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Friday, June 8, 2012

This Week In Education: Morning Video: Duncan, Walcott, King Discuss Philanthropy

This Week In Education: Morning Video: Duncan, Walcott, King Discuss Philanthropy:


Morning Video: Duncan, Walcott, King Discuss Philanthropy

Here's the video from Monday's Philanthropy NY event on education and nonprofit foundations.  Twitterhere.  Schoolbook here

AM News: Testing, Tenure, Student Tyranny

New York Standardized Testing Protest Brings Parents, Students to Pearson's Steps HuffPostEdu: Dozens of elementary and middle school kids swarmed the steps of 1330 Sixth Ave. to protest the growth of high-stakes standardized testing.
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Stand for Children has a record for winning concessions from teachers BostonGlobe: Stand for Children - a group that arrived in Massachusetts less than a decade ago - is on the brink of pulling off a major coup: using hardball tactics to compel the state’s major teachers union to give up some of its cherished seniority rights. $
Romney's Massachusetts Proposals Mirror Obama Ideas Politics K12:  in his book, No Apology, Romney wades even deeper into the curriculum