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The Great Charter School Conspiracy « Wait, What?

jonpelto.wordpress.com - February 24, 2012 jonpelto Achievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Achievement First, ConnCAN, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor The Hartford Courant headli...

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The Teacher Tea Leaf Reports on SchoolCrock: An Explanation

allthingsedu.blogspot.com - SchoolCrock has published the teacher tea leaf reports using a new tool that was created by interactive journalists at The New Hack Times and WNLIC. The goal of the tool: to make the tea leaves eas...

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Shameless. « Fred Klonsky

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Rick Santorum's home-school hokum - Home Schooling

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

by Mike Klonsky
“This is an amazing panel, so I’m thrilled to be part of it,” Mr. Duncan said in his opening comment.
Investigator Richard Hyde
“I’m shocked that the secretary of education would be fraternizing with someone who could potentially be the target of the investigation. The appearance of a conflict of interest is troubling because it can cause the public to lose faith in the investigation.” -- Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight, Michael Winerip, NYT
J.C. Brizard
"Not once at the board meeting did I hear anyone talk about children,” Brizard said. “I kept hearing
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Financial aid officials question Cal Grants for online degrees Kaplan University| California Watch

Financial aid officials question Cal Grants for online degrees | California Watch:

Financial aid officials question Cal Grants for online degrees

February 27, 2012 | Erica Perez

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The California Student Aid Commission last week explored at a hearing whether, at a time of limited funds for college financial aid, the state should allow Cal Grants to cover all online degree programs.

The commissioners held the meeting in part because they have been seeing an increasing number of colleges and universities entering into agreements with outside groups to provide online education, such as the now-defunct partnership between Kaplan University and the California Community Colleges, said Diana Fuentes-Michel, executive director of the commission.

The panel is reviewing proposed changes to its Institutional Participation Agreement, the contract between the commission and the colleges that are eligible to receive Cal Grants. Fuentes-Michel said Thursday's

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Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Schmoverty

Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Schmoverty:

Poverty, Schmoverty

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Childhood poverty bothers ACTING Education Commissioner Chris Cerf: he's worried the little waifs might be ripping him off:
In New Jersey and across the nation, the number of students living in poverty is determined by how many of them qualify for free and reduced-price lunches, a federal program run by the Department of Agriculture. But the count is not just about the federally subsidized meals — schools with poor students in the lunch program receive up to 57 percent more state aid than their peers.
Citing growing concerns with the program’s susceptibility to fraud and error, acting
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Community schools recognize the vital role of full-service partnerships | Thoughts on Public Education

Community schools recognize the vital role of full-service partnerships | Thoughts on Public Education:

Community schools recognize the vital role of full-service partnerships - by Martin Blank

by Martin Blank
Using their ingenuity and creativity during these tough fiscal times, educators across California are finding new ways to improve educational outcomes for all students. School district leaders are embracing a strategy that blends a focus on instruction with a partnership approach that engages the entire community in creating the opportunities and support that students need [...]

Charter movement’s U-shaped dilemma - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Charter schools in California tend to be bipolar, with disproportionate numbers of very high and very low performing schools, according to a newly released analysis by the California Charter Schools Association. In duplicating a pattern that it found last year, in its first “Portrait of a Movement” annual report, the Charter Schools Association renewed its call [...]
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The Crucible – NYC and The Department of Education’s Mass Hysteria « Living Behind the Gates

The Crucible – NYC and The Department of Education’s Mass Hysteria « Living Behind the Gates:

The Crucible – NYC and The Department of Education’s Mass Hysteria

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Public Shame and the Mass Hysteria that Follows

Martha Corey: I, sir, am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is.
Judge Hathorne: If you know not what a witch is, how do you know you are not one?

~ The Crucible, IMDb quotes

The activities of McCarthy and his followers gave birth to the term McCarthyism.

This term is used in reference to “sensational and highly publicized personal attacks, usually based on

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Schools Matter: Common core standards/national tests = a classic grassroots movement?

Schools Matter: Common core standards/national tests = a classic grassroots movement?:

Common core standards/national tests = a classic grassroots movement?

by skrashen
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan:
“The idea that the Common Core standards are nationally-imposed is a conspiracy theory in search of a conspiracy. The Common Core academic standards were both developed and adopted by the states ...” https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-us-secretary-education-arne-duncan-1
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Florida Scientology Charter School Unmasks Chilling Flaws in Republican Agenda | Scathing Purple Musings

Florida Scientology Charter School Unmasks Chilling Flaws in Republican Agenda | Scathing Purple Musings:

Florida Scientology Charter School Unmasks Chilling Flaws in Republican Agenda

by Bob Sikes

The sponsor of Florida’s landmark test-based teacher evaluation bill SB736 , Sen. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, breathlessly argued that if his bill didn’t pass, “kids would be irreparably damaged.” Lets apply Wise’s standard to a real-world, real children example. Consider yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times story about the Dunedin charter school which has been taken over by Scientologists.

DUNEDIN — One Friday afternoon in December, leaders of a tax-funded elementary school called Life Force Arts and Technology Academy shepherded students into a Scientology church in Tampa’s Ybor Square.

The children were fed candy and pizza, given Scientology books and DVDs, and shown a

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