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Governor, legislative leaders agree on education reforms

ctmirror.org - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy declared victory Monday night in his long, contentious push for education reforms, announcing a compromise agreement at a televised press conference with legislative leaders w...
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George W. Bush Presidential Center

bushcenter.com - Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 Bush Institute Survey Suggests Education Policy is Out of Sync with Public Views DALLAS—Most Americans believe the nation does not receive a good return on its investment in ...
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Shanker Blog » The Weighting Game

shankerblog.org - A while back, I noted that states and districts should exercise caution in assigning weights (importance) to the components of their teacher evaluation systems before they know what the other compo...
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Who Are the True 'Failures' in America's School System?

huffingtonpost.com - Like most teachers I've gotten some praise from my high school students over my 26 years of teaching -- a lesson "wasn't bad," or a particular class was "sorta interesting." I've even been told tha...
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So This Is Reform? - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,A few weeks ago, the state legislature in Louisiana passed Gov. Bobby Jindal's education reform bill. Louisiana now goes to the head of the class as the state with the most advanced re...
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Joseph Stiglitz: The 99 Percent Wakes Up

thedailybeast.com - Darrell Willis wears a "99%" button and an American flag at the corner of LaSalle and Jackson during an Occupy Chicago protest Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, in Chicago. "Occupy Chicago" protests started Mo...
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Romney blasts Obama for opposing D.C. voucher program

washingtontimes.com - Mitt Romney said Wednesday that it was “inexcusable” for President Obama to try to shut down the District’s federally backed voucher pilot program that has sent thousands of the city’s students to ...
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Gulen charter schools in New York

charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com - STATE # ACTIVE # PENDING # INACTIVE* TOTAL ATTEMPTS NY 3 2 6 11 * Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status =========================================...
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Golden Empire Volunteers Needed Friday

rosemont.patch.com - Golden Empire Elementary School's spring carnival is coming up on Friday, but the event isn't yet fully staffed. The Rosemont school was still looking for 40 more volunteers for the carnival as of ...
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REJECTING THE COMMON CORE by Anthony Scott

perdaily.com - (Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)On Perdaily, there have been many articles about the privatization of our educational sys...
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Office of the New York City Comptroller John C. Liu

comptroller.nyc.gov - PR12-05-052 Contact: Stephanie Hoo, (212) 669-3747 May 9, 2012 COMPTROLLER LIU UNVEILS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO CREATE 15,000 JOBS City Can Spur Economic Growth and Realize Long-Term Savings by Accel...
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K12: Investor Relations: Investor Overview

investors.k12.com - WebcastQ3 2012 K12 Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Replay)05/08/12 at 9:00 a.m. ETClick here to see the K12 Virtual Academies Academic Performance Trends (April 9, 2012)Click here to see the K12 Inv...
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Ala. lawmakers pass bill to pay for class supplies

boston.com - MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he will sign a bill the Legislature passed that will provide $300 to every public school classroom teacher in grades K-12 for classroom supplies.Th...
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hate crime reported at the university of cincinnati

blog.angryasianman.com - Got this news passed along to me about a recent hate crime at the University of Cincinnati... Police are investigating an incident that occurred last Wednesday afternoon when an Asian woman was att...
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Mistakes On Translated State Math Exams Add Up

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On Schools - Grade Mayor Emanuel's First Year In Office

chicagobusiness.com - How do you think Mayor Rahm Emanuel did in his first year as mayor? Use this interactive project to grade the mayor on five key topics. When you're finished, share your grade on Facebook or Twitter...
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