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
9-5-14 Living in Dialogue - End Suspensions, and Bring Play Back to Kindergarten - Living in Dialogue
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Student Member App + Advisory Commission on Charter Schools App + CNP Reimbursement Rates - State Board of Education
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Back To School With American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten | Talk Radio News ServiceTalk Radio News Service
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Our neighborhood rally with Karen Lewis
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Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Teacher Rotation: China’s New National Campaign for Equity
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for the love of learning: Bring Your Own Device: It's awesome except for the inequity
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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
9-5-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
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Geaux Teacher!: Standardized Testing and Pearson's Dangerous Game!
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9-5-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
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By All Means, Let’s Talk About Alcohol and Campus Sexual Assault. But Let’s Do It Right. |
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Thank you Mr. President for your Welcome! Join Us! | Cloaking Inequity
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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
School Districts Part Of Network Working With Google To Collect Information | Missouri Education Watchdog
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9-5-14 Schools Matter - KIPP: Waiting for the Marshmallow While Getting the Fist
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As Schools Open, Resistance Must Continue! | WeArePCAPS
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Morning Wink 9-5-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-5-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
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9-5-14 Fred 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.: State school funding. Reduce the size of the pie. Slice it into smaller pieces.Illinois school funding is a cruel joke. Since we already ranks at the bottom in state school funding, the burden falls on local districts to raise money locally. Rich school districts do fine. Poor ones, not so much. To fi
9-5-14 Answer Sheet
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9-5-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
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9-5-14 Perdido Street School Week
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Back to School with NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia in Florida
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Oregon Save Our Schools: Our press release: Parents Say No to Kindergarten Test
Oregon Save Our Schools: Our press release: Parents Say No to Kindergarten Test: Our press release: Parents Say No to Kindergarten TestFor immediate release August 31, 2014Parents, Teachers Say No to Kindergarten Test“I have opted out both my Kindergartner and my Second Grader,” says Jennifer Lewis, a Portland Public School parent. Lewis is just one of many parents across Oregon opting their child
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Using Student Surveys to Evaluate Teachers |
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America's Schools Could Be More Efficient If Teachers Were Paid Less: Report
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Nite Cap 9-4-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT
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