Sunday, March 25, 2012

Melissa Harris-Perry: Standing in solidarity with Trayvon Martin #trayvonmartin

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Melissa Harris-Perry Mocks Geraldo Rivera For Trayvon Martin Hoodie Comments (VIDEO)

Posted: 03/25/2012 10:10 am Updated: 03/25/2012 10:19 am
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MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry mocked Geraldo Rivera's incendiary comments about slain teenager Trayvon Martin with biting sarcasm on Saturday.
Martin was unarmed when he was shot to death by a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer. His killing and the controversial police handling of the casehave provoked outrage across the country. On Friday, Rivera created a firestorm when he said that Martin was partially responsible for his death because he was wearing a hoodie. "I'll bet you money, if he didn't have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn't have 






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Jersey Jazzman: Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Jersey Jazzman: Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac: Arne Duncan: Indifferent ManiacbyDukeWhat a nutcase:Publishing teachers' ratings in the newspaper in the wayThe New York Timesand other outlets have done recently is not a good use of performance data, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in an interview yesterday."Do you need to publish every single teacher's rating in the paper? I don't think you do," he said. "There's not much of an upside there, and there's a tremendous downside for teachers. We're ... more »

Schumer: DOJ must probe Stand Your Ground laws - CBS News #trayvonmartin@ritacolleen

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Schumer: DOJ must probe Stand Your Ground laws - CBS News: Schumer: DOJ must probe Stand Your Ground lawsByLucy MadisonPLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO(CBS News) Senator Chuck Shumer is calling on the Justice Department to expand its probe of the Trayvon Martin shooting to include an examination of controversial Stand Your Ground laws associated with the case, he told CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday.Schumer, in interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, said he is sending a letter to the ... more »

Daily Kos: The Tragedy of Education Tranformation: Leadership without Expertise

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Daily Kos: The Tragedy of Education Tranformation: Leadership without Expertise: The Tragedy of Education Tranformation: Leadership without ExpertisebyplthomasEdDFollowShareNewPERMALINK1COMMENTSouth Carolina'sSuperintendent of Education Mick Zais makes several claimsinThe State(March 25, 2012) that build on one central argument: "The most important information about teachers isn’t the degrees they have or their years of seniority. Their effectiveness in the classroom matters much, much more."Like Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Zais has no experience teaching children in K-12 pu... more »

For The People - a Social Democracy Conference | Uppity Wisconsin

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
For The People - a Social Democracy Conference | Uppity Wisconsin: For The People - a Social Democracy ConferenceSubmitted bySteve Hansonon Sun, 03/25/2012 - 11:54amDate:Wed, 04/04/2012 -12:00am-4:00pmStudent-Run Social Democracy conference at UW- Stout. Steve Hanson of Uppity Wisconsin will be one of the speakers in the Oral Presentations section.https://www.facebook.com/events/177648715686026/LocationUW Stout Memorial Student Center302 10th Avenue Cedar, Maple, and Birch RoomsMenomonie,WI54751United States44° 52' 24.8592" N,91° 55' 35.9472" WSee map:Google Maps

Jersey Jazzman: How To Convince Me the Merit Pay Fairy Is Real:

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Jersey Jazzman: How To Convince Me the Merit Pay Fairy Is Real:: How To Convince Me the Merit Pay Fairy Is Real:byDukeThis is one of the most despicable things I have read in this whole reformy debate, and it stands as evidence as to why billionaires should not be influencing education policy. FromBill Turqueof theWashington Post, writing about the D.C. schools:One of the more striking line items on the operating side is for private grant funds. They averaged about $21 ... more »

Reflections on Teaching » 3 simple questions for Common Core mathematics standards…

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » 3 simple questions for Common Core mathematics standards…: 3 simple questions for Common Core mathematics standards…byalicemercerInmy last post, I said I would look at three questions about the new common core standards and how they play out for fifth grade in California:How do they compare with the current standards (with no assumption that the current standards are working–they aren’t);Are they too narrow, or too broad;Are they developmentally appropriate, and are some of theexemplars ... more »

Stand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally – Sunday – March 25th in City Heights #trayvonmartin

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Stand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally – Sunday – March 25th in City Heights: Stand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally – Sunday – March 25th in City HeightsbyStaffStand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally SundayMarch 25, 2:00 pmHighland Landis Park, 3795 Fairmount Ave. San Diego 92105(between the library and rec center in City Heights)George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, inside a gated Florida community on Feb. 26, 2012. He has not yet been charged in the shooting. ... more »

Steve Wise Sought to Suppress Test Data for a Campaign Contributor | Scathing Purple Musings

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Steve Wise Sought to Suppress Test Data for a Campaign Contributor | Scathing Purple Musings: Steve Wise Sought to Suppress Test Data for a Campaign ContributorbyBob SikesFrom Leslie Postal in theOrlando Sentinel:Sen. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, is convinced.Since watching some of Lockavitch’s 30-minute demonstrations , Wise, a veteran legislator and chairman of the Senate’seducationcommittee, has used his influence to insert millions of dollars for Lockavitch’s program into the state budget since 2000. The 2012-13 budget the Legislature just approved includes an ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Schools Need Real Research

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
Jersey Jazzman: Schools Need Real Research: Schools Need Real ResearchbyDukeYesterday,I pointed outthat Newark superintendent Cami Anderson's piece in theStar-Ledgerreferred to all sorts of "research" without giving us any citations. I can't say for sure whether that's the fault of Anderson or theS-L; I can say that Anderson is making some very controversial assertions, and she should back them up with actual citations from the literature.A good role model for both her and the S-L is Matt DiCarlo ofshankerblog.org. Matt is ... more »

In schools, a question of cops vs. students - Queens Chronicle: Queenswide

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago
In schools, a question of cops vs. students - Queens Chronicle: Queenswide: In schools, a question of cops vs. studentsCalls for change in school safety after NYPD releases arrest dataStoryCommentsShareSharePrintCreate a hardcopy of this pageFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font sizePHOTO COURTESY DESIS RISING UP AND MOVINGStudents protested outside One Police Plaza in Manhattan last week against what they said are discriminatory police practices in the city’s public schools.Posted:Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:00 pm|Updated: 12:43 pm, Thu Mar 8, 2012.by Anna ... more »

Real Progress Montclair says it's independent, willing to change status quo

Latest News - 16 minutes ago
At its campaign kickoff party Sunday, the Real Progress Montclair (RPM) slate positioned itself as the one ticket — grassroots, with independent new blood — willing to make dramatic changes in the township's operations and finances.

The Best Sites To Learn About James Cameron’s Record-Setting Dive

Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 27 minutes ago
As I write this post, James Cameron is at the ocean’s deepest point. I’m sure I will be adding new resources to this list. Here are my choices for The Best Sites To Learn About James Cameron’s Record-Setting Dive: Deepsea … Continue reading →

Philip Altbach: A New Twist— In-Country Branch Campuses

Philip G. Altbach at Inside Higher Ed - 29 minutes ago
Blog: The World View Not long ago, Northeastern University, a private university in Boston, opened a branch in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will open another one in Seattle, Washington later this year. These branches will offer specialized master’s degrees in applied fields relevant to the local area. Why is Northeastern moving away from its home base? To generate additional revenue, of course. Northeastern is not alone in this latest entrepreneurial trend. Other universities seem to be looking beyond their own campuses for new markets without confronting the complications of wo... more »

Employee gift ban recommendation still has few takers

Schools - chicagotribune.com - 41 minutes ago
Employee gift ban recommendation still has few takers Concerned over a rash of ethics violations by city employees in 2010, Inspector General Joseph Ferguson urged Mayor Richard M. Daley to implement a citywide ban on gifts from businesses who contract with the government. New U. of I. president has cultivated a strong record on campus For Friday, the last day of spring break at the University of Illinois, Robert Easter had put just one task on his calendar: "Work in Garden." - Quotes about U. of I.'s new president Arts programming was a factor leading to improved stan... more »

Three Students Die Making ‘Potato’ Bombs in Colombia

Hispanically Speaking News Global Feed - 45 minutes ago
[image: Three Students Die Making ‘Potato’ Bombs in Colombia] Three Colombian university students, including a woman, died Sunday when the explosives they were handling went off at a house in Bogota, police and city officials said. A fourth student and nine neighbors were wounded by the blast, which occurred at a house in the suburb of Suba, the Metropolitan Police and the city government said. “Apparently, they were handling explosive devices ... and, in addition, drinking liquor,” Metropolitan Police chief Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez said. The victims ranged in age from 19 to 22,... more »

Four injured in collision in Hackensack

Liz Houlton at Latest News - 46 minutes ago
Four people - one of them a child - were were injured Sunday when a van and an SUV collided at Green and Essex streets in Hackensack, a fire official said.

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Education | UTSanDiego.com - 48 minutes ago
- - - 63° F 1. Might it finally be win-or-else time for Chargers? 2. Port execs eat well, fly first class 3. Carrier sailors plunge into the sea during swim call - Poll: Cheney too old for heart transplant? - Goldenvoice buys land around Coachella festival site - Survey: U.S. gas prices could peak soon - Lady A rates only a B - Family questions sentence in child abuse case - CHENEY RECOVERING FROM HEART TRANSPLANT - FOLLOWING MASSACRE, NEW FOCUS ON COMBAT STRESS - PORT EXECS EAT WELL AND FLY FIRST CLASS ..... more »

Chile earthquake: No California tsunami warning issued

L.A. NOW - 1 hour ago
The 7.2 earthquake reported Sunday 20 miles from Talca, Chile, has not prompted any tsunami warnings for California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

I just want her to be happy

Laura Musikanski at MomsRising Blog - 1 hour ago
I remember the moment I became a mother. It was like lightening and thunder inside my body, and then, suddenly and unexpectedly, a delightful soft and smooth swoosh. And there she was. Like every mother, I wanted my child to be happy. That was 24 years ago, and instinctively, I knew that happiness was more [...]

Ryan Budget Looks Headed for Passage in House

David Dayen at Firedoglake - 1 hour ago
The close call in the House Budget Committee for the Ryan budget led many to wonder whether the House leadership would have trouble with the bill on the floor. But The Hill reports that they're making progress toward that goal.

Some East Bay school districts fare poorly in educating minorities

Education - ContraCostaTimes.com - 1 hour ago
Some East Bay school districts fare poorly in educating minorities and low-income students. The Education Report: Next week, a Tribune forum on Oakland high school reform 1. Passenger killed, driver to be arrested for DUI in San Pablo crash 2. Eye on the East Bay: Search continues for missing Walnut Creek tiger 3. Pleasanton neighborhood suffers tire-slashing spree 4. Contra Costa County, eastern cities, sued over safety concerns on... 5. Twenty-eight East Bay Hometown Heroes honored Thursday This post has been generated by Page2RSS

The Final Candidates

Herman Berliner at Inside Higher Ed - 1 hour ago
Blog: Provost Prose We are just completing our search for the founding dean of our School of Engineering and Applied Science. The finalists are all impressive but the search process itself has also been impressive. In doing a search, the process and transparency matter as much as the results. This was made clear in a recent conversation with a friend who is visiting another school for a semester. This school doesn’t have a tradition of shared governance, doesn’t provide for a strong faculty voice even on faculty issues, doesn’t have open searches for key positions, and doesn’t ... more »

Education

http://www.denverpost.com/education - 1 hour ago
EducationWalton Family Foundation awards Denver $8M for school reform 03/25/2012The Walton Family Foundation gave out more money for education reform last year than any other year in its history, and a big chunk of it ended up in Denver. - 03/23/2012 Frederick police look for suspect in convenience store robbery Griego: Drive for better ideas for Interstate 70 Kin and friends of murdered Denver teen urge others to reject violence Juan Nicasio's return from broken neck a key to Rockies' bottoms-up plan Kiszla: Wardrobe all wrong in college basketball Renck: It's time for Colorad... more »

Reader photos: Southern California Moments, Day 85

L.A. NOW - 1 hour ago
Standard view: Christine Ferguson Robles photographed one of the coin-operated binocular devices on March 6 on the rooftop of The Standard hotel in downtown Los Angeles. RELATED: Submit your photos Southern California Moments best of February Southern California Moments 2012...

Rain causes flooding, slick roadways in parts of L.A. County

L.A. NOW - 1 hour ago
Los Angeles weather: Rain that doused much of Los Angeles County on Sunday, causing some flooding, is expected to taper off by the evening.

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