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Q&A: Dana Goldstein, Author, 'The Teacher Wars' : NPR Ed : NPR

Q&A: Dana Goldstein, Author, 'The Teacher Wars' : NPR Ed : NPR: Q&A: Dana Goldstein, Author, 'The Teacher Wars'by ERIC WESTERVELTSeptember 06, 2014 8:43 AM ETI recently came to the education beat after spending the better part of a decade as a foreign correspondent, mainly reporting on conflicts in the Middle East.Shortly after turning in my Kevlar vest for chalk dust I was struck by how i

by mike simpson / 8min

Arguing Over What Public Schools Should Do?* | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Arguing Over What Public Schools Should Do?* | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Arguing Over What Public Schools Should Do?*“Why do people argue so much about education?”I heard this question as I pumped up Mt. Hamilton. Biking up a California mountain forces you to think about many things or else you note how goofy you are for taking five hours to climb nineteen miles just to

by mike simpson / 12min

Newark Parents Boycott School For POWER To Control Their Neighborhood Schools Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública:

Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Newark Parents Boycott School For POWER To Control Their Neighborhood Schools: Newark Parents Boycott School For POWER To Control Their Neighborhood SchoolsNewark Parents Want Local Control of Their Schools- Not Racist Corporate Takeover! Start a Boycott on Day OneA group of parents and students in Newark, New Jersey, boycotted the

by mike simpson / 14min

High marks for turnaround - Lowell Sun Online

High marks for turnaround - Lowell Sun Online: High marks for turnaroundNational teachers union leader hails progress at Lowell schoolsBy Alana Melanson, amelanson@lowellsun.comMAKING THE GRADE: American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten watches fourth-graders Gabriel Rodriguez, rear, and Connor Mills, both 9, work at Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School in Lowell Thursday. Sh

by mike simpson / 19min

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 9-6-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Ferguson Readings Photo: Scott Olson, GettyHere is a very incomplete list of thought-provoking articles on the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the protests as a result and the militarization of local policy forces.Mariame Kaba with a commentary in the Washington Post: For Blacks, America is Dangerous by Default Kare

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9-6-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":Interesting Idea: “Digital Parent Volunteers”Here’s an interesting idea from George Couros: You might also be interested in The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers.5 by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d “A Checklist for Back to School Night”A Checklist for Back to School Night is a useful post for every teacher. It’s by

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9-6-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue

Home | Living in Dialogue:End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to KindergartenBy Sara Lahm. Is there a crack forming in the anti-child world we have been subjecting our children to for far too long? I ask this question on the heels of Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson’s announcement that, effective immediately, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders will no long

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Stephen Krashen Blog 9-6-14

SKrashen:My response to Bill Nye (The Science Guy"): Standards OK but not the Common Core StandardsResponse to Bill Nye (“Science Guy”), Posted Sept 2 at: Could Common Core be the antidote for Creationist teachers?Bill Nye: If I were king of the forest we would have math in the core curriculum. Science would be in the core curriculum. English in the core curriculum. Elementary science is wher

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9-6-14 Hemlock on the Rocks (The Big Gulp)

Hemlock on the Rocks: LA Schools: Restoring The SUPER In Tendent by Sara Rooshttp://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/7465-la-schools-restoring-the-super-in-tendent -When my home town built a new school in the early '70′s, a whole era vanished in concert with the disappearance of gilded letters proclaiming the "Superintendent's Office" within. I never did figure out what a "Su

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9-6-14 Wag The Dog Week

WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi: Wag The Dog WeekCommon Core Bait and Switch“Selling” the Common Core State Standards to students, parents, and employers with promotional slogans such as “college and career readiness”, “critical thinking”, “constructivist learning”, “technology integration”, and “21st

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9-6-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS

With A Brooklyn Accent:Why Charter School Leaders Are Behind Attacks on Teachers Unions and Public SchoolsIf you ever wonder why famous charter school leaders like Eva Moskowitz or Steve Perry don't just run their schools quietly and let the results speak for themselves and instead devote much of their time attacking teachers, teachers unions and public schools, consider this. When the hiring free

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9-6-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekA Reply To A Reply from @tomamoranTom,Contrary to your beliefs, no one called you a racist. You know this: you put our other criticisms of you in quotes, but not the one where you allege we call you racist.What we said was that you support One Newark, a racist school reorganization policy. Which it is.You say:Maybe you folks should take a pill, and eng

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9-6-14 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekEfficiency Report Is Only Mostly That BadThe edublogonewsphere buzzed a bit this week about a report from GEMS Education Solutions regarding educational efficiency and the fact that it finds the US somewhat lacking. It is, however, a large report, and some reporters made the mistake of skipping through to just the shiny, sexy parts. I'm not sure that the report ha

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9-6-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District):Kashkari to Gov. Brown: ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’Kashkari to Gov. Brown: ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’ Brown (left), Kashkari (right) Governor Jerry Brown and his Republican challenger, Neel Kashkari, spent a few testy minutes in their debate last night talking about public education. Their

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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 9-6-14

The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetAmerica’s suburban schools facing new pressuresOne of the problems with many school reforms being implemented in schools today is that they are being done in isolation — from one another and from other policies that are necessary to actually allow the education changes to work. In the following post, two professors explain how housing policy affects Amer

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9-6-14 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyOur neighborhood rally with Karen LewisKaren at El Cid. THE DELUGE...This afternoon's rally at the monument in Logan Square, was drowned by a deluge as a series of storms rolled across the city. Karen Lewis and some brave souls made a run for El Cid up the block and set up ca

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9-6-14 Wait What? - All Week

Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekGovernor Malloy: Tell the truth about your position on teacher tenureAs we know, on-line petitions demanding politicians account for their actions have become all the rage. It is time for Governor Malloy to come clean and tell the truth about his position on tenure. Therefore we’ve started on an-line petition to do exactly that: Governor Dannel Malloy is the only D

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9-6-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Times, This One's For YouGuess what? According to a new Brookings study, teachers matter. Principals matter.Superintendents? Not so much.Findings:In this report, the authors examine the extent to which school district effects on student learning are due to the superintendent in charge, as compared to characteristics of distri

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9-6-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineCongrats to John Elfrank-Dana who has now successfully battled two abusive principalsIf this were Atlanta, Almonte would be leaving in handcuffs..... Ed NotesBergtraum HS principal leaves after caught pushing kids into substandard online courses & violating sped rights; sadly she will now likely go and ruin some adult ed program. Congrats to John ElFrank-Dana wh

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9-6-14 Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherRunning.If you are a member of IEA Retired you should have received your nomination form in the mail for IEA Retired delegate. The IEA Representative Assembly will be in April of 2015. We are back in Rosemont. This year we retiree

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9-6-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekCuomo's Weakened Stature Gets The Politico TreatmentThe Politico article, Andrew Cuomo's Progressive Blues, that went up this morning and got prominent placement on the Politico website, is not going to make Andrew Cuomo or his campaign happy.The takeaway: Andrew Cuomo's political stature is diminished and his future as both governor and presidentia

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9-6-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by Loadbang Concert & RecordingLoadbang Concert & Recording This will include music by my friend Peter Kay.1 by plthomasedd / 2h SEP 04Grade Retention ResearchGrade Retention Research Alexander, K.L., Entwisle, D.R., & Dauber, S.L. (1994). On the success of failure: A reassessment of the effect

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-6-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Trials+Tribulations Of Opening School With Misisfrom the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update for the Week of 8 Sept 2014 | http://bit.ly/YihifD AALA thanks a secondary administrator, who wishes to remain anonymous, for providing this article. 4 September, 2014 ::For years, we heard it was

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 9-6-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE WEEKDaily Show Does Great Segment On Child RefugeesI’m adding this great video segment to The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive7 by Lar

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This Week's Education Research Report 9-6-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTTeacher Attrition and Mobility: Results From the 2012–13 Teacher Follow-up SurveyOf the 3,377,900 public school teachers who were teaching during the 2011–12 school year, 84 percent remained at the same school (“stayers”), 8 percent moved to a different school (“movers”), and 8 percent left the profession (“leavers”) during the followin

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9-6-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekKIPP: Waiting for the Marshmallow While Getting the FistEducators have jumped on the bandwagon, hoping to teach the skills of delaying gratification to inner-city kids. Dave Levin, co-founder of KIPP (a network of charter schools) employs teaching these cognitive tricks to all his students, who also each wear T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Don’t eat th

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All Week 9-6-14 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE About the radio showJoin Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archiv

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 9-6-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGOhio: Letter from a Teacher in a For-Profit SchoolThis came in my email from a teacher who gave me her/his name, email, school name, and phone number. I asked for permission to post the letter and received it. Do you have any suggestions for this teacher? Ms. Ravitch, I am writing to you because you are the first person I

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YESTERDAY

Indian Leader’s School Visit Draws Fire - NYTimes.com: Indian Leader’s School Visit Draws Fire NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appeared before millions of India’s schoolchildren, answering respectful questions with an avuncular twinkle for an hour and a half, and telling stories about his own school days.Yet behind the seeming informality of the format was an elaborate, labor-in

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All Things Education: Pre-doctoral program warm-up: A look at high school teacher turnover in Hanover County, Virginia

All Things Education: Pre-doctoral program warm-up: A look at high school teacher turnover in Hanover County, Virginia: Pre-doctoral program warm-up: A look at high school teacher turnover in Hanover County, VirginiaThis past summer in conjunction with a local public education advocacy group, Friends of Hanover Schools, that I was a part of, I engaged in a little pre-doctoral program warm-up. At a

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Progressive Lecture Series

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Progressive Lecture Series: Progressive Lecture Series BY DUANE CAMPBELLSACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Progressive Lecture Series:

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CTA Launches Back to School Ad Campaign- California Teachers Association

- California Teachers Association: CTA Launches Back to School Ad CampaignContact: Frank Wells (562) 708-5425 or Claudia Briggs (916) 325-1550.TV, Radio, Print Ads Focus on Teacher-Led Reforms and Well-Rounded Education that Ensures Student SuccessAs educators, we know what really works to improve student learning. It’s why we’ve led efforts to turn around hundreds of lower-performing schools. Wor

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Tim Slekar: Ask Scott Walker and Mary Burke meaningful questions about education : Ct

Tim Slekar: Ask Scott Walker and Mary Burke meaningful questions about education : Ct: Tim Slekar: Ask Scott Walker and Mary Burke meaningful questions about educationNews media are missing the point by covering the political back-and-forth over education policy between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and challenger Mary Burke, says blogger Tim Slekar.“Who cares?” writes Slekar, dean of the School of

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Nite Cap 9-5-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT

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 CAP9-5-14 Living in Dialogue - End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to Kindergarten - Living in DialogueEnd Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to Kindergarten - Living in Dialogue: End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to KindergartenBy Sara Lahm. Is t

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9-5-14 Living in Dialogue - End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to Kindergarten - Living in Dialogue

End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to Kindergarten - Living in Dialogue: End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to KindergartenBy Sara Lahm. Is there a crack forming in the anti-child world we have been subjecting our children to for far too long? I ask this question on the heels of Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson’s announcement that, effective immediately, preschoolers

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Why Unionizing Teachers In Charter Schools is a Bad Idea

Why Unionizing Teachers In Charter Schools is a Bad Idea: Why Unionizing Teachers In Charter Schools is a Bad IdeaSEPTEMBER 5, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY 1 COMMENTIn California, the new NEA leader Lily Eskelsen García is working to gather charter school teachers to unionize. HERE. She appears savvy and smart and gave an uplifting, firery introductory speech to teachers upon her election. As a retired me

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Student Member App + Advisory Commission on Charter Schools App + CNP Reimbursement Rates - State Board of Education

Student Member Application Memo - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education): REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE2015-16 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION STUDENT MEMBERThe California State Board of Education (SBE) is accepting applications for the 2015–16 Student Board Member position. Any student who is a California resident and enrolled in a public high school, will be a senior in good standing in the

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Back To School With American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten | Talk Radio News ServiceTalk Radio News Service

Back To School With American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten | Talk Radio News ServiceTalk Radio News Service: Back To School With American Federation of Teachers President Randi WeingartenTRNS Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner interviews Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (Courtesy Photo A

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NYC Public School Parents: NYC Kids PAC endorsements

NYC Public School Parents: NYC Kids PAC endorsements: NYC Kids PAC endorsementsFor immediate releaseSept. 4, 2014For more information contact: Shino Tanikawa, info@nyckidspac.org , 917-770-8438NYC KidsPAC endorses Teachout for Governor, Jackson, Liu, Koppell for State Senate;Fedkowskyj and Simon for AssemblyToday, NYC KidsPAC, a political action committee composed of parent leaders devoted to stre

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Our neighborhood rally with Karen Lewis

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Our neighborhood rally with Karen Lewis: Our neighborhood rally with Karen LewisKaren at El Cid. THE DELUGE...This afternoon's rally at the monument in Logan Square, was drowned by a deluge as a series of storms rolled across the city. Karen Lewis and some brave souls made a run for El Cid up the block and set up camp there to discuss the issues at hand. Even great

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Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Teacher Rotation: China’s New National Campaign for Equity

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Teacher Rotation: China’s New National Campaign for Equity: Teacher Rotation: China’s New National Campaign for Equity5 SEPTEMBER 2014 717 NO COMMENTBy 2020, about one million teachers and principals in China will be swapped between good and poor schools annually, if the nation’s new strategy for easing education inequity goes as planned. The

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IQC Recruitment Joint Letter - Application Information (CA Dept of Education)

IQC Recruitment Joint Letter - Application Information (CA Dept of Education): CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 2015 CALL FOR APPLICATIONSINSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY COMMISSIONWe are requesting your assistance in recruiting currently practicing teachers with teaching experience and expertise in science, history–social science, world languages and/or health to apply for membership on the Instructional

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for the love of learning: Bring Your Own Device: It's awesome except for the inequity

for the love of learning: Bring Your Own Device: It's awesome except for the inequity: Bring Your Own Device: It's awesome except for the inequityIt's the end of my first week at my new school and it has been awesome!I'm teaching six classes. Two grade 6 social studies, two grade 6 language arts and two grade 8 social studies. For grade 6, I am teaching two classes language arts and social studies

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9-5-14 Wait What? - Governor Malloy: Tell the truth about your position on teacher tenure

Wait What?: Governor Malloy: Tell the truth about your position on teacher tenureAs we know, on-line petitions demanding politicians account for their actions have become all the rage. It is time for Governor Malloy to come clean and tell the truth about his position on tenure. Therefore we’ve started on an-line petition to do exactly that: Governor Dannel Malloy is the only Democratic governor i

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9-5-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools UpdatesFrom last Friday's "Friday Memo" from the Superintendent Here's something interesting from the press conference with the Mayor that included Superintendent Nyland. The Superintendent referenced a "taskforce" about African-American student outcomes. I was a bit puzzled but the Friday memo from the Superintendent has the &

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Geaux Teacher!: Standardized Testing and Pearson's Dangerous Game!

Geaux Teacher!: Standardized Testing and Pearson's Dangerous Game!: Standardized Testing and Pearson's Dangerous Game!Re-post from a Jason Stanford of The Texas Observer.If you haven't figured out yet that education "reform" with its Standards and Testing mania is BIG BUSINESS check this out. Pearson Publishing (and all it's subsidiaries and holdings) are reportedly having a difficult

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9-5-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: Lawmakers tightening accountability of LCFFMorning Read: Lawmakers tightening accountability of LCFF Activists win further regulation of LCFF money School administrators are still balking at attempts by lawmakers and other student advocacy groups to further tighten accountability restriction

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By All Means, Let’s Talk About Alcohol and Campus Sexual Assault. But Let’s Do It Right. |

By All Means, Let’s Talk About Alcohol and Campus Sexual Assault. But Let’s Do It Right. |: By All Means, Let’s Talk About Alcohol and Campus Sexual Assault. But Let’s Do It Right.September 5, 2014 in StudentsStudentActivism.net is the work of Angus Johnston, a historian and advocate of American student organizing. A new piece went up at the Chronicle of Higher Education yesterday titled Why Campu

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Thank you Mr. President for your Welcome! Join Us! | Cloaking Inequity

Thank you Mr. President for your Welcome! Join Us! | Cloaking Inequity: Thank you Mr. President for your Welcome! Join Us!https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/507763384817696768 Consider studying for your Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at California State University Sacramento. Join us! Click here.Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog.Want to know about Cloaking Inequity’s fresh

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Activists win further regulation of LCFF money :: SI&A Cabinet Report

Activists win further regulation of LCFF money :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: SEPTEMBER 05, 2014Activists win further regulation of LCFF moneyby Kimberly Beltran(Calif.) School administrators are still balking at attempts by lawmakers and other student advocacy groups to further tighten accountability restrictions under the state’s new sch

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School Districts Part Of Network Working With Google To Collect Information | Missouri Education Watchdog

School Districts Part Of Network Working With Google To Collect Information | Missouri Education Watchdog: School Districts Part Of Network Working With Google To Collect InformationinShareLet me just start by saying I love the internet. It allows me to connect to friends and family who live far away. It allows me to share ideas on a plethora of social networks like Pinterest and Facebook. I can u

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9-5-14 Schools Matter - KIPP: Waiting for the Marshmallow While Getting the Fist

Schools Matter: KIPP: Waiting for the Marshmallow While Getting the FistEducators have jumped on the bandwagon, hoping to teach the skills of delaying gratification to inner-city kids. Dave Levin, co-founder of KIPP (a network of charter schools) employs teaching these cognitive tricks to all his students, who also each wear T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Don’t eat the marshmallow!” SourceWh

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As Schools Open, Resistance Must Continue! | WeArePCAPS

As Schools Open, Resistance Must Continue! | WeArePCAPS: As Schools Open, Resistance Must Continue!Posted on September 5, 2014by wearepcapsNext week students return for another year at badly under resourced, under staffed, “bare bones” schools. Even if the stalled cigarette tax passes, our schools will be in no better shape, and, arguably, worse off than last year. And last year was the low point

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Morning Wink 9-5-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-5-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Plunderbund: Ohio’s Richest Charter HaulThe Ohio blogger Plunderbund here lays out the astonishing record of William Lager and the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow.(ECOT). This online charter sch

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