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Save Our Schools tries to make Chicago inroads

catalyst-chicago.org - Save Our Schools tries to make Chicago inroadsPosted By Cassandra West On Saturday, August 27, 2011 In Teachers Mike Klonsky, an educator, school reform activist and blogger, talks during the first...

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Closed imperfectly | News | OakPark.com

oakpark.com - Closed imperfectlyTuesday, August 16th, 2011 10:00 PMBy EditorialNext week Oak Park and River Forest High School will open for a new year. And it will open under new rules. The campus will be close...

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Getting to know you. Getting to know all about you.

kathryn-thispilgrimsprogress.blogspot.com- Interesting facts about Rahm Emanuel:The name "Rahm" means "high" or "lofty" in Hebrew.Rahm-bo has two brothers. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, is an oncologist and bioethicist at the National Institute of He...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Activists are planning massive demonstrations to coincide with the G8 and NATO summits in Chicago scheduled for spring 2012, with crowds of protesters likely to reach “tens of thousands,” organizer...

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SOS marches into Chicago. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Former mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle at Chicago SOS kick-off. From Catalyst:Trying to maintain the momentum of the Save Our Schools Rally last month in Washington, D.C., that drew thousands fr...

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California Legislature under pressure over secrecy

mercurynews.com - SACRAMENTO -- Their decisions affect every Californian, from how much money the neighborhood public school receives to whether their taxes will go up to pay for new roads. But since 1975, Californi...

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Arianna Huffington: Third World America: One Year Later

huffingtonpost.com - A year ago, I wrote a post announcing the publication of my book Third World America. As I explained at the time, and in the book, America was clearly not a third world country, but there were many...

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NATO’s War on Libya is a Progaganda Fest

dailycensored.com - By Peter PhillipsCynthia Mckinney is on a Truth Tour describing the corporate media lies regarding NATO’s intervention in Libya. The British are bragging about their special forces leading the rebe...

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Liberal Hero of the Day: Bernie Sanders 8-28-2011

addictinginfo.org - It's a Democrat! It's a moderate! Hell no! It's Bernie Sanders!!Awarded to true Progressive Bernie Sanders for introducing a Bill that would eliminate the payroll cap that keeps the wealthy from pa...

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Daily Kos: Wall Street's moral hazard

dailykos.com - Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.It's the financial sector's world now. The rest of us? We just live here. That's the only conclusion logic can dictate concerning the pressure that is being p...

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The Fed Gives Up | Firedoglake

firedoglake.com - Ben Bernanke, Chair of the Fed, gave a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and told us that his big plan for helping the economy is to do nothing and hope Congress fixes it. Everything is fine, and soo...

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Jersey Jazzman: Fear Chinese Schools?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Fear Chinese Schools?: Fear Chinese Schools?by DukeWe've got to make our schools were more like the Chinese, who are going to kick us in the economic teeth! Just like the banksters ...

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      Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles

      Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles:

      “Dr. King Was A Man Who Never Met A Stranger” In a story this week about the recently unveiled Martin Luther King Memorial (see The Best Sites For Learning About The Martin Luther King Memorial), an NPR reporter interviewed a colleague of King’s. He said: *“Dr. King was a man who never, to my ...

      How To Find My Best Posts As regular readers know, I post a list of my choices for the best posts from this blog at the end of each month. Up until a year ago, in addition to making a separate post about them, I manually added them to a page on my blog called Websites Of ...

      This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles Here are some useful school reform-related posts and articles that have been published recently: Naive To Print Teachers’ Scores, Says TFA Founder is from Alexander Russo, who reports that Teach For America’s Wendy Kopp opposes the public release ...

      “How To Kick Butt On A Panel” “How To Kick Butt On A Panel” is a great piece Guy Kawasaki shared at Google+. I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Advice For Making Good Presentations. He’s also written tips on how to be a good moderator of a panel discussion.
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      Walk-to-School Programs Put Kids\' Fitness First - Hispanically Speaking News

      Walk-to-School Programs Put Kids\' Fitness First - Hispanically Speaking News:

      Walk-to-School Programs Put Kids’ Fitness First

      Saying “no” to the school bus and walking kids to school instead could be a step—or more—toward boosting children’s activity levels, a new study shows.

      Texas researchers split a group of 149 fourth-graders from eight schools in Houston into active commuters—those who walked to and from school up to five days a week—and a control group who were driven by bus or car. At the beginning of the study, both groups had logged similar amounts of moderate to vigorous activity, about 46 to 49 minutes per day.

      But over the next five weeks, the kids who walked to school upped their activity slightly—an average of 7 extra minutes per day of moderate to vigorous exercise. In contrast, those who got driven to school actually lowered their daily activity over the study period, to an average of 41 minutes daily.

      While the activity increase for walkers may seem modest, study author Dr. Jason Mendoza said that even small

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      Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

      Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:

      WEEKEND QUOTABLES

      Catalyst
      1st SOS/Chicago Meeting
      “I’m still waiting to see a group that is able to ensure teachers have a real voice. I’m looking around and listening and not hearing the voices of teachers.” -- Former Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle.
      N.Y. Education Reform Summit
      "We need more resources financially, we need to stop
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      Good news! We found out what was costing so much in public education! | Seattle Education

      Good news! We found out what was costing so much in public education! | Seattle Education:

      Good news! We found out what was costing so much in public education!

      by seattleducation2011

      Thanks to Bill Gates and folks like Don Neilson, who will make a tidy profit off of online learning, we know what will happen to our students

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      Still noncommital on Race to the Tot | Thoughts on Public Education

      Still noncommital on Race to the Tot | Thoughts on Public Education:

      Still noncommital on Race to the Tot - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

      by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
      Applications for the preschool version of Race to the Top are due in about six weeks, but state officials have yet to decide whether California would join about three dozen states in applying. Early childhood advocates say that the final criteria for the $500 million early learning competition are not as strict as federal officials initially [...]

      Top pre-K priorities: transitional kindergarten, child care inspections - by Scott Moore

      by Scott Moore
      Earlier this summer, in his 2011-12 budget, Gov. Brown proposed reducing the size of state government by eliminating more than 40 state councils and committees. I recently stepped down as Executive Director from one of these councils, the Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC). The Brown administration is still deciding what to do with ELAC, including [...]
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      What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

      What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

      What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws

      by Valerie Strauss

      This was written by Larry Ferlazzo, who teaches English at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He writes a popular blog for teachers and is the author of three books, including his latest, “Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges .” He is a member of the Teacher Leaders Network.

      By Larry Ferlazzo

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      Warring learning theories: Choose yours

      by Valerie Strauss

      This was written by Marion Brady, veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer and author.

      By Marion Brady

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      Duncan Worries about Losing "Great Young Talent": What about Us Old Timers? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

      Duncan Worries about Losing "Great Young Talent": What about Us Old Timers? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:

      Duncan Worries about Losing "Great Young Talent": What about Us Old Timers?

      by Anthony Cody

      Last week during Arne Duncan's Twitter Town Hall there was one phrase that keeps sticking in my mind. John Merrow asked him what his message is for teachers who feel under attack.

      Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's response included this:

      "We have to do everything we can to support teachers. I worry about losing too much of our great young talent."

      It is hard to disagree with this. I spent the last four years leading a program in Oakland designed to do just that. We created TeamScience to give novice science teachers a professional community to belong to, offering them experienced colleagues as mentors as well as workshops, curriculum and professional development. We did this

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      Hechinger Report | Q&A with former Gov. Bob Wise: What will a ‘digital’ school look like in 5 years?

      Hechinger Report | Q&A with former Gov. Bob Wise: What will a ‘digital’ school look like in 5 years?:

      Q&A with former Gov. Bob Wise: What will a ‘digital’ school look like in 5 years?

      by Jill Barshay

      Bob Wise

      Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise co-chairs the Digital Learning Council with Jeb Bush, a former governor of Florida. This council aims to promote the adoption of high-quality digital content and instruction throughout the nation’s public schools. Wise is also president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, an organization devoted to high-school reform, and chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He spoke with The

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      The value of a longer school day should be obvious. « Fred Klonsky's blog

      The value of a longer school day should be obvious. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

      The value of a longer school day should be obvious.

      by Fred Klonsky

      From the satirical blog Last Stand For Children:

      Even more insulting is that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis refused to sit on the board to discuss how the extra 90 minutes would be imposed. Is it too much to ask that she provide a little political cover by making it appear that the teachers were consulted? After all, in exchange she would be on the panel giving the teachers in the city just much say in how the extra time would be spent as Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina’s Church or Robin

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      School Tech Connect: Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle

      School Tech Connect: Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle:

      Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle

      by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)
      I don't know where I've been on this one, but it's long past time for people to chime in here. Here in the Prairie State, literally out on the prairie, there's a local that's been out on strike for two weeks over the issue of random drug testing.

      There's no end in sight, because the local school board apparently is hell bent on collecting urine samples from its professional teaching force. God bless these teachers and the all of the community that has rallied around them. This is an IFT local, and the IFT president, Dan Montgomery, has been very visible and vocal in support of
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