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Supersized Buyouts for School Chiefs Scrutinized

edweek.org - Published Online: September 7, 2011Arlene Ackerman’s $905,000 settlement with the Philadelphia district grabbed headlines, but she isn’t the only Pennsylvania superintendent who has been shown the ...

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Okla. reviews contracts after test score errors

chron.com - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Errors reported with school test scores are the latest example of trouble Oklahoma has had with making sure its examinations of students are accurate and reliable.Pearson Educa...

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New York City Ronin Teacher

huffingtonpost.com - About six weeks ago I received a letter informing me that I was now a member of the Absent Teacher Reserve pool of the New York City Department of Education. That meant that because my school was b...

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Education Resources People's Choice Awards: Vote Now!

education-portal.com - Getting a degree is no easy task. That's why Education-Portal.com is honoring the Best Education Resources for Students. Learn about the nominees and vote for your favorite! Voting ends October 21s...

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Values, Attitudes and Capacities for Democratic Citizenship

liberationacademy.blogspot.com - As we prepare to begin our first school year at New Orleans Liberation Academy we wonder what this journey will bring. We are also spending time reflecting a lot on what it means to learn and grow ...

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'Not a point-counterpoint' – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Sept. 7, 2011, 7:23 p.m. It is one of many annual back-to-school rituals: an interview with the chancellor about his priorities for the coming year. Fernanda Santos and Anna M. Phillips sat down wi...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Mundelein High School students obliged when U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh encouraged them to ask him questions during a visit to their Advanced Placement government class Tuesday.Why, Emily Colon asked, did ...

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Modern School: Students Face Up To 2 Years For Heckling

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Students Face Up To 2 Years For Heckling:Students Face Up To 2 Years For Hecklingby Michael DunnThe Irvine 11 trial began this week in Southern California (for background, see here, ...

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Romney unveils his jobs plan with a dig at Obama

articles.cnn.com - He promised to bring the corporate tax rate down from the current level of 35% to 25%, in line with much of the rest of the world, saying, "I will do that on day one." He also pledged to immediatel...

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Let’s End the Social Media Debate!

edupln.com - As an educational blogger I would love to think, that once I reflected on an issue in education, and addressed it in my blog, everyone would clearly understand the error of their ways and fall in l...

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Dispatches from the Creation Wars

scienceblogs.com - Here's a list of companies, released by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who made extraordinary profits over the last few years -- some of them after receiving billions, even hundreds of billions, in governmen...

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FHFA Lawsuits: Price Tag Could Reach as High as $60 Billion

news.firedoglake.com - It’s been very hard to determine how much the FHFA is seeking in their lawsuit against leading banks in the mortgage bond scandal. We knew the total value of the mortgage backed securities in the s...

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Modern School: Students Face Up To 2 Years For Heckling

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Students Face Up To 2 Years For Heckling:Students Face Up To 2 Years For Hecklingby Michael DunnThe Irvine 11 trial began this week in Southern California (for background, see here, ...

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Face to Face: Real Accountability « InterACT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Face to Face: Real Accountability « InterACT:Face to Face: Real Accountabilityby David B. CohenIn my last post, I was considering how ineffective it is to rely on numbers, scores, policies, sanctio...

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The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout September: Parent and Family EngagementSeptember 7th, 2011 by Klea ScharbergLearning does not begin or end in school. In ...

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