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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...
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...
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 ...
Is the New York Board of Regents Now Toast? « Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net - This is an interesting question: Is the New York Board of Regents now toast? Or is it actually chopped liver? Either way, it doesn’t matter. When Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed a commission and as...
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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...
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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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...
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democracynow.org - The Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng made a direct appeal to U.S. lawmakers on Thursday in his bid for entry into the United States. Speaking through an interpreter, Chen told a congressional heari...
Child agricultural labor rule: Not just dead, but erased from DOL's website : The Pump Handle
scienceblogs.com - This time last week, many of us in the public health and workers' rights community were still in shock by the Obama Administration's decision to withdraw its proposed regulation to protect children...
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School Tech Connect: The Waterbug
schooltechconnect.com - I heart Medea Benjamin from Code Pink. I'm going to flat-out steal and post a very short clip from Democracy Now where Medea Benjamin shows how it's done when you need to make an unpopular point. I...
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...
Colorado kid finalist in Doodle 4 Google
ednewsparent.org - OK Colorado, time to vote for our hometown boy (by May 10!) who is a state finalist in the national Doodle 4 Google competition. Jimmy Ferguson, 14, a seventh-grader at Bayfield Middle School locat...
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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 yearsTIME Ideas obtained this Pearson memo from an employee in New York state gover...
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...
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NATO Restrictions - WGN
wgntv.com - WGN News 12:32 p.m. CDT, May 2, 2012 CHICAGO— The government is warning private pilots, they could be shot down if they violate a no-fly zone over Chicago during the NATO Summit. A flight advisory ...
Nearly 800 Joliet Caterpillar workers on strike
abclocal.go.com - May 1, 2012 (JOLIET, Ill.) (WLS) -- Hundreds of hourly workers are off the job and on the picket line at the Caterpillar hydraulics plant in Joliet. About 800 workers are on strike. But the company...
New rage keeps Somali boys off street: video games
boston.com - MOGADISHU, Somalia—Inside a hot, cramped room in the Somali capital, 10 sweating children sat on wooden desks, not unlike those found in schools. These boys, though, were not in class. They were st...
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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...
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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...
