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Elite Club or Catalyst for Change?
edweek.org - Published Online: October 18, 2011Published in Print: October 19, 2011, as Broad Prize: Do the Successes Spread?When the Broad Prize for Urban Education was created in 2002, billionaire philanthrop...
Chinese Students Lose as U.S. Schools Exploit Need
bloomberg.com - Enlarge image China Students Paying $52,000 Say Boarding Schools Misled Guan Wang, a freshman at the University of California, Davis, from China, uses a laptop computer as she studies in her dorm r...
The Koch Brothers And The Battle Over Integration in Wake County's Schools
huffingtonpost.com - The stakes in the battle over the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina couldn’t be higher.On one side are the billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, and the Tea Party and liber...
Corporate School Reform and 10 Hopeful Signs of Resistance « Rethinking Schools Blog
rethinkingschoolsblog.wordpress.com - On Oct. 1, 650 people attended the 4th annual Northwest Teachers for Social Justice conference in Seattle. Rethinking Schools editor Stan Karp gave a well-received talk on “Challenging Corporate E...
Readin’ > ‘Rithmetic | Gary Rubinstein's TFA Blog
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Something that nearly every adult has wondered about, but is scared to say it out loud is “Is knowing math really that important?” They don’t say it out loud because they fear that someone, possibl...
Will new NCLB law be less test-obsessed? - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Monty Neill, executive director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, a Boston-based non-profit dedicated to ending the misuse of tests.By Monty Neill It lo...
How Insolvency Can Change Schools - voiceofsandiego.org: Data
voiceofsandiego.org - Posted: Monday, October 17, 2011 6:25 pm | Updated: 6:45 pm, Mon Oct 17, 2011. Top officials at San Diego Unified say the district's financial health is teetering on the edge of a cliff. If the s...
The Black Hole of School Fraud
nbcnewyork.com - advertisement The state is finally cracking down on the practice of teachers grading their own students’ standardized tests. The state Board of Regents, the supreme authority in education, will not...
New Orleans RSD — the ‘miracle’ district
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The Louisiana Department Of Education just released the 2011 School Performance Data. As New Orleans has been hailed as a ‘miracle’ district, I was eager to see the results. As you might know, afte...
Daily Kos: Minimum wage for teachers?
dailykos.com - Forget Finland, Saudi Arabia might be on to something. Saudi Arabia's per capita GDP is just over $24,000 -- teacher's salaries lag behind their average, as they do here in the United States. Howev...
Smaller classes buffeted by budgets, policy questions
signonsandiego.com - How to contact usWe look forward to feedback on our stories and education issues at large. Please send letters, story ideas and other comments to us via email:education@uniontrib.com.The case for s...
Beating the bushes for a speaker in Denver
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Look who they've dredged up in Denver to speak on school reform. This even though Jr. had backed out of his previous commitment. His handlers wouldn't let him get within 10 miles of WikiLeaks' foun...
Who Needs Tenure? Who Needs Green Dot?
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/10/who-needs-tenure-who-needs-green-dot.html"; The new contract between New York's United Federation of Teachers and Green Dot, the California-bas...
The Maddow Blog - Katrina 'good' for New Orleans schools? U.S. Dept. of Education says so
maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com - New Orleans Times-PicayuneMuch to the dismay of many (including both congressional Pauls) who openly wish for its demise, the Department of Education has managed to survive another year. Yesterday ...
Inspired by Wall St. protest, activists vow to ‘Occupy the DOE’ | GothamSchools #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Inspired by Wall St. protest, activists vow to ‘Occupy the DOE’ | GothamSchools:Inspired by Wall St. protest, activists vow to ‘Occupy the DOE’by Rachel Cromidas, at 5:47 pmSince the first proteste...
Inspired by Wall St. protest, activists vow to ‘Occupy the DOE’
gothamschools.org - Since the first protesters arrived at Zuccotti park nearly five weeks ago, the Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited protests from California to the United Kingdom. The city Department of Educati...
`Concerned parents' group questions auction of artwork to help Mexico schools | Dallas ISD Blog
dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com - A group calling itself "Concerned Parents of Dallas" is taking issue that students at J.L. Long Middle School are helping with artwork that will be auctioned off to support schools in Mexico.The st...
Occupy Wall Street Inspiring New Ways of Thinking About Protest Movements
news.firedoglake.com - Occupy Wall Street has an ad. It’s a 30-second spot with members of the protest movement explaining their perspective, why they are in Zuccotti Park, simply and clearly. And it’s set to run on nati...
Missouri Education Watchdog: Teaching Kids To Go Back To Asking "Why" Teaching Kids To Go Back To Asking "Why"
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Missouri Education Watchdog: Teaching Kids To Go Back To Asking "Why":Teaching Kids To Go Back To Asking "Why"Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookThose who have children know that p...
Intermediate Capacity Management Committee
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - The district now has its committee in place. There are about 32 members. It breaks down roughly like this:2 each from the 7 director district regions (14) 2 each from the four special program are...
Possible changes from facilities plan in University City
thenotebook.org - They were only 142 words, comprising just one proposal among 84 others on the leaked Philadelphia School District’s facilities closings list published last spring by the Public School Notebook. The...
#ows From a teacher’s perspective: The PTA needs to do their homework on Democracy. Go to an Occupation | Seattle Education
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - From a teacher’s perspective: The PTA needs to do their homework on Democracy. Go to an Occupation | Seattle Education:From a teacher’s perspective: The PTA needs to do their homework on Democracy....
Win for Franken, Loss for Waivers at Kick-Off of ESEA Markup - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - Before U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., threw a monkey wrench into the proceedings, the Senate education committee finally kicked off debate on a bill to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.Th...
Washington Fails At #NCLB Rewrite Attempt
chicagonow.com - By Alexander Russo, today at 4:11 pm Ten years after it was first enacted and more than two years after the Obama administration has been pushing for a reauthorization, the federal NCLB law was sup...
UFT announces $50,000 outlay in new anti-bullying campaign
gothamschools.org - Council Speaker Christine Quinn, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and others pose with the new BRAVE poster The teachers union and city are often portrayed as pushing eac...
Different Measures of Effectiveness Shown to Be Complementary - Teacher Beat
blogs.edweek.org - Both a value-added teacher-effectiveness measure and a series of scored teacher observations bear a positive relationship to students' future academic achievement, according to a recently published...
Blog posts on this issue
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 19, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key...
Secretary Duncan’s Straight Talk Is Music to Puerto Ricans’ Ears
ed.gov - Secretary Duncan speaks at the Puerto Rico Education Summit. (Official Department of Education Photo by Joshua Hoover) On the island of Puerto Rico, home to the third-largest school district in the...
Raise Teacher Ed. Standards, State School Boards Group Says - State EdWatch
blogs.edweek.org - Teacher colleges need to give aspiring educators much more thorough, intense exposure to K-12 classrooms during their training—and set higher standards for admission—a group representing state scho...
The Folly Of Intercession Study Periods
scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - October 19, 2011 | Posted At: 04:14 PM | Author: john thompson | Category: John Thompson , Teachers & Teaching , Urban Ed Scott Elliot of the Indianapolis Star reports on the latest chapter of our ...
VIDEO: Parents Protest for PS 256 in Bed-Stuy to be Fixed NOT Closed! « EdVox #EDREFORM
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - VIDEO: Parents Protest for PS 256 in Bed-Stuy to be Fixed NOT Closed! « EdVox:VIDEO: Parents Protest for PS 256 in Bed-Stuy to be Fixed NOT Closed!by edvoxnyPopoutParents argue $427,000 in DOE cuts...
Blog U.: In Praise of Librarians - Reality Check
insidehighered.com - By John Lombardi October 19, 2011 4:01 pm EDT I had a chance to participate in a recent meeting of the Association of Research Libraries, the famous ARL. Before commenting, let me clarify how I com...
This Week In Education: Reform: Rhee Organization Dips Toe Into #ESEA Debate
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Reform: Rhee Organization Dips Toe Into #ESEA Debate:Reform: Rhee Organization Dips Toe Into #ESEA Debateby Alexander RussoThe folks at StudentsFirst sent out an email from ...
Input Sought on Permanent Superintendent
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - As promised, the Board is having a series of meetings around the qualities for the selection of a permanent superintendent.To be absolutely clear, these meetings are NOT to decide if there will be ...
Why Is College So Expensive? : NPR
npr.org - Enlarge Eric Risberg/AP Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley. Tuition at U.C. Berkeley was about $700 a year in the 1970s. Today, families pay over $15,000 per year to attend. Eri...
Geaux Teacher!: Sharon Hewitt Campaign Bows to Pressure
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Geaux Teacher!: Sharon Hewitt Campaign Bows to Pressure:Sharon Hewitt Campaign Bows to Pressureby noreply@blogger.com (Lee Barrios, M.Ed., NBCT)You can imagine my surprise when teachers began calli...
In the News: Duncan to visit Chicago school | catalyst
catalyst-chicago.org - Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the former Chicago Public Schools CEO, returns to Chicago on Thursday. He will appear with Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean Claude Brizard and school board vice pres...
MA Submits Early Learning Challenge Application «
eyeonearlyeducation.org - October 19, 2011 by Irene Sege Photo: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for Children Massachusetts has submitted its application for the federal Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge, due in ...
'We Cannot Support The Bill At This Time'
huffingtonpost.com - As Senators of the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee debated federal education policy at an abbreviated hearing Wednesday morning, two coalitions of education and civil rights groups r...
Sacramento Press / Education Coalition warns of Impact of further budget cuts
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sacramento Press / Education Coalition warns of Impact of further budget cuts:Education Coalition warns of Impact of further budget cutsby Dina MartinLike schools around the state, Sacramento publi...
Support from Senator Turner And More
bluejersey.com - Senator Shirley K. Turner (D-15th), whose district includes Trenton in a telephone interview today, said, "The issues the occupiers are concerned about, I am concerned about - the lack of economic ...
A Primitive Way to Learn Global History – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Oct. 19, 2011, 2:39 p.m. Ask a child what comes to mind with the word “technology,” and he or she is likely to say iPods, cellphones and play stations. Not campfires, boomerangs and stone tools. “I...
HechingerEd Blog | New report: Dropout rates five times higher for poor students
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - HechingerEd Blog | New report: Dropout rates five times higher for poor students:New report: Dropout rates five times higher for poor studentsGraph from the NCES reportSen. Tom Harkin’s ( D-Iowa) n...
Adnother few hours for ESEA input?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Another few hours for ESEA input?:Another few hours for ESEA input?by adminSen. Rand Paul has given us a few more hours to speak out on ESE...
Take the school safety poll
ednewsparent.org - It’s School Safety Week in Colorado. How do you feel about school safety? Take the poll. And we’ll write about the results soon. Popularity: 1% [?]What do you think?Tags: school safety Category: Sa...
Advisory councils proposed for lowest-performing schools | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Advisory councils proposed for lowest-performing schools | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Advisory councils proposed for lowest-performing schoolsby thenotebook on Oct 19 2011 Posted in Latest...
Starving The Schools Of The 99% | OurFuture.org
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Starving The Schools Of The 99% | OurFuture.org:Starving The Schools Of The 99%by Jeff BryantLast week's release of the report Staving America's Schools: How Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates Are Hur...
ESEA mark-up: Senators debating committee meeting
quickanded.com - UPDATE: Senators are currently on the floor, arguing over the earlier committee meeting on the ESEA reauthorization bill and whether, or how, to proceed. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., still adamantly stan...
High Teacher Turnover at a Success Network School – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Oct. 19, 2011, 1:28 p.m. More than a third of the staff members at a Harlem charter school run by the Success Charter Network have left the school within the last several months, challenging an org...
Civil Rights, State Chiefs, Business Groups Oppose Harkin-Enzi Bill - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - A broad basket groups, including Chiefs for Change, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Down Syndrome Society, Democrats for E...
