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State has paid millions to charter schools since SRC suspended the code | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
State has paid millions to charter schools since SRC suspended the code | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: State has paid millions to charter schools since SRC suspended the codeby Dale Mezzacappa on Dec 13 2013 Posted in Latest news The Pennsylvania Department of Education revealed today that it has directly paid more than $3.7 million in disputed per pupil allotments to six Philadelphia charter schools this fall. That's $3.7 million in expected state aid the School District won't be receiving.The state's payments to charters appear to defy an August decison of the School Reform Commissio
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tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin - Support the Peace and Justice Resource Center in 2014!
tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin - Support the Peace and Justice Resource Center in 2014!: SUPPORT THE PEACE AND JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER IN 2014!FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 AT 12:23PM | EMAIL ARTICLE | SHARE ARTICLE | PRINT ARTICLEWill You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm 64 74?December 11, 2013 I turn 74 today, and with your support feel fully ready to write my brains out until they last. I am oddly proud that my work is uncompensated in this money-made country. That's right, the hundred or so Peace Exchange Bulletin articles of the past year - unpaid labor. The dozens
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12-13-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Learning Compacts Between Schools and Families — Whole Child Education
Learning Compacts Between Schools and Families — Whole Child Education: Learning Compacts Between Schools and FamiliesSchool and home can often be worlds apart. In a recent issue of ASCD Express, we looked at the types of outreach that draw family strengths and influence into the school community in positive ways and unite these two spheres of a student's life. This video discusses Step 5: Outreach to Parents in the Connecticut Department of Education's 10-step model for engaging families in learning objectivesby Klea Scharberg / 13min hide  //  saveThroughout December and January: Personalize
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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Common Core Crud | Cato @ Liberty
Michelle Rhee's Common Core Crud | Cato @ Liberty: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s Common Core CrudBy NEAL MCCLUSKEYSHAREI don’t dislike the oft-attacked Michelle Rhee. I don’t even know her. But I do dislike disingenuous or empirically anemic arguments about the Common Core, and she offers too many of both in a new Politico op-ed.Let’s start with the most aggravating thing she does in her pi
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Is Mental Health Still Struggling for Attention in the School Safety Debate? | NEA Today
Is Mental Health Still Struggling for Attention in the School Safety Debate? | NEA Today: Is Mental Health Still Struggling for Attention in the School Safety Debate?December 13, 2013 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerA recent Duke University study involving more than 10,000 American teenagers revealed that more than half of adolescents with psychiatric
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The Washington Teacher: WTU Panel to Participate in Education Roundtable on December 14
The Washington Teacher: WTU Panel to Participate in Education Roundtable on December 14: WTU Panel to Participate in Education Roundtable on December 14Education Round Table DiscussionBy Candi PetersonThe DC City Council Committee on Education will hold a public oversight round table discussion; Setting Teachers Up for Success. The purpose of the round table, chaired by Council member David Catani
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NYC Public School Parents: NYSAPE: Flanagan’s Proposed Legislation Insult to the People of New York
NYC Public School Parents: NYSAPE: Flanagan’s Proposed Legislation Insult to the People of New York: NYSAPE: Flanagan’s Proposed Legislation Insult to the People of New YorkFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  December 13, 2013More information contact:Eric Mihelbergel (716) 553-1123; nys.allies@gmail.comLisa Rudley (917) 414-9190; nys.allies@gmail.comSenator Flanagan’s Proposed Legislation Insult to the People
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A Different Spin on Failure | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
A Different Spin on Failure | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: A Different Spin on FailureBy Tarsi Dunlop on December 13, 2013 Dr. Maria Ferguson recently addressed the topic of failure in a column written for the December issue of the Kappan, a PDK publication. In it, she pointed out that many education leaders and policy makers are unwilling to accept that some amount of fai
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Putting Educators’ Professional Rights on Trial Hurts Students, Wastes Taxpayer Dollars and Time - California Teachers Association
Putting Educators’ Professional Rights on Trial Hurts Students, Wastes Taxpayer Dollars and Time - California Teachers Association: Putting Educators’ Professional Rights on Trial Hurts Students, Wastes Taxpayer Dollars and TimeContact: Frank Wells, CTA, (562) 708-5425 and Fred Glass, CFT, (510) 579-3343LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled the deeply misguided Vergara vs. Sta
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Teachers’ leader: Schools reflect society’s polarization and anger » peoplesworld
Teachers’ leader: Schools reflect society’s polarization and anger » peoplesworld: Teachers’ leader: Schools reflect society’s polarization and angerWASHINGTON (PAI) - The "polarization and anger" running through U.S. society, as a result of the collapse of the American Dream, "is playing out in the schools as well," Teachers President Randi Weingarten warns.In a free-flowing t
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Choosing Democracy: How Wall Street Power Brokers Are Designing the Future of Public Education
Choosing Democracy: How Wall Street Power Brokers Are Designing the Future of Public Education: How Wall Street Power Brokers Are Designing the Future of Public Education as a Money-Making Machineby Anna Simonton.  Alternet December 5, 2013  |  Given that Arthur Rock has a net worth of $1 billion, lives in California and spends his time heaping money on tech startups (with the mantra, “Get in, get
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Who Decides What is Taught in Our Schools? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Who Decides What is Taught in Our Schools? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Who Decides What is Taught in Our Schools?By Anthony Cody on December 13, 2013 1:35 PMThe fundamental question that has been presented to all of us through the Common Core process is this one: Who decides what is taught in our schools? I first started thinking seriously about national education policy when No
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Education Department Announces that All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognized for Federal Financial Aid Purposes | U.S. Department of Education
Education Department Announces that All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognized for Federal Financial Aid Purposes | U.S. Department of Education: Education Department Announces that All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognized for Federal Financial Aid PurposesDECEMBER 13, 2013Contact:   Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Related Resources2014-15 FAFSA FormAs part of the U.S. Depar
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What the court ruling on charter schools means for the state of Washington, so far | Seattle Education
What the court ruling on charter schools means for the state of Washington, so far | Seattle Education: What the court ruling on charter schools means for the state of Washington, so farWe all know what it’s like reading a legal document, even when read by an attorney. Well, one attorney who has been folllowing the case provided us with their interpretation of the judge’s ruling in plain English.1
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Louisiana Educator: PISA Results Used to Justify Continued Attacks on Public Schools
Louisiana Educator: PISA Results Used to Justify Continued Attacks on Public Schools: PISA Results Used to Justify Continued Attacks on Public SchoolsLast week the latest round of PISA test results were released showing that academic achievement of U.S. students compared to other nations continued to rank only about average. Arne Duncan and other reformer leaders however, had carefully pre-briefed
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School Chiefs Voice Support For Pryor After Critical Draft Leaked - Courant.com
School Chiefs Voice Support For Pryor After Critical Draft Leaked - Courant.com: School Chiefs Voice Support For Pryor After Critical Document Is LeakedEmailShare10By KATHLEEN MEGAN, kmegan@courant.comThe Hartford Courant7:45 p.m. EST, December 12, 201312-13-13 Wait What?The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents reinforced its support Thursday for Education Commissioner Stefan P
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FROM “ELF ON THE SHELF” TO “THE EYE OF DOOM IN THE CLASSROOM” | Teachers Fight Back
FROM “ELF ON THE SHELF” TO “THE EYE OF DOOM IN THE CLASSROOM” | Teachers Fight Back: FROM “ELF ON THE SHELF” TO “THE EYE OF DOOM IN THE CLASSROOM”leave a comment »It’s time to move ‘The Elf on the Shelf ” concept to the classroom. “The Elf on the Shelf” concept is the wildly popular home method of getting kids to behave during the days leading up to Christmas. The child is told that Santa sends el
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Cali Education Headlines Friday, December 13, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Sweetwater teacher contract talks reach impasseEducation HeadlinesFriday, December 13, 2013FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Lincoln school removed from Simi Valley closure list; 2 other campuses remainLinc
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Budget Sequester Relief Would Help Students Already Sequestered on Indian Reservations | janresseger
Budget Sequester Relief Would Help Students Already Sequestered on Indian Reservations | janresseger: Budget Sequester Relief Would Help Students Already Sequestered on Indian ReservationsPosted on December 13, 2013 by janressegerIt is not surprising that the educational impact of the federal budget cuts known as “sequestration” should most seriously affect American Indian children on the reservat
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David Coleman 2 Years Ago: We Were a Collection of Unqualified People | Truth in American Education
David Coleman 2 Years Ago: We Were a Collection of Unqualified People | Truth in American Education: David Coleman 2 Years Ago: We Were a Collection of Unqualified PeopleFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on December 13, 2013 • 0 Comments5410There is video of a speech that David Coleman gave at 2011 Institute for Learning Senior Leadership Meeting that is now making the roun
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Morning Wink 12-13-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSmark as readMy Q-and-A with author Dan Pink: Using motivational questioning and more in the classroom | My Island ViewMy Q-and-A with author Dan Pink: Using motivational questioning and more in the classroom | My Island View: My Q-and-A with author Dan Pink: Using motivational questioning and more in the classroomDecember 13, 2013 by tomwhitbyFrom my intro
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My Q-and-A with author Dan Pink: Using motivational questioning and more in the classroom | My Island View
My Q-and-A with author Dan Pink: Using motivational questioning and more in the classroom | My Island View: My Q-and-A with author Dan Pink: Using motivational questioning and more in the classroomDecember 13, 2013 by tomwhitbyFrom my introduction to Dan Pink through his book Drive I was amazed at how he could write a book about business that pertained so much to what educators do. It was not in t
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-13-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Retired Special Ed Teacher Chastises Commissioner King and Regent TischAt the Manhattan forum convened by State Commissioner John King and the chair of the Regents Merryl Tisch, a mother gave this moving speech, which she sent with permission to post. She wrote; “Commissioner King, Chancellor Tisch, thank you for the opportunity to
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Roosevelt Mall Rally Calls For Full, Fair Funding | WeArePCAPS
Roosevelt Mall Rally Calls For Full, Fair Funding | WeArePCAPS: Roosevelt Mall Rally Calls For Full, Fair FundingPosted on December 13, 2013by wearepcapsHelen Gym thanks Rush Choir for their moving performance.   photo credit: Hillary LiandoupolusMore than a hundred people gathered in the cold at the corner of Bustleton and Cottman yesterday to demand full, fair, funding for our schools.   Teacher
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12-13-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Arrogance and Education Policy will topple Malloy’s re-election chancesYesterday’s drama surrounding a Letter of Complaint from school superintendents across Connecticut about Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, serves as a case study about the arrogance that surrounds Governor Malloy and his corporate education reform policies. The truth is that a number of scho
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12-13-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: How U.S. schools misteach history of racial segregationHere’s an important post by Richard Rothstein about how the United States fails to face up to its racial history — in and out of schools —  an issue underscored by the late Nelson Mandela’s insistence that reconciliation in South Africa be underpinned by truth-telling about the nation’s past. Rothstein is a research associate
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12-13-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter Law; Kinda, Sorta OverturnedSomeone, quick, get me a lawyer!Naturally, I go out of town and this ruling comes down and I am scrambling to get info and understand it. Here is the basic understanding of Judge Rietschel's ruling per Diane Ravitch:“In a ruling issued today (pdf), King County Superior Court Judge Jean Rietschel has tossed out th
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12-13-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Remembering Sandy Hook: Protecting Guns, Sacrificing (Some) ChildrenOn December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT, experienced yet another mass shooting at a school in the U.S.While that horror should have stirred the consciousness of us all in this country—especially in regards to guns and children—we appear mostly to have forgotten or disregarded that event, except f
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Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Koch Brothers-Funded PAC Attacking Florida Republican Senators Who Voted Against Parent TriggerFlorida’s charter school zealots vowed to go after the republican senators who voted against parent trigger earlier this year and are using the Koch brothers money to do it. Th
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12-13-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Dolphin Slaughter In Taiji, Japan Continues...Although this is some what not in today's recent news, it is something that I feel is important to blog about and it is the dolphin killing that has had it's annual return at The Cove in Taiji, Japan. The most recent update about what has happened included the return of dolphins being slaughtered. Although not many, compared
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12-13-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Hugh proposes an election strategy.Dear Fred: Let us assume that a viable third party candidate does not emerge in the upcoming election for Governor. What do we do? Those in power like to rig the election process in their favor. Maybe we can turn the tables. Can we use the election process against th
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12-13-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: GUEST POST: Continu—what? Sara NewellGUEST POST: Continu—what? Sara Newell. via GUEST POST: Continu—what? Sara Newell.by plthomasedd / 2h REVIEW: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and ThomasREVIEW: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and Thomas. via REVIEW: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and Thomas.by plthomasedd / 2h Introducing D.C. Mayoral Candidate Andy
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12-13-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): REVIEW: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and ThomasReviewed by J. Spencer Clark, Utah State University, which concludes: The purpose of this book was to offer a map of the high-stakes accountability and standardization landscape, and more importantly to provide w
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12-13-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Pitbull Eau de Toilette for Men Misogynistic rapper and charter school operator Pitbull has a wonderful exclusive fragrance set he's selling at Amazon.com.The set retails for $55.00 and is described this way:Top Notes - Sundrenched citruses of bergamot and mandarin meet warm spices of cardamom and sage.Mid Notes - An unexpected twist of a violet masculine floracy and the und
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Racial Disparities in NY State Aid Shorftalls | School Finance 101
Racial Disparities in NY State Aid Shorftalls | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.Racial Disparities in NY State Aid ShorftallsYesterday, Ed Law Prof Blog posted an update about the Office of Civil Rights complaint to be filed by Schenectady School District claiming that shortfalls in New York State aid fall disparately by stude
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Stopping the charter invasion
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Stopping the charter invasion: Stopping the charter invasionI guess I've become cynical about CPS-run community meetings ever since David Vitaleconfided to me that they were called simply to rein-in the dissenters. It got worse after CEO Byrd-Bennett completely ignored the 20,000 parents and community members who turned out to opposed her planned school closings.Wedn
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Classroom and School Cultures: Contradictions (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Classroom and School Cultures: Contradictions (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Classroom and School Cultures: Contradictions (Part 1)One of my former colleagues in anthropology once told me that he gags every time he hears the word “culture.” Why? Because “culture,” he said, has come to mean  everything under the sun and has thus become meaningless.With my colleague’
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Think locally to ensure children get a fair share of funding | EdSource Today
Think locally to ensure children get a fair share of funding | EdSource Today: Think locally to ensure children get a fair share of fundingDecember 12th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Margaret Brodkin / commentaryMargaret BrodkinCalifornians who care about the future of our state have both a once-a-generation opportunity and an urgent challenge: to marshal the resources needed to ensure the well-being
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SKrashen: The Russian literacy crisis: Putin's solution
SKrashen: The Russian literacy crisis: Putin's solution: The Russian literacy crisis: Putin's solutionEverybody thinks they have a literacy crisis. Putin calls for a special commission to support "literature." The common core in the US has called for more nonfiction. There is no evidence for either of these positions. Nobody mentions poverty and lack of access to books.  There is plenty
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Introducing DC Mayoral Candidate Andy Shallal | Ward 8 DC Teacher
Introducing DC Mayoral Candidate Andy Shallal | Ward 8 DC Teacher: Introducing DC Mayoral Candidate Andy Shallalby ANGEL CINTRON JR. • DECEMBER 13, 201361 minute interview via the http://rocknewmanshow.net/
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Schools, Like Everyone Else, Are Not Reading the Terms of Service - The Wire
Schools, Like Everyone Else, Are Not Reading the Terms of Service - The Wire: Schools, Like Everyone Else, Are Not Reading the Terms of ServiceBRIAN FELDMANAPA new study from Fordham Law School expected to be released on Friday reveals that as schools begin to move more student data into the cloud, they are neglecting to make sure that privacy protections are in place. According to the Center on L
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Ballot measure filed to speed up dismissals of teachers charged with sexual assault, abuse | EdSource Today
Ballot measure filed to speed up dismissals of teachers charged with sexual assault, abuse | EdSource Today: Ballot measure filed to speed up dismissals of teachers charged with sexual assault, abuseDecember 12th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldAdvocacy organization EdVoice is seeking a ballot initiative to speed dismissal of teachers suspected of abuse. Credit: iStockphoto.comAfter bil
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The Educated Reporter: After Sandy Hook: A New Approach to Campus Safety?
The Educated Reporter: After Sandy Hook: A New Approach to Campus Safety?: After Sandy Hook: A New Approach to Campus Safety?In the aftermath of Columbine in 1999, law enforcement began to rethink its response to mass shootings. Instead of presuming a quick entry into the scene might do more harm than good, a new line of thought emerged: Neutralizing the threat of the “active shooter” had to be th
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Evan Stone of Educators 4 Excellence Spews Common Core Propaganda.southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Evan Stone of Educators 4 Excellence Spews Common Core PropagandaHe's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! Like your mother in law coming to visit, like that huge blackhead on the back of your neck that is in a horrible spot to squeeze and stays there for years. Or worse, like that old Saturday Night Live skit with John Belushi, "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave,"Litt
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2,500 Applicants Get False News of Acceptance to Fordham - NYTimes.com
2,500 Applicants Get False News of Acceptance to Fordham - NYTimes.com:  2,500 Applicants Get False News of Acceptance to FordhamThe early admission applicants received financial aid notices that mistakenly told them they were admitted to the class of 2018, the university said.    by By ASHLEY SOUTHAL... / 1h hide  //  saveSentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test ScandalA decision
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NYC Public School Parents: The most heartbreaking speech at last night's Common Core forum by Lorri Gumanow
NYC Public School Parents: The most heartbreaking speech at last night's Common Core forum by Lorri Gumanow: The most heartbreaking speech at last night's Common Core forum by Lorri GumanowThere were lots of great speeches last night at the Manhattan Regents forum with Chancellor Tisch and Commissioner King at the Spruce St. School.  Wonderful and eloquent comments from teachers, principals, and p
by mike simpson / 19h 
Pathways to Prosperity Institutes - Year 2013
Pathways to Prosperity Institutes - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces New Effort to BuildPathways to Careers by Linking Educators and Business Leaders SACRAMENTO—Educators and business leaders will come together across the state in coming weeks to share strategies for creating first-rate pathways toward high-growth industries for California's students, S
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Nite Cap 12-12-13 #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 CAP mark as readNYC Educator: Padded Cell a Win-Win for KIPPNYC Educator: Padded Cell a Win-Win for KIPP: Padded Cell a Win-Win for KIPPSure it's barbaric to keep young children in padded cells. It's clearly a cruel way to treat a child, and it's ve
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