Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class - SignOnSanDiego.com

Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class - SignOnSanDiego.com

Stimulus funds grow SDSU freshmen class

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9:52 P.M.

An infusion of federal economic stimulus funding will allow San Diego State University to enroll up to 852 local students currently on the university’s waiting list.

High Tech High chief receives honor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9:51 P.M.

A decade after Larry Rosenstock helped start an innovative and rigorous technology-savvy charter school in Point Loma, he has been named as one of three recipients of the prestigious 2010 Harold W. McGraw Hill Prize in Education.

"Genius grant" goes to UCSD professor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 9 P.M.

Carol Padden, a UCSD professor whose childhood experience led her to specialize in sign language and deaf culture, has been awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation grant.

Governor signs bill to seal some autopsies

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 6:24 P.M.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday signed three bills generated in San Diego County, including one that will give parents the right to seal autopsy reports and photographs of their murdered children.

Gov. Chris Christie to outline proposed education reforms | NJ.com

Gov. Chris Christie to outline proposed education reforms | NJ.com

Gov. Chris Christie to outline proposed education reforms

Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:35 AM Updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:35 AM

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Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie will be in Old Bridge this afternoon to announce reforms he wants to make to the state's public education system.

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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is ready to announce reforms he wants to make to New Jersey's public education system.

He's expected to do it at a town hall meeting on education reform this afternoon in Old Bridge.

New Jersey students are among the best in the nation by such standards as test scores and graduation rates. But

School Tech Connect: Another Inconvenient Truth...

School Tech Connect: Another Inconvenient Truth...

Another Inconvenient Truth...

by effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)

...Barack Obama is a wingnut when it comes to education.

Many parents welcome idea of longer school year, while kids say not so fast

Many parents welcome idea of longer school year, while kids say not so fast

BY RYAN STRONG, RYAN LAVIS AND JUSTIN TINKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 4:00 AM

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	Yes, it will help American students compete with their counterparts.
	No, the kids need a break and it could turn them off to learning.
	It depends on what exactly they'd be doing for that month.

Many New York parents welcomed the idea of a longer school year, just as most New York kids blew the notion a giant and very predictable raspberry.

"There's no way I would want to stay in school longer," said Henry Minier, 16, of the South Bronx. "The quality of the school seems more important than how long

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Bronx hooker teacher blabs on about past

by BILL HUTCHINSON, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Melissa Petro, 30, an art teacher at Public School 70 in Mount Eden, recently revealed her dark side at the Bowery Poetry Club on the lower East Side.

With son behind bars, mother wages battles for his education - latimes.com

With son behind bars, mother wages battles for his education - latimes.com

With son behind bars, mother wages battles for his education By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times She took on successive bureaucracies, demanding a proper education for Michael while he sat in juvenile hall and then county jail, his learning stagnating as he awaited trial. Now that he's in state prison, another fight may be on the horizon. Teacher's suicide shocks students, teachers and parents By Alexandra Zavis and Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Rigoberto Ruelas, a fifth-grade teacher at Miramonte Elementary in South L.A., was hailed as a caring teacher who tutored students on weekends and after school and encouraged them to go to college. Eight Californians receive MacArthur grants By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times A Caltech jellyfish expert and a Los Angeles artist-designer are among the recipients of the $500,000 awards.

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Queens Teacher: Confessions of a Union Buster

Queens Teacher: Confessions of a Union Buster

Confessions of a Union Buster

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Confessed Union Buster Shares Trade Secrets with Delta Flight Attendants
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Martin Jay Levitt spent 19 years “on the dark side,” running 250 union-busting

Sac City Superintendent Makes Changes - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento

Sac City Superintendent Makes Changes - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento

Sac City Superintendent Makes Changes

Jonathan Raymond Hired Last Year

POSTED: 5:03 pm PDT September 27, 2010
UPDATED: 7:13 pm PDT September 27, 2010

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- It didn't take long for the Sacramento City Unified School District to feel its new leader's presence.

When Jonathan Raymond was hired as superintendent 15 months ago, he came in with a mandate and a tougher way of getting things done.

Raymond immediately labeled six schools as chronically under-performing and took action. He said there would be no more excuses for children failing, even in poor neighborhoods.

The superintendent says his biggest challenge is r

The Most Powerful People in New York - Who’s the Most Important Living New Yorker? -- New York Magazine

The Most Powerful People in New York - Who’s the Most Important Living New Yorker? -- New York Magazine

Who’s the Most Important Living New Yorker?

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• By Katherine Ward
• Published Sep 26, 2010

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We asked thirteen prominent New Yorkers that question, then we asked the people they nominated who they think is the most important… The result? A flow chart of regard.

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