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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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Pro-66 campaign surpasses $10 million in contributions | EdNewsColorado
Pro-66 campaign surpasses $10 million in contributions | EdNewsColorado: Pro-66 campaign surpasses $10 million in contributionsWritten by Todd Engdahl on Oct 28th, 2013. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.orgBill and Melinda Gates, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a charity founded by Steve Jobs’ widow are among major new donors to Colorado Commits to Kids, the campaign committee that’s pushing to p
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Billionaires’ Row and Welfare Lines - NYTimes.com
Billionaires’ Row and Welfare Lines - NYTimes.com: Billionaires’ Row and Welfare LinesBy CHARLES M. BLOWOctober 25, 2013The stock market is hitting record highs.Bank profits have reached their highest levels in years.The market for luxury goods is rebounding.Bloomberg News reported in August, “Sales of homes priced at more than $1 million jumped an average 37 percent in 2013’s first half from a ye
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Capitol Alert: Steinberg: Making high school relevant is 'top focus'
Capitol Alert: Steinberg: Making high school relevant is 'top focus': Steinberg: Making high school relevant is 'top focus'California high schools could see an infusion of new programs that link academics with career exposure to provide students a richer learning experience. That's the goal of a competitive $250 million grant process Senate leader Darrell Steinberg is promoting to schools and busi
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Shadowy Koch Brothers network fined for money laundering to silence union voices - California Teachers Association
Shadowy Koch Brothers network fined for money laundering to silence union voices - California Teachers Association: SHADOWY KOCH BROTHERS NETWORK FINED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING TO SILENCE UNION VOICESWhat goes around comes around. Last week the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) held a much anticipated press conference to share the news that the secret $11 million donation to the NO
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10-28-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: More Falling Ed Reform Dominoes (This Time in LA) - What Could it Mean for Seattle?Los Angeles Superintendent John Deasy told his district's top leadership that he would be leaving in a few months.  He came from the Gates Foundation and is yet another Broad superintendent to get exited or who left a job.  He has been on the job since 2011. Into this issue wades Rob
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K-12 News Network | Open Letter to the LAUSD on Superintendent Deasy’s Performance
K-12 News Network | Open Letter to the LAUSD on Superintendent Deasy’s Performance: Open Letter to the LAUSD on Superintendent Deasy’s Performanceadmin October 28, 2013 Educators, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts 0Roberta Eidman, MPH, is a public health expert and past adult education lecturer in LAUSD.If you too would like to share you concerns with the Los Angeles Unified School Boar
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10-28-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Ravitch on MSNBCI haven't seen this yet but am reposting from the Ravitch blog for the Ed Notes archives. The discussion about charter schools has been changing - just see this: Top 16 NYC charter school executives earn more than Chancellor Dennis Walcott - Daily Newshttp://m.nydailynews.com/1.1497717The interview and panel discussion were broken into three segments which do not f
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House Republican Research Committee, Ideas for Tomorrow, Choices for Today (1985) | Federal Education Policy History
House Republican Research Committee, Ideas for Tomorrow, Choices for Today (1985) | Federal Education Policy History: House Republican Research Committee, Ideas for Tomorrow, Choices for Today (1985)The full title of this document is Ideas for Tomorrow, Choices for Today: Policy of the Committee on the First One Hundred Days.This document is posted here on the Federal Education Policy History webs
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How can we desegregate re-segregated public schools? (again) | Cloaking Inequity
How can we desegregate re-segregated public schools? (again) | Cloaking Inequity: How can we desegregate re-segregated public schools? (again)Richards, M., Stroub, K., Vasquez Heilig, J. & Volonnino, M. (2012). Achieving diversity in the Parents Involved era: Evidence for geographic integration plans in metropolitan school districts. Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy, 14(1)
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Banks screwing students the way they screwed homeowners |Teamster Nation
Banks screwing students the way they screwed homeowners |Teamster Nation: Banks screwing students the way they screwed homeownersOnce again, family finances are in danger from big banks.  Thousands of students with loans are complaining their student loan companies are breaking laws in the same way mortgage servicers did during the foreclosure crisis. That's according to a newly released Consumer
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Peg with Pen: A Quick Guide to Resisting from Within for Educators
Peg with Pen: A Quick Guide to Resisting from Within for Educators: A Quick Guide to Resisting from Within for EducatorsI get asked a lot about what it’s like to teach in the public schools while knowing the truths about corporate education reform. Obviously, the two worlds collide. And I have spent many a night trying to figure out how to describe it – and how to write about it - so that you migh
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NYC Public School Parents: Press conference tomorrow & District Superintendents rebel against inBloom & state's data sharing!
NYC Public School Parents: Press conference tomorrow & District Superintendents rebel against inBloom & state's data sharing!: Press conference tomorrow & District Superintendents rebel against inBloom & state's data sharing!Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday morning, Oct. 29 at 9:15 AM outside of 250 Broadway near City Hall (map here), where we will be holding a press conference abo
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K-12 News Network | Speak Up and Be Heard! Attend the LAUSD School Board Meeting and Reassert the Will of the Voters
K-12 News Network | Speak Up and Be Heard! Attend the LAUSD School Board Meeting and Reassert the Will of the Voters: Speak Up and Be Heard! Attend the LAUSD School Board Meeting and Reassert the Will of the Votersadmin October 28, 2013 Educators, Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, School Districts 0Guest op-ed by Ellen Lubic, educator and longtime Los Angeles resident. She is founder of Joining
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Union-District Teams Agree Collaboration is Key to Student Success | NEA Today
Union-District Teams Agree Collaboration is Key to Student Success | NEA Today: Union-District Teams Agree Collaboration is Key to Student SuccessOctober 28, 2013 by egraham  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Edward GrahamCollaboration between teachers and school administrators, as well as the surrounding community, is essential in insuring the best education possible for stu
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A Parent's and A Teacher's Greatest Wish Parent-Teacher Partnerships: A Theoretical Approach for Teachers
ECAP. Parent-Teacher Partnerships: A Theoretical Approach for Teachers:  The Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative is home to a number of projects that focus on educating and raising young children. ECAP hosts research, technical assistance, and service projects.ECAP ProjectsPopular Topics  Publications  ERIC/EECE Archive  Web Partners  ContactView as PDFAbstract Noting the importance
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What color is a great school?
What color is a great school?: What color is a great school?BY VALERIE STRAUSSOctober 28 at 1:13 pm(freepik.com)A great school isn’t just an “A” school in today’s “accountability” era. It’s also a green one.Bad ones aren’t just F’s but they are also green. In-between schools, depending on just how the students perform, can be orange, yellow or lime (not to be confused with green).It may sound like
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Please Attend Common Council Committee Meeting Tomorrow Tuesday, October 29 at 9:00 a.m. | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Please Attend Common Council Committee Meeting Tomorrow Tuesday, October 29 at 9:00 a.m. | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Please Attend Common Council Committee Meeting Tomorrow Tuesday, October 29 at 9:00 a.m.Filed under: MPS Buildings — millerlf @ 11:14 am Urge Common Council Committee to Vote YES to Develop Malcolm X In a Way That Will Benefit All Taxpayers.Tomorrow, Tuesday, Octob
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Advice for LA Superintendent John Deasy: Should he stay or should he go? | Hechinger Report
Advice for LA Superintendent John Deasy: Should he stay or should he go? | Hechinger Report: Advice for LA Superintendent John Deasy: Should he stay or should he go?By Sarah Butrymowicz and Liz WillenThere is no shortage of advice for embattled Los Angeles schools chief John Deasy, who is expected to address his future after being evaluated by the school board Tuesday.John DeasyAt stake is leaders
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Cali Education Headlines Monday, October 28, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: I'm Shocked: Corporate Media and Corporate Mayor Speaks Out for Corporate Reform SuperintendentsEducation HeadlinesMonday, October 28, 2013Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson wants longer day at some schoolsFresno Unified officials are pitching a plan to lengthen the school day next year, an idea that's getting flak from teachers uni
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10-28-13 Whole Child BLOG: Improving Schools: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" — Whole Child Education
Improving Schools: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGImproving Schools: “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”Many have written and spoken about the key lessons taught in kindergarten and during preschool years. There are articles, lists, hints, and videos with much of it coming from Robert Fulghum's book All
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PCAPS in the News: Full Funding Friday Press Coverage | WeArePCAPS
PCAPS in the News: Full Funding Friday Press Coverage | WeArePCAPS: PCAPS in the News: Full Funding Friday Press CoveragePosted on October 28, 2013by wearepcapsFull Funding Friday Seven, with PCAPS, 10/25/13CBS3, 10/25/13:http://ctv4.criticalmention.com/playerpage/player?shareid=158345&partnerToken=8a368b4941950e460141ffa3c1457374&clientId=0NBC10, 10/25/13:http://ctv4.criticalmention.com/p
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Choosing Democracy: Mayor Johnson Shoots an Air Ball
Choosing Democracy: Mayor Johnson Shoots an Air Ball: Mayor Johnson Shoots an Air BallBy Seth Sandronsky Inaccuracy reigns in U.S. politics today. We turn to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a two-term Democrat who rose to fame as a star guard in the NBA. Mr. Johnson is now visiting U.S. cities on a Mayors for Educational Excellence Tour with three mayors: Julián Castro of San Antonio; Michael Han
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Who is Reading the Big Education Ape Now?
Who is Reading the Big Education Ape Now?10-28-13 10:14AM PDThttp://feedjit.com/stats/bigeducationape.blogspot.com/map/
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Video: Public Education is a Civil Right Rally at North Division High School | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Video: Public Education is a Civil Right Rally at North Division High School | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Video: Public Education is a Civil Right Rally at North Division High SchoolFiled under: MPS Buildings — millerlf @ 11:03 am Community leaders held a news conference on October 18 to oppose State legislation which would take control of MPS buildings away from the MPS school bo
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Sesame Street’s Elmo and Rosita to Join First Lady Michelle Obama for an Announcement about Marketing Healthier Foods to Children | The White House
Sesame Street’s Elmo and Rosita to Join First Lady Michelle Obama for an Announcement about Marketing Healthier Foods to Children | The White House: Sesame Street’s Elmo and Rosita to Join First Lady Michelle Obama for an Announcement about Marketing Healthier Foods to ChildrenAfter the announcement, Mrs. Obama, Elmo and Rosita will be joined in the garden by children from MD, VA and WV whose scho
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESFrom left are Gap Chairman Bob Fisher, investor Charles Schwab and philanthropist Eli Broad. A state investigation found that the three were among secret  donors to right-wing, anti-public school, anti-union group,  Americans for Job Security.   (Times Wire Services)Anthony YorkSan Francisco investor Schwab gave more than $6.2 mill
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Time to Focus on the Real Education Problem: Poverty | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Time to Focus on the Real Education Problem: Poverty | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Time to Focus on the Real Education Problem: PovertyBy AASA, The School Superintendents Association on October 28, 2013By Daniel A. Domenech, Executive Director, AASA: The School Superintendents Association Many Americans believe public schools are failing our students. Public officials, t
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“A-F” School Ranking Systems—Exacerbating Racial Divisions and Inequality | janresseger
“A-F” School Ranking Systems—Exacerbating Racial Divisions and Inequality | janresseger: “A-F” School Ranking Systems—Exacerbating Racial Divisions and InequalityPosted on October 28, 2013 by janressegerYesterday afternoon I spent five hours in Fort Wayne, Indiana at an interfaith gathering where nearly a hundred people discussed the challenges for public schools in a state that quite recently imp
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Morning Wink 10-28-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS10-26-13 Saturday Matinée Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutSaturday Matinée Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutNite Cap 10-25-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2James 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 CAPTODAYPCSG
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10-28-13 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jason Stanford Has News for Arne DuncanJason Stanford listened to Arne Duncan’s put down of the “armchair pundits” who oppose Duncan’s obviously brilliant plan to reform American education. How can we forget how Duncan saved the Chicago public schools? But I digress. Stanford, a veteran journalist in Austin, describes himself as an
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10-28-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Education Funders Sponsor a Great Study of NYC Small School Reforms but Will They Read IT?The Education Funders Research Initiative’s “New York City Schools: Following the Learning Trajectories of a Cohort," by Douglas Ready, Thomas Hatch, Miya Warner, and Elizabeth Chu, is excellent. It has the scholarly integrity of the research of the Consortium on Chicago School Research o
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Education Research Report: Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City
Education Research Report: Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City: Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York CitySmall Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society (Positions: Education, Politics, and Culture)One of the most wide-ranging reforms in public education in the last decade has been the reo
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10-28-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Steve Perry…People get fired or worse for the illegal things you are doing…Yesterday’s Wait, What? post asked, When will Steve Perry be shown the door? The reason? Because he has been misusing public funds. Since opening his twitter account, Steve Perry has pumped out more than 30,694.  Many of those were sent out while he was supposed to be performing his job as principal of Capital P
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10-28-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Excellent Halloween Article For IB Theory of Knowledge ClassesA Halloween scare can sharpen the brain is an excellent article on emotion for IB Theory Of Knowledge classes. It’s from The Los Angeles Times. Here’s how it begins: Halloween is the time to indulge those seemingly pathological cravings to get scared out of your
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10-28-13 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.: New York is poised to elect De Blasio. Chicago needs a candidate for the 99%.  New York City’s next first family. This morning the latest polls show New York Democrat Bill De Blasio ready to win the election on November 5th by historic margins. It is as deep and thorough a rejection of the Bloomberg a
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10-28-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Is This Why AFT Leadership Sold Its Members Up The Common Core River?  It’s pretty widely known by now that American Federation of Teachers (AFT) received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leading many to question the motives of AFT leadership in their silent acquiescence to the gods of Common Core.  But apparently there may be more reasons as well. My friend an
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10-28-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: De Blasio Still Up BigJoe Lhota never closed the gap:Bill de Blasio is poised to win the race for mayor of New York City by a historically large margin, powered by optimism that he will bring about change and by overwhelming voter disapproval of the Republican Party. Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat who is currently the public advocate, leads his Republican opponent, Joseph J. Lhot
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Proposed spending regs give districts leeway to choose how to serve high-needs students | EdSource Today
Proposed spending regs give districts leeway to choose how to serve high-needs students | EdSource Today: Proposed spending regs give districts leeway to choose how to serve high-needs studentsOctober 28th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldMuch anticipated draft regulations that the State Board of Education will discuss next week would give school districts lots of latitude –  too much so
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Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current is now back home
Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current is now back home: Leaves on the Current is now back homebyteacherkenFollowAfter checking her labs today, the duty doctor from the transplant practice decided it was okay for her to leave today, which after two weeks in the same room she was delighted to do.A bit after 4 PM she was brought down in a wheel chair, got into the passenger seat of her car, into which I h
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Choosing Democracy: National Association for Multicultural Education - Conference
Choosing Democracy: National Association for Multicultural Education - Conference: National Association for Multicultural Education - ConferenceSchools and povertyBy Elaine WeissSo much has been said about new “21st century” skills, standards, and learning requirements, that they have become virtually synonymous with “college and career readiness” (a similarly poorly defined goal). The purportedly
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Volunteers Go Door-to-Door to Re-Enroll High School Dropouts - High School Notes
Volunteers Go Door-to-Door to Re-Enroll High School Dropouts - High School Notes (usnews.com): Volunteers Go Door-to-Door to Re-Enroll High School DropoutsBy KELSEY SHEEHYOctober 28, 2013 RSS Feed PrintSchool districts are waging campaigns to re-enroll high school dropouts and help see them through to graduation.As many as 1.3 million students in the U.S. drop out of high school every year. Their
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Five stereotypes about poor families and education
Five stereotypes about poor families and education: Five stereotypes about poor families and educationBY VALERIE STRAUSSOctober 28 at 4:00 amHere is an excerpt from a new book called “Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap,” by Paul C. Gorski, associate professor of integrative studies at George Mason University. The book, which draws from years of re
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VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in Education - Higher Education
VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in Education - Higher Education: VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in EducationCongresswoman Donna Christensen addresses a group of scholars at the second annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education held at the University of Virgin Islands in St. Thomas last week. (Photo Credit: Clifford White)St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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10-27-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Germany's Confidence in America is Declining
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Germany's Confidence in America is Declining: Germany's Confidence in America is DecliningSince learning that the United States National Security Agency monitored Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone, Germany's interior minister has declared that their confidence in their American allied nation is shaken. He also stated "If the Americans intercepted cell phones in
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Top 16 NYC charter school executives earn more than Chancellor Dennis Walcott - NY Daily News
Top 16 NYC charter school executives earn more than Chancellor Dennis Walcott - NY Daily News: Top 16 NYC charter school executives earn more than Chancellor Dennis WalcottBig paychecks are called 'outrageous' as New York City charter schools claim their students would face cuts if the schools are charged rent under a new mayor.Comments (9)BY RACHEL MONAHAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSPUBLISHED: SATURDAY
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5 Reasons the Common Core Is Ruining Childhood | toteachornototeach
5 Reasons the Common Core Is Ruining Childhood | toteachornototeach: 5 Reasons the Common Core Is Ruining Childhood by Katie HurleyMy daughter has four tests this week. Week after week she has at least four tests, one of them a high-pressure timed math factor test. If she gets more than one answer wrong, she repeats the same test the following week (which, by the way, is a great way to start an un
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NYC Educator: Family Time
NYC Educator: Family Time: Family TimeToday I played fiddle for a band at Terrhune Orchards in Princeton, New Jersey. There was apple picking and pumpkin painting and all sorts of kid-friendly stuff so I brought not only my family, but also a friend and her 3-year-old daughter. It's a nice day trip for kids, though I'm not sure how much longer they'll be doing it. It was a bit on the cold side out
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How Serious Are Madison Schools With High-Risk Students? | CAFFEINATED POLITICS
How Serious Are Madison Schools With High-Risk Students? | CAFFEINATED POLITICS: How Serious Are Madison Schools With High-Risk Students?OCTOBER 27, 2013      Rate ThisThe statistics regarding high risk students in Madison schools are something no one can be proud of,  The numbers are not something taxpayers should accept,  Over and over we hear the statistics on the news, or read about them in th
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Nite Cap 10-27-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
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 CAPTODAYBrown administration sides with schools over flexibility of LCFF money SI&A Cabinet Report – News & ResourcesSI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Brown administration sides with schools over flexibility of LCFF moneyBy Tom
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