Newark HS students protest district turnaround program in front of Bridgegate reporters | NJ.com
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Watch New Video From the NETWORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE Schoolhouse Live
Schoolhouse Live: THE NETWORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION NATIONAL CONFERENCEApril 25-26 educators and advocates gathered in the Windy City to discuss crucial issues facing children in our public schools. From the infiltration of big business into public education to high stakes testing and the Common Core, dangers to America's proud tradition of public education were exposed and efforts to neutralize th
School reform in post-Katrina New Orleans harmful to black community, scholars say
School reform in post-Katrina New Orleans harmful to black community, scholars say: School reform in post-Katrina New Orleans harmful to black community, scholars say By most media accounts, education reform in post-Katrina New Orleans is a success. Test scores and graduation rates are up, and students once trapped in failing schools have their choice of charter schools throughout the city.But tha
Parent: What I Saw, Learned and Enjoyed at #NPEChicago | Cloaking Inequity
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Holy State Takeover! | EduShyster
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Charters to save 'failing' public schools? but who's saving the failing charters?
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: UNO charter debacle hurts parents. Shows charters aren't 'public' after all.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: UNO charter debacle hurts parents. Shows charters aren't 'public' after all.: UNO charter debacle hurts parents. Shows charters aren't 'public' after all.A single picture tells the storyThe latest UNO scandal represents a potential disaster for the thousands of mainly Latino students and parents enrolled in Chicago charter schools. It should also put an end to claims
'Failing schools' robocall confuses Sumner residents
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Questions, answers about plan for Detroit school district - Yahoo News
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Dad Delivers Perfect Response to Kindergarten Dress-Shaming His Little Girl: Read His Viral Letter - Yahoo Celebrity
Dad Delivers Perfect Response to Kindergarten Dress-Shaming His Little Girl: Read His Viral Letter - Yahoo Celebrity: Dad Delivers Perfect Response to Kindergarten Dress-Shaming His Little Girl: Read His Viral Letter Move over, Kindergarten Cop! A Houston dad,Jef Rouner, called out his 5-year-old daughter's school district after her kindergarten class shamed the little girl for wearing a spaghetti
Social and emotional development: The next school reform frontier | Brookings Institution
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Teacher: I am not against Common Core or testing — but here’s my line in the sand - The Washington Post
Teacher: I am not against Common Core or testing — but here’s my line in the sand - The Washington Post: Teacher: I am not against Common Core or testing — but here’s my line in the sandJulie Campbell is a fifth-grade teacher in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. She recently completed “Scorer Leader Training” for the English Language Arts Common Core test given in her state to fifth graders, and she says that wha
De Blasio's new co-location puzzle | Capital New York
De Blasio's new co-location puzzle | Capital New York: De Blasio’s new co-location puzzleMayor Bill de Blasio is facing a new battle over school co-locations, a source of consistent controversy for the administration, as it seeks to balance space for the city’s struggling schools with the infrastructure needs of the city’s growing charter school sector.Since January, the Department of Education’s
CURMUDGUCATION: Maryland Disappoints Charters
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California: A Teacher, Living in Fear | Diane Ravitch's blog
California: A Teacher, Living in Fear | Diane Ravitch's blog: I posted about the state of education in California, where Governor Jerry Brown pushed through a tax increase to benefit schools, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson suspended the stakes attached to tests while the Common Core is phased in, and where there have been thus far no negative consequences attached to the new regime of Common C
Marie Corfield: An open letter to NJEA members
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With A Brooklyn Accent: The Path Not Taken With At Risk Youth: Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps
With A Brooklyn Accent: The Path Not Taken With At Risk Youth: Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps: The Path Not Taken With At Risk Youth: Reviving the Civilian Conservation CorpsAs I watch the City of Baltimore try to impose the harshest of penalties on young people involved in the unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, I think of my own work with inner city youth as a coach, league di
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Senate ESEA Draft: Review of Approved Amendments– Part III (All Done) | deutsch29
Senate ESEA Draft: Review of Approved Amendments– Part III (All Done) | deutsch29: Senate ESEA Draft: Review of Approved Amendments– Part III (All Done) On April 16, 2015, the Senate education committee approved the Alexander-Murray draft of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), a 601-page document entitled, The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015.The draft
Judge in Atlanta school cheating case reduces stiff prison sentences - LA Times
Judge in Atlanta school cheating case reduces stiff prison sentences - LA Times: Judge in Atlanta school cheating case reduces stiff prison sentencesIn an unusual action, the judge presiding over the landmark Atlanta public school cheating trial changed his mind and on Thursday lightened the stiff prison sentences he meted out two weeks ago to high-ranking educators convicted of inflating students
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 4/30/15
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/30/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMJoin PAA webinar: Holding charter schools accountable | Parents Across AmericaJoin PAA webinar: Holding charter schools accountable | Parents Across America: Join PAA webinar: Holding charter schools accountable Join PAA’s Dora Taylor and Steve Norton with Kyle Serrette of the Center for Popular Democracy in our
