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Educators Approve Strike By 97 Percent At UESF Meeting

huffingtonpost.com - San Francisco teachers voted to approve a strike by 97 percent at a United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) General Membership meeting on Thursday night. The strike approval is the first in San Fr...
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What Do NAEP Scores Mean? « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - Every once in a while, a new set of test scores is released by the National Assessment Governing Board, the federal agency that supervises the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Ju...
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coopmike48 Barnidge: Students of Excellence show public education still can work - Inside Bay Area bit.ly/KWeK8P5 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 'Part Time' Cleaner Survives by Constant Work | Womens eNewsbit.ly/KWeN4q4 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Read Damn Good Education Daily on paper.li/coopmike48/bir…#SOSCHAT2 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 More than 650 Sacramento County teachers will receive a final pink slip by Tuesday bit.ly/KWdliC22 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Schools Matter: Freedom of Information Request for Pearson Tests: Schools Matter: Freedom of Information Re... bit.ly/L1GEWB #edu22 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Waivers for Waivers? What California Wants | California Progress Report: Waivers for Waivers? What Californ... bit.ly/L1GGh2 #edu22 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Jersey Jazzman: Gulen Criticism Goes Mainstream: Jersey Jazzman: Gulen Criticism Goes Mainstream: Gulen Cri... bit.ly/L1GFcZ#edu22 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Failure to Launch Learning « InterACT: Failure to Launch Learning « InterACT: Failure to Launch Learningb...bit.ly/L1GG0G #EDU 221 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 A Science Teacher's View: The Backward-Engineered Common Core Science Standards - Living in Dialogue - Ed... bit.ly/JyXQhZ #EDU 221 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Waivers for Waivers? What California Wants | California Progress Report: Waivers for Waivers? What Califo... bit.ly/L1GGh2 #EDU 221 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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mikeklonsky But both Green Dot and the L.A. schools lost about 30% of students between 9th & 10th grade. Then another "big drop." lat.ms/JNI29K21 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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The Reformers’ End Game? « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - Does anyone know what the reformers’ end game is? What do they think will happen to students and schools and the quality of education if they achieve their goals? How will education get better if t...
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Camden schools chief could get buyout

articles.philly.com - Young, in addition, has filed for reimbursements for five years' worth of travel and other expenses, the sources said. They spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the confidential negotiations.It ...
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Daily Kos: Progress versus Regress

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Progress versus Regress: Progress versus Regressby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)I know.  That's an awkward titling of this post. Let me explain if I can. As I approach yet another birthd...
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Jersey Jazzman: Calling Stupidity Stupid

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Calling Stupidity Stupid: Calling Stupidity Stupidby DukeEarlier, I blogged about the one absurd test item (that we know) that came out of the last round of the NJASK. This follows ...
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Was Sidney Lumet's movie 'Network' the model for Fox News

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Glenn Beck/Howard Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel'...
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Why Condoleezza Rice could change everything for Romney

foxnews.com - Washington’s favorite gossip game — speculating about the vice presidential pick — now gets serious.Following last week’s five-state primary sweep, Mitt Romney has forced even the last hold-out, fo...
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Arizona Ron Paul supporters boo Romney's son off stage

azcentral.com - by Rebekah L. Sanders - May. 12, 2012 03:23 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com Supporters of Ron Paul booed presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's son off the stage Saturday at the Arizona Republican Party...
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Will the Democrats drink the austerity cool aid?

sacramentopa.blogspot.com - For those who viewed the excellent video last night of The Heist.  You may recall the role of the Peterson "think tank".  Here is what they are doing this week. Will Democrats Embrace "Austerity ...
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Noah Wyle arrested at Medicaid protest in D.C.

latimes.com - Noah Wyle is arrested at a protest in Washington, D.C. (ADAPT / Associated Press / April 23, 2012) By Matt Donnelly April 23, 2012, 2:52 p.m. Actor Noah Wyle followed in George Clooney's footsteps ...
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Owed to mom: A day to celebrate our mothers' nature

denverpost.com - feet in heart (Allison Saathoff, Photos.com)He may be only 11 years old, but John Painter has a pretty good grasp of the whole mom job description:"She manages our finances, makes good food and dri...
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Jersey Jazzman: Calling Stupidity Stupid

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Calling Stupidity Stupid: Calling Stupidity Stupidby DukeEarlier, I blogged about the one absurd test item (that we know) that came out of the last round of the NJASK. This follows ...
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Noah Wyle arrested at Medicaid protest in D.C.

latimes.com - Noah Wyle is arrested at a protest in Washington, D.C. (ADAPT / Associated Press / April 23, 2012) By Matt Donnelly April 23, 2012, 2:52 p.m. Actor Noah Wyle followed in George Clooney's footsteps ...
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