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Pineapplegate: Exclusive Memo Detailing the “Hare and the Pineapple” Passage | TIME Ideas
ideas.time.com - Test maker Pearson defends the controversial questions and details how many states have been using them in recent yearsTIME Ideas obtained this Pearson memo from an employee in New York state gover...
What Everyone Missed on the Pineapple Question | TIME Ideas
ideas.time.com - When the New York Daily News posted an article about an Aesop-inspired fable that appeared on the standardized test eighth graders in New York state had to take last month — about a pineapple chall...
Educators in St. Charles Parish quiz state schools superintendent John White
nola.com - Value added assessments and the increasing burden of standardized tests on students and teachers were among the concerns educators voiced during a town hall meeting with state Superintendent John W...
California Readies Own Waiver Request - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - So far, 11 have states have gotten wiggle room from No Child Left Behind's accountability system, and 27 more are waiting to hear. Who's not on the list? California, which has already said, basical...
Wendy Lecker: Follow colleges' advice on what students need
stamfordadvocate.com - "College readiness" are education buzzwords that have taken on a personal dimension for me. I recently visited colleges with my daughters and saw what these institutions value. At each school, stud...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - Earlier today, we saw a leaked memo in which Pearson defended the tale of the Hare and the Pineapple. It was field-tested, the spokesman said. It was psychometrically sound. It was just a splendid ...
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Why L.A. Teachers Are Boycotting the L.A. Times « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - A reader wrote to tell me that public school teachers in Los Angeles are continuing a boycott of the Los Angeles Times. This boycott stems from the Times decisions to create value-added evaluations...
St. Louis Public Schools looks to expand to take in Imagine students
stltoday.com - ST. LOUIS • For decades, St. Louis Public Schools has closed dozens of school buildings as thousands of students left the district for suburban and charter schools. Now the district will reverse th...
Please Take the Tests & Publish Your Scores « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - We have a plethora of governors, legislators, and state commissioners of education who are gaga over standardized testing, They can’t imagine a child who is not taking a test today, tomorrow, and n...
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Vigilante Leader Was Among Five Shot Dead in Arizona
nytimes.com - GILBERT, Ariz. — The police confirmed Thursday that a former Marine and aspiring politician who led a vigilante border militia group was among five people shot to death on Wednesday in what apparen...
Rahm Habla Espanol
nbcchicago.com - advertisement Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut a Spanish-language ad with Rep. Luis Gutierrez, to promote a May 12 citizenship workshop at which the two politicians will appear. Gutierrez, who was born in P...
State budget crisis threatens funding for day-care providers, families - Springfield, IL - The State Journal
sj-r.com - A new wrinkle in Illinois’ budget crisis unfolded Wednesday when Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration said it has begun to delay payments to more than 40,000 child-care providers.The move could threaten...
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George Hotz, Sony, and Anonymous Hacker Wars : The New Yorker
newyorker.com - In the summer of 2007, Apple released the iPhone, in an exclusive partnership with A.T. & T. George Hotz, a seventeen-year-old from Glen Rock, New Jersey, was a T-Mobile subscriber. He wanted an iP...
Why Friday Night?
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - I had planned, nay, attempted to make my way down to SeaTac for tonight's voting on resolutions set forth at the Washington State PTA Convention. But it is Friday, after 3 pm. and raining. I tri...
Great Moments in EdTech History
ideasandthoughts.org - My two favorite networks, The Golf Channel and NFL Network have been using “Top Ten” format of late to capture almost any topic within their respective sports. Obscure ones like, top ten left hande...
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Dayton vetoes overhaul of teacher tenure rules, a top GOP priority
startribune.com - With a veto Thursday of a proposal to upend schoolteacher layoff rules, Gov. Mark Dayton wiped out one of state Republicans' top priorities. Dayton said the measure was an example of "prejudice aga...
Obama Calls for DREAM Act Passage
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - “‘No’ is not an option. I want to sign the DREAM Act into law. I’ve got the pens all ready. I’m willing to work with anybody who is serious to get this done, and to achieve bipartisan, comprehensiv...
Obama Calls for DREAM Act Passage
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - “‘No’ is not an option. I want to sign the DREAM Act into law. I’ve got the pens all ready. I’m willing to work with anybody who is serious to get this done, and to achieve bipartisan, comprehensiv...
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Pineapplegate: Exclusive Memo Detailing the “Hare and the Pineapple” Passage | TIME Ideas
ideas.time.com - Test maker Pearson defends the controversial questions and details how many states have been using them in recent yearsPrevious Use of “Hare and Pineapple” Passage and Items The Stanford 10 Form B,...
Community clinics try to fill in dental care gap
californiawatch.org - YouraPechkin/istockphoto.com Roughly three million poor and disabled Californians had their coverage for dental services cut three years ago, and community dental clinics have struggled to cover pr...
Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
mercurynews.com - State and federal health officials are investigating how a rare and virulent bacteria strain appears to have killed a young researcher at a VA hospital's infectious diseases lab in San Francisco, s...
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'Real Time' Guest List: May 4, 2012
real-time-with-bill-maher-blog.com - By Miles Leicher Tonight’s top-of-show interview will be with comedian Arsenio Hall, who is a competitor on the current season of Celebrity Apprentice and appears in the recent Snoop Dogg-narrated ...
Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 47
democraticunderground.com - Source: Rolling StoneAdam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment fo...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release May 04, 2012 On Wednesday, May 9th, as part of their “In Performance at the White House” series, the President and First Lady will hos...
