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A Conversation with Eli Broad - 92nd Street Y
92y.org - Interviewed by Charlie Rose Eli Broad is a businessman, philanthropist and founder of The Broad Foundations. After creating shareholder wealth by providing vital homebuilding and retirement savings...
Charter schools: public in form but private in essence
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - "With these charter schools, people are trying to say, ‘I want a custom-tailored education for my children, and I want you, as my neighbor, to pay for it.’ ” -- Matthew Stewart, resident of up...
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...
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...
Shultz and Hanushek: Education Is the Key to a Healthy Economy
online.wsj.com - BY GEORGE P. SHULTZ AND ERIC A. HANUSHEK In addressing our current fiscal and economic woes, too often we neglect a key ingredient of our nation's economic future—the human capital produced by our ...
141 Students from Across the Country Named 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars
ed.gov - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the 48th class of Presidential Scholars, recognizing 141 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics or the arts."Honoring Pre...
Our View: Changes coming to Louisiana's schools are rooted in reform | The Town Talk
thetowntalk.com - Editorial Board The Town Talk Town Talk staff Do you know who Wendy Kopp and Eli Broad are? If not, and if you are interested in the future of public education in Louisiana, it would be worth takin...
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Brave Principals « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - The principals of New York State are amazing. When the State Education Department began creating its “educator evaluation system,” it called together the principals and showed them what it was up t...
I guess the buck didn’t stop there. « Opine I will
rlratto.wordpress.com - NYS Education Commissioner King’s recent take on Pearson’s numerous errors, negligence, abuse, and pineapple fraud on this years assessments give us all a peak at his unfortunate bias against NYS’...
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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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...
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...
The “Education Reformers” just aren’t capable of telling the truth….but hopefully legislators will!
jonathanpelto.com - May 01 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Now is the time to call or write your legislators and ask them the truth about Malloy’s “Commissioner’s Ne...
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Arne Duncan, Al Sharpton, and Newt Gingrich Join Forces
usnews.com - In an effort to push cities to fix failing schools and highlight the Obama administration's programs to reform public education, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and civil rights leader Al Sharpt...
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 ?...
One-side fundraising in the campaign for Indiana schools chief « School Matters
inschoolmatters.wordpress.com - When it comes to money, the 2012 election contest for Indiana superintendent of public instruction is shaping up as Bambi vs. Godzilla. Godzilla would be current superintendent Tony Bennett, a Repu...
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the asian pacific american vagina monologues, may 17
blog.angryasianman.com - The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Bay Area and V-Day San Francisco are joining forces for the centerpiece presentation of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with the APA Vagina M...
Start a Walking Routine « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - “I feel like I’ve been in the eye of a perfect storm of messages about the need to walk,” says Anita Jackson, Social Media Director at MomsRising. “From articles detailing how my sedentary, compu...
Tweeting is fun (and funny)
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - So there's been this stream of tweets from the Times' Lynne Varner. Here's what she's been saying since Banda was selected:I see shades of Susan Enfield in Sandy Husk. Both know their worth & ref...
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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 05/03/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Teaching Resources, Classroom Resources & Lesson Plans - TES Resources World Fair Trade Day is May 12. Here are some lessons to use to talk about it. tags: ...
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/02/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - The Apprentice Style Entomology Practical - Resources - TES Interesting, a biology lesson using a style from "the Apprentice" to provide peer feedback in the area of forensic entomology....
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/02/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Crossing the curricular divide - News - Education Executive A nice article about how Katya Toneva and ICS, a school in London are innovating by using netbooks, blogging, collaborating gl...
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Miramonte Elementary teachers to speak out after months of silence | 89.3 KPCC
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Miramonte Elementary teachers to speak out after months of silence | 89.3 KPCC: Miramonte Elementary teachers to speak out after months of silence After nearly three months of silence, the Miramont...
Cal State Employees Authorize Strike If Talks Fail - Sacramento News Story
kcra.com - POSTED: 11:17 am PDT May 2, 2012UPDATED: 12:20 pm PDT May 2, 2012LOS ANGELES -- California State University employees have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a series of two-day strikes if a new con...
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Christie backs Scott Walker in Wisconsin as recall election nears
nj.com - OAK CREEK, Wisc. — Just like he did two years ago, Gov. Chris Christie traveled to Wisconsin today to try to convince voters Gov. Scott Walker deserves their support. This time the controversial Wa...
Progressive groups question CEO lobby for NY gov
businessweek.com - By MICHAEL GORMLEY ALBANY, N.Y. Two of New York's growing progressive groups said Monday that a committee of CEOs lobbying on behalf of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is really a "Super PAC" for wealthy interes...
Cuomo's Lone School Board Appointee to Education Reform Panel
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.fr - Governor Cuomo's new blue-ribbon school reform commission has been criticized for its lack of parents, teachers and school board members. But as Gotham Schools pointed out here, Cuomo did appoint...
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State Officials Throw Out Another Pearson Test Question – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - May 2, 2012, 12:34 p.m. For the fourth time this month, state education officials have tossed out a question on the standardized tests after finding that errors by Pearson, the test maker, made the...
