The Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance #EDreform
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NEA - The Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance:The Cost of Corporate Tax AvoidanceWhen corporations avoid paying taxes, public education gets shortchanged.NEA Research has created a series of charts that reflect the cost – in lost federal dollars for education – of corporate tax avoidance based on Citizens for Tax Justice’s analysis. The charts cover:How much federal aid each state would have received for education from 2008-2010 Education jobs that would have been supportedAmount for all other grants to state and ... more »
#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17th | OccupyWallSt.org
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#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17th | OccupyWallSt.org:#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17thby OccupyWallStPopoutfull details here
State teachers union issues its own roadmap to new evaluations | GothamSchools
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State teachers union issues its own roadmap to new evaluations | GothamSchools:State teachers union issues its own roadmap to new evaluationsby Geoff DeckerThe cover of NYSUT's evaluation handbookThis school year, New York State school districts and their teachers unions are spending a lot of time hammering out local agreements about adopting the state’s new mandated teacher evaluation system, required by June. While 40 percent of that system is predetermined by student test scores, myriad unanswered questions surround the remaining “subjective” ... more »
School funding headed for collapse? | EdNewsColorado
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School funding headed for collapse? | EdNewsColorado:School funding headed for collapse?Written by Todd Engdahl on Nov 16th, 2011. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.orgColorado’s school funding system could hit a constitutional dead end in less than five years, a veteran analyst told the Joint Budget Committee Wednesday.A discussion of the tough prospects facing school funding was the centerpiece of Carolyn Kampman’s briefing to the committee on the proposed K-12 budget for the 2012-13 school year. She also updated the committee – and ... more »
This Week In Education: Update: How Rookie Mistakes Turn Mini-Crises Into Major Ones
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This Week In Education: Update: How Rookie Mistakes Turn Mini-Crises Into Major Ones:Update: How Rookie Mistakes Turn Mini-Crises Into Major Onesby Alexander RussoOver the summer, Stand For Children's Jonah Edelman got in hot water for revealing how he'd helped get reform legislation passed in Illinois -- and then made things worse with an unnecessary public apology that only confirmed that his critics were right and pushed the story out for another few days or weeks. Earlier today, Chicago teacher union ... more »
EdWeek Unveils Special Report on Labor-Management Collaboration - Teacher Beat - Education Week
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EdWeek Unveils Special Report on Labor-Management Collaboration - Teacher Beat - Education Week:EdWeek Unveils Special Report on Labor-Management Collaborationby Stephen SawchukWe here at Education Week are happy to announce a new special report, Joining Forces, on the concept of labor-management collaboration, reported and written by myself and several of my colleagues.Just as with last year's special report on professional development, this is a very conceptual topic to write about.Scratch below the surface and you'll find a lot of different ideas ... more »
Louisiana Law Makes It Easy for New Orleans Charters to Expel Students « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
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Louisiana Law Makes It Easy for New Orleans Charters to Expel Students « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:Louisiana Law Makes It Easy for New Orleans Charters to Expel Studentsby millerlfLouisiana Charter Law on ExpulsionCharters in Louisiana operate under different rules than traditional public schools. They can expel students for minor infractions or simply expel those students who might contribute to lowering test scores. If “behavior problem” students and special education students, who often are challenged by standardized tests, are ... more »
Are there divisions in the anti-pension fight? What to make of Ty Fahner. « Fred Klonsky
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Are there divisions in the anti-pension fight? What to make of Ty Fahner. « Fred Klonsky:Are there divisions in the anti-pension fight? What to make of Ty Fahner.by Fred KlonskyCrain’s Greg Hinz says Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are resigned to wait until next Spring to pick up the pension fight again. House GOP Leader Tom Cross says he’s not happy about it. He thinks it should be sooner than later. And he’s blaming Speaker Madigan.Considering that all three ... more »
Blue Jersey:: Privatization Tactic: The Innocuous "Pilot" Plan
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Blue Jersey:: Privatization Tactic: The Innocuous "Pilot" Plan:Privatization Tactic: The Innocuous "Pilot" Planby: firstamend07Wed Nov 16, 2011 at 12:07:01 PM ESTpromoted by the_promised_land - Good heads up on Christie's attempts to take away middle-class jobs - check out another one here as well.Who is the Governor deceiving?The state is requesting bids from private contractors to take over snow removal, pothole repair, tree trimming and other duties now performed by state workers at three maintenance yards throughout New Jersey.The planned pilot ... more »
Gene Lyons: Heretical ideas on education | Arkansas Blog
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Gene Lyons: Heretical ideas on education | Arkansas Blog:Gene Lyons: Heretical ideas on educationPosted by Max Brantley on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 6:51 AMGene Lyons, who's been covering education for decades and is a former college professor himself, writes this week about some heretical ideas regarding education.1) Though problems no doubt exist,Despite melodramatic pronouncements to the contrary by sundry politicians, tycoons, tycoon/politicians and media-enhanced “reformers” like former Washington, DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, the available evidence shows American students ... more »
MinnPost - Michelle Rhea keeps the beehive buzzing in Minneapolis speech
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MinnPost - Michelle Rhea keeps the beehive buzzing in Minneapolis speech:Michelle Rhea keeps the beehive buzzing in Minneapolis speechBy Beth Hawkins | Published Wed, Nov 16 2011 8:45 amNo actual bees were harmed yesterday when Michelle Rhee appeared at the Minneapolis Convention Center yesterday, but a number of hornets’ nests got thwacked wide open.Michelle RheeAs a young Teach for America recruit many years ago in Baltimore, Rhee famously swallowed a bee in a desperate attempt to shock her unruly class ... more »
#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together #OWS
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#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together:#N17 Mass Day of ActionNovember 16th, 2011 · Ella · AnnouncementsNo commentsOWS is calling upon you to participate in a national day of direct action on November 17 in celebration of the the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.Occupy Wall St7:00 Shut Down Wall Street3:00 Occupy the Subways5:00 Take the SquareThis information and more at: occupywallst.org/action/november-17thOccupy CollegesStudents across the country will gather together on November 17 to protest the rising ... more »
Modern School: Doing It For Money—The Trafficked & Exploited Teen Fantasy
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Modern School: Doing It For Money—The Trafficked Exploited Teen Fantasy:Doing It For Money—The Trafficked Exploited Teen Fantasyby Michael DunnActivists and law enforcement officials often claim that hundreds of thousands or even millions of children are trafficked and forced into prostitution in the U.S., conjuring up images of innocent young girls being snatched from their loving families and coerced into a lifetime of drugs, STDs and perversion by greedy and heartless pimps.This appalling scenario is so universally upsetting to Americans that ... more »
Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunchesby Valerie StraussIf you put nutritious broccoli and kale on top of a chocolate-glazed donut, can the concoction be considered equivalent to a vegetable serving?This is the same logic that Congress is about to incorporate into a new law as it gets ready to vote on legislationthat would, among other things, allow public schools to count ... more »
A new deal between District and charters? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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A new deal between District and charters? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:A new deal between District and charters?by Benjamin HeroldAs part of busy meeting today, Philadelphia's School Reform Commission is expected to consider a new agreement between the District and two of the largest charter school umbrella organizations in the state.Featured Title: SRC to discuss Great Schools Compactread more
Inequality: How Students in Poor School Districts are Paying the Price for the State Budget.
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Alliance for Quality Education -:I want to share a graph with you from a report we released yesterday entitled Back to Inequality: How Students in Poor School Districts are Paying the Price for the State Budget. The statewide report shows that poor school districts received a much larger per pupil cut than wealthier districts. Some districts lost double and triple what wealthy districts lost. The recent $1.3 billion devastating cut to our schools further widens the inequality gap for public ... more »
Whose Judgment Matters in Determining Whether Teachers Have Changed Their Classroom Practices? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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Whose Judgment Matters in Determining Whether Teachers Have Changed Their Classroom Practices? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:Whose Judgment Matters in Determining Whether Teachers Have Changed Their Classroom Practices?by larrycubanI am drafting a chapter on access and use of computers at Las Montanas high school that will be in my next book. I did a study of computers there in 1998-1999 when there were stationary labs and returned in 2008-2010 when the school had 1:1 computing and ... more »
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LAUSD's DEEPEST FEAR - Perdaily.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-23 minutes agoLAUSD's DEEPEST FEAR - Perdaily.com:LAUSD's DEEPEST FEARby Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)As one clueless superintendent after another is anointed by the forces of public education privatization and the corporate controlled mass media to implement "revolutionary public education reform," that never seems to come about in our public schools, nobody in a position of ... more »
Regional Town Hall Meetings Focus on Ending Violence Against Women, Part II | ED.gov Blog
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Regional Town Hall Meetings Focus on Ending Violence Against Women, Part II | ED.gov Blog:Regional Town Hall Meetings Focus on Ending Violence Against Women, Part IIPosted on November 16, 2011 by Guest BloggerCross-posted from the White House Blog. Read Part I.In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month this past October, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development collaborated to hold ten town hall events throughout the country on ...more »
Shanker Blog » Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part One
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Shanker Blog » Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part One:Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part Oneby Matthew Di CarloAs discussed in a previous post, there is a fairly well-developed body of evidence showing that charter and regular public schools vary widely in their impacts on achievement growth. This research finds that, on the whole, there is usually not much of a difference between them, and when there are differences, they tend to be very ... more »
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When Brenda Belcher, principal of the new Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine, interviewed Mo Torres this past summer for a position teaching Spanish, he seemed like a good fit.
"It was a match," Belcher recalled in a phone interview on a recent busy Friday. "I just felt it."
What Belcher found out only later is that Torres is no ordinary teacher. He's a corps member with Teach for America, a nationwide alternate certification program that has drawn 200 young teachers with mostly no experience and little training to Detroit over the past year and a half as part of the organization's second shot at success in the Motor City.
TFA Detroit members teach both in traditional public schools and in charter schools. They are the