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Friday, October 29, 2010

Mike Klonsky...: New book takes critical look at the Gates Foundation

Mike Klonsky...: New book takes critical look at the Gates Foundation

New book takes critical look at the Gates Foundation

by Mike Klonsky
The Gates Foundation and the Future of
US “Public” Schools

Edited by Philip E. Kovacs
Price: $95.00
Binding/Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-0-415-87334-5
Publish Date: October 21st 2010
Imprint: Routledge
Pages: 232 pages

A critical look at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that includes a chapter by Michael Klonsky, "Power Philanthropy: Taking the Public Out of Public Education."

Foreword Deron Boyles. Acknowledgments. 1. From Carnegie to Gates: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Venture Philanthropy Agenda for Public Education Kenneth J. Saltman 2. Power Philanthropy: Taking the Public Out of Public Education Michael Klonsky 3. The Gates Foundation’s Interventions into Education, Health, and Food Policies: Technology, Power, and the Privatization of Political Problems David Hursh 4. Marketing New Schools for a New Century: An Examination of Neoliberal School Reform in New York City
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Hechinger Report | Community colleges in the spotlight

Hechinger Report | Community colleges in the spotlight
Community colleges in the spotlight A year after* *President Barack Obama stood up at Macomb Community Collegein Michigan to highlight the need for more graduates and to announce the American Graduation Initiative, the nation’s publicly funded two-year colleges are playing a significant ...
Amid budget cuts and overcrowding at community colleges, for-profit institutions seek a niche Community colleges – typically the country’s cheapest option for higher education – face a new and unlikely rival: the fast-growing industry of for-profit colleges. To understand why students are turning to more expensive options like for-profits, ...
Finances and financial aid at community colleges For years, community colleges have borne the brunt of state budget cuts nationwide, and they continue to receive the equivalent of poverty wages in federal and state funding. And yet community colleges are much more dependent on state funding than ...
Push is on to find more effective models of remedial education For far too many community college students, remedial education is where their college careers begin – and end. Their need to take catch-up courses in subjects never mastered in high school remains one of the most intractable obstacles to ...
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U-M student leader seeks assistant AG's disbarment | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

U-M student leader seeks assistant AG's disbarment | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

U-M student leader seeks assistant AG's disbarment

By Lori Higgins
Free Press Education Writer

Chris Armstrong is going after Andrew Shirvell’s law license.

Armstrong, the president of the Michigan Student Assembly at the University of Michigan, today filed a misconduct complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.

Shirvell is the Michigan assistant attorney general who has been under fire for a blog in which he attacks Armstrong, the first openly gay president of the MSA.

Armstrong is seeking an investigation, discipline and possible disbarment of Shirvell, according to a press release sent by his attorney, Deborah Gordon of Bloomfield Hills. The complaint is on the grounds that Shirvell “repeatedly harassed and defamed Armstrong in a relentless, six-month campaign of lies, dishonesty, heckling, hate speech, and even job interference."

The misconduct rule Shirvell is accused of violating says it’s professional misconduct for an lawyer to “engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or violation of the criminal law.”

Armstrong said in his filing that Shirvell made “obviously false, disgusting, and utterly



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Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities In Danger? | Education | Change.org

Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities In Danger? | Education | Change.org

Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities In Danger?

by Tarice Gray

Founded on the idea that all Americans deserve an education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have an important legacy in this country. These schools focused their academic attention on those for whom that idea didn't ring true. Essentially, these institutions created a welcome mat at the door of higher education for African Americans. Since their establishment around the end of the Civil War, these schools have been an avenue of success for so many.

Of the 105 HBCUs in this country, Howard University in Washington D.C. has been celebrated as one of the most prominent. Among Howard's alumni are the first black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and this


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Schools Matter: Lancet Critiques Gates Foundation Again

Schools Matter: Lancet Critiques Gates Foundation Again

Lancet Critiques Gates Foundation Again

by Kenneth Libby
The Lancet, a UK medical journal, recently released a series of papers on malaria elimination. The Gates Foundation has been very active in the field, and The Lancet has questioned and criticized the foundation in the past. Here's their most recent dig at the foundation:
The danger of the Gates call for a new era of elimination is that their immense funding power and influence (witness WHO's instant support) could cause damaging swings in funding and political
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bobby 'boris' pickett & the cryptkickers - monster mash

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Michelle Rhee: Merit Pay Key To Attracting Better Teachers

Michelle Rhee: Merit Pay Key To Attracting Better Teachers


Michelle Rhee: Merit Pay Key To Attracting Better Teachers


Posted: 10-28-10 08:29 PM
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According to Michelle Rhee, the polarizing Washington DC Schools Chancellor who resignedearlier in the month, merit pay is the key to attracting higher-achieving applicants to the teaching profession.
Rhee shared her views on CNN.
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