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Diane Ravitch on "Frozen Assets" by Marguerite Roza

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Diane Ravitch has a great oped in today’s Times on the “miracle” schools promoted by corporate reformers, that all too often turn out to be based on PR spin, inflated test score results and/or sky...
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Shortcuts, School Reform & Private Foundations

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jun 01 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Author Bob Sutton recently wrote about a report commissioned by the Annie Casey Foundation that examined one of its major funding initiatives related to school reform (th...
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Obama at the ‘Miracle In Memphis’

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - On Monday May 16th, President Obama will be the commencement speaker at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN. They had won a competition called ‘The Race To The Top High School Commencem...
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Third Turn of the Screw: The DOE and Closing Schools

edwize.org - Most New Yorkers who follow these things know that the DoE has targeted for closure four high schools with a C on their annual high-stakes Progress Reports even though schools with a D or F have no...
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nypost.com - Michael Goodwin After reading my reports from New York teachers who say they are forced to raise grades and pass failing students, a friend has questions. He writes: "If nine years of mayoral contr...
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asians, hispanics are the fastest-expanding minority groups

blog.angryasianman.com - More census figure fun... but probably stuff you already could have guessed. According to new findings from the U.S. Census Bureau, Asians and Hispanics are the nation's fastest-expanding large min...
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Meanwhile, in the original war that never ends

firedoglake.com - A group of retired political leaders — strangely not under the influence of lobbying money (or drugs) — has recommended the world, especially the United States, reconsider the War on Drugs. Their r...
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I want to see Marco Rubio’s birth certificate

beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Orlando Rodriguez Marco Rubio is not Cuban. He is not even an immigrant. Prove it. I want to see his Cuban birth certificate. I have a Cuban birth certificate so I can authenticate his. Mine rea...
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Today's Teamster News 06.02.11

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Three GOP senators go to court to block recalls Associated Press ...GOP Sens. Dan Kapanke of La Crosse, Luther Olsen of Ripon and Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac all want judges to block the Governm...
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Poll: Voters want say in budget process

californiawatch.org - ericsphotography/istockphoto.com More than three in four Californians buy into Gov. Jerry Brown's notion that voters should have a say in deciding which cuts and taxes will be used to plug the stat...
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Tanton tantalizes with an Euler gem » Fun Math Blog

wildaboutmath.com - June 1st, 2011 | by Sol | James Tanton has produced another great video, this one on a very intriguing partitioning problem with a very clever solution.There are four ways to break the number 6 dow...
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A Quote Collage for the First Week of June

nyceducator.com - Climate control:"MISS, PUT ON THE AIR CONDITIONER."--half of my students"MISS, TURN OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER, IT'S COLD."--the other half of my students"NO MISS, PUT THE AIR CONDITIONER BACK ON."--t...
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TechnoDyne, Involved in CityTime Project, Shuts Down

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - WAYNE, N.J. — A New Jersey technology company that had been a major contractor on the Bloomberg administration’s troubled CityTime payroll project has abruptly halted operations and terminated its ...
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In Chicago it's called a "win-win"

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Big losers are social services and schoolsThat's right. This week, former mayor Daley landed his pay-back job with the very firm that negotiated his notorious sell-off of the city's parking meters....
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Daley Lands Job With Parking Meter Lawyers

nbcchicago.com - Richard Daley, Ex-Mayor, (Another) New Job Former Mayor Richard Daley has landed a job with the firm that negotiated Chicago's parking meter deal. Daley will be "of counsel" to Katten Muchin Rosenm...
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      Focusing on Student Data and Community Involvement Are Keys for Local Schools that are “Beating the Odds” « Whole Child Education

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      Focusing on Student Data and Community Involvement Are Keys for Local Schools that are “Beating the Odds”

      June 1st, 2011 by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers

      This article originally appeared in the Michigan ASCD monthly online publication, The Source, in May 2011. Additional schools will be sharing their stories throughout the year.

      There are real success stories in Michigan school buildings that are considered by some to have traditional barriers to academic achievement, the Michigan Department of Education reports.

      Over 100 schools in Michigan are finding ways to overcome the identifiable risk factors to low student achievement, such as low economic status, race and ethnicity, or proficiency with the English language.

      “These are schools that are doing remarkable things to help their students achieve, despite the odds being stacked against them,” said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan. The Michigan Department of Education conducted two separate studies to identify schools that are “beating the odds.” One study identified 63 schools that are performing above their predicted levels,

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      High-school shuffle - News - Local Stories - June 2, 2011 - Sacramento News & Review

      High-school shuffle - News - Local Stories - June 2, 2011 - Sacramento News & Review

      High-school shuffle

      Is it time for a new high school in East Sac? And what about Sac High?

      By Cosmo Garvin
      cosmog@newsreview.com
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      This article was published on 06.02.11.

      Jeff Cuneo, Sacramento city school board member, says it’s time for a comprehensive public high school for East Sacramento.
      PHOTO BY JEROME LOVE

      Should the Sacramento school district establish a new high school for families in East Sac? Should the controversial Sacramento Charter High School be moved out of its spacious campus in order to make room? What about converting a prized junior high—Sutter Middle School—into a high school?

      These are all possible fixes to a problem that’s been simmering for eight years—ever since the Sacramento City Unified School District turned over the struggling Sacramento High School to Kevin Johnson’s St. Hope organization to run as a charter school.

      “Parents I’ve talked to feel like this is not their local school,” said Jeff Cuneo, who was elected last year to represent East Sacramento and Midtown on the school district’s board of trustees. With St. Hope ensconced in the Sacramento High School campus in Oak Park, there’s no traditional “comprehensive” high school in the old Sac High attendance area. “And that has led to flight of students, to private schools and out of our district,” said Cuneo.

      The school district will soon send out surveys to families in the area (mostly East Sacramento, Midtown and River Park) asking them what kind of high-school options they want to see in the

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      Will kids blackmail teachers over standardized test scores? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

      Will kids blackmail teachers over standardized test scores? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
      Rules for teachers in 1872: No marriage for women or barber shops for men Public school teachers today view rules imposed on them todayas restrictive, but in 1872, some women teachers could be dismissed for getting married, and men who were shaved in a barber shop were seen as engaging in suspect behavior. Teachers had to ...
      Will kids blackmail teachers over standardized test scores? -- *This was written by John Merrow, veteran education reporter for PBS, NPR, and dozens of national publications. He is president of Learning Matters, a non-profit media production company, and his latest book is The Influence of Teachers . This ...
      School discipline: Too harsh or too lenient? Post reporter Donna St. George wrote a story published today about how some school districts around the country are starting to retreat from zero-tolerance discipline policies that have dominated for nearly two decades. We are interested in hearing ...
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