Saturday, October 15, 2011

Damn Good Education Daily

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011

Damn Good Education Daily

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On the Real Dangers of Marguerite Roza’s Fake Graph « School Finance 101

schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - In my last post, I ranted about this absurd graph presented by Marguerite Roza to a symposium of the New York Regents on September 13, 2011. Since that presentation (but before my post), that graph...

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How Do You Respond To "Unpredictable" Student Behavior? - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo

blogs.edweek.org - 20828 « Response: Standardized Test Critiques & Potential Alternatives | Main This week's question comes from Eric Skoog, who asks:How can you minimize unpredictable behaviors that negatively affec...

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Which Path to Excellence in Education? « InterACT

accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - This blog post was co-authored with Rachel Norton, a school board member for San Francisco Unified School District. Earlier this year she also contributed to this site by sharing her thoughts abou...

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Education Nation 2011: GUEST BLOG: Real Life Learning: Education through Everyday Moments

educationnation.com - Young children do not rely on formal academic instruction to learn. They learn constantly from the environment around them. They learn as they play outside, eat breakfast and watch TV. They learn f...

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Occupy Wall Street Faces Down Wall Street. Wall Street Blinks. « Student Activism

studentactivism.net - On Tuesday I wrote that Occupy Wall Street had grown “too big, and too popular, to shut down completely.” The very next day Bloomberg announced plans to do just that. Oops. But then at 6:40 this mo...

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alexanderrusso Rethinking gifted ed policy from the APA ow.ly/6YhCb. Norm Augustine forward ow.ly/6YhDn7 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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ritacolleen @SchlFinance101 Brilliant article -- good reason for much needed rant. Will tweet & post everywhere. Thanks for all you do.18 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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The Limits of "Time on Task"

alfiekohn.org - The Limits of "Time on Task" Adapted from The Homework Myth (Da Capo Press, 2006) Back “when experimental psychologists mainly studied words and nonsense syllables, it was thought that learning i...

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In John Merrow's Education Reform Land, Copycats Rule - Living in Dialogue

blogs.edweek.org - In his September 28 reflection on Education Nation, John Merrow has provided us with a distillation of the solution being offered to improve learning in our low-achieving schools. Copy KIPP.For tho...

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Charter Schools: Getting Your Child on the List - Page 1 - News - Los Angeles

laweekly.com - On a weekday evening in early spring, about 40 parents crammed into a classroom at Larchmont Charter elementary school. They perched on kindergarten chairs, or sat on the floor, or stood in the hal...

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Rupert Murdoch Compares US Education System to Third World Country's

motherjones.com - News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch has spent the last six months or so battling a rash of bad press over allegations that his UK-based News of the World tabloid engaged in phone-hacking and other unsee...

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Rupert Murdoch Heckled At California Education Summit

huffingtonpost.com - SAN FRANCISCO — Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum Friday, accusing the media mogul of trying to profit from...

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Fox in the School House: Rupert Murdoch Wants to Teach Your Kids!

motherjones.com - Fri Sep. 23, 2011 3:00 AM PDTRupert Murdoch's reputation precedes him—but one thing he's not well known know for is his education reform advocacy. But that could soon change. Next month, Murdoch wi...

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SocietySee all

Regents Plan Push for Aid to Illegal Immigrants

nytimes.com - When they vote on their legislative agenda on Tuesday, New York State’s top education officials will focus for the first time on the contentious topic of illegal immigration. The agenda...

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No immigration checks at Alabama schools – USATODAY.com

usatoday.com - By Brian Lyman, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser Updated A federal appeals court panel Friday blocked Alabama from requiring undocumented aliens to carry identification and requiring schools to collect...

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Those Third-Term Blues

nytimes.com - “It gets more complex and harder to get your message out and advertising rates keep going up.” — Mayor Bloomberg, under oath in court on Oct. 3 at the trial of John F. Haggerty Jr., hi...

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StoriesSee all

Daily Kos: The process now begins

dailykos.com - I lie on my sofa, one cat curled up on my arm, another debating whether to jump up and join him. i read the momentous events going on around the nation, and perhaps soon around the world. I know I ...

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Domestic Violence Petitions That NEED Your Signature!

randomlyspeakingpoeticallythinking.com - So (too) often I read tweets, articles, and posts pertaining to issues and I want to scream, “STOP COMPLAINING & DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!” Instead I tweet out petitions that I have signed and NEED Y...

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A House Made Entirely of Vintage Books

flavorwire.com - Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are known for their all-encompassing installations — like the awesomely spooky one they did for Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary, Pandemonium. This 20...

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TechnologySee all

Does India's budget tablet computer work?

bbc.co.uk - 14 October 2011 Last updated at 19:22 ET By Prasanto K Roy Technology writer Continue reading the main story The Aakash tablet's pros and cons Pros Cons Size and weight Inferior touch screen Low pr...

Larryferlazzo

8 Secretos de cómo obtener enlaces a través de Twitter #SEO

geeksroom.com - No existe discusión del poder real de las redes sociales, no solo para mejorar el SEO de su sitio sino para una bondad interminable de casos y cosas. Hoy evitamos que vaya a otros sitios expertos e...

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Legendary Computer Scientist Dennis Ritchie Has Died · Global Voices

globalvoicesonline.org - Computer science legend Dennis Ritchie died on October 8, 2011 in his home in New Jersey at the age of 70, leaving behind a legacy of enormous impact on global development. Ritchie was the develope...

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El castellano, la RAE y los derechos de autor · Global Voices en Español

es.globalvoicesonline.org - ¿Puede un lenguaje usado por millones de personas tener derechos de autor y ser propiedad de una entidad o institución? ¿Es legalmente permisible o ética su apropiación por parte de terceros? Estas...

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Anita Perry: GOP, Media Attacking Husband 'Because of His Faith'

videocafe.crooksandliars.com - Texas First Lady Anita Perry says that her husband is being persecuted by the media and the Republican establishment "because of his faith." "It's been a rough month," Anita Perry told supporters a...

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Michael J. Petrilli: Accountability's End?

huffingtonpost.com - It's official: Federal policymakers across the political spectrum are finally willing to admit that Congress overreached when it passed No Child Left Behind and put Uncle Sam in the driver's seat o...

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Fox in the School House: Rupert Murdoch Wants to Teach Your Kids!

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Coalition for Better Education

thecbe.org - Please click on the opt out letters below if you wish to exempt your child from CSAP. Click on the Susan Ohanian hyperlink for two sample opt out letters that she has created. Ohanian sample Opt Ou...

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