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Nite Cap 8-8-13 #BATsACT #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change


James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."


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Know Your Stuff (And Other Thoughts On Teacher Leadership) [Edutopia] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Know Your Stuff (And Other Thoughts On Teacher Leadership) [Edutopia] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Know Your Stuff (And Other Thoughts On Teacher Leadership) [Edutopia]by JOSE VILSON on AUGUST 8, 2013Bayard RustinI wrote an epic post on Edutopia about transforming teacher leadership, especially for those just starting out. Here’s something you ought to know:1. Know Your StuffMy advice to a
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Move to unionize at Philly charter school blocked, teachers say | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Move to unionize at Philly charter school blocked, teachers say | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Move to unionize at Philly charter school blocked, teachers sayby thenotebook on Aug 08 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailCOMMENTS (1)PRINTby Kevin McCorry for NewsWorksClaims that the company running the O
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John Deasy urges LAUSD staff to 'stay calm' in the face of change - LA Daily News
John Deasy urges LAUSD staff to 'stay calm' in the face of change - LA Daily News: John Deasy urges LAUSD staff to 'stay calm' in the face of changeBy Dakota Smith, Staff WriterPosted:   08/08/2013 01:52:48 PM PDTUpdated:   08/08/2013 02:22:48 PM PDT Los Angeles schools superintendent John Deasy on Thursday sought to reassure teachers and principals in the nation's second largest school district t
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Four insights into the future of games and technology for learning | Digital
Four insights into the future of games and technology for learning | Digital: Four insights into the future of games and technology for learningTwo very disparate sources shared insights this week on the role of video games, and by extension, technology more broadly, in 21st century learning. James Paul Gee, a venerable yet cutting-edge education researcher and social critic, spoke about the topic
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New school performance ratings announced by Texas Education Agency | Education Blog
New school performance ratings announced by Texas Education Agency | Education Blog: New school performance ratings announced by Texas Education AgencyBy Terrence Stutztstutz@dallasnews.com1:04 pm on August 8, 2013 | Permalink220Texas schools received performance marks from the state for the first time since 2011 on Thursday as a new rating system debuted based largely on the two-year-old STAAR te
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Diane in the Evening 8-8-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Arthur Goldstein: Who Failed in New York?Arthur Goldstein, a New York City high school teacher, has a great article in today’s Daily News lambasting the Common Core and the tests based on the Common Core. Goldstein writes that if he gave a test and 70% of his kids failed it, his principal would be outraged at him. He wonders why st
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STAR Results for 2013 - Year 2013
STAR Results for 2013 - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Releases 2013 STAR ResultsStatewide scores slip slightly amid budget cuts, transition to Common CoreSACRAMENTO—Scores on the annual Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) assessments slipped by a fraction of a percentage point this year as schools dealt with ongoing budget reductions and the transition t
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Student Voice
Student Voice: That’s your major? Have Fun Flipping Burgers! Forget that, and study what you love.For the first half of my academic career I was a history major. I chose history because I love it- I’m an avowed and unabashed history buff and I’ve never regretted my scholastic path. I took some incredible classes, had a blast, I can give my wife context and background info when we watch movies or T
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Are education reforms harming poor kids? Study finds testing is pushing out play for young kids | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Are education reforms harming poor kids? Study finds testing is pushing out play for young kids | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Are education reforms harming poor kids? Study finds testing is pushing out play for young kidsDeepa Fernandes | August 8th, 2013, 12:32pmMae Ryan/KPCCA teacher at Jardín de Niños plays with kids at the school in Lincoln Heights, which receives funding from the California Depa
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AFT - A Union of Professionals - AFT, AFT Indiana File Request for All Communications Between Tony Bennett, Jeb Bush’s Foundation, ALEC
AFT - A Union of Professionals - AFT, AFT Indiana File Request for All Communications Between Tony Bennett, Jeb Bush’s Foundation, ALEC: AFT, AFT Indiana File Request for All Communications Between Tony Bennett, Jeb Bush's Foundation, ALECCoincides with Bennett-Backer Jeb Bush's Keynote at ALEC Meeting in ChicagoWASHINGTON— In a call for increased transparency and accountability, the AFT and AFT I
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EduShyster’s Goin’ to the EdReformies… | EduShyster
EduShyster’s Goin’ to the EdReformies… | EduShyster: EduShyster’s Goin’ to the EdReformies…Posted on August 8, 2013When I heard about the education reform event of the year, I knew I had to go. With leading reform luminariesgathering to mark the 20th anniversary of the Center for Education Reform, it’s guaranteed to be a star-studded night of innovation, disruption and excellence that also puts st
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STAR test scores decline for first time in a decade | EdSource Today
STAR test scores decline for first time in a decade | EdSource Today: STAR test scores decline for first time in a decadeAugust 8th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Kathryn BaronShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesStudent scores fell for the first time in more than a decade on the state’s standards tests.The decline in last spring’s STAR test results was sli
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Thomas publishes book about SF genre
Thomas publishes book about SF genre: Thomas publishes book about SF genreBy Tina Underwood Filed in Campus News, Education August 8th, 2013 @ 3:55 pmFurman University education professor Paul Thomas has published another book in the series titled Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres (P.L. Thomas, Ed.).The third book in the series, Science Fiction and Speculative Ficti
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Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics
Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics: Hello? It’s the 2nd week of August…where is the State’s Alliance District Funding?Categories: Alliance Districts Malloy Mass Insight company State Budget Stefan PryorTags: Alliance DistrictsECS FormulaMalloyState BudgetStefan PryorAlthough the amount of m
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Collaboration emphasized in CORE waiver application SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Collaboration emphasized in CORE waiver application By Tom ChorneauThursday, August 08, 2013A key element of the trailblazing district-level waiver approved this week by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan can be traced to a five-year-old partnership between two of California’s largest and most innovative school districts.It was in January, 2008 tha
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Cali Education Headlines Thursday, August 8, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Probe urged of donations solicited by Mayor Kevin Johnson - Sacramento City News - The Sacramento BeeEducation HeadlinesThursday, August 8, 2013Two Lodi Unified School District trustees ask for student input on networking policyTwo Lodi Unified School District trustees acknowledged that the district’s social networking policy needs to be revi
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Missouri school transfer ruling opens old wounds - NorthJersey.com
Missouri school transfer ruling opens old wounds - NorthJersey.com: Missouri school transfer ruling opens old woundsTHURSDAY AUGUST 8, 2013, 11:51 AMALAN SCHER ZAGIER AND HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHASSOCIATED PRESSPAGES: 1 2 3 > DISPLAY ON ONE PAGE | PRINT | E-MAILAPST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Beth Gratta has heard the whispers, read the venomous online comments and watched with dismay as some of her friend
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8-8-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: SPS School-Family Partnerships Advisory CommiteeFrom SPS Communications:Seattle Public Schools is seeking nominations for its School-Family Partnerships Advisory Committee to the Superintendent. The committee will be composed of parents/families/guardians who reflect the diversity of Seattle Public Schools families. The committee advises the Superintendent on the i
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Flipping Connectedness to Circumvent Resistance | My Island View
Flipping Connectedness to Circumvent Resistance | My Island View: Flipping Connectedness to Circumvent ResistanceAugust 8, 2013 by tomwhitby I have spent a great deal of time communicating the need for educators to connect, communicate and collaborate in order to improve our education system and learning in our computer-driven culture. Many educators have boarded that train, but many, many more ar
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Achieve Says Mission-Based Common Core Tests Deliver the Goods | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News
Achieve Says Mission-Based Common Core Tests Deliver the Goods | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News: Achieve Says Mission-Based Common Core Tests Deliver the GoodsBy Susan Ohanian on August 8, 2013 3:20 pm / no comments by Susan OhanianThe press release emanating from the office of Achieve Inc CEO Michael Cohen raises certain questions. First, note that Co
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The White Coat Ceremony and Elevating Teaching: A Noble Profession of a Higher Calling | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
The White Coat Ceremony and Elevating Teaching: A Noble Profession of a Higher Calling | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: The White Coat Ceremony and Elevating Teaching: A Noble Profession of a Higher CallingPosted on August 7, 2013by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesDear William and Melinda,Sunday I attended my son’s “White Coat Ceremony” at Tulane University Medical School. For those of you who were a
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Punishing kids for adult failures  - NY Daily News
Punishing kids for adult failures  - NY Daily News: Punishing kids for adult failures The massive score drop on tough new New York tests gives us an opportunity -- and obligation -- to change courseComments (5)BY DIANE RAVITCH / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSTHURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013, 4:30 AM312370PrintANTHONY DELMUNDO/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWSState Education Commissioner John King, City Schools Chancellor Denn
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Morning Wink 8-8-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYWinning the Common Core - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week TeacherWinning the Common Core - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Winning the Common CoreBy Nancy Flanagan on August 8, 2013 8:55 AMPerhaps because Americans as a nation have a gift for organizing, we tend to meet any new situation by reorganization, and a wonderfu
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Winning the Common Core - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Winning the Common Core - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Winning the Common CoreBy Nancy Flanagan on August 8, 2013 8:55 AMPerhaps because Americans as a nation have a gift for organizing, we tend to meet any new situation by reorganization, and a wonderful method it is for creating the illusion of progress at the mere cost of confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.Charles
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NEA Today 8-8-13
NEA Today: TOP STORIESWhat I’ve Learned: Keeping History Class CreativeBy Cindy Long Educators may spend their careers preparing lessons, but often the most memorable are those they learn themselves.  With that in mind, NEA Today asked school staff –  everyone from classroom teachers and bus drivers to guidance counselors and school nurses – to share the everyday lessons they’ve picked up along th
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Common Core Standards not so common
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Common Core Standards not so common: Common Core Standards not so commonCCCS were supposed to prepare students for a global economy by equipping them with critical thinking skills. They were touted as a way to even the playing field so that class, race and gender wouldn't determine what and who were being taught (See Jean Anyon on Social Class and School Knowledge).B
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Jersey Jazzman: New York Test Scores: Reformies Go All In
Jersey Jazzman: New York Test Scores: Reformies Go All In: New York Test Scores: Reformies Go All InThe "reform" movement is going all in with yesterday's test score releases in New York State:Large numbers of New York students failed reading and math exams last school year, education officials reported on Wednesday, unsettling parents, principals and teachers, and posing new challenges to a natio
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Building fighting teachers unions | SocialistWorker.org
Building fighting teachers unions | SocialistWorker.org: Building fighting teachers unionsAs rank-and-file teachers around the U.S. seek to revitalize their unions, Lee Sustar looks at the high stakes in the struggles ahead.August 8, 2013Chicago teachers, parents and students protest drastic cuts to the school budget (Sarah-ji)THE SCHOOL year is set to begin with teachers looking to the example of
by mike simpson / 9h 
Probe urged of donations solicited by Mayor Kevin Johnson - Sacramento City News - The Sacramento Bee
Probe urged of donations solicited by Mayor Kevin Johnson - Sacramento City News - The Sacramento Bee: Probe urged of donations solicited by Mayor Kevin JohnsonBy Ryan Lillisrlillis@sacbee.comPublished: Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 3BA Sacramento man plans to file complaints today with the local U.S. attorney's office and the state's political watchdog, urging those offices to investig
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Paul E. Peterson: The Obama Setback for Minority Education - WSJ.com
Paul E. Peterson: The Obama Setback for Minority Education - WSJ.com: Paul E. Peterson: The Obama Setback for Minority EducationSteady gains for black and Hispanic students under No Child Left Behind have come to a virtual standstill.By  PAUL E. PETERSONShould federally mandated school accountability and testing requirements be abandoned? With Congress actively considering a major revision of No C
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Bill Gates on His Foundation's Health and Education Campaigns - Businessweek
Bill Gates on His Foundation's Health and Education Campaigns - Businessweek: Bill Gates on His Foundation's Health and Education CampaignsBy Brad StoneAugust 08, 2013FacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle PlusEmailPhotograph by Mark Peckmezian for Bloomberg BusinessweekGates outside his office at the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationYou recently tweeted that very rare clip of FDR being pushed in his wheelch
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NAEP And Public Investment In Knowledge
Shanker Blog » NAEP And Public Investment In Knowledge: NAEP And Public Investment In KnowledgePosted by Matthew Di Carlo on August 8, 2013As reported over at Education Week, the so-called “sequester” has claimed yet another victim: The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. As most people who follow education know, this highly respected test, which is often called the “nation’s rep
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Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Who’s Lying to Whom? Duncan, Bloomberg, and the Rotted Common CoreYesterday Mike Bloomberg called the new test score basement that all NY schools have rushed into “very good news,” and he blamed the media for noticing that it was happening.  With State and City schools–at least the ones with poor kids–once more crushed under the boot (Rochester had 5% of kids passi
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-8-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: In Plain English: Why “Reform” is the Problem, Not the SolutionAlan Brown, a professor in North Carolina, wrote this open letter to State Senator Berger, who has sponsored a series of destructive bills that were passed into law. It was published here. It is clear, informed, and coherent. The tone is friendly and non-confrontational
by mike simpson / 10h 
New Data Links Preschool Attendance to Kindergarten Reading and Math Skills |
New Data Links Preschool Attendance to Kindergarten Reading and Math Skills |: New Data Links Preschool Attendance to Kindergarten Reading and Math SkillsAugust 8, 2013 by Alyssa HaywoodePhoto: Micaela Bedell for Strategies for ChildrenEarlier this month, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics released “America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013.”Drawing
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8-8-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Startling Statistics From The Common Core TestsFrom the NY Times:On the English exam, 3 percent of nonnative speakers were deemed proficient, and 6 percent of students with disabilities passed. Essentially, if you are an ESL student or a student with an IEP, you will not pass the Common Core exams.Can't wait until they change the high school Regents exams.As things stand now
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Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The in box. Arthur Goldstein on the Common Core.  Arthur Goldstein teaches English as a Second Language at Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, Queens. My friend NY teacher Arthur Goldstein sent me this article in today’s Daily News.   I’m trying to imagine what my principal would tell me if I
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Teachers For Social Justice: ALEC Protest, City Council Education Committee Meeting and Bud Billiken Parade
Teachers For Social Justice: ALEC Protest, City Council Education Committee Meeting and Bud Billiken Parade: ALEC Protest, City Council Education Committee Meeting and Bud Billiken ParadeAUGUST 7, 2013 LEAVE A COMMENTJoin CTU & GEM Members This Week Thursday, August 8 at 12 pm     Students, Teachers, Clergy, Workers opened a weekof ALEC protests - Photo @phillipcantor17 E Monroe (at Wabash &am
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Indiana Finds “Manipulations” of School Grades Occurred Under Bennett’s Watch | Scathing Purple Musings
Indiana Finds “Manipulations” of School Grades Occurred Under Bennett’s Watch | Scathing Purple Musings: Indiana Finds “Manipulations” of School Grades Occurred Under Bennett’s WatchPosted on August 8, 2013by Bob Sikes      Rate ThisThe reporter who broke the Tony Bennett grade change story is continuing to follow up. As per numerous requests, current Indians superintendent Glenda Ritz announced y
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NYC Educator: Here in Bizarro World Massive Failure Is Good News
NYC Educator: Here in Bizarro World Massive Failure Is Good News: Here in Bizarro World Massive Failure Is Good NewsI just read at Diane Ravitch's blog that Mayor Bloomberg has joined fellow know-nothings Joel Klein and Arne Duncan in hailing the massive failure on Common Core exams as a good sign. I'm rarely at a loss for words, but I don't know precisely what to say to this.How on earth is a two
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Gates pours millions in new grants to change teaching profession
Gates pours millions in new grants to change teaching profession: Gates pours millions in new grants to change teaching professionBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 8 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer2CommentsMore(Andrew Harrer/BLOOMBERG)The Gates Foundation is spending millions of dollars in new grants that will further its already vast and controversial influence on public education. After spending
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8-8-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Parents and Educators Reject Official Explanations for Dismal State Test ScoresCall for full transparency in state testing program and an end to the use of standardized tests for promotion, teacher evaluation and closing schools... Change the StakesHere is a follow-up to my earlier post:T-Day: For Deformers, Mission Accomplished. By now the scores have come out and they are a disa
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YESTERDAY

Fourth Anniversary of My Blog | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Fourth Anniversary of My Blog | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Fourth Anniversary of My BlogDear Readers,This post marks my fourth anniversary as a blogger. I want to thank those readers who regularly read my twice-weekly posts, those who have dipped into them occasionally, those who have subscribed to the post, and finally those—nearly 5,000–who have taken the time to write
by mike simpson / 20h 
K-12 News Network | Local Control Funding Formula — A View From SoCal
K-12 News Network | Local Control Funding Formula — A View From SoCal: Local Control Funding Formula — A View From SoCaladmin August 7, 2013 Budgets, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, State Education Law 0By Deb McCurdy, special to K12NN and reposted with permission.Students throughout California are finally getting some relief.  A few weeks ago, the state legislature reached
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Indiana - Grade Manipulation Found - NYTimes.com #Cheats4Change
Indiana - Grade Manipulation Found - NYTimes.com: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: August 7, 2013Say it ain't so!or NOT!Cheats For Change http://bit.ly/13ti3BK The state schools superintendent, Glenda Ritz, on Wednesday acknowledged manipulation in the way Indiana’s schools are graded, the latest fallout from a report by The Associated Press that found her predecessor worked behind the scenes to
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Centennial board members joins new national advocacy group - phillyburbs.com: 00redesign
Centennial board members joins new national advocacy group - phillyburbs.com: 00redesign: Centennial board members joins new national advocacy groupStoryCommentsPrintCreate a hardcopy of this pageFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font sizeEmail to a friendPhoto provided by Network for Public EducationMark B. Miller, Centennial school board member.Buy this photoPosted: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 1:0
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Senator, state education board member consider debate on CSCOPE | Education Blog
Senator, state education board member consider debate on CSCOPE | Education Blog: Senator, state education board member consider debate on CSCOPEBy Terrence Stutztstutz@dallasnews.com5:22 pm on August 7, 2013 | PermalinkThe chairman of the Senate Education Committee has accepted an offer from  the vice chairman of the State Board of Education to debate a controversial series of lesson plans in Tex
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Nite Cap 8-7-13 #BATsACT #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPTODAY“What Kind of Fool Am I?” Tony Bennett | Taking Note #cheats4change“What Kind of Fool Am I?” Tony Bennett | Taking Note: “What Kind of Fool Am I?” Tony Bennettby JOHN MERROW on 07. AUG, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSHum a Few Bars and I'll Fake it!http://cheats4c
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