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blogs.edweek.org - The four questions the Department of Education could not answerOn Monday I wrote a post contrasting President Obama's insightful thoughts about standardized tests to policies that are being pursued...

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schooltechconnect.com - This Anthony Cody post is excellent. Of course, the DOE's fantasy is that the $350m that they blew on writing new, magical tests is going to produce new, magical tests. It's not. What we're going t...

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blogs.hbr.org - Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.One o...

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northjersey.com - N.J. gets 58 charter school applications The state received 58 applications for new charter schools by its Thursday deadline for another round of possible approvals, an Education Department spokesm...

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huffingtonpost.com - The timing of President Obama's condemnation of "just teaching to the test," as he prepared for a televised address on Libya, was illustrative. Given the President's "to do" list, it would be unrea...

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The Buzz: Teachers union calls for tax hike on high-income earners - Sacramento Politics - California Politics | Sacramento Bee

The Buzz: Teachers union calls for tax hike on high-income earners - Sacramento Politics - California Politics | Sacramento Bee

The Buzz: Teachers union calls for tax hike on high-income earners

Published: Saturday, Apr. 2, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3A

As Democrats scramble to chart a new state budget course after talks collapsed this week, the California Federation of Teachers is calling for a 1 percent tax hike on high-income earners.

The state still faces a $15.4 billion deficit, and the union estimates the tax hike would raise an estimated $2.5 billion, according to spokesman Steve Hopcraft. The proposal would hike taxes by 1 percent on personal income above $500,000.

To back its efforts, the union commissioned research by pollster Ben Tulchin which shows 78



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PASBO says No Child Left Behind goal by 2014 not attainable - News - Daily Review

PASBO says No Child Left Behind goal by 2014 not attainable - News - Daily Review

PASBO says No Child Left Behind goal by 2014 not attainable

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Published: April 2, 2011

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Review Photo/ERIC HRIN Canton Area School Board members Jared Wilcox, left, and Harold Hopkins attend the school board's work session this week. On the right is elementary principal John Rimmer.

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Review Photo/ERIC HRIN Canton Area School Board members Jared Wilcox, left, and Harold Hopkins attend the school board's work session this week. On the right is elementary principal John Rimmer.

CANTON - A document from the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) says that the federal No Child Left Behind Act's goal of 100 percent proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2014 is "unattainable even under perfect circumstances."

To drive the point home, "unattainable even under perfect circumstances" is underlined in the text.

But "perfect circumstances" is hardly the way to describe the current educational funding situation. A Times-Tribune story reported that, in total, the governor's budget does away with $1.5 billion in total education funding.

In the Canton Area School District this week, district superintendent Matt Gordon told the school board about the PASBO conclusion on the NCLB goal at a work session focusing on the budget. The statement is included in PASBO's "500 Cost Reduction Strategies for Local Education Agencies," which is listed on its website.

During the meeting, Gordon told those attending that the conclusion was "ironic." He said that he thought the teachers would appreciate it.

Gordon made it clear that the conclusion wasn't a surprise to him.

"It was labeled as being utopian," board member Jared Wilcox

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Textbook standards: California lawmakers fight over bill to teach students about gay people's contributions - latimes.com

Textbook standards: California lawmakers fight over bill to teach students about gay people's contributions - latimes.com

California lawmakers fight over bill to teach students about gay people's contributions

A measure proposed by state Sen. Mark D. Leno of San Francisco would require new social science textbooks to include 'a study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.'

By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times

April 2, 2011

Reporting from Sacramento -- As the battle over same-sex marriage makes its way through California's courts, another gay rights fight is smoldering in the Legislature.

Democratic lawmakers have revived a plan to require state schools to teach about the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans. They are reigniting a movement that halted five years ago when legislators approved such a requirement only to run into opposition from then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Now, with a Democrat in the governor's office, the lawmakers and gay rights activists are more hopeful that school curricula
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Nationwide Stand in Soliditary - California Teachers Association #WIunion #OHunion #madMI #weareWI #p2

Stand in Soliditary - California Teachers Association
Stand in Soliditary

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The anniversary of Dr. King’s death, labor unions, civil rights organizations, and religious leaders will stand together across this country for the same human rights and human dignity for working men and women. We will remember the courage and determination of Dr. King and those workers who endured assault and arrest as they walked a picket line for two months. We have stood together as one with public workers across this country whose bargaining rights are under attack, with private workers who can’t get bargaining rights, and against those politicians and their allies who want to silence our political voice.

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