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Celebrating National Charter Schools Week, 2012 with the Newest Batch of CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Celebrating National Charter Schools Week, 2012 with the Newest Batch of CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSNational Heritage Academies (huge rent markups @ NYC charter schools)The P...
Chicago pulls permit for nurses rally planned for NATO summit
wgntv.com - (Tribune illustration / March 23, 2012) By David Heinzmann Tribune reporter 4:36 p.m. CDT, May 8, 2012 The city of Chicago today yanked a permit for the first demonstration planned for the weeken...
Rethink Teacher Appreciation Week | ED.gov Blog
ed.gov - Great teachers build nations. They inspire, awaken and raise our children’s expectations. They coax imaginations and lead students to discovery. Teachers shape the next generation of decision-maker...
Sen. Mary Landrieu touts New Orleans charter schools on 'Morning Joe'
nola.com - WASHINGTON - Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., touted the success of New Orleans charter schools on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday. "Eighty percent of our children in the city are now in public charter sch...
Gap between best and worst D.C. schools growing
washingtonexaminer.com - The gap between the District's best- and worst-performing schools has been growing amid the most intense school reform in the city's history, according to a report commissioned by the Office of the...
The “Great Education Reform” Compromise of 2012 (and the benefit of being Commissioner of Education
jonathanpelto.com - May 08 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Achievement First, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor In the coming days we’ll learn more and more abo...
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Teachers, employees are standing up for beliefs and for students
m.mailtribune.com - By By Dave Carrell May 08, 2012 - 2:00 AM As educators, one of the most important lessons we can teach our students is how to find their own voice and stand up for what they believe in. This is the...
Penchant for Pensions - Illinois Teachers and Neighbors United
illinoisntu.ning.com - Ken's post about the ALECy origins of Quinn's pensions proposal reminded me about this report that I saw some time ago. It's a pension report from one of the PR machines from the race to the bottom...
Common Core Values: Do they Include Authoritarianism? - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - This week there has been an upsurge of debate over the Common Core (national) Standards. I hope we can tolerate and appreciate different points of view as we work to understand more deeply what the...
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The Nation’s Largest Charter Chain « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - Most people think that KIPP is the nation’s largest charter chain, but that’s not correct. KIPP has 109 schools. The Gulen Movement has 135 charter schools. I mentioned in my last post that the Gul...
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nypost.com - The daughter of an Indian diplomat made good yesterday on her threat to sue the city for $1.5 million over her arrest on cyberbullying charges — but her suit doesn’t demand the key to the city that...
ALEC Gets a Break From State Lobbying Laws
motherjones.com - On April 20, Common Cause submitted a whistleblower complaint to the IRS, claiming that the American Legislative Exchange Council is "a corporate lobbying group masquerading as a charity." The move...
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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. “F— pensions.” « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Rahm went to Springfield and jumped to the head of the lynch mob. “F— the UAW,” he was once famously quoted. “F— you,” he once said to the President of the Chicago teachers union. “F— pensions,” he...
Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Asks Minnesota To Ease Off Hospital Debt Collection Firm
huffingtonpost.com - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants his Democratic colleague Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to lay off hospital debt-collector Accretive Health, which is based in the Windy City.Accretive Hea...
Steering Murdoch in Scandal, Klein Put School Goals Aside
nytimes.com - Last week, after a British parliamentary report declared that Rupert Murdoch was “not a fit person” to lead a major corporation, several senior News Corporation executives huddled in tense discussi...
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I Hate Your For Your Philanthropy, and I Will Forever. As Will My Children.
tuttlesvc.org - Russo:Nobody but perhaps a handful of us really want Gates and Broad and all the rest to fail, give up, and go off and do something else with their loot. Which is what they'll eventually do if they...
Writers discuss challenging future trends at Whole Earth Festival
davisenterprise.com - Kim Stanley Robinson. Enterprise file photo Two of this country’s most forward-looking writers — whose carefully researched books describing life in the future have won multiple awards — will speak...
Craft Tutorial « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Mother’s Day is fast approaching and I’m always on the hunt for clever ideas that say,”You are an awesome Mom!” The other day, I started thinking about how teeny-tiny luxuries (like romantic smelli...
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MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election
thinkprogress.org - In 2006, Koch Industries owner Charles Koch revealed to the Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore that he coordinates the funding of the conservative infrastructure of front groups, political campaig...
The Most Powerful Company You've Never Heard of: Meet CME Group
commondreams.org - Think of powerful, multi-billion dollar corporations, and many come readily to mind. Wal-Mart. General Electric. Exxon Mobil. Bank of America. McDonald's. Apple. We recognize their logos, know what...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 08, 2012 On January 11, 2012, President Obama hosted the White House Insourcing Forum, where he called on companies to invest...
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Best High Schools Rankings | Top High Schools
usnews.com - We evaluated nearly 22,000 public high schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Schools were awarded gold, silver, or bronze medals based on state proficiency standards, how well they pre...
MAKING AMERICAN TASTE: NARRATIVE ART FOR A NEW DEMOCRACY – THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Jonathan Kantrowitz
blog.ctnews.com - Louis Lang The Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment from the Seat of War 1862 Newly conserved and on public view for the first time in over 60 years, Lang’s massive canvas documents the return of Ne...
A Mother’s Day Gift Craft Tutorial « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - This morning I went in to Sam’s class to make these polymer clay charms for the kid’s to give their mom’s on Mother’s Day. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for Grandma gifts either & it’s a relatively qui...
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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. “F— pensions.” « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Life in Rahm’s Chicago. “F— pensions.” « Fred Klonsky: Life in Rahm’s Chicago. “F— pensions.”by Fred KlonskyRahm went to Springfield and jumped to the head of the lynch mob. “F— the UAW,” he was on...
Jersey Jazzman: Massive Tenure Hypocrisy
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Massive Tenure Hypocrisy: Massive Tenure Hypocrisyby DukeUn-freaking-believable:State Education Commission Christopher Cerf has ordered that ousted Perth Amboy Superintendent Janine...
PAA members to demonstrate against ALEC « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - PAA members to demonstrate against ALEC « Parents Across America: PAA members to demonstrate against ALECby pureparentsWhen members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) descend on Ch...
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Top 10 Things To Study About Common Core « What Does Common Core Give?
whatiscommoncore.wordpress.com - For those just starting to research Common Core for themselves, here are 10 things you could begin with: 1. The Cooperative Agreement: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-assessment/sbac-coo...
