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Scum bags. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - I received some interesting reactions to my post on pension abuse. This week the Illinois legislature, facing billions of dollars in unpaid pension obligations, took a bold stand and made it illega...

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Many charter schools not measuring up in new report card data

articles.chicagotribune.com - Teacher Stephanie Licker works on arithmetic problems with fifth-graders… (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune)November 30, 2011|By Joel Hood and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reportersMayor Ra...

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Getting From Here to There - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,The hope that there is a fast route to solving big problems is alluring. And, it might even be true if only I were smart enough. But it's unlikely. I spent many years of my happy youth b...

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Chicago Charter Schools Return Erratic State Test Results

huffingtonpost.com - After being touted as the solution to low-performing Chicago public schools, state achievement test data released Wednesday showed erratic student performance at Chicago's charter schools, even bet...

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Newt Gingrich: Child labor laws 'truly stupid' [Video]

latimes.com - Promising “extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America,” Newt Gingrich said Friday that he would fire school janitors and pay students to clean schoo...

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Growing Housing Crisis in Sacramento

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School Expels 4 Students In Alleged Hazing Death : NPR

npr.org - Florida A&M University said it's dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month, while audio of an emergency call released Thursday showed that the drum m...

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More good OWS news from South Carolina

democraticunderground.com - Source: The State newspaperCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County's chief prosecutor said Thursday that he dismissed charges against Occupy Columbia protesters who were arrested last month when they defi...

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    Occupy Broadway | OccupyWallSt.org #ows

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    This Saturday, creative artists, performers occupy Broadway and commence an all-night performance in an undisclosed bonus plaza.

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    EVENT: Occupy Broadway (theatre/shopping district) with a 24-hour performance.
    WHEN: From December 2nd starting at 6pm until December 3rd at 6pm
    WHERE: Times Square by the red stairs, between 46th and 47th streets, along 7th Ave, NY, NY
    SHHH!: location released at 6pm day of: @OccupyWallStNYC #OccupyBroadway

    NEW YORK, NY (December, 2011) – On December 2, 2011 New York artists will introduce tourists and New Yorkers going to Broadway shows or shopping themselves into debt to the idea of occupation as CREATIVE resistance with non-stop free performances. We will set up in a privately owned public space (POPS) near Times Square, turning once blandified space into a space for cultural production.

    “The city created privately owned public spaces for the people, in exchange for bonus height and bulk in these spaces,” notes Benjamin Shepard, co-author of The Beach Beneath the Streets. “As State Judge Stallman made clear last week, the people have a right to be in these spaces 24 hours a day.”

    In recent weeks, we have seen a push to tramp on our rights to public assembly, public space and by extension democracy itself. In response, we join a global struggle using occupation as a form of creative resistance. Occupations are spreading around the world and around New York City, even UPTOWN! Bloomberg Beware, you take our park, Now Liberty Park is everywhere! In a time when downtown theaters are rapidly losing their spaces, being turned into high-end fashion stores, Occupy Broadway is a symbolic attempt to regain the space of theatre as an accessible, popular art form, bringing it back to where it all started - in a public space, for the common citizen. We are using public space to create a more colorful image of what our streets could look like, with public performances, art, and music. Through this movement, New York re-imagines itself as a work of art, rather than a retail shopping mall. With capitalism gone mad, foreclosures increasing, and bank crises consuming whole communities, we are signaling through the flames that there is another way of living. Join us.

    Occupy public space. Reclaim democracy. Enjoy the show. We're all part of the show! Get off the sidelines and break through the fourth wall. 
With Over 70 Acts! including: The Working Groups of OWS, Mike Daisey, The Civilians, HERE Arts Center, Jenny Romaine and Great Small Works, The Foundry Theatre, The Church of Stop Shopping, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, NY Labor Chorus, The Yes Men, Ayo Jackson, April Yvette Thompson, The Living Theater, Bread and Puppet Theater, Tony Torn, Carlo Alban, Urban Research Theatre, Yolanda Kay, The Big Bank- A Musical, Rocha Dance Theater, Reno and Penny Arcade

    Sign our Manifesto online here: http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor-bloomberg-and-the-citizens-of-new-york-city-join-the-creative-resistance-occupy-broadway

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    School Strategies that Support Physical Activity « Whole Child Education

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    School Strategies that Support Physical Activity

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 16 hours ago
    Schools, through recess, physical education, and other programs provide opportunities for children to accrue their recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. What strategies does your school employ to keep students active?

    Ask Dr. Judy Webinar: How Can Students Remember Next Year What I Teach This Year?

    Klea Scharberg at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 23 hours ago
    Join renowned author, neurologist, and teacher Judy Willis for an exciting free webinar on long-term memory strategies

    Sharpen the Saw

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 day ago
    Children will never be able to sharpen the saw if we do not allow them to. They need "brain breaks" throughout the day so they can unwind from a hard lesson and re-energize before the next lesson. Without proper break time, students are not at their best.

    Ethically Fit

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 2 days ago
    Even a topic as conceptual as "ethics" can become a kinesthetic experience to help students get out of their seats and get the brain-blood flowing. Your students will thank you for thinking of ways to make learning fun and active.

    Using Fitness Literacy Lessons Focused on the Whole Child

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 3 days ago
    As with any learning that has staying power, children need firsthand experiences in order to discover why being healthy is important to their overall well-being.

    AAHPERD's Let's Move in School Initiative Highlights Physical Activity's Importance

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 6 days ago
    Every child and adolescent needs a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Schools have a wonderful opportunity to help students meet that recommendation.

    Active Game-Based Learning

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 week ago
    Brain-based learning research tells us that being active in and around rigorous learning can help keep students energized in the learning. There are many ways to integrate activate movement on a regular basis for students, and using video games is another opportunity.

    Moving At School: Making It Happen

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 week ago
    Kids should move more at school, but educators weren't trained on how to integrate physical activity and movement into the classroom. Nora Howley from the NEA Health Information Network shares resources and lesson plans to get students and staff moving.

    Keep Kids Moving and Motivated to Learn

    Klea Scharberg at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 week ago
    Physical activity in the classroom helps activate the brain, increases positive behavior, reinforces academic concepts, and helps keep kids healthy.

    The Movement Continuum

    Sean Slade at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 week ago
    Schools fall somewhere along a movement continuum where, on one end, schools don't believe that physical activity has any major or beneficial role to play in schools and also includes schools that see its only purpose as providing a break from classwork. Can we move further along?

    The Common Core of a Whole Child Approach

    Klea Scharberg at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 week ago
    Molly McCloskey debunks the myth of standards versus support and shares the relationship between the Common Core State Standards and a school improvement approach which ensures each child, in each school, in each community is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged in ASCD's newest free webinar series.

    We Aren't the Only Ones Concerned About Movement

    Sean Slade at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 1 week ago
    In a recent poll, results showed physical activity and movement during the school day as a key concern, second to bullying and other safety concerns.

    Best Questions: Integrating Movement

    Molly McCloskey at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 2 weeks ago
    Are we torturing our students by forcing them to sit still? The best teachers get that physical activity must be integrated into the learning experience, not just left for P.E. class or recess or afterschool sports.

    Changing the Poisonous Narrative

    ASCD Bloggers at ASCD Inservice - 1 day ago
    Since the publication of my book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, I have traveled the nation talking to many thousands of teachers, administrators, parents, researchers, and other members of the public about the future of... more »

    Dollar Sense for Kids

    ASCD Bloggers at ASCD Inservice - 3 days ago
    You don't have to look much further than national and international headlines to find justification for teaching even young students the skills to make smart future financial decisions. So how can parents and teachers find good foundations for financial literacy... more »

    Avoiding Teacher Burnout

    ASCD Bloggers at ASCD Inservice - 1 week ago
    How do seasoned teachers surmount the perennial difficulties of their jobs—difficult students, an irritating colleague or parent, less-than-ideal environments, the difficult balance of work and home—and recapture the spark that ignited their passion for teaching long ago? What's the role... more »

    Sputnik—Advancing Education Through Innovation and Evidence

    David Snyder at ASCD Inservice - 1 week ago
    Robert Slavin's new Education Week blog, Sputnik: Advancing Education Through Innovation and Evidence, focuses on research and innovation and their effect on education policy. The blog's title is a nod to the Soviet satellite, which he explains galvanized the United... more »

    NCLB Waivers Are No Hall Pass

    David Griffith, ASCD Public Policy Director at ASCD Inservice - 1 week ago
    Eleven states will seek flexibility from various No Child Left Behind Act requirements in the U.S. Department of Education's first round of waiver considerations. In exchange for loosening the George W. Bush-era NCLB mandates, the states—Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,... more »

    Reading: The Core Skill

    ASCD Bloggers at ASCD Inservice - 1 week ago
    The ability to read skillfully and with comprehension is the foundation of student achievement across the curriculum. Yet many students still come to the upper elementary grades without basic reading proficiency. This issue will look at what students at every... more »

    Schools Can Reverse the Sedentary Trend

    ASCD Whole Child Bloggers at Whole Child Education » The Whole Child Blog - 2 weeks ago
    Because children are in school for about one-half of their waking day for nine months of the year for twelve years, schools are important locations for promoting and providing physical activity.


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