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School Panel, Over Protests, Backs a Deal With Verizon

nytimes.com - The Panel for Educational Policy on Wednesday approved a $120 million contract with a Verizon subsidiary to provide phone and Internet services for two years at city schools, despite calls for post...

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National child welfare survey examines recession

news.yahoo.com - LAS VEGAS (AP) — Karla Washington worries how she will afford new school uniforms for her five-year-old daughter.Washington, an undergraduate student, earns less than $11,000 a year from a part-tim...

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m.guardian.co.uk - Media empress Oprah Winfrey has been nominated for a special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt award, for those "whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry". This has created mild contro...

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Secretary Duncan to Hold #AskArne Twitter Town Hall

ed.gov - The Department of Education announced today that Secretary Arne Duncan will participate in the first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall on August 24, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Veteran education journalis...

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Diane Ravitch: Union speaking fees did not change my mind

gothamschools.org - Diane Ravitch, speaking at a GothamSchools event two years ago. Is Diane Ravitch a “paid union spokesperson,” her famous change of heart inspired by fees from the teachers union? The accusation, le...

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Mass Incarceration Doesn’t Make Us Safer

forbes.com - Tough talk on law and order is politically a pretty safe bet. Public sector unions like it because it means more jobs for cops and prison guards. Private contractors like it because it means more p...

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In Poll, Lowest Marks for Bloomberg in 6 Years

nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s job approval rating among New Yorkers has hit its lowest point in six years, as residents convey widespread anxieties about the city’s economic prospects, according to ...

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Crashing the Tea Party

nytimes.com - GIVEN how much sway the Tea Party has among Republicans in Congress and those seeking the Republican presidential nomination, one might think the Tea Party is redefining mainstream American politic...

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The Persistent Failure of Steven Brill

gawker.com - Steven Brill has a reputation for being a media wise man—a deep-thinking mogul who's always spotting the opportunities of The Future. Which is kind of strange, since the majority of his projects ha...

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Bachmann's Elvis Tribute, Slightly Off

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - August 16, 2011, 6:33 pm By SARAH WHEATONBefore making her pitch for the Republican presidential nomination in Spartanburg, S.C., on Tuesday Representative Michele Bachmann paused to show some resp...

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Davis Farmers Market Documentary Set to Debut

davis.patch.com - Spoiler alert: Crunch! Check out the trailer for this Davis film, "Farmers' Markets: Love at First Bite," debuting Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Varsity Theatre. The community's local food hub served as ...

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Home - Inside Higher Ed

insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...

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Movie-House Investor Dives Into the Charter-School Space

dailyfinance.com - A real estate investment trust that works mostly in the megaplex movie-theater business is quickly learning that the charter-school industry is a smart place to put its money these days. Entertainm...

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UseYourTeacherVoice | The Classroom Sooth

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - UseYourTeacherVoice | The Classroom SoothUseYourTeacherVoiceby classroomsoothYesterday I launched the Use Your Teacher Voice campaign. At this juncture it is solely a YouTube campaign. The goal i...

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Secretary Duncan to Hold #AskArne Twitter Town Hall

ed.gov - The Department of Education announced today that Secretary Arne Duncan will participate in the first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall on August 24, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Veteran education journalis...

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    Hook ‘em on day-one « Red Pen Warrior

    Hook ‘em on day-one « Red Pen Warrior

    Hook ‘em on day-one

    by Laura

    Although I have conveniently forgotten most of my student-teaching experiences (oh, the magnitude of what I did not know that I did not know), there is one critical piece of advice that I have tried to heed each year since: on the first day of school, do something that makes the students want to come back on the second day. Our students might be required to return to school the second (and the third

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    1st National Democracy Convention in Madison, Aug 24-28 | Defend Wisconsin

    1st National Democracy Convention in Madison, Aug 24-28 | Defend Wisconsin

    1st National Democracy Convention in Madison, Aug 24-28

    by Itay

    Convention BannerNearly 1,000 community, labor, and student organizers will gather at the first Democracy Convention in Madison Concourse Hotel, August 24-28, to launch a movement to bring democracy to the United States.

    The purpose of this first national Democracy Convention is to strengthen democracy where it matters most — in our communities, our schools, our workplaces and local economies, our military, our government, our media, our constitution,” and to unite pro-democracy efforts in all areas of American life, in a common, deeply rooted, broad

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    Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers In 2011 — So Far

    Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers In 2011 — So Far

    The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers In 2011 — So Far

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    I usually just do a year-end list on practical advice and many other topics, but it gets a little crazy having to review all of my zillion posts at once. So, to make it easier for me — and perhaps, to make it a little more useful to readers — I’m going to start publishing mid-year lists, too. These won’t be ranked, unlike my year-end “The Best…” lists, and just because a site appears on a mid-year list doesn’t guarantee it will be included in an end-of-the-year one. But, at least, I won’t have to review all my year’s posts in December…

    The title of this “The Best…” list is pretty self-explanatory. What you’ll find here are blog posts and articles this year (some written by me, some by others) that were, in my opinion, the ones that offered the best practical


    “Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength”

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    In the classroom lessons on self-control I’ve written about here and in my book, I’ve cited and had students read research on the topic by Professor Roy F. Baumeister.

    He’s now co-written a new book titled Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, and an excerpt has been published in The New York Times called Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?

    Professor Baumeister’s co-author has also written a short accompanying columns to The Times excerpt calledWhy You Need To Sleep On It.

    The underlying research of the article is grounded in the finding, which I’ve written about a lot here (check out

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    Lobato 8/17: Costs of dropping out | EdNewsColorado

    Lobato 8/17: Costs of dropping out | EdNewsColorado

    Lobato 8/17: Costs of dropping out

    by Todd Engdahl

    The costs of low educational achievement and the mixed history of legislative school funding efforts were the focus of the Lobato trial Wednesday.

    Lobato v. State illustrationHenry Levin, an education economist from Columbia University, testified all morning about a study he did on the personal and social costs triggered by failing to complete high school, as well as the benefits of higher levels of education to both individuals and the economy.

    The tone shifted from the economic to the political later in the day, when two former legislators testified about legislative attitudes on the school finance system and, on cross-examination, state lawyers tried a couple of

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    20% children in state live in poverty | Thoughts on Public Education

    20% children in state live in poverty | Thoughts on Public Education

    20% children in state live in poverty - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

    by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
    With an increase of 2 percentage points in one year, one in five children lives in poverty in California. That’s the highest proportion in a decade and is equal to the national average, according to Kids Count, an extensive report on the state of children in America by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. In California, [...]

    California ACT scores outperform U.S. - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

    by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
    This year’s high school graduates from California outperformed the nation on the ACT, and on average are better prepared for college work, according to the annual report of the college entrance exam. But in the same breath, consider two qualifiers: Only a quarter of California high school students took the ACT, compared with 49 percent [...]
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    Teachers Save Lives Too « Cooperative Catalyst

    Teachers Save Lives Too « Cooperative Catalyst

    Teachers Save Lives Too

    by Pernille Ripp

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    As the recession rolls on and the politicians gear up for another fight on this new super committee, I drive back and forth to school getting ready for a new school year. One politician was discussing what could be cut save our country from the brink of bankruptcy and discussed Medicaid, a favorite target. The radio host asked whether doctors’ pay should be cut as well then. The politician scoffed at this notion; “We should not cut the pay of doctors,” he stated, “They save lives…”

    Maybe it’s the salary freeze my district has imposed on teachers. Maybe it’s the rumors that my administration

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    In many counties, more than 20 pct. drop out of school | California Watch

    In many counties, more than 20 pct. drop out of school | California Watch

    In many counties, more than 20 pct. drop out of school

    by Agustin Armendariz

    About a quarter of California counties have high school dropout rates of 20 percent or more, including Los Angeles (20.3 percent) and San Bernardino (21.2 percent).

    The new figures released by the California Department of Education last week are based on information collected about individual students from their freshman year in 2006 through graduation in 2010.

    Statewide, the study found nearly three out of four students graduated and 18.2 percent dropped out. The remainder of the students are either still in school, earned their GED or are in alternative programs, according to

    American Indian tribes battle over online poker

    by Chase Davis

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    Once again, it’s shaping up to be a case of tribe vs. tribe in the latest effort to encourage politicians to legalize online poker in California.

    In one corner is a coalition of tribes worried that opening online poker rooms may choke off business to their casinos. In the other are the San Manuel and Morongo bands of Mission Indians, which, along with several other tribes and industry groups representing card rooms, are pushing to allow online poker in the state.

    The fight, which flared up anew this week with a series of radio and television ads promoting a measuresponsored by state Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, is a continuation of a years-long battle between the pro- and

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    How shaky is President Obama’s support among teachers? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    How shaky is President Obama’s support among teachers? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    How shaky is President Obama’s support among teachers?

    by Valerie Strauss

    This was written by educator Anthony Cody, who taught science for 18 years in inner-city Oakland and now works with a team of science teacher-coaches that supports novice teachers. He is a National Board-certified teacher and an active member of the Teacher Leaders Network. A version of this post appeared on his Education Week Teacher blog, Living in Dialogue .

    By Anthony Cody

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    What’s the link between time in school and achievement?

    by Valerie Strauss

    This is a response to a post I published Tuesday by Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of secondary education at San Francisco State University, about what he called an “absurd” debate about how long the school year should be. He noted that there is no compelling evidence that a longer school year improves student learning. Here is a response to this post jointly written by Jennifer Davis, co-founder and president of the National Center on Time & Learning, and Emily McCann, president of Citizen Schools.

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    Students Bearing the Brunt of Cutbacks in California | California Progress Report

    Students Bearing the Brunt of Cutbacks in California | California Progress Report

    Students Bearing the Brunt of Cutbacks in California

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    By Eming Piansay

    The budget crisis gripping California is forcing most city and county governments across the state to squeeze spending by local departments -- and unfortunately for public school students, the education sector has become a number-one target for cutbacks.

    State funding cuts were the main topic during a panel discussion of budget experts and ethnic media reporters, who gathered last week at New America Media in San Francisco to talk about how the economic recession is playing out in California classrooms.

    A chief concern voiced at the briefing was how cuts to education have influenced student-teacher relationships.

    Anna Lima, a third-grade teacher at Acorn Woodland Elementary in Oakland, Calif., nearly lost her job because of the budget cuts and has seen first-hand how the cuts have affected school moral.

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    The Educated Reporter: Higher Education 101: Dorms, Remediation and Midnight Classes

    The Educated Reporter: Higher Education 101: Dorms, Remediation and Midnight Classes

    Higher Education 101: Dorms, Remediation and Midnight Classes

    by Emily Richmond

    Much of the focus of the nation’s education crisis has been on K-12 schools. But higher education students–and the institutions they attend–are also facing challenges on many fronts. Tuition is up at many public campuses as a result of reduced state funding. Community colleges, which stand to play an enormous role in the nation’s economic recovery as a means of retraining workers, are often vastly overcrowded. At the same time, the relative merit of a bachelor's degree is being debated, even as enrollment of foreign students in graduate programs in the U.S. is booming.

    With a beat so plentiful, it can be hard to know where to begin. So, let’s start at the front door.

    One of the greatest advantages of the higher ed beat is the open campus. Colleges and universities, even private

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    Talking Education Politics on MSNBC - Dana Goldstein

    Talking Education Politics on MSNBC - Dana Goldstein

    Talking Education Politics on MSNBC

    I'm usually quite nervous when I go on television, and I always foget to smile! But doing TV with Ezra Klein, one of my closest friends, was reassuring and so much fun. And how rare to have a policy debate this substantive on cable TV?

    Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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