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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Losing HOPE - Inside Higher Ed

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Losing HOPE

Popular Georgia scholarship that spawned many other merit programs faces financial struggles, and policy makers concede some tough choices ahead.

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Times Change in Higher Ed Coverage

New York Times now treats research universities as news commentators, not news makers, say Illinois researchers.

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An Adjunct's Novel

In Fight for Your Long Day, a long-term adjunct offers a fictional account of life very much off the tenure track.

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Calculating How Much 'Education Pays'

College Board report documents value, to individuals and society, of postsecondary degrees -- even as college prices rise.

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Virtual classmates forge real friendships - Web's #1 Source for K12 and Higher Education News and Commentary - EducationNews.org �������

Virtual classmates forge real friendships - Web's #1 Source for K12 and Higher Education News and Commentary - EducationNews.org �������
Virtual classmates forge real friendships 9.21.10 - Students from Wisconsin Connections Academy, a kindergarten through eighth-grade public school that operates almost entirely over the Internet, took a field trip to the Mitchell Park Domes to learn about the world's ecosystems and interact ...
Oprah Winfrey gives Denver charter school $1 million 9.21.10 - The high-performing Denver School of Science & Technology charter school was rewarded with a $1 million check on Monday's "Oprah Winfrey Show."
More kids at Memphis City Schools opt for breakfast served in class 9.21.0 - Hawkins Mill Elementary has transformed the most important meal of the day.
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Federal maneuverings revive controversial immigration bill for youth - ContraCostaTimes.com

Federal maneuverings revive controversial immigration bill for youth - ContraCostaTimes.com
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Federal maneuverings revive controversial immigration bill for youth - Inside Bay Area

Federal maneuverings revive controversial immigration bill for youth - Inside Bay Area
Federal maneuverings revive controversial immigration bill for youth
Vote expected today whether to revive DREAM Act

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Arm Yourself! School Tech Connect

School Tech Connect

Arm Yourself!

by effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)
...with knowledge, of course.

Earlier this year, Monty Neill, Interim Executive Director of FairTest, gave a lucid overview of the trouble our nation has gotten into with all of these tests, and he suggests highly pragmatic solutions that are in my mind, totally achievable in the political world we inhabit.

Monty's organization is focused on offering solutions that will improve the state of education. The next time I
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Rise & Shine: Some ninth-graders sent back to middle school | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Some ninth-graders sent back to middle school | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Some ninth-graders sent back to middle school

by Maura Walz
  • The city has sent some students back to eighth grade after briefly attending high school. (Daily News)
  • A new report shows that the best city high schools admit the strongest students. (WNYC)
  • The East Village Community School released an album to raise funds for its arts program. (WNYC)
  • The Archdiocese of NY is closing more Catholic schools and changing how they are financed. (Times)
  • The state’s first all-girls charter high school opened this year in Albany. (Times-Union)
  • A new report says Boston’s public schools are among the most segregated in the country. (Boston Globe)
  • Oprah announced a $1 million grant to five charter school networks. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Denver Post)
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Catalyst Notebook :: In the News: CTU to rally at Daley Plaza; poll reveals trust in schools, teachers

Catalyst Notebook :: In the News: CTU to rally at Daley Plaza; poll reveals trust in schools, teachers
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Catalyst writers and editors share their perspectives, analyses and the news behind the news on improving Chicago area public schools. Our on-the-ground reports will tell you what’s happening in schools and education circles here and elsewhere. Our views will tell you what to make of it.

In the News: CTU to rally at Daley Plaza; poll reveals trust in schools, teachersThe Chicago Teachers Union will hold a "Rally for Democratic Education Rights" today from 4-6 p.m. in Daley Plaza. Union members, CPS parents, students and community allies will "demand equitable funding, stronger local school control, and an end to Mayoral control and an unelected school board," the CTU media advisory stated.

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In the News: Parents question zero-tolerance policies; community pledges help with reformAcross the state, crackdowns on school violence and zero-tolerance policies are leading schools to quickly remove teens from classes. Increasingly, parents and community members are questioning how well those schools are serving their children, the Tribune reports.

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Inclusion � California Father

Inclusion � California Father

Inclusion

by admin

Should we fight for a one-on-one assistant for our son? The school district granted one two hours a day for his first month of kinder, but at an IEP last week, reduced those services to consultation two hours a month. My wife and I have been fighting this since February, arguing that though he “blends in nicely”, as the district claims, blending in is not one of his IEP goals. He is autistic and his goals address his difficulty socializing with the other students. Has his needs in this area disappeared after one month of school? We don’t think they have. The one-on-one herself said he had difficulty engaging during unstructured time. Can his goals be addressed by

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"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"(Es un cuento contado por un idiota, lleno de ruido y furia, significando nada) - Perdaily.com

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"(Es un cuento contado por un idiota, lleno de ruido y furia, significando nada) - Perdaily.com

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"(Es un cuento contado por un idiota, lleno de ruido y furia, significando nada)

by Leonard
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(en español después) In reading through Steve Lopez's article in the Sunday, September 19, 2010 Los Angeles Times entitled Sitting down with A.J. Duffy, I couldn't help but think that Mr. Lopez and his colleagues at the L. A. Times should take the advice offered to Duffy to "join the discussion" on improving public education in L. A. instead of engaging in sanitized discussions that conspicuously leave out vast amounts of relevant information crucial to finally giving all students the public education they are entitled to and which is an essential prerequisite for any putative democracy.

The hardest thing to swallow with Mr. Lopez, Mr. Duffy, and their respective colleagues on one side or the other of the imaginary line that supposedly separates the various leadership factions discussing public education reform is the whole host of critically relevant ideas that anybody who spends as much time as they do engaged in the public education reform debate would have to be aware of.

It is not that "he (Duffy, along with past UTLA Presidents Perez and Higuchi) and his union had missed a chance
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ASCD Inservice: Can Anyone Teach?

ASCD Inservice: Can Anyone Teach?

Can Anyone Teach?

by Laura Varlas
The world's top performing school systems (Singapore, Finland, and South Korea) recruit, develop, and retain the top-third of their college graduates to be educators. In the U.S., 23 percent of new teachers come from the top third of their graduating...
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