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Schools Matter: A Cog in the Wheel of Charters in Connecticut
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: A Cog in the Wheel of Charters in Connecticut: A Cog in the Wheel of Charters in Connecticut by Judy Rabin Finally, a modicum of sanity in the insane asylum of education...
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on "School Turnarounds: Evidence from the 2009 Stimulus," a Paper by Thomas Dee, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virginia
ed.gov - “A new and important study of school turnarounds by University of Virginia economist Thomas Dee provides the first rigorous evidence that the Department’s revamped School Improvement Grant (SIG) pr...
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 ...
Link between value-added ratings and classroom observations is modest at best, studies show - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - Here’s a statistical postscript to the story of Sarah Wysocki , the MacFarland Middle School teacher fired by DCPS last year after she earned good classroom observation scores on IMPACT’s Teaching ...
Daily Kos: DFER and Education Policies
dailykos.com - So, what happened and who were those “small but vocal younger, reform minded advocates that supported Obama” but hated Darling-Hammond? In August 2008 a pre-convention Democrats for Education R...
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Arizona Public Media | AZPM Home
azpm.org - House OKs Scholarship Plan for Private, Home Schooling Story By Andrea Kelly April 30, 2012 The Arizona House of Representatives has agreed to expand an academic scholarship program that allows stu...
City cancels charter school's move to Bronx space after board members questioned
nydailynews.com - The city has pulled the plug on a deal to house a controversial charter school in a Bronx school building.The surprise move came after questions from the Daily News about the charter's current and ...
May Day Student March in Brooklyn Targets Bloomberg and School Closure Policy - New York News
blogs.villagevoice.com - Sam LevinPaul Robeson student holds a Bill of Student Rights.Students frustrated with the city's plan to shut down their high school walked out of class today and marched two-and-a-half miles in su...
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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...
Quinn Quits Wage Rally After Bloomberg Is Insulted
nytimes.com - Saying she would not tolerate name-calling in political debates, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, walked out of a rally on Monday after a participant derided New York’s mayor as “Phara...
Occupy May Day in Bryant Park : The New Yorker
newyorker.com - The Bank of America branch at One Bryant Park was scheduled to open at eight this morning, but just before eight-thirty, a sign was taped to the revolving doors: “Due to circumstances beyond our co...
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British Panel Finds Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Empire
nytimes.com - LONDON — In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers here, a British parliamentary panel concluded on Tuesday that Mr. Murdoch was “not...
Daley strikes back with poke at longer school day
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - The growing rift between Rahm Emanuel and former Mayor Daley has begun to surface publicly. Daley is punching back (well, maybe slapping is a better word) at Rahm's longer-school-day initiative. L...
Pension, Medicaid cuts cause friction between unions and Illinois Dems, Quinn
wbez.org - Headlines coming out of Wisconsin and Indiana about the politics of organized labor are nothing new. Both states have Republican governors who’ve taken on union power - over wages, benefits and org...
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School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?
schooltechconnect.com - I have evidently announced my ambulatory status too soon. I'm going to do this one post and then crawl to bed. In any event, in case you missed it, Rich Miller had this to say today, among other th...
What Dinty W. Moore Knows
insidehighered.com - Dinty W. Moore is the author of numerous books, including the National Book Prize winning memoir, Between Panic & Desire, and The Accidental Buddhist. He is editor of Brevity, a journal of concise ...
North Carolina Pastor Sean Harris: Parents Should 'Punch' Their Gay-Acting Children
democraticunderground.com - If you listen to the entire audio, he begins by telling parents to beat their son if "he wears a dress." Then the comment about breaking the "limp" wrist. Then he moves on to girls. A daughter can ...
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May Day protesters block access to Bank of America on State - PhotoGallery - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - testtwo Chicago police protect the entrance of the Bank of America where Occupy Chicago gathered in protest. | Natasha Korecki~Sun-Times Occupy Chicago May Day protest in the Loop Tuesday, May 1, 2...
Police put on riot gear as May Day protests converge
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Police in riot gear lined some streets of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday evening as more than 1,000 immigrants rights protesters and Occupy activists converged in one big march. The march on Broad...
Oakland May Day protests: At least 9 arrested, tear gas fired
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Oakland police said Tuesday afternoon that they had arrested at least nine May Day demonstrators on suspicion of interfering with officers, failing to disperse and violating stay-away orders issued...
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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...
Corporate consolidation threatens small British organic beef farms
rawstory.com - Carl Gray, who raises beef cattle on around 340 hectares (830 acres) of rolling countryside near Tewkesbury, was surprised to get the letter. It came from Vion, the abattoir and cutting factory whe...
H.R.4816: Stop the Rate Hike Act of 2012 - U.S. Congress
opencongress.org - View All (18) | View Top Rated04/28/12Representative Conyers strongly supports blocking the scheduled increase in student loan debt but favors a Democratic alternative bill, H.R. 4816, which offs...
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May Day Student March in Brooklyn Targets Bloomberg and School Closure Policy - New York News
blogs.villagevoice.com - Sam LevinPaul Robeson student holds a Bill of Student Rights.Students frustrated with the city's plan to shut down their high school walked out of class today and marched two-and-a-half miles in su...
Big Education Ape: MAY DAY 12 PM MAY DAY CHARTS: We Don’t Currently Reward Our Workers EDition #MAYDAY
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Next Seattle schools chief Banda: Building trust at top of to-do list | Local News
seattletimes.nwsource.com - The man tapped as the next leader of Seattle's public schools said Monday he plans to spend his first year on the job getting to know the city without making major changes.José Banda, 55, superinte...
Big Education Ape: 4-30-12 PM BOYCOTT PEARSON NOW EDition #EDREFORM #CORPREFORM
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