Tuesday, September 28, 2010
This Week In Education: Funders: Educator Wins MacArthur "Genius" Grant
D.C. Public Schools' Head Start program has problems, federal report says
D.C. Public Schools' Head Start program has problems, federal report says
Politics makes changing bedfellows | EdNewsColorado
Politics makes changing bedfellows
The Colorado Education Association may be the 800-pound education group in Colorado politics, but that doesn’t mean other interest groups aren’t trying to weigh in on 2010 legislative races.
District-by-district lists
See the bottom of this article for charts listing education group endorsements in House and Senate districts.
To get a sense for who’s supporting whom, Education News Colorado reviewed legislative candidate contributions by the CEA-affiliated Public Education Committee and the AFT Colorado Federation of Teachers, School, Health and Public Employees Small Donor Committee, along with endorsements or contributions by three other groups.
Those are the Colorado Association of School Executives, a federation of school administrator groups, which
Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class - SignOnSanDiego.com
Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9:52 P.M.
An infusion of federal economic stimulus funding will allow San Diego State University to enroll up to 852 local students currently on the university’s waiting list.
High Tech High chief receives honor
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9:51 P.M.
A decade after Larry Rosenstock helped start an innovative and rigorous technology-savvy charter school in Point Loma, he has been named as one of three recipients of the prestigious 2010 Harold W. McGraw Hill Prize in Education.
"Genius grant" goes to UCSD professor
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9 P.M.
Carol Padden, a UCSD professor whose childhood experience led her to specialize in sign language and deaf culture, has been awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation grant.
Governor signs bill to seal some autopsies
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 6:24 P.M.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday signed three bills generated in San Diego County, including one that will give parents the right to seal autopsy reports and photographs of their murdered children.
Gov. Chris Christie to outline proposed education reforms | NJ.com
Gov. Chris Christie to outline proposed education reforms
Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:35 AM Updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:35 AM
Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie will be in Old Bridge this afternoon to announce reforms he wants to make to the state's public education system.TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is ready to announce reforms he wants to make to New Jersey's public education system.
He's expected to do it at a town hall meeting on education reform this afternoon in Old Bridge.
New Jersey students are among the best in the nation by such standards as test scores and graduation rates. But
School Tech Connect: Another Inconvenient Truth...
Another Inconvenient Truth...
Many parents welcome idea of longer school year, while kids say not so fast
Many parents welcome idea of longer school year, while kids say not so fast
BY RYAN STRONG, RYAN LAVIS AND JUSTIN TINKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 4:00 AM
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Lesson plan
Should U.S. schools extend the school year by a month?
Many New York parents welcomed the idea of a longer school year, just as most New York kids blew the notion a giant and very predictable raspberry.
"There's no way I would want to stay in school longer," said Henry Minier, 16, of the South Bronx. "The quality of the school seems more important than how long
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/28/2010-09-28_city_kids_and_parents_are_split_on_extending_days.html?r=ny_local/education#ixzz10pDjO2Cb
Bronx hooker teacher blabs on about past
With son behind bars, mother wages battles for his education - latimes.com
She took on successive bureaucracies, demanding a proper education for Michael while he sat in juvenile hall and then county jail, his learning stagnating as he awaited trial. Now that he's in state prison, another fight may be on the horizon.
Rigoberto Ruelas, a fifth-grade teacher at Miramonte Elementary in South L.A., was hailed as a caring teacher who tutored students on weekends and after school and encouraged them to go to college.
A Caltech jellyfish expert and a Los Angeles artist-designer are among the recipients of the $500,000 awards. |
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Queens Teacher: Confessions of a Union Buster
Confessions of a Union Buster
Confessed Union Buster Shares Trade Secrets with Delta Flight Attendants
Posted By Mike Hall
Martin Jay Levitt spent 19 years “on the dark side,” running 250 union-busting
