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The Washington Teacher: The Controversy of IMPACT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Washington Teacher: The Controversy of IMPACTThe Controversy of IMPACTby Candi PetersonWritten by Candi Peterson, WTU General Vice PresidentDC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson issued “Y...

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Schools Matter: What school is all about

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: What school is all aboutWhat school is all aboutby skrashenSent to the Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2011In addition to influencing the medical literature (LA Times, July 16), J.K. Ro...

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Rupert Murdoch Says Obama Will Win

huffingtonpost.com - Carlsbad, CA -- Tonight at the "All Things Digital" conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch -- Chairman of News Corp, new WSJ owner, and longtime torchbearer for conservativ...

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Why I’m Marching Forward [It's The Only Direction]

thejosevilson.com - You’ve got to be wondering what a teacher like me is doing marching against the “reform” trends. For those of you unfamiliar with my background, I graduated with a degree in Computer Science from S...

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Cracking a System Where Cheating Was Rampant

nytimes.com - ATLANTA — There had long been suspicions that cheating on state tests was widespread in the Atlanta public schools, but the superintendent, Beverly L. Hall, was feared by teachers and principals, a...

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Can school reformer Joel Klein reform News Corp?

reuters.com - By Joseph Ax and Noeleen Walder NEW YORK | Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:12pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Joel Klein stepped down from running New York City's schools last year to head the education divisio...

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Troubles That Money Can’t Dispel

nytimes.com - “Bury your mistakes,” Rupert Murdoch is fond of saying. But some mistakes don’t stay buried, no matter how much money you throw at them. Time and again in the United States and elsewher...

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Cash Tempts the Ivory Tower’s Guardians

nytimes.com - LONDON — As a textbook example of how not to manage the relationship between private industry and the academy, Deutsche Bank’s agreement with two leading German universities to sponsor their joint ...

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Today only 2 CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS Yeah!

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSAbramson Science and Technology Charter School *"Records show glaring faults at school with ties to Turkish charter network.”* Times-Picayune (LA) 7/15/2011 Inci Akpinar, the...

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zhaolearning.com - A Bold Education Experiment: What We Should Learn From China World’s longest high-speed rail networks, fastest trains, fastest computer, second largest economy, and #1 standing in international tes...

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Great Bee Count aids scientists

sfgate.com - For exactly 15 minutes Saturday morning, Fred Bové stared at sunflowers, watching, waiting and hoping an industrious little bee would land on the bright yellow flowers. A couple of honey bees whizz...

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200 Out US Servicemembers March in San Diego Pride Parade

my.firedoglake.com - Making history, 200 LGBT servicemembers — reserve, active duty, and veterans alike — marched openly in the San Diego Pride Parade yesterday. This marks the first time in America a contingent of ser...

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Daily Kos: July 17, 1954

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: July 17, 1954July 17, 1954by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)Is a date that all baseball fans should know, but probably don't.Let me help you.Pitcher Don NewcombeCatcher Roy Campanel...

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