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Why is Dick a nickname for Richard

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why is Dick a nickname for Richard: Why is Dick a nickname for Richard? In: Name Origins, Names and Name Meanings [Edit categories] Answer: Improve a man named Richar...

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miracleschools - Harvest Preparatory School

miracleschools.wikispaces.com - The Star Tribune declares it a miracle school on 9/24/11 with the headline 'At this school, usual excuses don't apply'http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/130474133.html Claim from the art...

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Panel with Ravitch and Rhee Part III

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Click here for part IClick here for part II So far the panelists have had two rounds to discuss what the they think the cause of the achievement gap is and also what some possible remedies are. Onl...

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Back up your words, CMS, and stop the testing madness

charlotteobserver.com - From Pamela Grundy and Carol Sawyer, co-chairs of Mecklenburg Area Coming Together for Schools: As Observer editors recently noted, CMS's effort to recast its "pay for performance" endeavor as a "t...

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Money Can't Buy Me Love - Teacher in a Strange Land

blogs.edweek.org - A recent consulting contract took me to Lake George, New York, to lead a group of educators in refining a graduate course on teachers as leaders. I've been wading around in teacher leadership -a co...

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Why Rick Perry's Racist Hunting Camp Sign Matters - Forbes

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why Rick Perry's Racist Hunting Camp Sign Matters - Forbes:Why Rick Perry’s Racist Hunting Camp Sign Mattersby E.D. KainImage via WikipediaTexas Governor Rick Perry just can’t seem to catch a break...

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Dozens arrested in anti-Wall Street protest - Americas

english.aljazeera.net - The Brooklyn Bridge has been shut down in one direction after protesters blocked the roadway [AFP] New York police have made dozens of arrests and have stopped protesters of the "Occupy Wall Stree...

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Protesters set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York, several hundred protesters set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall this weekend, saying they are there to stay. S...

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International Walk to School Day, Everyday

huffingtonpost.com - Tell anyone over fifty that October fifth is International Walk to School Day, the highlight of an entire month devoted to the concept, and you'll likely get back a blank stare, furrowed brow, or o...

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Police Arresting Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - October 1, 2011, 4:29 pm By COLIN MOYNIHANThe video below was broadcast earlier this afternoon on the Livestream channel of a group called “globalrevolution.” The Times does not endorse the caption...

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“Live Minutes” Looks Like A Nice Collaborative Tool

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Oct 02 2011 Larry FerlazzoLive Minutes is new online conferencing app that is entirely browser-based and it doesn’t even appear you have to register in order to use it. You’re immediately given a u...

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What's Popular This Week on The Innovative Educator

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com - Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see my top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews in the past 7 days. I hope ther...

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Achievement gaps start before school starts | | The Bulletin

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Achievement gaps start before school starts | | The Bulletin:Achievement gaps start before school startsBy Diane Ravitch / The Saturday Evening PostPublished: October 02. 2011 4:00AM PSTIf you read...

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      Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Mayor Rolls Out Attendance Initiative

      Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Mayor Rolls Out Attendance Initiative:

      Mayor Rolls Out Attendance Initiative

      by Melissa Westbrook
      Tomorrow Mayor McGinn will be rolling out the city's new attendance initiative,

      Be Here, Get There.
      Every day in school matters.

      The Mayor will be having a press conference on Monday, Oct. 3rd at Denny Middle School at 11:30 am to announce this new initiative.

      This is an effort to, obviously, get more kids to be in school every day. The goal is 80% attendance throughout the year with 5 or fewer absences a year.

      This initiative is NOT just for kids who are not in school because of family issues. They are also going for parents who take their kids out of school for vacations during school days. They are emphatic that this issue impacts every child who is not in school.
      Here's a good website about this issue that the Mayor's staff directed me to called Attendance Works about why
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      More on Occupy Wall Street — You Don’t Win By Making Demands « Student Activism

      More on Occupy Wall Street — You Don’t Win By Making Demands « Student Activism:

      More on Occupy Wall Street — You Don’t Win By Making Demands

      by Angus Johnston

      So I’ve been tweeting up a storm today on the question of whether #OccupyWallStreet needs to compile a formal list of demands. (Spoiler alert: Nope.) I’m not going to rehash my whole argument here right now, but someone tweeted something at me a little while ago that gives me an opportunity to explore one piece of it.

      Here’s the tweet in question, posted in response to me saying that “When people say #OccupyWallStreet needs to articulate demands, they usually mean they want it to embrace their demands.”

      @dc_dsa: @studentactivism Partially agree. As Frederick Douglass said, “power concedes nothing without a demand.”

      That was pretty well played, I must say. Apt, pithy, and deploying one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite activists. But let’s take a look at the whole passage:

      “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will

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      Achievement gaps start before school starts | | The Bulletin

      Achievement gaps start before school starts | | The Bulletin:

      Achievement gaps start before school starts

      By Diane Ravitch / The Saturday Evening Post
      Published: October 02. 2011 4:00AM PST

      If you read news magazines or watch TV, you might think that American education is in a crisis of historic proportions. The media claim that our future is in peril because our students have low test scores caused by incompetent, lazy teachers.

      Don’t believe it. It’s not true.

      Yes, our students’ scores on international tests are only average, but our students have never been at the top on those tests; when the first such test was given in 1964, we ranked 12th out of 12. And, yet, the United States continued to prosper.

      So maybe standardized tests are not good predictors of future economic success or decline. Perhaps our country has succeeded not because of test scores but because we encouraged something more important than test scores —the freedom to create, innovate, and imagine. Unfortunately, recent educational reforms throw aside that philosophy in favor of an even greater emphasis on test scores.

      In 2001 Congress passed No Child Left Behind, which imposed a massive program of school reform based on standardized

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      Education Activist Diane Ravitch to Speak Monday | Duke Today

      Education Activist Diane Ravitch to Speak Monday | Duke Today:

      Education Activist Diane Ravitch to Speak Monday

      Duke's Program in Education and Durham Public Schools join to bring speaker to campus, Durham schools

      October 2, 2011 | David Jarmul
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      Diane Ravitch's criticism of standardized testing has changed the national debate on education.

      DURHAM, NC - Diane Ravitch, one of the country's leading authors and activists on education issues, will discuss school reform in a speech at Duke University's Page Auditorium at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 3.

      Her visit is sponsored jointly by the university'sProgram in Education and Durham Public Schools (DPS), each of which is arranging private gatherings with Ravitch. She will meet that morning with Duke faculty and administrators to discuss teacher education and partnerships between schools and universities. In the afternoon, she will meet with DPS teachers, principals, administrators and board members to discuss ways of enhancing student performance.

      "We worked together to arrange this visit, which illustrates the long-standing and vibrant partnership the university and its Program in Education have with the public schools," said Jan Riggsbee, who directs the Duke program.
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      Occupy Wall Street: First Official Statement | Dailycensored.com

      Occupy Wall Street: First Official Statement | Dailycensored.com:

      Occupy Wall Street: First Official Statement

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      This weekend, the Occupy Wall Street movement entered its third week of non-violent public assembly and peaceful protest. However, once again, the New York Police Department has proven peaceful protests against the “Masters of Universe” must be met with violence.

      Unlike the astro-turf Tea Party, the Occupy Wall Street movement is truly a grassroots movement. Before the movement had even defined it goals, let alone made declarations of purpose and demands, people began to occupy a park, just two blocks away from Wall Street, in protest. A few protesters turned into a hundred protesters, then hundreds and now thousands of people are camping out near Wall Street. Both the young and old came with sleeping bags and handmade signs calling for an end to corporate control

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