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Why Do Smart People Do Dumb Things? Thinking about School Reform | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Why Do Smart People Do Dumb Things? Thinking about School Reform | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Why Do Smart People Do Dumb Things? Thinking about School Reform by larrycuban Examples are legion. Recall President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Or Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David Petraeus resigning over extra-marital affair. Or shrewd investors in Bernard Madoff’s company losing their financial shirts. Switch to education and consider El Paso (TX) Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia who went to jail for inflating student test scores and giving a no-... more »

Infamous for Hosting Adult Parties After Hours – Miami Charter School Foreclosed | Scathing Purple Musings

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Infamous for Hosting Adult Parties After Hours – Miami Charter School Foreclosed | Scathing Purple Musings: Infamous for Hosting Adult Parties After Hours – Miami Charter School Foreclosed by Bob Sikes [image: School Parties] Reports* South Florida Business Journal *reporter Brian Bandel: The former home of a shuttered charter school is set for auction after Great Florida Bank won a $2.24 million foreclosure judgment. The Miami-Dade County School Board voted in April to shut down the Balere Language Academy after parents complained of house parties with alcohol and distasteful pr... more »

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Exclusive: NRA Solves Fiscal Cliff Problem

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Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Exclusive: NRA Solves Fiscal Cliff Problem: Ed Notes Exclusive: NRA Solves Fiscal Cliff Problem by ed notes online *The only thing that stops a bad Democrat from heading us over the cliff is a good Republican with a gun. There is only way to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. Give every good tea party member of Congress an assault rifle. "---Wayne LaPierre* LaPierre called for the federal program implementing the NRA's solution to the fiscal cliff issue to be headed by Dick Cheney. He also called for armed guards in every row of every movie complex, the... more »

Schools advocate TJ Mertz talks about Madison Prep, teachers and school ‘reform’

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Schools advocate TJ Mertz talks about Madison Prep, teachers and school ‘reform’: *Schools advocate TJ Mertz talks about Madison Prep, teachers and school ‘reform’* If you’ve kept up on the local debate on educational achievement in the Madison Metropolitan School District, you’ve probably heard of Thomas J. “TJ” Mertz. If you haven’t heard of him, you probably will soon, since he announced a run for the School Board last week. A vocal critic of the controversial Madison Preparatory Academy proposal last year that brought the achievement gap back to the top of the schools agen... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-23-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Do Conservatives Care about the Constitution? by dianerav A stunning editorial in the Statesman, a Louisiana publication, raises an important question about Governor Jindal’s voucher program: Why do conservatives remind everyone about the importance of adhering faithfully to the literal meaning of the state constitution except when they choose not to? The Jindal voucher plan is funded by the Minimum Foundation Funding dedicated specifically in the state constitution to “public elementary and secondary s... more »

Daily Kos: Protecting Guns, Sacrificing (Some) Children

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Daily Kos: Protecting Guns, Sacrificing (Some) Children: Protecting Guns, Sacrificing (Some) Children byplthomasEdDFollow [image: SIGN the Sandy Hook Elementary School National Sympathy Card | causes.com] "In 2008, 2,947 children and teens died from guns in the United States and 2,793 died in 2009 for a total of 5,740," details *Protect Children Not Guns 2012* (Children's Defense Fund), "—one child or teen every three hours, eight every day, 55 every week for two years" (p. 2). *Tragedy* is often reserved for single catastrophic events, but cumulative... more »

Ed Notes Online: Sunday Funnies

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Ed Notes Online: Sunday Funnies: Sunday Funnies by ed notes online ------------ Have a Very Rephormy Christmas! Posted on December 22, 2012 1 *And an excellent and innovative new year…* Still looking for the purrfect gift for that extra excellent and innovative someone in your life? Not to worry. EduShyster has assembled an assembly of offerings guaranteed to send test scores soaring all through the holidays and into 2013. So from my rephorm family to yours: ¡feliz navidad and a very prospero año! Continue reading → http://edushyster.com/?p=1627

The Innovative Educator: Teacher dropouts

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The Innovative Educator: Teacher dropouts: Teacher dropouts by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen) More than 20 years ago John Taylor Gatto wrote a letter announcing his departure from the teaching profession, titled *I Quit, I Think. *The letter was published in the op-ed pages of the *Wall Street Journal *where he said he no longer wished to "hurt kids to make a living." He gave this advice: "We don’t need a national curriculum or national testing either. Both initiatives arise from ignorance of how people learn or deliberate indifference to it. I can’t teach this way any longe... more »

solidaridad: Photos from the campaign trail: Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD Schoolboard

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solidaridad: Photos from the campaign trail: Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD Schoolboard: Photos from the campaign trail: Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD Schoolboard by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD Schoolboard 2013 [image: Robert D. Skeels, a Social Justice Schoolboard Candidate]

Schools Matter: A Life of Indentured Servitude for a Chance at a College Diploma: When the American Dream Goes Nightmare

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Schools Matter: A Life of Indentured Servitude for a Chance at a College Diploma: When the American Dream Goes Nightmare: A Life of Indentured Servitude for a Chance at a College Diploma: When the American Dream Goes Nightmare by Jim Horn Recently the NYTimes shows signs of coming out of its corporate cocoon to do real investigative reporting again. The recent story on WalMart corruption was terrific, and in this story, the Times looks at the deepening of the categorical inequality as it plays out in the higher education arena. The story is based in Galveston, TX, and the cha... more »

Steering Committee Election 2013 - 2015 Save Our Schools: A National Call to Action

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Steering Committee Election 2013 - 2015: Steering Committee Election 2013 – 2015 by Server *Save Our Schools: A National Call to Action* www.saveourschoolsmarch.org Steering Committee Election 2013 – 2015 *Dear Save Our Schools Supporters…* *Save Our Schools* is moving forward in developing strategies that ensure grassroots voices are heard in the education conversation. Issues such as testing, privatization, and school funding are our primary concerns. To facilitate this process the *SOS* membership will nominate and elect a new National Steering Committee. The process consisted of ... more »

Schools Matter: Sanity Comes to Charlotte-Mecklenburg

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago

Schools Matter: Sanity Comes to Charlotte-Mecklenburg: Sanity Comes to Charlotte-Mecklenburg by Jim Horn [image: and Charlotte-Mecklenburg] When Charlotte's former superintendent, Peter Gorman, was run out of town, he found work as another edu-henchman for Rupert Murdoch. Since then, Charlotte has hired someone who is willing to challenge the status quo of more high stakes testing. From the Charlotte Observer: Posted: Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 By Ann Doss Helms ahelms@charlotteobserver.com The barrage of new state tests being rolled out this year is “an egregious waste of taxpayer ... more »

New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas revisionist textbooks | toteachornototeach

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New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas revisionist textbooks | toteachornototeach: New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas revisionist textbooks by aristotlethewise *New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas revisionist textbooks* [image: original] by Robert T. Gonzalez Sanity wins this round — at least for six schools in New Orleans. By a *unanimous vote*, N.O.’s Orleans Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to keep creationism out of its classrooms. Hallelujah. “No teacher of any discipline of science shall teach any aspect of ... more »

Despite Exemptions, Police and Firefighters Show Labor Solidarity in Michigan Right-to-Work Battle | MyFDL

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Despite Exemptions, Police and Firefighters Show Labor Solidarity in Michigan Right-to-Work Battle | MyFDL: [image: User Picture]Despite Exemptions, Police and Firefighters Show Labor Solidarity in Michigan Right-to-Work BattleBy: Michelle Chen Thursday December 20, 2012 10:47 pm [image: Tweet]Tweet5 [image: digg] [image: stumbleupon] Jamee Urrea via Twitter: http://t.co/kkFAJ8DK *Originally posted from In These Times* Michigan’s new right-to-work law has has struck a savage blow to America’s labor movement in its heartland. Unions across the state have thronged to Lansing to op... more »

Schools often first line of defense in identifying, treating kids with mental illness - LA Daily News

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Schools often first line of defense in identifying, treating kids with mental illness - LA Daily News: Schools often first line of defense in identifying, treating kids with mental illness By Barbara Jones Staff Writer Posted: 12/22/2012 02:17:07 PM PST Updated: 12/22/2012 03:44:22 PM PST They teach kids to read, write and solve math problems, and to work and play well with others. And along with those lessons, educators are increasingly being trained to spot depression, anxiety and other troubling behaviors in their students, with administrators and teachers forming the first ... more »

Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success - NYTimes.com

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Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success - NYTimes.com: Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success by By JASON DePARLE For Poor Strivers, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall Michael Stravato for The New York Times Angelica Gonzales, admitted to Emory, hoped to be the first college graduate in her family. By JASON DePARLEPublished: December 22, 2012 - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - SAVE - E-MAIL - SHARE - PRINT - SINGLE PAGE - REPRINTS - GALVESTON, Tex. — Angelica Gonzales marched through high school in ... more »

Have a Very Rephormy Christmas | EduShyster

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Have a Very Rephormy Christmas | EduShyster: Have a Very Rephormy Christmas by edushyster2012 *And an excellent and innovative new year…* Still looking for the purrfect gift for that extra excellent and innovative someone in your life? Not to worry. EduShyster has assembled an assembly of offerings guaranteed to sent test scores soaring all through the holidays and into 2013. So from my rephorm family to yours: ¡feliz navidad and a very prospero año! Nothing says “you’re proficient” like a Galvanic bracelet from the Gates collection of great ideas. *Just for her, a Galvanic Gates-le... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Carol Burris on the Regents proposal for three different kinds of diplomas

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NYC Public School Parents: Carol Burris on the Regents proposal for three different kinds of diplomas: Carol Burris on the Regents proposal for three different kinds of diplomas by Leonie Haimson Congratulations to Carol Burris, co-author of the principal lettercritiquing the APPR, the new NY state teacher evaluation system. Her school, South Side HS in Rockville Center, was just named the second best high school in the state, according to US News and World Report, and it is one of few non-selective relatively diverse schools on the list. Here is her explanation: "*We do great thi... more »

Diane in the Evening 12-22-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: Uses and Abuses of Online Learning by dianerav The school district in Manchester, New Hampshire, is considering online classes–not blended learning–as Acosta-saving device. The idea is to put kids online and lay off teachers. Anyone who deals with children and adolescents knows that face-to-face contact, human-to-human relationships are very important. Something’s, Do We Care About Children? by dianerav This teacher asks, how can we show that we really care about children? Why Armed Guards Change Nothing by dianerav A reader explains why armed guards will ... more »

Stop Special Needs Vouchers in Wisconsin! : blue cheddar

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Stop Special Needs Vouchers in Wisconsin! : blue cheddar: Stop Special Needs Vouchers in Wisconsin! by AnnieJo If there’s one thing we’ve learned in Wisconsin since February 2011, and in Michigan just this month, it’s that what gets passed in the statehouse after the election can be devastatingly different than what was promised or campaigned upon or even hinted at before. We’ve also been hit with the following corollary: these things can happen with blinding speed. Since the Nov. 6, 2012 election, the Walker administration has made no secret of their priority-plans to expand sch... more »

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky [image: hrtln_5291_magnum] *Katy Hogan and Mike James of the Heartland Cafe.* When I saw my old friend Mike James last Sunday it was after Representative Kelly Cassidy had appeared on*Live from the Heartland*, the radio show (WLUW 88.7 FM) that he and Katy Hogan do each Saturday morning at the venerable Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park. Cassidy is a co-sponsor of HB6258, Democrat Elaine Nekritz’s bill that would cut teacher pension cost of living increases and eventually turn our defined benefit system into the equiv... more »

Common Core Toolkit for Principals: Part 1 | Connected Principals

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Common Core Toolkit for Principals: Part 1 | Connected Principals: Common Core Toolkit for Principals: Part 1 by Gerald Aungst As part of my district’s plan to realign our curriculum with the Common Core State Standards (which we are calling the *C4 Project*, for Cheltenham Common Core Curriculum), I will be developing a Toolkit for Principals. Each month, I will prepare a four-part package of resources and activities they can use both for their own professional development and as part of faculty meetings with their staff members. The four parts each month will be [image: c4-pro... more »

uwec hmong students respond to racist "problems" sign

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uwec hmong students respond to racist "problems" sign: *uwec hmong students respond to racist "problems" sign* A couple of weeks ago, I shared this *note* that was posted in a dorm bathrooom stall by someone who obviously had some "problems" with her Hmong floor-mates at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. I recently heard from Mai Neng Vang, the resident assistant on the floor where the sign was posted. After waiting a month to see whether and how school officials would react, she and her peers decided to write a public statement to the university administration and the gre... more »

Conflicting State and Federal Standards for Educational Performance

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Conflicting State and Federal Standards for Educational Performance: Conflicting State and Federal Standards for Educational Performance*By Michael Higham | 12/22/2012 | Education, Headline, Issues, Role of Government Read Time: 2 - 4 minutes * [image: 1x1.trans Conflicting State and Federal Standards for Educational Performance] Credit: businessweek.com Student achievement is a priority for educators and the government that oversees its schools. Within the conversation of education standards is the discussion of state and federal roles in evaluating school performance. California... more »

Campbell Brown's Despicable Newtown Rant

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Campbell Brown's Despicable Newtown Rant: Campbell Brown's Despicable Newtown Rant By Peter Hart 11 Comments digg [image: newtown]Former *CNN/NBC* anchor Campbell Brown demonstrates that "both sides do it" false balance is not just a problem with campaign journalism. In a new post at the *Daily Beast*(12/21/12), she explained that most reactions to the Newtown massacre have been touching and inspiring. But, she writes, ** *there have also been very unfortunate, even callous and disgusting, statements made by individuals who cannot help but use a slaughter of more than two dozen p...more »

Editorial: Court right to hit lawmakers over education mandate | Editorials | The Seattle Times

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Editorial: Court right to hit lawmakers over education mandate | Editorials | The Seattle Times: Editorial: Court right to hit lawmakers over education mandate The state Supreme Court is underwhelmed with the Legislature’s efforts so far to make good on the McCleary funding mandate. Rightly so. STATE lawmakers must do more than bicker in task-force meetings to make progress on its court-ordered mandate to fully fund a 21st-century public-education system. That should mean a robust system from early learning to higher education. The state’s Joint Task Force on Education Funding has fi... more »

More than 2,000 attend candlelight vigil in Newtown

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SIGN the Sandy Hook Elementary School Global Sympathy Card | causes.com: PETITION: SIGN the Sandy Hook Elementary School Global Sympathy Card 24 DAYS LEFT PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION 2,370,233 More than 2,000 attend candlelight vigil in Newtown [image: newtown] More than 2,000 Newtown residents met on a soccer field tonight to remember the victims - and bring comfort to one another. NEWTOWN, Conn. - Thousands of townspeople – many in tears – gathered together at a candlelight vigil on a local soccer field Friday night to honor and remember the 27 victims in last week's el... more »

Satire, Sarcasm and Swearing: My Journey | Mr. Teachbad

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Satire, Sarcasm and Swearing: My Journey | Mr. Teachbad: Satire, Sarcasm and Swearing: My Journey by teachbad [image: Logo Mr. Teachbad] To close out the year, give myself a little break, and celebrate three * magical* years of *Mr. Teachbad’s Blog of Teacher Disgruntlement*, I’ve decided to post a little retrospective. What follows are the Top Ten most-read posts from each year of Teachbad’s glorious history. I tried picking my personal favorite Top Ten, but it soon became clear that would be even more self-indulgent and time-consuming than this was. Let me know if yo... more »

Jersey Jazzman: See? Tenure Cases CAN Be Easy!

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Jersey Jazzman: See? Tenure Cases CAN Be Easy!: See? Tenure Cases CAN Be Easy! by Duke *What do you mean, I'm not scary anymore?!* That wasn't so very difficult, was it? A Vineland teacher caught running naked through an apartment complex on a dare is the first tenure case resolved under a new law designed to reduce the time it takes for such cases. In the past, tenure cases had dragged on for a year or more. Mark C. Bringhurst did lose his job, but representatives of both the state teacher’s union and the school boards association said the new procedure did protect his right o... more »

The National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest

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The National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing [image: Home] The *National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) *works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. Spotlight What a Year! Dear Friend: Thanks to your activism, 2012 has been a great year for the growing national assessment reform movement. Now, FairTest needs your continued help to* build greater moment... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-22-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] No Guns in Schools! by dianerav The National Rifle Association wants an armed guard at every one of the nation’s 100,000 schools. Some legislators want teachers and principals to carry weapons. Why should policy be reactive? Better to limit all weaponry to officers of the law, except for single-shot rifles for hunters. Guns should be available only to those authorized to use lethal force. In this link, with tweets on the subject, someone points out that Columbine High School had armed security at Privatiza... more »

Daily Kos: Safety in schools is about more than guns

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Daily Kos: Safety in schools is about more than guns: Safety in schools is about more than guns by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) [image: SIGN the Sandy Hook Elementary School National Sympathy Card | causes.com] Given the events 8 days ago we rightly have a concern for the issue of safety in schools, and certainly I have written my share of posts on the issue of guns and schools recently. Safety is about far more than guns, however. And for this week's Saturday meditation on teaching I would like to reflect about the broader issue I tell my students when I first meet them that I... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Closing Schools: NOT a White People Thing

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Jersey Jazzman: Closing Schools: NOT a White People Thing: Closing Schools: NOT a White People Thing by Duke It appears the racist, segregationist school policies we find here in Jersey aren't confined only to our state. Chicago, for example, looks to be a national leader in disenfranchising people of color: An internal Chicago Public Schools document obtained by the Tribune shows for the first time that the Emanuel administration has weighed how many elementary and high schools to close in which neighborhoods and how to manage the public fallout. Labeled a "working draft," the S... more »

Package for Dr. Jones | toteachornototeach

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Package for Dr. Jones | toteachornototeach: Package for Dr. Jones by aristotlethewise *Package for Dr. Jones [image: tumblr_maghgtN3r71qgmv4ao1_500]*The University of Chicago received this mysterious package last week with no clues as to how it arrived in the school’s mail bag. Like all good things, the mysterious journal addressed to Indiana Jones that arrived at the University of Chicago last week came from the internet – eBay to be exact. And how it found its way to the university is a tale that ought to be told with a cinema map and an animated moving read line. [image: Package1... more »

Feds deny state a No Child Left Behind waiver | EdSource Today

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Feds deny state a No Child Left Behind waiver | EdSource Today: Feds deny state a No Child Left Behind waiver ** December 21st, 2012 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwald Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on google_plusone More Sharing Services The formal letter from Washington hasn’t arrived, but the verdict has: The federal Department of Education has turned down California’s application for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. [image: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson] State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson “It is d... more »

Ed Notes Online: What Were We Thinking? - Norm in The Wave

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Ed Notes Online: What Were We Thinking? - Norm in The Wave: What Were We Thinking? - Norm in The Wave by ed notes online [image: Norman Scott] Published in print edition Friday, December 21, 2012, www.rockawave.com By Norm Scott Here’s hoping everyone is recovering as best they can. I’m so glad The Wave has come through this. Seeing it out again is a clear sign we are moving towards the new normal. Monday morning, October 29, at 10:30, I posted a piece on my blog about the education evaluation negotiations and the January deadline imposed by Cuomo and how it might tie into a UFT ... more »

Weekly Address: The President and First Lady Extend a Holiday Greeting and Thank our Troops for their Service | The White House

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Weekly Address: The President and First Lady Extend a Holiday Greeting and Thank our Troops for their Service | The White House: Weekly Address: The President and First Lady Extend a Holiday Greeting and Thank our Troops for their ServiceIn this week’s address, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and thank our brave troops and their families for their service. The President and First Lady ask the American people to visit JoiningForces.gov to find ways to honor and support our veterans and military families, and say that we... more »

Charter Schools USA Got $6 Million More Than They Should Have During Tony Bennett’s Indiana Tenure | Scathing Purple Musings

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Charter Schools USA Got $6 Million More Than They Should Have During Tony Bennett’s Indiana Tenure | Scathing Purple Musings: Charter Schools USA Got $6 Million More Than They Should Have During Tony Bennett’s Indiana Tenure by Bob Sikes From reporter Dan Goldblatt of *Indiana Public News*: A Marion County judge has decided that the Indiana State Board of Education misappropriated several million dollars of funding to charter schools. The money was being withheld from Indianapolis Public Schools. When private companies took over four Indianapolis Public Schools to become charters... more »

Marchers take their case to SRC - Philly.com

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Marchers take their case to SRC - Philly.com: Marchers take their case to SRC [image: About 100 protesters found themselves temporarily locked out of the School District building after marching from City Hall. (CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer)]*About 100 protesters found themselves temporarily locked out of the School District… (CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer )* A shouting and chanting crowd of hundreds told officials Thursday night exactly what they thought of a Philadelphia School District plan to close 37 schools and change grades and shut programs at dozens more. "SOS! Sav... more »

Parents get CPS to put plans for military school in my neighborhood back on the shelf. « Fred Klonsky

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Parents get CPS to put plans for military school in my neighborhood back on the shelf. « Fred Klonsky: Parents get CPS to put plans for military school in my neighborhood back on the shelf. by Fred Klonsky [image: image640x480] Last week I posted the story of Ames Middle School and the community’s fight to keep it as a neighborhood school. Local political boss Alderman Roberto Maldonado wanted to turn it into a military school. Ames was created 15 years ago as a result of community pressure to relieve over-crowding in other Logan Square schools. And while the numbers of students a... more »

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