
‘Why Don’t We Have Any White Kids?’
nytimes.com - (Page 6 of 6) “I don’t know that segregation is this horrible thing,” Ms. Adams said. “The problem with segregation is the assumption that black is bad and white is good. Black can be great. That’s...
NJ test asks 3rd graders to reveal a secret
online.wsj.com - Associated Press Some New Jersey parents are steamed about a question on a statewide standardized test this week that asked some third-graders to write about a secret and why it was hard to keep. R...
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ALEC's Decision on Common Core Standards a Pig-Headed Decision?
missourieducationwatchdog.com - ALEC's decision on the anti-Common Core standards issueIt's a decision that isn't really a decision. Washington, DC – Today, the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), after co...
In Regards to the Likelihood of a Pension Reform Bill Next Week
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Dear Illinois Legislator: With the enactment of a pension reform bill, legitimate rights and moral concerns are in jeopardy not only for teachers but for every citizen in the State of Illinois. D...
How Klein tapped his "heavy breather" billionaire pals for charter $$$
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Klein & Murdoch New York Mayor Bloomberg was forced, following a Freedom of Information request, to release hundreds of email messages which showed the corrupt machinations behind the push for char...
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A candy-colored clown they call the sandmanTiptoes to my room every nightJust to sprinkle stardust and to whisper"Go to sleep. Everything is all right."I close my eyes, Then I drift away Into the m...
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Civics - How Will Your Child Learn to Think?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: Civics - How Will Your Child Learn to Think?: Civics - How Will Your Child Learn to Think?by Melissa WestbrookI ask that question because along with a student gradu...
Why is Dick a nickname for Richard
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why is Dick a nickname for Richard: Why is Dick a nickname for Richard? In: Name Origins, Names and Name Meanings [Edit categories] Answer: Improve a man named Richar...
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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Happy Mother’s Day Mrs. Eileen Quinn. Teachers you worked with your entire working career may soon be royally screwed if your son gets his way. Governor Quinn’s mom wasn’t a teacher. But she was th...
Today would be Kate Hepburn's 105th birthday
dailykos.com - and as a result, Turner Classic Movies is focusing on her life and her work. I suppose what I should put up is something that focuses on her. But I have just finished watching a movie in which she ...
L.A. mom defends her breastfeeding Time cover photo
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Jamie Grumet, the woman in the controversial Time magazine cover on breastfeeding, is a Los Angeles mother and she's speaking out. The magazine image shows Grumet's 3-year-old son, Aram, standing o...
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Emanuel Criticizes Chicago Union in Interview
educationnews.org - As the Chicago Teachers Union is set to go head to head with the Chicago Public Schools system in what many believe will be contentious contract negotiations, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has publicly critic...
NATO summit Chicago 2012
blogs.suntimes.com - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright --the co-chair of the Chicago NATO Host Committee-- spoke to the Chicago Council of Global Affairs on Wednesday in the run-up to the May 20-21 Summit at...
Einstein’s Prescience
dissidentvoice.org - by William T. Hathaway / May 12th, 2012 Albert Einstein wrote in 1939, “There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has ...
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Romney defends marriage and faith in Liberty University speech | The Ticket
news.yahoo.com - (Jae C. Hong/AP) Mitt Romney doubled down on his position against same sex marriage, telling graduates at Liberty University Saturday that marriage between "one man and one woman" is an "enduring i...
Dallas ISD trustee Eric Cowan welcomes the newest school board members | Dallas ISD Blog
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Big Education Ape Nite Cap 5-12-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become." A Big Education Ape Nite Cap Seattle Schools Community Foru...
This Week's Education Research Report 5-12-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #EDREFORM
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education Research Report: This Week's Education Research Report NJ: Statewide Report on Arts Education Finds Nearly Every Child Has Access to Arts Education, With Access Increasing Ove...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape 2nd Banana Recap of Last Week's Best Post What parents can do during Teacher Appreciation Week May 7-11 « Parents Across America coopmike48 at Big Education Ape ...
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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » “Tell us a secret” – another creepy test question
pureparents.org - The skeletons are flying out of the test publishers’ closets, and parents are getting angrier and angrier. This week it was an essay question on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge, w...
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