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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Big Education Ape: 11-22-11 AM The Uncertain Future Of Charter School Proliferation EDition #ows

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Fail - Feature Story - Local Stories - November 17, 2011

newsreview.com - Full disclosure: Reporter Cosmo Garvin’s wife is a teacher in the Sacramento City Unified School District. School districts all over the country are struggling to turn around “failing schools.” It’...

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Most 2-Year Students Quit - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com - Most City University of New York community college students drop out before graduating, squandering the system's resources as enrollment soars, according to a report set to be released on Monday. T...

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C. M. Rubin: How Will We Read: In Public Libraries?

huffingtonpost.com - "When asked to support local library funding measures, communities have done so, voting in favor of 87% of operating funding measures last year." -- Molly RaphaelLibraries across the United States ...

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*** Painting the Wall St "Occupiers" as dirty hippies, etc.

dakotatoday.typepad.com - The rightwing of US press coverage is working hard to diminish the issues raised by the Wall St "occupiers" by attacking the occupiers. The "mainstream" press has generally ignored the protestors ...

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Occupy: Ditch tents, get savvy - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com November 20, 2011 6:48PM Laura Washington Updated: November 20, 2011 6:48PM Michael Bloomberg has handed the Occupy movement a golden opportunity. Last Tue...

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Republican Candidates and Obama Find Common Ground: China

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — China’s swift economic rise, and a presidential election dominated by fears of a declining American economy, have produced a rare convergence: Republican contenders talking tough about...

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Boring Cruel Romantics

nytimes.com - There’s a word I keep hearing lately: “technocrat.” Sometimes it’s used as a term of scorn — the creators of the euro, we’re told, were technocrats who failed to take human and cultural factors int...

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NYC Educator: On Punctuality

nyceducator.com - For the first ten years I taught, I attended a lot of meetings. There were, of course, the new teacher meetings, required to maintain my city license. In these meetings I learned that the presenter...

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Anthony Krinsky Fractures Reality

southbronxschool.com - A new name is out there amongst the deformers, Harvard grad Anthony Krinsky. I had Anthony on my radio show (which will return after the 1st of the year) back on August 23. He was a gracious guest ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 21, 2011 East Room7:16 P.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, good evening, e...

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Ex-Beverly Hills school official convicted

latimesblogs.latimes.com - A former Beverly Hills School District official was convicted Monday of conflict-of-interest charges for taking more than $1.3 million through a contract she steered to herself, authorities said.Ka...

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*** Painting the Wall St "Occupiers" as dirty hippies, etc.

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Occupy: Ditch tents, get savvy - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com November 20, 2011 6:48PM Laura Washington Updated: November 20, 2011 6:48PM Michael Bloomberg has handed the Occupy movement a golden opportunity. Last Tue...

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Kimble's Corner: My Thanksgiving Memories

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Kimble's Corner: My Thanksgiving Memories:My Thanksgiving Memoriesby Representative KimbleThanksgiving was always a special time for my family when I was growing up. My father worked very hard to g...

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The Problem With Charters - Bridging Differences - Education Week #ows

The Problem With Charters - Bridging Differences - Education Week:

The Problem With Charters

by Deborah Meier

Editor's Note: Diane Ravitch is taking a break from the blog this week, and Deborah Meier is blogging in her place today. Bridging Differences will begin its Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow and return next week.

Dear Diane,

I'm back from Chicago—my sort-of second home. I spent my "off hours" arguing, as usual, with my friend Mike Klonsky. Mostly about old issues, definitions of words, etc. It's our leisure hobby. But it keeps me sharpened.

And it's Mike who noticed that in my last letter to you, Diane, I mistakenly left the impression that I equated Ron Wolk with the corporate billionaires. That was a sloppy error, as I rushed to get it off before leaving for Chicago! (An aside:Hurrah! The National Council of Teachers of English passed a resolution of nonsupport for the central

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Why Stanford Online High School Matters (and two ways it could matter more)

Why Stanford Online High School Matters (and two ways it could matter more):

Why Stanford Online High School Matters (and two ways it could matter more)

by Bill Tucker



Sunday’s New York Times story broke the news that Stanford University, one of the world’s most prestigious research institutions, is putting its brand squarely behind a full-time, degree-granting online high school program. It’s just one more reason to set aside the silly debate about whether online education can possibly be effective for high school students.

Stanford’s move is significant. But, unless it goes further, Stanford University Online High School is still just a small, selective program for gifted students. Here are two ways to have real impact:

  1. Scale the program, allowing tens of thousands of students to participate. At this point, though, the university seems reluctant to grow the school much beyond the size of a typical elite independent school.
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Brown consents to Race to Top | Thoughts on Public Education

Brown consents to Race to Top | Thoughts on Public Education:

Let’s make a deal for education funds - by Kathryn Baron

by Kathryn Baron
A group of billionaires, old-line political movers and shakers, and influential advocates released their recommendations Monday for changing the state’s tax structure to increase state revenues by $10 billion a year, with half of that going to K-12 schools and community colleges and another $2.5 billion for the University of California and California State [...]

Brown consents to Race to Top - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
With Gov. Brown’s signature, but not full support, the seven districts that led the state’s pursuit of Race to the Top money will meet today’s deadline for applying for the third – and perhaps last – round of the program. They’re hoping that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his top deputies won’t hold [...]
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