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huffingtonpost.com - Before I came to education, I was in the private sector. And as much as schools would like to think there's nothing to be learned from a business model, the fact is that there are some pluses that ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - Americans don’t really think very much of their children. Not really.Yes, we love our own children, and sometimes the kid next door. But a look at the education world as we enter 2011 reveals how l...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - Stephen Krashen, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, wrote the following as a response to a column written by Education Secretary Arne Duncan in today's Washington Post. In...

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mariashriver.com - January 2, 2011 7 Steps to Starting Your Own Business in 2011 By Tory Johnson It used to be that getting a real job—working for someone else and collecting a paycheck every two weeks—was the easy a...

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pheedcontent.com - I thought it fitting that my colleague Nick Anderson had his eye-opening piece on the Success For All reading program published in The Post on New Year's Day. The night before, we were all singing ...

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Brown seeks extension of higher taxes to offset school cuts, sources say - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

Brown seeks extension of higher taxes to offset school cuts, sources say - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

Brown seeks extension of higher taxes to offset school cuts, sources say

By KEVIN YAMAMURA
McClatchy Newspapers
Published: Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 - 12:00 am
Last Modified: Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 - 6:59 pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Jerry Brown will spare K-12 schools from further drastic cuts in his budget - so long as voters extend higher income taxes in a special election, according to sources familiar with his proposal.

The tradeoff wouldn't cure education ills, and many districts would still face another year of fewer school days and large class sizes. But it could avert even deeper cuts after years of school rollbacks and help Brown galvanize powerful education support for tax hikes in a June special election.

"If something like that happens, I'm going to be looking for the feet to be kissed," said Kevin Gordon, a veteran education lobbyist, of the Brown education proposal. "The big question is, what



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ACLU continues push against GRPS | aclu, grps, parents - Top Stories - WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3

ACLU continues push against GRPS | aclu, grps, parents - Top Stories - WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3

ACLU continues push against GRPS

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January 04, 2011 8:16 AM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The ACLU continues its push to change the volunteer policy at Grand Rapids Public Schools.

It sent a second letter to the school board asking members to clarify the difference between parental involvement and volunteering when it comes to parents with criminal records.

"In practice, parents are being denied opportunities for activities that are clearly parental involvement, like going into school to meet a teacher about a child who's misbehaved or bringing cupcakes in as a birthday treat," said Miriam Aukerman, ACLU

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New Jersey test results show poor students continue to lag far behind their peers - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Education

New Jersey test results show poor students continue to lag far behind their peers - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Education

New Jersey test results show poor students continue to lag far behind their peers

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Posted: Monday, January 3, 2011 8:21 pm | Updated: 7:57 am, Tue Jan 4, 2011.

By DIANE D’AMICO Education Writer |

The academic performance of New Jersey students living in poverty continues to lag far behind that of their nondisadvantaged peers, preliminary results of state tests given to public school students in 2010 show.

New Jersey students from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, identified as those in the free- and reduced-fee meal program, remain far behind their peers in every grade in both math and language arts, the test results show. In third grade, 87 percent of nondisadvantaged students passed the math test, but only 63 percent of disadvantaged students passed math. In high school, 80 percent of nondisadvantaged 11th-graders passed

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Teachers union wary of voucher talk as Scott takes office

Teachers union wary of voucher talk as Scott takes office

Teachers union wary of voucher talk as Scott takes office

By PETER BERNARD | News Channel 8

Published: January 3, 2011

Updated: 01/03/2011 09:23 pm

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On the eve of Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott's inauguration, some teachers are more than a little antsy about his proposed education reforms.

They fear they may be in for a battle over merit pay, teacher tenure, and the real biggie -- school vouchers for all students.

Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association President Kim Black, though, is offering a conciliatory tone.

"We're certainly going to work to have a relationship with this administration," Black said. But she cautioned, "The recommendations coming out of his education transition team are concerning."

Black leveled most of her criticism against the proposed voucher system. A voucher would allow a parent to use public dollars to send a child to a

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Jerry Brown's cameos at union fetes may be signal

Jerry Brown's cameos at union fetes may be signal

Jerry Brown's cameos at union fetes may be signal

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(01-04) 04:00 PST Sacramento - --

Perhaps never in California history has the political symbolism of a hot-dog feed been so closely analyzed.

Two hours after Gov. Jerry Brown was inaugurated Monday, hot dogs became another chapter in his relationship with public employee unions whose support was instrumental to his return to the governor's office - and whose cooperation will be critical to his success dealing with California's $28 billion budget deficit.

The 18,000-member Orange County Employees Association, the county's largest union,



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