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Free and fair elections for Detroit Federation of Teachers presidential seat to be held again | Dailycensored.com

Free and fair elections for Detroit Federation of Teachers presidential seat to be held again | Dailycensored.com

Free and fair elections for Detroit Federation of Teachers presidential seat to be held again

Written by Danny WeilEducationFeb 11, 2011
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Picture of current ‘president’ of DFT, Keith Johnson

The Detroit Federation of Teachers membership meeting voted 84 – 49 to hold a new DFT Officers election, at its meeting last night. This is huge victory for the defense of public education in Detroit!

Please attend our meeting Saturday February 12th at 4:30 at 19484 James Couzens to plan our immediate next steps in the struggle, including organizing our election campaign.

Bobb and the other enemies of Detroit and public education are regrouping and planning their next attacks. We must organize and mobilize.

Help us plan Detroit actions for the March 2 National Day of Action in Defense of Public Education!

Steve Conn
313.645.9340
sjconn@msn.com

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The Buzz - Reactions to Michelle Rhee: Will her resume affect her future?

The Buzz - Reactions to Michelle Rhee: Will her resume affect her future?

Reactions to Michelle Rhee: Will her resume affect her future?

By Katie Rogers

rhee.JPGOn Rhee: How will the scrutiny affect her future? (Photo by Susan Biddle/For The Washington Post)

Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee may be far from Washington now, but a new debate over whether or not she exaggerated past progress as a schoolteacher freshened memories of her departure last October.

The story: On Jan. 31, former D.C. math teacher Guy Brandenburg posted a blog entry contending that a study including test scores from the Baltimore school where Rhee taught from 1992 to 1995 turns back

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Compton’s Parent Trigger Law Left in Limbo - COLORLINES

Compton’s Parent Trigger Law Left in Limbo - COLORLINES

Compton’s Parent Trigger Law Left in Limbo

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Friday, February 11 2011, 4:00 PM ESTTags: Compton, education

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There are two simultaneous fights happening in California around the state’s parent-trigger law. The state board of education, a typically quiet board, has begun tackling parent-initiated charter school takeovers. On Wednesday the California State Board of Education delayed a ruling on the future of the state’s brand new parent trigger law. The law, which squeaked through the legislature last year, allows parents at failing schools to demand that school’s closure and charter school takeover if they can gather 51 percent of parents’ support for such a move.

On the ground, parents at Compton’s McKinley Elementary School are wrestling with Compton Unified School District to force the failing school to be taken over by an outside charter school company, Celerity Educational Group. Charter schools are independently run but publicly financed.

The state board said it would gather a working group to consider the process of implementing the law, and

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Kansas Board of Ed. wants AYP changes - kwch.com

Kansas Board of Ed. wants AYP changes - kwch.com
Kansas Board of Ed. wants AYP changes

(TOPEKA, Kan.) —

The Kansas State Board of Education wants more flexibility in how schools are held accountable for student performance under the federal the No Child Left Behind Act.

In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, State Board of Education Chairman David Dennis requested the annual targets for student performance on state reading and math assessments (or AYP's) be held at 2009-2010 levels until the state is able to implement new Common Core Standards and related assessments in those curricular areas.

“Seeking this flexibility for Kansas schools is something our State Board feels strongly about,” Dennis said in a statement released Friday. “Because the federal legislation that provides the guidelines by which schools are held accountable for student performance is due to

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Rev. Sharpton says low education standards are racism [1:15 p.m.] - Farmington Daily Times

Rev. Sharpton says low education standards are racism [1:15 p.m.] - Farmington Daily Times

Rev. Sharpton says low education standards are racism [1:15 p.m.]

Posted: 02/11/2011 01:17:46 PM MST

SANTA FE — The Rev. Al Sharpton today said low expectations in schools are the racism of the 21st century.

Speaking before the state Legislature on African-American Day, Sharpton said a system that stereotypes people who are perceived to be low achievers is one that condemns many to the underclass.

“Don’t let anybody tell you what you can and cannot be. To fit people into social boxes is not the way we made history,” Sharpton said. “My single parent, welfare mother raised me and my pastor raised me to expect to be something.”

Sharpton, 56, also said that Black History Month was an appropriate time to say that popular culture too often was an enemy of youth and progress. He said it was a myth that “thug life and street are
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Duncan Offers a Sneak Peek at Obama's 2012 Budget - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Duncan Offers a Sneak Peek at Obama's 2012 Budget - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Free school lunches not forever: Mayor says budget may force all kids to pay up

BY ADAM LISBERG AND RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, February 12th 2011, 4:00 AM

With $2.5 million in school lunch balances overdue this year, Mayor Bloomberg Friday acknowledged the city may have to eventually cut off kids who don't pay.
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With $2.5 million in school lunch balances overdue this year, Mayor Bloomberg Friday acknowledged the city may have to eventually cut off kids who don't pay.

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For city students, there may someday be no such thing as a free lunch.

With $2.5 million in school lunch balances overdue this year, Mayor Bloomberg Friday acknowledged the city may have to eventually cut off kids who don't pay.

"Well, it may be we get to that. It may be we get to that," Bloomberg said, responding to WOR-AM radio host John Gambling's suggestion that students "don't get lunch unless (they) pay."

Faced with mounting fees, Department of Education officials told principals last year that they had to collect the money - or it would be deducted from their budgets.

After principals complained about becoming bill collectors, officials extended the deadline to Feb. 16. But the city this week pushed the deadline back again."We're



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Free school lunches not forever: Mayor says budget may force all kids to pay up

Free school lunches not forever: Mayor says budget may force all kids to pay up

Free school lunches not forever: Mayor says budget may force all kids to pay up

BY ADAM LISBERG AND RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, February 12th 2011, 4:00 AM

With $2.5 million in school lunch balances overdue this year, Mayor Bloomberg Friday acknowledged the city may have to eventually cut off kids who don't pay.
Showalter for News
With $2.5 million in school lunch balances overdue this year, Mayor Bloomberg Friday acknowledged the city may have to eventually cut off kids who don't pay.

RELATED NEWS

For city students, there may someday be no such thing as a free lunch.

With $2.5 million in school lunch balances overdue this year, Mayor Bloomberg Friday acknowledged the city may have to eventually cut off kids who don't pay.

"Well, it may be we get to that. It may be we get to that," Bloomberg said, responding to WOR-AM radio host John Gambling's suggestion that students "don't get lunch unless (they) pay."

Faced with mounting fees, Department of Education officials told principals last year that they had to collect the money - or it would be deducted from their budgets.

After principals complained about becoming bill collectors, officials extended the deadline to Feb. 16. But the city this week pushed the deadline back again."We're



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2011/02/11/2011-02-11_free_school_lunches_not_forever_mayor_says_budget_may_force_all_kids_to_pay_up.html#ixzz1DhDvfpFK
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