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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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Major Charter School Chain's Classrooms Look Like Cubicles for Telemarketers | Alternet
Major Charter School Chain's Classrooms Look Like Cubicles for Telemarketers | Alternet: Major Charter School Chain's Classrooms Look Like Cubicles for TelemarketersRocketship charter schools are backed by some of the biggest names in the tech world and claim high test scores.Photo Credit: Oksana Kuzmina via Shutterstock.comDecember 16, 2013  |   From Silicon Valley, the Rocketship chain of charter schools is hoping to expand across the country. It’s backed by some of the biggest names in the tech world and claims high test scores.Rocketship leaders brag that they think outside the box. Teache
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A new inBloom flyer to post in your schools! | Class Size Matters A new inBloom flyer to post in your schools! | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes
A new inBloom flyer to post in your schools! | Class Size Matters A new inBloom flyer to post in your schools! | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes: A new inBloom flyer to post in your schools!Take a look at our most up to date one-page fact sheet about inBloom, inc. Here’s all the information you need to know and what you can do to take action.Download (PDF, 960KB)
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SKrashen: Are readers nerds?
SKrashen: Are readers nerds?: Are readers nerds?ARE READERS NERDS?Adrienne Schatz, Amy Panko,  Kim Pierce, and Stephen Krashen                             Reading Improvement 47 (3): 151-153, 2010Some people think that readers are nerds, "book-worms" who don't get out much, don't do much, and are simply boring, dull people.  The research, however, does not agree with this characterizaton. In fact, the results of a number of studies of adult readers show that readers are "active and social" (Bradshaw and Nichols, 2004).Table 1 presents data originally published in1982, from
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Anti-Union Front Group Attacks AFT | Mercedes Schneider
Anti-Union Front Group Attacks AFT | Mercedes Schneider: Anti-Union Front Group Attacks AFTPosted: 12/16/2013 1:07 pmOn December 10, 2013, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) (don't believe the name) sponsored a full-page ad in the New York Times attributing the "high school slip in global rankings" to a single issue: The failure of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Wein
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12-16-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Black Men in Newark Get Drama Class in PrisonBlack men in Newark are getting literature and drama classes in prison. What are black boys in Newark getting in school?Let's ask our new Senator and our Governor who thinks he is presidential material if they know.Here is some educational information for New Jersey's elected representatives and their corporate privatizers and scam artis
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The Most Important Parent Parameter Of Them All – redqueeninla
The Most Important Parent Parameter Of Them All – redqueeninla: The Most Important Parent Parameter Of Them All ….it’s called time_devoted_to_kid.  That’s what distinguishes not kids who “make” it, but kids who have a fighting chance to make it.  It’s someone willing to devote their time in service to the needs of their kid, any kid; a kid.So it doesn’t necessarily have to come of or for a child o
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NYC Educator: What You Aren't Reading in Gotham Schools Could Fill a Battleship
NYC Educator: What You Aren't Reading in Gotham Schools Could Fill a Battleship: What You Aren't Reading in Gotham Schools Could Fill a BattleshipI was pretty surprised last summer when Gotham Schools managed to cover Moskowitz rallies at least three times while ignoring a UFT press conference to stop Bloomberg from imposing his destructive policies on his predecessor. When I confronted them about
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12-16-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Have We Made Our Schools Safer? — Whole Child Education
Have We Made Our Schools Safer? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGHave We Made Our Schools Safer?December 16, 2013 by Klea ScharbergThis past weekend marked one year since the tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. During this time, we read, listened to, and participated in discussions on how to keep our schools safe and secure. And also during this tim
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Courageous Parents Threatened when Opting-Out of Common Core | Truth in American Education
Courageous Parents Threatened when Opting-Out of Common Core | Truth in American Education: Courageous Parents Threatened when Opting-Out of Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards by Karen Schroeder on December 16, 2013 • 0 Comments11Parents hate to see their kids treated like Borg robots in a Star Trek movie while forced to fit into the government’s definition of equal and successful. Su
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The Washington Teacher: Forcing Out Effective Educators in DCPS Through Buyouts
The Washington Teacher: Forcing Out Effective Educators in DCPS Through Buyouts: Forcing Out Effective Educators in DCPS Through BuyoutsForcing Out DCPS Effective Educators Through BuyoutsBy Candi PetersonForty three DC Public schools Educators out of fifty-five signed up to testify at the DC City Education Chairman, David Catania's Round table on Public Education held on Saturday, December 14, 20
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PD: Same Old, Same Old. | My Island View
PD: Same Old, Same Old. | My Island View: PD: Same Old, Same Old.December 16, 2013 by tomwhitbyOn January 15, 2014 my Blog will be three years old. With this post included I have written 223 posts just for my blog. In addition, I have done several dozen guest posts for other blogs. On a week-to-week basis I strive to write something new about education, or at least a new take on an old subject, bu
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San Francisco considers eliminating ‘willful defiance’ as reason for suspensions | EdSource Today
San Francisco considers eliminating ‘willful defiance’ as reason for suspensions | EdSource Today: San Francisco considers eliminating ‘willful defiance’ as reason for suspensionsDecember 15th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Susan FreySan Francisco Unified is the latest district to consider eliminating “willful defiance” as a reason to suspend or expel students. Credit: iStockphoto.comSuspensions and e
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Adelanto official, parent charged with vandalism | adelanto, vandalism, charged - Victorville Daily Press
Adelanto official, parent charged with vandalism | adelanto, vandalism, charged - Victorville Daily Press: Adelanto official, parent charged with vandalismTwo opposed to parent takeover at Desert TrailsDecember 13, 2013 10:23 AMShareThis| Print Story | E-Mail StoryBrooke Self, Staff WriterADELANTO • An Adelanto city official and another parent described as being upset about the successful parent t
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Letter from CECs and Citywide Councils to Mayor-Elect de Blasio Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Letter from CECs and Citywide Councils to Mayor-Elect de BlasioEducation Councils representing parents citywide have signed on to a letter to Mayor-elect de Blasio.  In this unprecedented show of unity, the Councils have issued a statement to de Blasio raising concerns in numerous areas, including the decision-making processes put
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The rumors of my demise have been marginally exaggerated | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
The rumors of my demise have been marginally exaggerated | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: The rumors of my demise have been marginally exaggeratedPosted on December 16, 20130 For the Monty Python Lovers. . .I’m not dead yet!Many thanks to all of you who have been writing me to find out where I disappeared to, but I am well and still skulking about on the internets. After my last post I had a run-in with t
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12-16-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: JAMS Meetings; Past and PresentI know there was a JAMS meeting on December 11th and someone requested a thread to talk about that one.Also, there is another Jane Addams' Middle School "launch/intro" at the JAMS library this Wednesday Dec. 18th at 6:30pm.Meet the wonderful principal, Paula Montgomery, and hear about the exciting work being done. Lots of Q&
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12-16-13 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.: Illinois’ richest man has Chicago teacher pensions in his crosshairs.Now that the General Assembly members have committed the #pension theft of state employees and teachers, Chicago teachers are next. Rahm Emanuel is the current head of the Chicago crime family. Just as the state has failed to meet it
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Cali Education Headlines Monday, December 16, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: Draft of local accountability plan – key piece of funding formula – open for commentEducation HeadlinesMonday, December 16, 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.District poised to name chiefTh
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12-16-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: After LaMotte: POLITICS OF L.A. SCHOOL BOARD MAY SHIFT  Annie Gilbertson, Education Reporter/ Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1bTRZTG Damian Dovarganes/AP - Deceased Los Angeles school board member Marguerite Lamotte [Listen to the radio story] December 16th, 2013, 6:00am  ::  The Los Angeles school board is scheduled to decide Tuesday how to fill
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Morning Wink 12-16-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readLos Angeles district’s improbable member Monica Ratliff: We need ‘greater bilingual and dual language offerings’ | Hechinger ReportLos Angeles district’s improbable member Monica Ratliff: We need ‘greater bilingual and dual language offerings’ | Hechinger Report: Los Angeles district’s improbable member Monica Ratliff: We need ‘greater bilingu
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Los Angeles district’s improbable member Monica Ratliff: We need ‘greater bilingual and dual language offerings’ | Hechinger Report
Los Angeles district’s improbable member Monica Ratliff: We need ‘greater bilingual and dual language offerings’ | Hechinger Report: Los Angeles district’s improbable member Monica Ratliff: We need ‘greater bilingual and dual language offerings’By Aisha AsifFifth-grade math teacher Monica Ratliff became the newest member of L.A. Unified School Board after a heavily-publicized win against Antonio S
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-16-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New York Regent Betty Rosa: State’s Program Designed to Create FailureThe New York Board of Regents is determined to pour unprecedented sums into more standards, more tests, and more tests and more standards. Two Regents have opposed this determined focus on standards and testing: Regent Betty Rosa of the Bronx and Regent Kathleen
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12-16-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy’s Steelpointe Harbor corporate welfare package; the gift that keeps givingThis past September, Governor Malloy and the State Bond Commission approved $31 million in taxpayer funded subsidies for the development of a Bass Pro Store and other improvements to support of the Steelpointe Harbor development project in Bridgeport.    Malloy’s corporate welfare package came on top of $1
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12-16-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Study: Test-score gains don’t mean cognitive gainsIn a finding that should give pause to backers of standardized test-based school reform, a new study by neuroscientists at three major universities shows that students who achieved  the highest gains on standardized tests did not show the same gains in the ability to analyze material and think logically. The research, conducted by
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12-16-13 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: Jeb Bush: the New Status QuoJeb Bush and his top dollar mouthpieces have become the gift that keeps on giving. Let’s call them on two of their recent public statements. Last week, top policy wonk Matt Ladner touted Florida’ s record at narrowing the achievement gap betwe
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12-16-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)About one year ago, Major League Baseball player Ryan Freel committed suicide; researchers and his family investigate reasons why he might have done this. After careful brain analysis, researchers revealed that Freel had stage two chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a disease which is usually associated with  erratic beha
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12-16-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Using Current Events As A Language-Learning ActivityStudents watch videos on current events, answer questions, and create their own in my latest NY Times post for English Language Learners. Includes a student interactive and teaching ideas. You can see all my previous NY Times posts here.3 by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h hide  //  
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12-15-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Reprint, Nov. 2007: Welch, Tweed, Farina, and Creative DestructionThanks to Tim-Parent's comment at Gotham for digging up this ednotes piece from November 14, 2007, with discussion over a 2003 Carmen Farina quote in Businessweek that seemed to support the Jack Welch philosophy. But in 2007 Farina clarifies what she said with this:Farina's comment posted on the listserve S
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12-16-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: Family values hypocrisyis the title of this terrific Washington Post op ed by E. J. Dionne. He begins : Politicians talk about family values but do almost nothing to help families. They talk about parental responsibility but do almost nothing to help parents. They talk about self-sufficiency but do precious little to make self-sufficiency a reality for those who must strug
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12-16-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Wash Post & Politicker: Carmen Farina Likely To Be Named ChancellorFrom Politicker:According to The Washington Post, Bill de Blasio is reportedly “likely” to name Carmen Farina, a former adviser and deputy schools chancellor, to be the schools chancellor in his incoming administration–possibly on an interim basis. A source following the process relayed similar informatio
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Terry Grier and San Diego Unified: What might have been | UTSanDiego.com
Terry Grier and San Diego Unified: What might have been | UTSanDiego.com: Terry Grier and San Diego Unified: What might have beenIn January 2008, the San Diego Unified School District proudly hired Terry Grier, a nationally admired reformer with a long track record of success, as superintendent. “Dr. Grier is exceptionally, exceptionally qualified,” board President Katherine Nakamura said.A year a
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More Effective, Less Expensive, Still Controversial: Maximizing Vocabulary Growth In Early Childhood
Shanker Blog » More Effective, Less Expensive, Still Controversial: Maximizing Vocabulary Growth In Early Childhood: More Effective, Less Expensive, Still Controversial: Maximizing Vocabulary Growth In Early ChildhoodPosted by Lisa Hansel on December 16, 2013Our guest author today is Lisa Hansel, communications director for the Core Knowledge Foundation. Previously, she was the editor of American
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Pearson caught in the act. Says they're sorry.
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Pearson caught in the act. Says they're sorry.: Pearson caught in the act. Says they're sorry.Pearson, the textbook/testing publishing giant, was caught misusing its non-profit arm to bribe N.Y. and other state educators with international junkets. The British-based conglomerate which has made billions in profits as a result of its dominant role in Common Core t
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NYC Public School Parents: City's Education Councils Seek Reforms in Message to the New Mayor
NYC Public School Parents: City's Education Councils Seek Reforms in Message to the New Mayor: City's Education Councils Seek Reforms in Message to the New MayorEducation Councils representing parents citywide have signed on to a letter to Mayor-elect de Blasio.  In this unprecedented show of unity, the Councils have issued a statement to de Blasio raising concerns in numerous areas, including the
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Louisiana Educator: State Takeover Schools Produce Low ACT Scores
Louisiana Educator: State Takeover Schools Produce Low ACT Scores: State Takeover Schools Produce Low ACT ScoresThis report is based on data provided by the Louisiana Department of Education.The following are important questions that should be asked concerning the proper use of our taxes and the management of our public schools:Is it good policy to allow the Louisiana State Department of Education
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Contradiction of School and Classroom Cultures (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Contradiction of School and Classroom Cultures (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Contradiction of School and Classroom Cultures (Part 2)In the last post, I described a visit to a Southern California urban high school’s four social studies classes where the dominant culture expressed values of doing the least amount of work to pass the academic course. For most of the
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Great Teachers on California EdChat | InterACT #caedchat #EdChat
Great Teachers on California EdChat | InterACT: Great Teachers on California EdChatDECEMBER 16, 2013tags: #caedchat, twitterby David B. CohenSunday nights at 8:00 PM (PT), California EdChat (#caedchat) is my favorite place to be online. Educators from all over our state, along with a few dropping in from elsewhere, take up all sorts of topics relating to teaching. I think in the past several month
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Common Core and the Food Pyramid :: Frederick M. Hess
Common Core and the Food Pyramid :: Frederick M. Hess: Common Core and the Food Pyramidby Frederick M. Hess  •  Dec 16, 2013 at 9:01 amCross-posted from Education WeekBack at the beginning, in 2009 and 2010, I never would've expected the Common Core debate to get this heated and impassioned. Why? Unlike a lot of folks, it's because I thought (and continue to think) that the Common Core itself just
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Mike Rose Sorts Out Debate about Quality of Teacher Education | janresseger
Mike Rose Sorts Out Debate about Quality of Teacher Education | janresseger: Mike Rose Sorts Out Debate about Quality of Teacher EducationPosted on December 16, 2013 by janressegerThis morning Valerie Strauss has published the second in a series of three articles by UCLA education professor and writer Mike Rose about college programs in teacher education.  I blogged on the first piece in the serie
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Do you think charter schools “know how to do middle school really well?” | Ward 8 DC Teacher
Do you think charter schools “know how to do middle school really well?” | Ward 8 DC Teacher: Do you think charter schools “know how to do middle school really well?”by ANGEL CINTRON JR. • DECEMBER 16, 2013According to DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson, charter schools “know how to do middle school really well.” When it comes to defining the phrase “really well,” are education reformers basing their
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Politics of LA school board may shift | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Politics of LA school board may shift | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Politics of LA school board may shiftAnnie Gilbertson | December 16th, 2013, 6:00amDamian Dovarganes/APDeceased Los Angeles school board member Marguerite LamotteThe Los Angeles school board is scheduled to decide Tuesday how to fill the seat left vacant after the death of board member Marguerite Lamotte. Lamotte was a close ally to
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Ethics Board responds to Parents United lobbying complaint | Parents United for Public Education
Ethics Board responds to Parents United lobbying complaint | Parents United for Public Education: Ethics Board responds to Parents United lobbying complaintPosted on December 16, 2013 by HELENGYMLeave a comment(Cartoon: Eric Joselyn, 2011)[Updated]   If it walks like lobbying and talks like lobbying, is it lobbying?That’s the question Parents United for Public Education and our partners asked a ye
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John Thompson: Are Charitable Groups Crossing the Line Into Politics? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson: Are Charitable Groups Crossing the Line Into Politics? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: Are Charitable Groups Crossing the Line Into Politics?By Anthony Cody on December 16, 2013 1:28 AMGuest post by John Thompson.I do not intend to give legal advice without a license.  It has been nearly three decades since I was a legal historian and a quarter of a cen
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DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: All I Want for Christmas:An Educator's List!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: All I Want for Christmas:An Educator's List!: All I Want for Christmas:An Educator's List!When my siblings and I were younger, my parents had us write a list of everything we wanted for Christmas. Of course, raising 5 kids, we never got everything we put on that list. But it felt so good writing it because you knew you were going to get something on that list.MY
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BREAKING NEWS!! EVA MOSKOWITZ EXPOSED ON INNER WORKINGS OF SUCCESS ACADEMY!!! .southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: BREAKING NEWS!! EVA MOSKOWITZ EXPOSED ON INNER WORKINGS OF SUCCESS ACADEMY!!!This past Thursday as I was hanging out in my favorite post-work coffee house I began a conversation with another human being about the state of education in this country. Even though this person is somewhat new to teaching, this person was not drinking the Kool-Aid of the deformer andwas
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Santa Claus, WMD, and the Teacher Pension Crisis | Reclaim Reform
Santa Claus, WMD, and the Teacher Pension Crisis | Reclaim Reform: Santa Claus, WMD, and the Teacher Pension CrisisPosted on December 15, 2013by Ken PrevitiReality: There is no Santa Claus. There were no secret, hidden weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq. There is no pension crisis for teachers and public employees in any state.In spite of Fox’s Megyn Kelly claiming that the North Pole livin
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Awake You Sleeping Giant! | Parents United for Public Education
Awake You Sleeping Giant! | Parents United for Public Education: Awake You Sleeping Giant!Posted on December 13, 2013 by TCFEARFULLYMADELeave a comment(Photo: Harvey Finkle)Parent Tonayia CofferDespite the frigid temperature on Thursday afternoon, over 100 people crowded the corners of Bustleton and Cottman Avenues, one of the busiest intersections in Northeast Philadelphia chanting to the beat of
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About Pearson, the Golden Goose State Standards, And Then Some | deutsch29
About Pearson, the Golden Goose State Standards, And Then Some | deutsch29: About Pearson, the Golden Goose State Standards, And Then SomeDecember 15, 2013On December 13, 2013, Pearson, Inc., agreed to pay a $7.7 million settlement for allegedly using its nonprofit, Pearson Charitable Foundation (PCF), to assist its profit-making parent corporation in developing educational materials– including so
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Nite Cap 12-15-13 #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 CAPmark as read12-15-13 Ed Notes OnlineEd Notes Online: Change the Stakes end of year meeting - Tuesday 12/17, 5:30Join what promises to be a lively discussion about the issues and how we – as parents, teachers and students – can respond individuall
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