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Dial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours! — Whole Child Education

Dial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours! — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGDial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours!September 16, 2013 by Mary FowlerYou might have heard the old joke about the guy who goes up to a doctor at a party. "Doc," he says as he pokes his stomach, "Whenever I touch this spot it hurts. What should I do?""Stop touching it,

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The Richest People in America List - Forbes

The Richest People in America List - Forbes: RankNameNet WorthAgeResidenceSource1Bill Gates$72 B57Medina, WashingtonMicrosoft2Warren Buffett$58.5 B83Omaha, NebraskaBerkshire Hathaway3Larry Ellison$41 B69Woodside, CaliforniaOracle4Charles Koch$36 B77Wichita, Kansasdiversified4David Koch$36 B73New York, New Yorkdiversified6Christy Walton & family$35.4 B58Jackson, WyomingWal-Mart7Jim Walton$33.8

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Back-to-School Bus Tour ED.gov Blog

ED.gov Blog: Sunrise to Sunset, Bus Tour Stops in ArizonaThere is no lack of sunshine in Arizona, and Secretary Arne Duncan, joined by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx discovered this first hand early Wednesday morning at the Tucson Unified School District Bus Depot. The early-morning visit kicked off day three of Secretary Duncan’s Strong Start, Bright Future, back-to-school bus tour

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-16-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: United Opt Out Will Sponsor Book Club Discussion of “Reign of Error”Three years ago, when my last book was published, I heard from a professor in Pennsylvania named Tim Slekar who asked if I would join the opt-out movement. I told him no. I thought it was too extreme. I don’t think so anymore. Testing has become extreme. It is now

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9-16-13 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. The pension committee Gang of Ten is offering a plan with slim chance of passing.  Republican, pension bomber and ALEC member, Representative Darlene Senger.  Rich Miller in the Southtown: Several members of the Illinois General Assembly’s special pension reform committee told me last week

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESLake Mary, FL resident Santiago Rodriguez"Zimmerman is a Sandy Hook, Aurora waiting to happen." -- Email to chief of policeUNO's departing Board Chair Martin CabreraCabrera told the Sun-Times that he quit “because of a difference of philosophy and mission.” He declined to elaborate. -- Sun-Times John Wilson Secretary Dunc

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9-16-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Newest Lesson At The NY Times Is On Teaching “Grit”My newest lesson at The New York Times for English Language Learners is on “grit” & includes a student interactive & teaching ideas. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of “Grit.” You can see all my NY Times posts here.2 by Larry

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Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of Error | InterACT

Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of Error | InterACT: Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of ErrorSEPTEMBER 16, 2013tags: book review, diane ravitch, Reign of Errorby David B. CohenDiane Ravitch (Jan. 2012; photo by the author)Just in time for its official release tomorrow, I’ve finished reading an advance copy of Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error:  The Hoax of the Privatizatio

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Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My Review | deutsch29

Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My Review | deutsch29: Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My ReviewSeptember 16, 2013In considering my review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s latest book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, I decided to write with traditional public school teachers in mind as my audience.For one, I am a genuine public school te

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The Crawfish Bump! | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

The Crawfish Bump! | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: The Crawfish Bump!Posted on September 15, 20130 Congratulations Crawfish patriots!In the last 48 hours after making this post we helped Shannon Puckett increase her funding for herKickstarter Documentary Defies Measurement by more than 23% and contributors by almost 40%!Since this is my first endorsement, and since I can plausibly say I had something to

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9-16-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Fred Dicker Says Cuomo And De Blasio Won't Get AlongFrom Fred Dicker's radio mic to God's ears:Gov. Cuomo and all-but-certain Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio are on a collision course certain to explode next year — over taxes, class warfare, charter schools, and Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital — if de Blasio is elected mayor, insiders agree.What’s more, t

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9-15-13 Truth in American Education

Truth in American Education: Common Core Forum in Sioux Falls, SDThere will be a Common Core forum in Sioux Falls, SD on Tuesday, September 17.  A Common Core discussion will be held during the Siouxland Republican Monthly Business Meeting from 7:00p – 8:30p.   It will be held at the Good Samaritan Society, Jerstad Retreat Center (4800 W 57th St. Sioux Falls).Panelists include:In favor of the Comm

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New Teach For America study: What it really proves

New Teach For America study: What it really proves: New Teach For America study: What it really provesBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 16 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreA new study on Teach For America by Mathematica has been released, and it is been hailed as some kind of proof that TFAers are more effective than other teachers. But does it really prove that? Here’s a piece on it

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solidaridad: SM@TCF: Los Angeles parent-activist sounds off on CCSS

solidaridad: SM@TCF: Los Angeles parent-activist sounds off on CCSS: SM@TCF: Los Angeles parent-activist sounds off on CCSSFirst published on LA Schools Matter on September 14, 2013"We had 23 different language groups at my son's school. How can one common core be relevant to all of these very different people?" —Teresa Sitz, LAUSD Parent-ActivistI foundedCommunities & Families Resis

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Common Core opponents shift attention to new national science standards SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Common Core opponents shift attention to new national science standardsBy Carrie MarovichMonday, September 16, 2013As the push for common academic standards in schools gains steam around the nation, a new front in the opposition is forming – this time against the Next Generation Science Standards.Developed by educators and scientists from 26 states,

by mike simpson / 11h 

Endangering Intelligent Conversation: Comments on the Latest Hanushekian Crisis Manifesto | School Finance 101

Endangering Intelligent Conversation: Comments on the Latest Hanushekian Crisis Manifesto | School Finance 101: Endangering Intelligent Conversation: Comments on the Latest Hanushekian Crisis ManifestoPosted on September 16, 20130       Rate ThisI had the displeasure of coming across this completely ridiculous and deceitful video the other day:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8aeEr2qk9sWhich was cr

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NYC Public School Parents: The MOST nonsensical co-locations of all

NYC Public School Parents: The MOST nonsensical co-locations of all: The MOST nonsensical co-locations of allJoel Klein and others at DOE repeatedly accused parents of only protesting  charter co-locations, and not the numerous others that DOE has pushed forward  in recent years, that of new public schools inserted into the buildings of existing public schools. Certainly among the 40 or so co-loca

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Mother Crusader: People Who Care About Education Think Christie Is Oh-So-Very-Wrong

Mother Crusader: People Who Care About Education Think Christie Is Oh-So-Very-Wrong: People Who Care About Education Think Christie Is Oh-So-Very-WrongJust a quick post to point out something I thought was pretty important.Those of us who follow education policy in this state didn't need a poll to know that Christie's education policies have hamstrung our public schools.But the numbers in this rec

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UOO Book Club: Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch | United Opt Out National

UOO Book Club: Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch | United Opt Out National: UOO BOOK CLUB: REIGN OF ERROR BY DIANE RAVITCHJoin us for our book club which will commence on September 17th. We will be digging into Diane Ravitch’s new book,Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools.Diane supports opt out/refusing the test.On September 9th on her blo

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Short Notes: Nas Is Like, 40 Years Old Now - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson

Short Notes: Nas Is Like, 40 Years Old Now - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Short Notes: Nas Is Like, 40 Years Old Nowby JOSE VILSON on SEPTEMBER 15, 2013in SHORT NOTESNasA few notes:Check out my revamped Tumblr, where I share clips of everything I like from around the web. [MathematiquesNoir]These pretty math posters are going up in my classroom sooner than later. [Explore]Comedian Russell Br

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Peg with Pen: The Reign of Error: My New Activist Handbook

Peg with Pen: The Reign of Error: My New Activist Handbook: The Reign of Error: My New Activist HandbookI am currently reading Diane Ravitch's new book, The Reign of Error. Simply put, it is excellent.Diane has covered all aspects of the privatization of public schools – she clearly articulates how the corporate reformers’ ideas don’t work - while offering research-based solutions which indeed DO

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How the Anti-War Movement Won the Hearts and Minds of the Public by Bernardine Dohrn | Bill Ayers

How the Anti-War Movement Won the Hearts and Minds of the Public by Bernardine Dohrn | Bill Ayers: How the Anti-War Movement Won the Hearts and Minds of the Public by Bernardine Dohrn  A decade of protests paved the way for Americans to say ‘no’ to Syrian strikes.This moment of popular resistance to the military option as the only option shows that what we do does make a difference. Not immediate

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LAUSD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS TO GO - Perdaily.com

LAUSD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS TO GO - Perdaily.com: LAUSD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS TO GO(Mensaje se repite en Español) The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as presently constituted has to go. After generations of squandering the potential and destroying the lives of its predominant poor and minority student populations, those opposed to it have to finally understand that even h

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Nite Cap 9-15-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #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 CAPTODAYsolidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standardssolidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standards: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core StandardsDr. Megan Koschnick discusses the inappropriateness of the C

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Truth, Anger and the National Conversation about Ed Reform - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Truth, Anger and the National Conversation about Ed Reform - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Truth, Anger and the National Conversation about Ed ReformBy Nancy Flanagan on September 15, 2013 5:30 PMThe basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.(Philip K. Dic

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solidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standards

solidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standards: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core StandardsDr. Megan Koschnick discusses the inappropriateness of the Common Core Standards for K-3 at the Common Core Conference held at Notre Dame on September 9, 2013. H/T @slekar

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Standardized Testing in Our Public Schools: A Discussion | Seattle Education

Standardized Testing in Our Public Schools: A Discussion | Seattle Education: Standardized Testing in Our Public Schools: A DiscussionTo Test or Not to Test:Standardized Testing in Our Public SchoolsTuesday evening, September 17 at 7:30 PMTown Hall in Seattle, the Great Hall7:30 p.m.In the wake of last spring’s successful boycott of the Measures of Academic Progress test (MAP), by Seattle public s

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"Reign of Error" Reviewed: Ravitch Rises - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

"Reign of Error" Reviewed: Ravitch Rises - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: "Reign of Error" Reviewed: Ravitch RisesBy Anthony Cody on September 15, 2013 6:18 PMDiane Ravitch has emerged as an iconic figure on America's political landscape. WhatDaniel Ellsberg was to the Vietnam War, Ravitch has become to the battle raging over public education - a truth-teller with

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Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggle

Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggle: Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggleBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 15 at 6:33 pmE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreHere’s a brief description of the Sept. 15, 1963, bombing by the Ku Klux Klan of a church in Birmingham, Ala., that left four girls dead. It was written by award-winning historian Taylor B

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Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee – for very good reason. | Reclaim Reform

Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee – for very good reason. | Reclaim Reform: Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee – for very good reason.Posted on September 15, 2013by Ken PrevitiMany people now realize the extent of damage done to students and all of public education by Michelle Rhee. Where can a clear, data filled picture

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“When you assume, you make a CCSS of you and me” | The Classroom Sooth

“When you assume, you make a CCSS of you and me” | The Classroom Sooth: “When you assume, you make a CCSS of you and me”Posted on September 15, 2013 | Leave a commentThe Common Core is laden with serious problems, and it makes me want to vomit, but not until after I school some folks, out of the loop.  I won’t even bring up the fact that it’s (as TeacherX) likes to point out) a $14 billion “Trojan

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9-15-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: The Connecticut Post’s Tale of two citiesWhile one Connecticut Post article yesterday featured Bridgeport’s faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas saying “I am going to keep this job till someone says I can’t,” Hugh Bailey, an editorial writer at the paper was observing in another piece that, “At school reform’s center, a resounding ‘no’.” As Hugh Bailey so clearly noted in […]The

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9-15-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos: Reign of Error: the important new book by Diane RavitchThe testing, accountability, and choice strategies offer the illusion of change while changing nothing.  They mask the inequity and injustice that are now so apparent in our social order.  They do nothing to alter the status quo.  They preserve the status quo.  They are the status quo. Those words appear on p. 225 of R

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Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Hairstyling a Common Core Career Ready 5th Grade Standard? Flat Irons Needed?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Hairstyling a Common Core Career Ready 5th Grade Standard? Flat Irons Needed?: Is Hairstyling a Common Core Career Ready 5th Grade Standard? Flat Irons Needed?Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookWhat 5th graders are learning in a Missouri classroom.The following information is from a Missouri mom.  Is this an example of "College and CAREER ready

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Coop Goes to High School Part 2 – First Year | Lefty Parent

Coop Goes to High School Part 2 – First Year | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 2 – First YearSeptember 15th, 2013 at 12:51Continuing from part one, this is part two in my attempt to recollect and record in writing my high school years which were so significant to me developmentally, not so much because of what I did in class, but what I did in my life beyond the schoolroom.Pioneer high

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Plaintiff in iconic school speech case starts tour - SFGate

Plaintiff in iconic school speech case starts tour - SFGate: Plaintiff in iconic school speech case starts tourBy JESSICA GRESKO, Associated PressUpdated 10:29 am, Sunday, September 15, 20131 of 3VIEW: LARGER | HIDEIn this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, Mary Beth Tinker, 61, shows one of her collection of arm bands during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington. Tinker was 13 yea

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9-15-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Compare and Contrast Reactions to Teacher Evaluation: In Mexico 10,000 Teachers Protest, In NYC Union Leaders Defend the Undermining of the ProfessionThe education issues in Mexico and in this country and in other parts of the world are the same. That should tell you something. That the union misleaders who are wearing buttons that say Dec. 31, 2013 to mark the end of the Bloomber

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Diane in the Evening 9-15-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Sam Chaltain on “Reign of Error”Sam Chaltain is one of our most thoughtful bloggers. This is his review of Reign of Error, which appears in his regular column in Education Week. I appreciated his connection of this book to the work of the muckrakers. It is a comparison that I made in my own mind, but kept to myself because I was lo

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Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com

Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com: "Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool"Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational ToolIf you were to walk into my sister’s house in Los Angeles, you’d hear a bit of yelling from time to time. “Luca! Get off Minecraft! Luca, are you on Minecraft again? Luca! Enough with the Mine

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Federal database to include your children? | toteachornototeach

Federal database to include your children? | toteachornototeach: Federal database to include your children?by Bob UnruhRegulations creating repository for ‘everypublic school student’s personal information’The federal government is laying the foundation for a national database that could include all of the personal details of every student in every public school in every state, warns a report by t

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4 Lessons as a Sophomore Principal | Connected Principals

4 Lessons as a Sophomore Principal | Connected Principals: 4 Lessons as a Sophomore PrincipalSeptember 15, 2013By Ron ShermanThis week, I’ve been asked to share a few thoughts with our newest principal hires, now that I’m a “wily veteran” (having started my third year as a principal).  Our Director of Student Learning has asked a few of us “vets” to speak about our most important learning, which w

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Duncan’s Dilemma | My Island View

Duncan’s Dilemma | My Island View: Duncan’s DilemmaSeptember 15, 2013 by tomwhitbyOne of my reasons for becoming active on Social Media was to engage people of influence in the discussion of education. I soon found out that there were several circles of influence that were driving the discussion, but educators had very little influence in any of those circles and Social Media had even less influen

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What happened to ‘scientifically based’ research in ed policy?

What happened to ‘scientifically based’ research in ed policy?: What happened to ‘scientifically based’ research in ed policy?By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 15 at 12:45 pmE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreScientifically based research. It’s one of those phrases thrown around a lot in the education reform debate, but what it actually means is anybody’s guess. Here’s a piece on the subject by

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Apples, Smaller Classrooms, Room to Teach — Not Ted Nugent-style* Attacks on Teachers | Dissident Voice

Apples, Smaller Classrooms, Room to Teach — Not Ted Nugent-style* Attacks on Teachers | Dissident Voice: Apples, Smaller Classrooms, Room to Teach — Not Ted Nugent-style* Attacks on Teachersby Paul Haeder / September 15th, 2013This is the debate, now, isn’t, in a microcosm – many, many schools across this great Consumer-Condemned Land of Amerika are struggling BIG Time to make ends meet. Mostly th

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Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam

Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam LyricsSongwriters: SIMONE, NINA(1963) Nina Simone The name of this tune is Mississippi GoddamAnd I mean every word of itAlabama's gotten me so upsetTennessee made me lose my restAnd everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamAlabama's gotten me so upsetTennessee made me lose my restAnd everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamCan't you see itCan't you feel itIt's all in

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The Birmingham Church Bombing — What We Remember, What We Forget |

The Birmingham Church Bombing — What We Remember, What We Forget |: The Birmingham Church Bombing — What We Remember, What We ForgetSeptember 15, 2013 in StudentsIn the early morning hours of September 15, 1963, fifty years ago today, four white supremacists planted a box of dynamite under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. When the bomb exploded at 10:22 am, it ki

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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.: Rainy Sunday reads.  Mourners outside funeral services for Carol Robertson, one of four girls (also killed were Cynthia Wesley, Denise McNair and Addie Mae Collins) who died in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Fifty years ago this week. I guess the NY Post doesn’t like Diane Ravitch. They

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School as Leadership Darkroom: Developing Leaders #Savmp | Connected Principals

School as Leadership Darkroom: Developing Leaders #Savmp | Connected Principals: School as Leadership Darkroom: Developing Leaders #SavmpSeptember 15, 2013By Larry FliegelmanSo, for the SAVMP program, the weekly blogging topic (#5, but only my second), that George has assigned is as follows:“For this week’s topic, I want you to think about how you develop leadership in your buildings/work. How do

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Eulogy for the Martyred Children

Eulogy for the Martyred Children: Eulogy for the Martyred ChildrenTable of Contents18 September 1963Birmingham, Ala.[Delivered at funeral service for three of the children—Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, and Cynthia Diane Wesley—killed in the bombing. A separate service was held for the fourth victim, Carole Robertson.]This afternoon we gather in the quiet of this sanctuary to pay our last

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Investigators of Alabama church bombing reflect on the big break that helped them solve the case - NY Daily News

Investigators of Alabama church bombing reflect on the big break that helped them solve the case - NY Daily News: Investigators of Alabama church bombing reflect on the big break that helped them solve the caseOn the 50th anniversary of the horrific bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls and helped lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act, two retired investig

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Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat City - Forbes

Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat City - Forbes: Comment Now Follow CommentsOn Thursday, July 25, dozens of bankers, hedge fund types and private equity investors gathered in New York to hear about the latest and greatest opportunities to collect a cut of your property taxes. Of course, the promotional material for the Capital Roundtable’s conference on “private equity investing in fo

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Morning Wink 9-15-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAY9-15-13 Perdido Street SchoolPerdido Street School: NYPD Shoot Innocent Bystanders In Times Square When Suspect Points Metrocard At ThemShocking story on the front pages today: Two NYPD cops opened fire at a deranged man a block from Times Square — as he pretended to point a gun at them — but instead struck a pair of innocent bystanders Saturday night

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