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Peg with Pen: Refuse the Tests in 2014 - The Tipping Point
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Morning Wink 2-1-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
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NYC Educator: Why You Ought Not to Have Sex With Neanderthals (Or Vote for Them)
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Student Body President Asks to be Allowed to Attend School - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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Student Slang 102 | EdCentrist
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1-25-14 empathyeducates All Weekempathyeducates: The “Grit” Narrative, “Grit” Research, and Codes that BlindBy Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. January 30, 2014 The answer to Grant Lichtman’s Does “Grit” Need Deeper Discussion? appears to be an unequivocal yes—based on the exchange in the blog post comments, the Twitter conversations, and comments at my blogs [
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Stephen Krashen Blog 2-1-14
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2-1-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
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2-1-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Introduced: H.Res. 457: Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.Recognizing Lunar New Year as a significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year.1d Bill Introduced: H.Res. 4
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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 2-1-14
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teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 2-1-14
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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 2-1-14
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2-1-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumFriday Open ThreadFor the artists in your house, two guys, feet, a rake and some unusual mediums to work in. A thing of beauty is not always a joy forever.Saturday Community meeting - Director Sue Peters' first one at Queen Anne library from 11 am to 12:30 pm.What's on your mind?by Melissa Westbrook / 23h JAN 30High School Students -
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2-1-14 Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
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2-1-14 Perdido Street School Week
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2-1-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 2-1-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
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This Week's Education Research Report 2-1-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTLiteracy, teaching skills lacking internationallyA new UNESCO report reveals that a global learning crisis is costing governments $129 billion a year. Ten per cent of global spending on primary education is being lost on poor quality education that is failing to ensure that children learn. This situation leaves one in four young people
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-1-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT IS THE AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM DAMAGING OUR KIDS? Education has become an American institution—of the worst kind.By Peter Gray from Salon.com / Also published in Reader's Digest Magazine January 2014 | http://bit.ly/1bfWIPB Parents send their children to school with the best of intentions, believing that formal
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 2-1-14
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2-1-14 Schools Matter All Week
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All Week 2-1-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE A Critical Truce in the War between Traditionalists and ProgressivesA Critical Truce in the War between Traditionalists and Progressives. via A Critical Truce in the War between Traditionalists and Progressives.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 1h Student Slang 102As a follow-up to the first version, here a
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 2-1-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
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1-31-14 @ The Chalk Face Gates Is Funding USDOE Conferences and “Innovations” – @ THE CHALK FACE
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Funds Meant for Charters May Be Diverted to Pre-K - NYTimes.com
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Mother Crusader: Guest Blog: Camden Activist Mo'Neke Ragsdale - A New World Order Of Discrimination
Mother Crusader: Guest Blog: Camden Activist Mo'Neke Ragsdale - A New World Order Of Discrimination: Guest Blog: Camden Activist Mo'Neke Ragsdale - A New World Order Of DiscriminationPredatory education reform has reached a crescendo in New Jersey's largest cities. Newark public schools are being closed, sold and privatized.“In late December, 2013, just days before the start of winter vacation, th
Gates Is Funding USDOE Conferences and “Innovations” | deutsch29
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Fight Over Effective Teachers Shifts to Courtroom - NYTimes.com
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Nite Cap 1-31-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
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