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Friday, September 23, 2011

Big Education Ape: 9-23-11 What NCLB Flexibility Means for You (assume the position?) Edition

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What NCLB Flexibility Means for You

ed.gov - Earlier today President Obama provided details on how states can get relief from provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act- or No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The new flexibility suppor...

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Report: Officials scuttled charter school contract

chron.com - PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A state lawmaker and the head of the Philadelphia school board held a "Godfather"-like secret meeting in an effort to oust an education company from a local high school and repl...

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Bridging Differences - Education Week

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,It would be interesting to know what influenced the change of heart among those civil rights organizations, Diane. I've been exploring in my head—while I do my daily laps in the pond—wha...

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How the State Funds Your School

k12newsnetwork.com - by cynthia on September 21, 2011 CA State School Funding: What’s Ahead for 2011-2012?Bios of the panelists: Jonathan Kaplan, Senior Budget Analyst, California Budget Project Jonathan Kaplan joined ...

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Silence From the Court

nytimes.com - ON Wednesday night, Troy Davis was executed for a crime he may or may not have committed. But the real crime on Wednesday night was the action — or really the lack of action, the absolute radio sil...

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‘Irvine 11’ students plan to appeal convictions

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Attorneys for "Irvine 11" students convicted of disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador at UC Irvine said they plan to file an appeal and vowed that the case is far from over. The controversi...

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The Social Contract

nytimes.com - This week President Obama said the obvious: that wealthy Americans, many of whom pay remarkably little in taxes, should bear part of the cost of reducing the long-run budget deficit. And Republican...

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Is the Pension Fund Secure? The Costs of Underfunding

bluejersey.com - It is not news to most people who followed the debate here at Blue Jersey and elsewhere that the pension reform bill did not save the pension system. A few, mostly cosmetic, changes were made that ...

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'Irvine 11' students 'motivated by beliefs,' judge says

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter J. Wilson said the "Irvine 11" students were "motivated by beliefs" when they disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at UC Irvine. Wilson said he took...

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'Irvine 11': Shock, anger greet verdict

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Reaction inside the Santa Ana courtroom for the so-called Irvine 11 verdict was one of shock and anger. Some people began weeping, while 10 to 15 people stormed out in anger after all 10 students w...

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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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Dancing the Dialectic: For Troy For Troy

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dancing the Dialectic: For Troy:For TroyI feel numb. I feel defeated. I don't want to read any more stories or news reports or even any more calls to action. Then I feel ashamed. I want to be stron...

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The White House

whitehouse.gov - September 27, 2010 12:10 PM EDTShareEmbed Code for President Obama Hosts an On-the-record Conference Call with University Student-journalists:President Obama Hosts an On-the-record Conference Call ...

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How the State Funds Your School

k12newsnetwork.com - by cynthia on September 21, 2011 CA State School Funding: What’s Ahead for 2011-2012?Bios of the panelists: Jonathan Kaplan, Senior Budget Analyst, California Budget Project Jonathan Kaplan joined ...

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      NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND – WHAT TOOK SO LONG ? « Teachers Fight Back

      NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND – WHAT TOOK SO LONG ? « Teachers Fight Back:

      NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND – WHAT TOOK SO LONG ?

      from Teachers Fight Back by alkleen

      President Obama has proposed monumental changes to the way schools are judged and sanctioned under NCLB. Even if Congress doesn’t change the law, the U.S Dept. of Education is going to allow states to change their system of testing and judging the performance of students.

      Only in education could it take nine years to replace a system that teachers had almost unanimously condemned shortly after it started. Once again the voices of teachers were ignored throughout the process of implementing this ridiculous law. This was very similar to the way teachers are ignored when it comes to decisions on curriculum and the day-to-day operation of many items in education.

      I defy anyone to find a profession where the actual professionals are all but completely ignored. When it comes to matters of educational reform, teachers are usually invited to give token input, and then the so-called

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      Jersey Jazzman: St. Michelle's Tarnished Halo

      Jersey Jazzman: St. Michelle's Tarnished Halo:

      St. Michelle's Tarnished Halo

      by Duke
      Oh, dear:
      The District’s labor-management relations board has upheld an arbitrator’s decision ordering the D.C. Public Schools to rehire 75 new teachers fired in 2008 by then-Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee.
      The Public Employee Relations Board, which rules on disputes between city agencies and labor unions, said in a Sept. 15 decision that arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum acted appropriately in February when he ordered the teachers reinstated with back pay, which could total as much as $7.5 million.
      Feigenbaum said the dismissals were improper because the teachers, who were in their two-year probationary period, were not told why they were let go. He called it the “glaring and fatal flaw” in Rhee’s action.
      You know, I have little doubt that at least some of these teachers should have been let go. So if she really cared
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      Vancouver school district conflict with union escalates | OregonLive.com

      Vancouver school district conflict with union escalates | OregonLive.com:

      Vancouver school district conflict with union escalates

      Published: Friday, September 23, 2011, 12:00 PM Updated: Friday, September 23, 2011, 1:56 PM
      Kristine Guerra, The Oregonian By Kristine Guerra, The Oregonian
      Union_cr.jpgView full sizeKristine Guerra/The OregonianMembers of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals, a nonteaching employees union, made a vote of no confidence in Vancouver Public Schools Superintendent Steve Webb.
      The yearlong cold war between Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals and Vancouver Public Schools got hot this week.

      Association members said the state Public Employees Relations Commission has notified them that they can move forward with the
      unfair labor practices complaint they filed against the school district.

      That development, along with the association's no-confidence vote in District Superintendent Steve Webb
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