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Modern School: No Capitalist Left Behind in Louisiana

Modern School: No Capitalist Left Behind in Louisiana

This Week In Education: Weekend Reading: That Long Summer Vacation

This Week In Education: Weekend Reading: That Long Summer Vacation

Weekend Reading: That Long Summer Vacation

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Cameron Diaz and Other Reasons People Hate Chicago Teachers The White Rhino: We're not going back to medieval teaching conditions and women will not be prevented from taking maternity leave.

Numbers that private schools fear Jay Mathews: As they have in the past, spokespersons for the Sidwell Friends School and St. Albans School declined to tell me how many Advanced Placement exams they gave in 2010.

Teach for America and Me Mark Naison (Fordham): Something was really wrong here if an organization who wanted to serve low income communities rejected every applicant who came from those communities.

The Food-Stamp Crime Wave James Brovard (WSJ): The number of food-

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: 2,000 STILL FACE POSSIBLE LAYOFFS IN LAUSD: Tough decisions lie ahead for Los Angeles Unified schools

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: 2,000 STILL FACE POSSIBLE LAYOFFS IN LAUSD: Tough decisions lie ahead for Los Angeles Unified schools

The Soul of a Man | The Jose Vilson

The Soul of a Man | The Jose Vilson

The Soul of a Man

Bellevue Hospital, Between the Layers

The entryways of the remodeled Bellevue Hospital come at incoming patients and visitors in layers akin to the human body: the new glass-and-metal facade presents the first layer before encountering a marble and stone arch around the tunnel leading to elevators, an photo gallery, and eventually, the emergency room. The first layer hosts visitors communicating on their cell phones and security guards, with gateways color-coded like the subways we New Yorkers live with daily. As one walks directly into the tunnel and into the emergency room, we are reminded that it’s an established hospital, full of the aches, rumbles, and off-white walls we trust will be there anytime we visit the hospital.

In there, children cry for their mothers, the elderly wheeze in an unsettling tempo, and grown boys brace the responsibilities of manhood.

Where people often mistake manhood is in places like the hospital. We still ask men not to emote, and treat illness as a sign of debilitating (and ignorable) weakness, whether the person injured is a stranger or a loved one. The perception of what men do in those situations and the actions that make a real man in these situations

Big Education Ape: 6-26-11 PM Pre-Conference Learning Opportunities at the 2011 NEA Annual Meeting July 1, 2011 #neara11

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NEA Standing Strong #NEARA11 #SEE11 #LearnNEA

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Standing Strong #NEARA11 Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011NEA Standing Strong #NEARA11 Published by Coopmike48 – 14 contributors todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONART & EN...
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elc-pa.org - Pennsylvania's Best Investment? Public Education, says new report Investing in public eduation initiatives, from quality pre-kindergarten programs to lowering class size in elementary schools, pa...
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New York prepares for surge of gays seeking to wed

sfgate.com - Albany, N.Y. -- From City Hall in Manhattan to rural hamlets upstate, New York officials began to prepare Saturday for a surge in gay couples expected to flood clerks' offices next month seeking to...
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Love a Local Business - Intuit

lovealocalbusiness.intuit.com - Vote to Help Your Favorite Local Businesses Win Big There’s over $1 Million in grants at stake; your votes help decide who gets them.Voting is easy, and fast. Just share a few brief thoughts about ...
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Young D.C. principal quits and tells why

washingtonpost.com - Bill Kerlina won a plum assignment when he was hired away from Montgomery County in July 2009 to become a principal in Northwest Washington. Phoebe Hearst Elementary was a small, high-performing sc...
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NCLB and the Ways of Leaving a Sinking Ship

nepc.colorado.edu - When the captain says she’s going down, it should not be surprising to see the ship’s officers checking the davits and taking the lifeboat covers off. So here we are, watching the crew react now th...
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - As the 9,000 delegates to the NEA RA arrive in Chicago this week, some might want to head over to Whittier School at 23rd and Damen to show support for the parents, teachers and students who are fi...
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Brown solidified credibility with veto

contracostatimes.com - SACRAMENTO -- In vetoing the Legislature's budget 10 days ago, Gov. Jerry Brown took some sharp jabs from members of his own party, who accused him of betraying their trust, among other things. But...
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Political wrestling match likely over N.J. budget

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Today in Labor History—June 26

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Why Is He Bi? (Sigh)

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON HE was born this way. Bi. Not bisexual. Not even bipartisan. Just binary. Our president likes to be on both sides at once. In Afghanistan, he ...
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Twin Peaks' pink triangle unfurled

sfgate.com - Susana Bates / Special to The Chronicle A pink triangle will remain on Twin Peaks through this evening to mark Gay Pride Weekend. San Francisco -- A huge pink triangle was raised Saturday on Twin P...
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Custody Disputes Now Tougher for Battered Moms

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Our Hearts Were Young And Gay

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Two teens arrested in shooting of five in San Francisco

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Schools Matter: Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better Tests

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