Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Big Education Ape: 6-7-11 AM School Policy Roadkill Edition

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School Tech Connect: School Policy Roadkill

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: School Policy RoadkillSchool Policy Roadkillby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)I keep meaning to write something about this beautiful post written from the trenches of a school ...

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NYC Educator: In Good Company

nyceducator.com - Jonathan Alter of Newsweek, recently sold for a dollar, is now writing for Bloomberg. Unsurprisingly, he's written a hatchet job on Diane Ravitch. Ravitch, for the unforgivable offense of examinin...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Dawn Rhodes Tribune reporter 7:07 p.m. CDT, June 5, 2011 Chicago Public Schools parents will receive a letter from CEO Jean-Claude Brizard on Monday that outlines his administration's plans to a...

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The return of Velderman. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Ben Velderman, my stalker, is back. Fred, If it’s any comfort, a colleague and fellow AFT union steward (NOT a teacher, he works in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights D...

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In NYC Tomorrow: It's Broke So Fix It

earlyed.newamerica.net - How can we finally bring outstanding teaching to scale? What's at stake if we don't? And where do early childhood teachers -- those in preschool and the early grades of elementary schools -- fit in...

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New Gates palace opens in Seattle

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Symbol of unchecked foundation powerNew Gates 900,000 sq. ft. "campus" cost $.5 billion in tax-exempt dollars.In order to keep its tax-exempt status, the Gates foundation has to give away about $3 ...

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Too slow. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - A memo from HR brought back a memory from 9 years ago. I was on our Local’s negotiating team, sitting at the table with representatives of the board and their lawyer. We have language in our contra...

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Why Don\'t They Just Come the Legal Way?, immigration news,

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Todays contribution is from UnDocumented.tv. Undocumented.tv is a media-driven, culture-shaping movement seeking to inspire and mobilize young Evangelical Christians towards championing the needs o...

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To Endorse Or Not Endorse

schooltechconnect.com - As we lurch closer to July, I see more people are taking up the question of whether or not the NEA should vote to endorse President Obama at its Representative Assembly here in bucolic Chicago. I c...

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The Roundup for June 6, 2011

news.firedoglake.com - Today is the anniversary of D-Day, which back in my previous blogospheric life would cause a surge of traffic on my website, to the extent that I would have to put up a disclaimer about how this wa...

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Today's Teamster News 06.07.11

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Connecticut Passes First-in-the-Nation Sick Days Bill Public News Service ...It requires certain businesses with 50 or more employees to allow workers to earn up to five sick days a year... Wisc...

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Women Atop Their Fields Dissect the Scientific Life

nytimes.com - Elena Aprile, Joy Hirsch, Mary-Claire King and Tal Rabin are members of a rare breed — women scientists at the top of their fields. Dr. Aprile, a professor of physics at Columbia Univer...

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Business tax break worth $128.7 million included in budget

defendwisconsin.org - Manufacturers and agricultural businesses would be allowed to shave as much as 7.5% off what they pay in state income taxes under a motion passed by a joint legislative committee Friday night. The ...

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China stole $48B, 923K jobs from US in 2009

teamsternation.blogspot.com - "How stupid is the U.S.?" asks Robert Oak in a recent Economic Populist post. Pretty damn stupid. Oak cites a new U.S. government report that shows China brazenly stole $48 billion and 923,000 jo...

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li na is china's first grand slam winner

blog.angryasianman.com - It was a historic moment in tennis. Over the weekend at the French Open, 29-year-old Li Na became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating defending champion Francesca Sc...

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Is the tide really turning?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Is the tide really turning?Is the tide really turning?by Mike KlonskyThanks to Lady Wonk Dana Goldstein for pulling together a summary of a glut of new reports raisi...

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