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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Anthony Shadid in the NY Times writing from Cairo. “Liberation Square was liberated Saturday. Shadowed by the landmarks of a government that turned promises of secular nationalism into a withering ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 1/28/2011 at 9:06 PMA growing reliance on exclusionary punishments such as suspensions effectively denies many children their right to an educ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Educated Blog -One of President Obama’s sustained, bipartisan applause lines in the State of the Union address was his call for giving teachers the level of respect they get in South Korea. Applaus...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - thenotebook.org - by Celeste Lavin When the young teacher attending a panel discussion about men of color and education stood up to tell Superintendent Arlene Ackerman that the School District’s co...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Physical education students at Aurora Central High School do push-ups in class.Aurora Public Schools – a district that has pioneered a number of initiatives to fight obesity and promote wellness – ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - When British Education Secretary Michael Gove invited Joel Klein to speak at a conference on the decline of the public school system he gave Klein an opportunity to offer some candid insights into ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents critical of a plan to move a growing charter school into 80 Underhill Ave. erupted into a chorus of "Whose children? Our children," during a rally at Duryea Presbyterian Church yesterday af...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dear friends, leaders and allies of the Puerto Rican/Latino Community,We enthusiastically invite you to join us at a community press conference on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 10am at the Teresa Rol...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MEDIA ADVISORYCONTACT:Julie Woestehoffpure@pureparents.org773-715-3989Leonie Haimsonclasssizematters@gmail.com917-435-9329New national organization, Parents Across America,launches with inaugural e...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - During his New Rules segment of his HBO program Real Time, Bill Maher used the Super Bowl to call out right wing hypocrites who hate President Obama for socialism, but love the most socialistic ent...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - But his plan is far more punitive, prescriptive and narrowing, and will finish the job of turning schools into test prep factories.NCLB requires reading and math tests at the end of the academic ye...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Michelle Obama, wearing Alexander McQueen, with American designer Oscar de la Renta, who disapproved of this dress.I'm not gonna pretend I don't love seeing and commenting on what Michelle Obama we...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - While the plans to unveil a sweeping revision to Advanced Placement biology courses on Tuesday, it is delaying similar changes in United States history by a year to address concerns from high schoo...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Consider this a fact-finding mission.Here’s some context: I am new to the district I work in, meaning I just started here in July. I was hired to come in and supervise three departments, three depa...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Confessions of an Urban Principalby Frank MurphyThis book provides a first hand account of the life of an urban elementary school principal in the era of No Child Left Behind. On Monday and Wednesd...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - On Saturday, the Mar Vista Family Center hosted a series of workshops that focused on providing low-income parents and students with information about state and federal scholarships, grants and loa...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Grassroots “Save Our Schools” March on Washington & National Call to Action on July 28-31This grassroots movement of teachers, parents, students, community activists, and “everyday working people” ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Cover of Being There (Deluxe Edition)In the 1979 film, “Being There,” Chance (Peter Sellers) goes from an illiterate, TV-watching, not-too-swift gardener for a wealthy Washington, D.C. family to th...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NY1 interviewed Cathie Black last week, and among other things, asked about lousy teacher retention in New York City. She stumbled, as teacher retention is not on her radar; breaking seniority is. ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 1-28-2011 In his State of the Union address (full text), President Obama spoke at some length about education. It was one of the few elements of the speech that received enthusiastic support from b...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I got feedback from Blanche, my partner Sally’s mom, that the term “patriarchy” does not really resonate with her in terms of describing that model of society and its institutions that I keep refer...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A while ago I set up a sister blog called American Teaching Stories. This is where people can write something about teaching and get it up somewhere. At first, not many people were writing. Then I ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “It makes no sense”: Puzzling over Obama’s State of the Union Speech“It makes no sense” is perhaps President Obama’s favorite phrase, using it twice in his 2011 State of the Union speech. I like th...

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This Week In Education: Faked Address: Duncan Weighs In, Superintendent Responds

This Week In Education: Faked Address: Duncan Weighs In, Superintendent Responds

Faked Address: Duncan Weighs In, Superintendent Responds

by Alexander Russo

ScreenHunter_20 Jan. 31 08.47All eyes are on the situation in Copley Township, which raises issues of race, choice, and -- most important -- inequalities among local school districts that have yet to be addressed effectively at the state or national levels: Duncan: ‘Morally unacceptable’ that Ohio woman couldn’t find a good school for her son Yahoo News: "Where children have one option and that

AM News: District Votes To Go County-Wide

by Alexander Russo

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Chicago Votes To Give Nearly Half A Million Chicago Students Free Breakfast Tribune: Chicago's school board on Wednesday adopted a sweeping new program to offer free breakfasts in the classrooms of Chicago Public Schools' 410,000 students, expanding a federally funded initiative aimed at giving kids from low-income families a healthier start to their day... Memphis to Vote on Transferring School System to County AP: Memphis voters will decide whether to merge their schools with those of the more prosperous Shelby County school system, which has been maneuvering to freeze out the city schools... Producer, stadium developers donate to group backing Villaraigosa's school board candidates LAT: Developers seeking city approval to build a football stadium downtown as well as Democratic financier and producer Stephen Bing were among the major contributors to a committee set up to support Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's favored candidates for the Los Angeles Board of Education, new filings show...Texas may eliminate steroid testing program AP: When Texas began testing tens of thousands of high school athletes for steroids, the goal was to stop teens from taking dangerous performance-enhancing drugs. The death of a 17-year-old baseball player in a Dallas suburb had drawn national attention to the hazard... Mass. dropout reform plan eyes paid parent leave AP: A new proposal targeting Massachusetts' high school dropout rate would track students as early as third grade for warning signs and would require businesses to give parents up to 24 hours a year in paid leave for student academic needs... Board member won't resign after pregnancy remark AP: A member of the Oklahoma state education board said Friday he would not resign amid criticism he was insensitive to a pregnant woman the panel hired to represent the state's 660,000 public school children at the Capitol...

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Braun: Gov. Christie touts success of charter schools while only offering selective facts | NJ.com

Braun: Gov. Christie touts success of charter schools while only offering selective facts | NJ.com

Braun: Gov. Christie touts success of charter schools while only offering selective facts

Published: Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:30 AM Updated: Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:35 AM
Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist
chris-christie-charter-school.jpgJohn O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie talks to students at the Robert Treat Academy in Newark. Christie announced the approval of new charter schools, on January 18th.

So — what’s the problem? Why can’t the state tell the truth about charter schools?

Why does the governor have to be asked repeatedly to be fair about comparing charter schools with conventional schools? He’s such a fan of charters, you’d think — prosecutor that he was — he’d jump at the chance of blowing away critics with facts.

Instead, he publishes only selective facts that support his arguments.

After declining to provide that statistics for the past two weeks, his spokesman said vaguely late Friday night that they would be released "in the normal course."

When? After a compliant and clueless Legislature gives him the "reform" he wants

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Schools Matter: Christie's Charter Miracles Turn Mirage Under Closer Inspection

Schools Matter: Christie's Charter Miracles Turn Mirage Under Closer Inspection

Christie's Charter Miracles Turn Mirage Under Closer Inspection

by Jim Horn
From Bob Braun at Star-Ledger:
So — what’s the problem? Why can’t the state tell the truth about charter schools?

Why does the governor have to be asked repeatedly to be fair about comparing charter schools with conventional schools? He’s such a fan of charters, you’d think — prosecutor that he was — he’d jump at the chance of blowing away critics with facts.

Instead, he publishes only selective facts that support his arguments.

After declining to provide that statistics for the past two weeks, his spokesman said vaguely late
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