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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

LIVE WEBCAST NOW The Womens Conference 2010

The Womens Conference 2010
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OPENING SESSION: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM


MATT LAUER
Co-Anchor, NBC News, The Today Show

AL ROKER
Weather & Feature Reporter, NBC's The Today Show, President & CEO, Al Roker Entertainment

DIANE SAWYER
Anchor of ABC World News

SUZE ORMAN
America's Personal Finance Expert

LAREE RENDA
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategist & Administrative Officer, Safeway, Inc.

BRIAN WILLIAMS, ANCHOR AND MANAGING EDITOR, NBC NIGHTLY NEWSINTRODUCES
VALUES, VISION, AND VOICE: MEN WHO GET IT:

PHIL KNIGHT, Co-Founder, Chairman, Nike Inc.
NICHOLAS KRISTOF, Columnist, New York Times
HOWARD SCHULTZ, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Starbucks Coffee Company

A Film Produced Exclusively for The Women's Conference by JESSE DYLAN,FreeForm TV

FIRST LADY OF CALIFORNIA MARIA SHRIVER

MICHELLE OBAMA
First Lady of The United States

MORNING BREAKOUT CONVERSATION: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM


IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WOMEN LEAD

HOST: BLAIR CHRISTIE
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Cisco
MODERATOR: CAMPBELL BROWN
Anchor

CAROL BARTZ
CEO, Yahoo! Inc.

ANNE MULCAHY
Former Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
THE MOST REV. DR. KATHARINE JEFFERTS SCHORI
Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church
ANNE SWEENEY
Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, President, Disney/ABC Television Group

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School regionalization meeting met with mixed viewpoints - NorthJersey.com

School regionalization meeting met with mixed viewpoints - NorthJersey.com
School regionalization meeting met with mixed viewpoints
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
BY TINA PAPPAS
PASSAIC VALLEY TODAY
Staff Writer

WOODLAND PARK - School district representatives of Passaic Valley Regional High School, Woodland Park, Totowa, Little Falls and their municipal governing bodies were invited to a meeting recently in Woodland Park borough hall to discuss "regionalization articulation."

Mayors and council members of the three towns received a letter from Keith Kazmark, Woodland Park council president, asking them to attend an in-depth discussion on a proposed consolidation of the school districts.

No representatives from the Little Falls and Totowa school districts attended.

"This discussion is nothing new," said Kazmark. "I support regionalization because it would save taxpayers money when having only one superintendent and one business administrator serving the four districts as opposed to having four for each. With salaries alone it would save an estimated $1.4 million for just superintendent and business administrators alone. Other school districts have an equal amount of school buildings and comparable student populations so why does

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Dr Oz at Luther Burbank High School

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Obama Administration Stands Up to Bullies | NBC Washington

Obama Administration Stands Up to Bullies | NBC Washington

President Obama Threatens To Take Schools' Lunch Money

Schools that don't combat bullying may lose funding

By KRISTON CAPPS
Updated 11:31 AM EDT, Tue, Oct 26, 2010

In a move a federal education official described as unprecedented, the Obama administration is announcing today that schools that do not prevent bullying may lose federal funds.

Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Department of Education may strip federal funds from schools that do not enforce gender-discrimination laws. The move signals a shift in the way the government approaches bullying: as a form of harassment, subject to the nation's civil-rights statutes, rather than an unfortunate aspect of growing up.

The Department of Education will tell schools, from elementary to university level, that they must establish plans to tackle discrimination in the wake of a bullying incident -- or face losing federal aid, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg's Jeffrey Young quotes Kristen Amundson, former

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Decline in union membership has meant poverty for many. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Decline in union membership has meant poverty for many. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Decline in union membership has meant poverty for many.

by Fred Klonsky

A postscript to my last post on the value of unions.

There is this data:

Every 34th wage earner in America in 2008 went all of 2009 without earning a single dollar, new data from the Social Security Administration show. Total wages, median wages, and average wages all declined, but at the very top, salaries grew more than fivefold.

It is amazing that some would focus their attack on that small section of the American workforce that is

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL TO HOUSE TRUANCY CENTER: One of eight new Attendance Improvement Centers in LAUSD LAUSD News Release

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL TO HOUSE TRUANCY CENTER: One of eight new Attendance Improvement Centers in LAUSD LAUSD News Release

SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL TO HOUSE TRUANCY CENTER: One of eight new Attendance Improvement Centers in LAUSD + LAUSD News Release

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10/25/2010 08:35:42 AM PDT - SAN PEDRO :: San Pedro High School will house one of eight new truancy intervention centers being set up by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The so-called Attendance Improvement Centers are set to open Nov. 1.

Instead of getting a citation for skipping school, students will be taken to the centers, where they will be provided grade-level instruction while they wait for parent pickup.

"The district is working on expanding educational options for students that do not fit the typical protocol of a student," said LAUSD Chief Academic Officer Judy Elliott in a press release. "The AIC is but one way to provide a multipronged approach to keeping students in schools and off the streets."

Referrals to community resources and services and other assistance will be provided for students or parents who are facing problems related to truancy, the district said.

The centers will be open

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It's Elementary: K-6 Ideas Could Keep Students From Dropping Out of School Later: Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

It's Elementary: K-6 Ideas Could Keep Students From Dropping Out of School Later
Two Alabama schools make the prestigious list of "torchbearer schools," a program created in 2004 to recognize Alabama schools that are high poverty, but also high performing.
October 26, 2010
Phila. Teaching Town Hall Features Tony Danza
October 26, 2010
Feds Investigate Treatment of Minorities in Toledo Schools
October 26, 2010
R.I. Ed. Officials Talk 2-Tiered Diploma System
October 26, 2010
Police: Hartford woman gave son weapons for school
October 26, 2010
Governor Candidates Debate School Funding
October 26, 2010
AG: NE Pa. school official took more than believed
October 26, 2010
Audit finds school computers stuck in Va warehouse
October 26, 2010
Report: School Bus Seat Belts Not Cost-Effective
October 25, 2010
N.J. Weighs New Bullying Laws After Rutgers Suicide
October 25, 2010
Ex-chief of Iowa school group gets $1M retirement
October 25, 2010
States Have No Database for Playground Injuries
October 25, 2010
Ohio District to Test Calamity-Day Alternative
Students in a rural school district in western Ohio will be guinea pigs for the rest of the state this winter when they use the Internet to connect to their classes during inclement weather.
October 25, 2010

States Set Widely Varying 'Proficiency' Bars

A new study finds dramatic variation among states in what it takes for students to reach 'proficient' levels on exams. (October 25, 2010) | Comments (3)

POLITICS K-12 BLOG

Anti-Gay Bullying May Violate Civil Rights, Ed. Dept. Warns

The U.S. Department of Education is warning schools today that harassment rooted in sexual orientation or religious differences may be a federal civil rights violation. (October 26, 2010)

Teacher-Prep Accrediting Groups to Merge

(October 25, 2010) | Comments (2)

Ed. Dept. Pushes for Early-Childhood Funding

(October 25, 2010)

Feds Investigate Treatment of Minorities in Toledo Schools

(October 26, 2010)

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ELECTION 2010

Roy Barnes, the Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, departs on a campaign tour via school bus in Marietta. The former governor is squaring off against former GOP congressman Nathan Deal and Libertarian John Monds.
—David Goldman/AP

School Finance Fears Haunt Elections Nationwide

Money for schools—how to spend it, or make do without it—has emerged as a major issue in many federal and state races. (October 26, 2010)

Targeting K-6 Could Reduce Dropout Rate Later

(October 26, 2010)

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