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Whittier library construction stopped - Chicago Tribune

articles.chicagotribune.com - Pilsen parents who once staged a 43-day sit-in to get a library at Whittier Elementary School now have succeeded in getting the project halted. "As a result of your continued opposition in allowing...

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The Watson Institute for International Studies

watsoninstitute.org - June 28, 2011 Nearly 10 years after the declaration of the War on Terror, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have killed at least 225,000 people, including men and women in uniform, contr...

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Hotel housekeeping: Do you tip?

articles.cnn.com - Survey data shows that about 30% of U.S. hotel guests leave tips for hotel housekeepers, according to Michael Lynn, a professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.Since housek...

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Today's Verdict - Todays Verdict

bronxnet.org - BronxNet | Bronx Legal | Todays VerdictDo you know your rights? Do you know the law? You don't have to be an expert but in these difficult financial times, knowledge is power. Bronx Legal is a live...

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NYC Educator: Getting Away With Murder

nyceducator.com - It must be great to be Dennis Walcott. You ride around the city in a limo and the New York Times writes puff pieces about what a great guy you are. You've changed the tone, apparently. People like ...

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Biden. Yes, that’s the ticket. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - I’m having my coffee at Peets this morning. “So. I hear you’re the chairman of all the teachers in town,” says Laura, the store manager. “Huh?” I look up from the New York Times I’m reading on my i...

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schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - The death of the Dodgers by corporate greedMcCourt & commissioner, Bud SeligDave Zirin, writing in The Nation asks, "What does the L.A. Dodgers bankruptcy say about America?" The Dodgers are argu...

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What Does the LA Dodgers Bankruptcy Say About America?

thenation.com - What Does the LA Dodgers Bankruptcy Say About America? June 29, 2011 Share | || Recommended by 0|Much has been written about the Los Angeles Dodgers declaration of bankruptcy. Much has been said a...

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6 young illegal immigrants arrested in Ga. protest

boston.com - ATLANTA—Six young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday after they sat down and blocked traffic near the Georgia state Capitol to publicly declare their status and to protest state policies targ...

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Walker: Prosser Choking Scandal Is ‘Extremely Serious’

thinkprogress.org - NEWS FLASH Walker: Prosser Choking Scandal Is ‘Extremely Serious’ | In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s editorial board, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) called the recent scandal ...

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Black student in CA says he was bullied with noose

boston.com - SANTA MONICA, Calif.—A black student claiming he was racially bullied at a Southern California high school says his wrestling teammates tied a noose around a wrestling dummy, chained him to his loc...

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Koch OUT News | www.kochwatch.org

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News | www.kochwatch.orgThom Hartmann: Proof that Rich people aren't the job creators!Palm Beach Post: Rick Scott attends secret Koch brothers meeting in Colorado *-by Dara Kam* *June 28, 2011-* Fl...

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Hotel housekeeping: Do you tip?

articles.cnn.com - Survey data shows that about 30% of U.S. hotel guests leave tips for hotel housekeepers, according to Michael Lynn, a professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.Since housek...

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School Tech Connect: New Standards Are Here

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: New Standards Are HereNew Standards Are Hereby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)And nothing will change.First of all, Race to the Top was supposed to be, among other things, econ...

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      This Week In Education: Thompson: Schools Sorting Kids In Oklahoma City

      This Week In Education: Thompson: Schools Sorting Kids In Oklahoma City

      Thompson: Schools Sorting Kids In Oklahoma City

      by john thompson

      SortNone of the five low-income elementary schools that feed into my old 6th through 12th school (Oklahoma City's Centennial) have more than 5% of their 5th graders score Unsatisfactory in reading, according to the Daily Oklahoman. However, 42% of the 6th graders at Centennial score Unsatisfactory. How could that be? Most parents who can do so don't send their kids to Centennial. The school closest to my home sends the majority of its elementary school graduates to a National Blue Ribbon middle school, a magnet that has been ranked 14th nationally, or a charter that feeds a

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      Get Your #NEARA11 Convention Fix - Politics K-12 - Education Week

      Get Your NEA Convention Fix - Politics K-12 - Education Week

      Get Your NEA Convention Fix

      by Michele McNeil

      Colleague Stephen Sawchuk, who blogs at Teacher Beat, will bring you coverage this week and next of one of the most political conventions of them all: the National Education Association's Representative Assembly.

      Will delegates of the nation's largest teachers' union endorse Barack Obama? How will the delegates shape their policies on teacher-evaluation practices and reforms? And, will the convention organizers bring back balloon arches and confetti?

      Starting today, Sawchuk will answer these questions, and more, at Teacher Beat.

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      Commuting to the #NEARA11 « Fred Klonsky's blog

      Commuting to the NEA RA. « Fred Klonsky's blog

      Commuting to the NEA RA.

      by Fred Klonsky

      It’s a Windy City RA.

      Although there will not be much wind tomorrow as the temperature threatens to hit triple digits.

      Outside McCormick Place.

      Inside it might get hotter.

      Merit pay, teacher performance evaluations and an early no strings endorsement for the Obama administration all threaten to make the convention hall filled with 9,000 delegates a little heated.

      As they should.

      My first state caucus meeting is at 1PM at the Palmer House. The “venerable old Palmer House,” the cliche

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      Benefits of K-3 Class Size and Quality Are Long-Lasting «

      Benefits of K-3 Class Size and Quality Are Long-Lasting «

      Benefits of K-3 Class Size and Quality Are Long-Lasting

      June 30, 2011 by Irene Sege

      Photo: Kate Samp for Strategies for Children

      Two Harvard researchers have studied the long-term effects of class size and classroom quality in kindergarten through third grade and find that both produce lasting benefits into adulthood. In an article (“The Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Education”) in the current issue of Communities & Banking, a quarterly journal of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman write that the effects of both small class size and high classroom quality show in higher rates of college attendance, savings, marriage and neighborhood quality.

      Chetty and Friedman examined data from Tennessee’s large-scale Project Star. Between 1985 and 1989, about 11,500 children and their teachers were

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      Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

      Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
      “China opens world’s longest sea bridge” China opens world’s longest sea bridge is the title of a video and pretty spectacular video at The Telegraph. The Atlantic also has some photos. I’m adding the links to The Best Images Of Spectacular Bridges (& How Students Can Make Their Own).
      Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts Here are some recent good school reform-related posts from around the Web: At Proposals for English-Proficiency Tests for the ‘Common Core’, Mary Ann Zehr at Education Week shares links to the proposals to create new state assessments for English ...
      Let’s Try This Again: What Are Good Places To Go For ESL/EFL Research? I had published this post a few hours ago, and then it mysteriously disappeared. So I’m trying it again. I’m trying to “beef-up” my The Best Ways To Keep-Up With Current ELL/ESL/EFL News & Research list, and wanted to ask readers of this blog if you ...
      June’s Best Posts I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous ...
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      Study: Kids who eat candy less likely to be obese than kids who don't : The Mommy Files

      Study: Kids who eat candy less likely to be obese than kids who don't : The Mommy Files

      Study: Kids who eat candy less likely to be obese than kids who don't

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      Candy is something parents aren't supposed to be freely dishing out to their kids, right? Surprising new research suggests otherwise. A little candy here and there might be a good thing. Bring on the M&Ms!
      Could candy actually be a healthy snack for kids?
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      Could candy actually be a healthy snack for kids?
      Kids who munch on Skittles and Snickers weigh less than those kids who don't eat candy, a new study finds.
      Researchers at Louisiana State University collected data from more than 11,000 kids, age 2 to 18, between 1999 and 2004. They discovered that children who indulged in candy were 22 percent less likely to be overweight or obese than their counterparts who didn't eat sweets. What


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      Mayor Mike Bloomberg On the CityTime Scandal: My Bad - ParentAdvocates.org

      Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org
      New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg On the CityTime Scandal: My Bad About That Whole $740 Million CityTime Mess
      From Editor Betsy Combier: It is very comforting to know that many people were able to get away with stealing millions of dollars of taxpayer funds right under NYC Mayor Bloomberg's nose, and he didn't see it nor did he do anything about it until the media made it impossible to ignore the scam, theft, and fiscal wrong-doing. Not.

      Mike Bloomberg
      City contract ends, but scandal saga continues

      Mayor Bloomberg, citing findings of massive fraud, asks the contractor that built the city’s high-tech timekeeping system to return the $600 million taxpayers spent on it.

      By Jeremy Smerd
      Buck Ennis
      LINK

      “Certainly nobody paid as much attention to (CityTime) as they should have—from me on down,” Mayor

      Christopher Asch, Tenured NYC Board of Education Employee, Wins In the Supreme Court His Petition To Vacate The 3020-a Arbitration Decision
      Chris, Petitioner Pro Se, is an openly gay man who was victimized by the homophopic comments of Stuyvesant High School's Isamu Fukui, a very troubled student, then sent to the famous "rubber room" to learn to regret actions that he never did, or performed just like the heterosexual librarians (asking students to be quiet while in the library). On June 28, 2011 NYS Supreme Court Judge Manuel Mendez vacated the decision of Arbitrator David Hyland to suspend Chris for six months without pay and to see a psychologist to help him "establish boundaries".. Judge Mendez set a precedent and deserves acclaim for this decision.

      From Betsy Combier:

      I attended Chris Asch's arbitration hearing, heard all witnesses, and disagreed with the decision of the arbitrator, who was, in my opinion, ordered by the New York City Board of Education's Administrative Trials Unity (which I call "
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      Koch OUT AM News | www.kochwatch.org

      News | www.kochwatch.org
      AFLCIO Blog: 8 Signs Your Governor Has a Koch Problem *-By Andy Richards* *June 26, 2011-* The addiction of governors across the country to the Koch brothers’ agenda seems to be growing stronger every day. Here are some warning signs your governor might have a Koch problem: 1. Are they planning on ...
      Think Progress: Govs. Rick Perry And Rick Scott Go AWOL During State Emergencies To Attend Secret Koch Event *-By Marie Diamond and Alex Seitz-Wald* *June 29, 2011-* As Texas faced some of the worst wildfires in its history and a severe drought crisis that has caused the federal government to declare the entire state a disaster area, its governor was ...
      NYT: Sinking G.O.P. Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play *-By Don Van Natta Jr. and Gary Fineout* *June 27, 2011-* MIAMI — In the past few weeks, Gov. Rick Scott has traveled around the state extolling the accomplishments of the recent legislative session and promoting his success in pushing Florida down a ...
      Rachel Maddow: $$$Koch Bros Killing Unions, Voter rights & Secret meetings
      Think Progress: Wisconsin GOP Defunds Planned Parenthood, Denying Preventative Health Care To At Least 12,000 Women *-By Marie Diamond * *June 27, 2011-* Yesterday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a budgetthat cuts funding for Planned Parenthood, after pushing the measure through the state Legislature without a single Democratic vote. Planned Parenthood ...
      Inside Higher Ed: Not Just Florida State *-By Dan Berrett * *June 28, 2011*- When the terms of a 2008 grant agreement between Florida State University and the Charles G. Koch Foundation became public last month, the news drew attention to the fund for what some saw as an attempt to exert ...
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      Charter Schools Trail in State Test Results - Chicago News Cooperative

      Charter Schools Trail in State Test Results - Chicago News Cooperative

      Charter Schools Trail in State Test Results

      by REBECCA VEVEA

      Mayor Rahm Emanuel and new leaders of Chicago Public Schools have been pushing for a longer school day and year to raise student performance. But last week’s state test results show that charter schools–which typically have more instructional time–actually have a lower percentage of students exceeding state standards.

      Overall, state scores on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test were up in Chicago Public Schools. The percentage of students who exceeded state standards increased, but the number still remained low—16.6 percent, up from 14.7 percent last year. The percentage who met state standard increased to 73.9 percent, up from 68.5 percent.

      A breakdown by school type shows selective-enrollment schools did the best, followed in order by magnet schools, neighborhood schools, charter schools and turnaround schools, according to a Chicago News Cooperative analysis of the results. Turnaround schools are those that had been overhauled because they were previously identified as the district’s lowest performers.

      Both neighborhood and charter schools saw an increase in the number of students meeting state standards—6

      Rahm’s Labor Ultimatum | Charter Scores Lag | Quinn’s China Mission

      by HUNTER CLAUSS

      EMANUEL’S LAYOFF THREAT
      Union leaders did not take kindly to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s threat to lay off 625 workers if they don’t agree to a $20 million plan for unspecified “work rule changes and efficiencies.” The impasse comes as a concession agreement is set to expire on Thursday, leaving an estimated $30 million hole in the city’s current budget. http://bit.ly/mkvx5o

      - The union ultimatum came during a news conference to announce that Walgreens will add 600 jobs in the city

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