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The Future of EDU in SIX Hours « My Island View

tomwhitby.wordpress.com - July 16, 2011 by tomwhitby Every three years I force myself to do something that, although it is geared to save me money and provide for my safety, I dread it more than the possibility of Kidney St...

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Report Takes Aim at CPS Discipline Policies

chicagonewscoop.org - Students packed the lobby of Chicago Public Schools headquarters Thursday to deliver a critical report on school discipline policies that contends the district spends more than 14 times as much on ...

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Larryferlazzo Can You Help Me Out With Movie Clip Suggestions Demonstrating The Qualities Of A Good Language Learner?http://bit.ly/p53t7Habout 1 hour ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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What Studies Say About Teacher Effectiveness

ewa.org - EWA Research Brief: What Studies Say About Teacher Effectiveness As policymakers and school leaders seek new ways to measure and improve teacher effectiveness, it’s important for journalists and ot...

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Atlanta Schools Created Culture of Cheating, Fear

abcnews.go.com - Teachers spent nights huddled in a back room, erasing wrong answers on students' test sheets and filling in the correct bubbles. At another school, struggling students were seated next to higher-pe...

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21 Google Plus Circles You Can Actually Use

happyplace.com - 21 Google Plus circles you can actually use.posted 1 hour agoWe've been using Google Plus all week and we can already foresee wasting a huge portion of our lives on it until we're forcibly herded i...

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nypost.com - The government gravy train just keeps rolling for the contractor at the center of the massive CityTime payroll scandal. Virginia-based Science Applications International Corp. won two more federal ...

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244 mega-fund-raisers rake in the money for Obama

suntimes.com - LYNN SWEET lsweet@suntimes.com July 16, 2011 2:14AM Updated: July 16, 2011 8:17AM WASHINGTON — The Obama re-election team released the names of more than 244 mega-fund-raisers Friday — including 31...

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The Best Posts & Articles About The Atlanta Testing Scandal

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jul 16 2011 Larry Ferlazzo I haven’t been wildly impressed by much of what has been written about the Atlanta testing scandal. But there have been a few that I thought were particularly thoughtful,...

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Today in Labor History—July 16

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/07/today-in-labor-historyjuly-16.html"; Ida B WellsJuly 16, 1862 – Ida B Wells was born, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Wells was most famous for her...

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What is the difference between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0

indiawebsearch.com - There is a new standard in the USB world called USB 3.0, in this article we will discuss the difference between USB 2,0 and USB 3.0. Universal Serial Bus or USB, as you all know is the most popular...

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The Picture Show : NPR

npr.org - Days into their mission, the crew of STS-135 is probably settled in to life aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Lucky for this final crew, many a brave astronaut has come before to pave the way for life...

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Would Arne Duncan Have Eaten The Marshmallow?

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Mar 31 2010 Larry Ferlazzo The headline of this post refers to the famous experiment on self-control that tested which children could resist eating a marshmallow for five minutes. If they did, they...

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Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action

saveourschoolsmarch.org - Please join people from all across America as they gather to participate in the Save Our Schools March on Saturday, July 30 in Washington, D.C. The Save Our Schools March is being held in response ...

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    John Havlicek: Privately run charter schools often let students down

    John Havlicek: Privately run charter schools often let students down

    John Havlicek: Privately run charter schools often let students down

    By John Havlicek | La Crosse | Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:30 am | 1 Comment

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    There has been much chatter — on both the local and national level — about charter schools. There is also a lot of misinformation out there, too.

    Unlike their public counterparts, privately run charter schools often don’t offer nearly enough value relative to what they take away from traditional public schools, state and national budgets, and the public.

    Politicians, people in education and the general public often misuse the term “charter school.” Any school established, by agreement (a “charter”) with either the state or the local school board, intended to operate without some or many of the regulations, requirements and oversight of traditional public schools is a charter school.

    Public funding supports these schools in whole or in part. This is not the same as a private school, nor is this the same as a voucher school. There also is a difference between charter schools operated under th



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    Teacher layoffs continue Rhee's reforms | Lisa Gartner | Education | Washington Examiner

    Teacher layoffs continue Rhee's reforms | Lisa Gartner | Education | Washington Examiner

    Teacher layoffs continue Rhee's reforms

    By: Lisa Gartner | Examiner Staff Writer @Lisa_Examiner | 07/16/11 8:05 PM
    When Chancellor Kaya Henderson took the reins of D.C. Public Schools in November, critics wondered if she was tough enough to push the education reforms of the notoriously abrasive Michelle Rhee.

    But 206 teacher layoffs -- and the style in which Henderson delivered the news -- reveal her as a committed successor to the Rhee reforms, observers say.

    The school system laid off 413 employees on Friday, including 206 teachers who received poor ratings on Impact, a controversial teacher evaluation tool developed by Henderson when she served as Rhee's deputy chancellor, and introduced into the schools last year.

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    2x Minimally Effectiven/an/an/a14134175
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    Issues with license3937769410104
    Total1149721132192413

    Sixty-five teachers were pink slipped for "ineffective" ratings -- determined by students' test scores gains and classroom observations -- while another 141 teachers were jettisoned for a second-consecutive "minimally effective" rating.

    Last year, 126 teachers were let go for "ineffective" ratings on the evaluation tool; those



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