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Half of black children in Oregon live in poverty, new census data shows | OregonLive.com

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Half of black children in Oregon live in poverty, new census data shows

Will Charter USA “Stockpiling” in Florida be Boosted by its Friends in High Places? | Scathing Purple Musings

Will Charter USA “Stockpiling” in Florida be Boosted by its Friends in High Places? | Scathing Purple Musings:

Will Charter USA “Stockpiling” in Florida be Boosted by its Friends in High Places?

The Orange county school board turned down a recent Charter USA’s application largely because the group hadn’t opened the building which had been previously ok’d. Writes Lauren Wright in the Orlando Sentinel:

Last October, the Orange school board approved a Charter Schools USA application for another Renaissance school that should have opened this fall. However, it was granted a one-year deferral in March because of problems finding a site.

That delay was one reason the board rejected Renaissance’s application last month.

“Before we take a chance on a second site, I’d want to see what you can do with our students,” said board member Joie Cadle.

It smacks of stockpiling charters,”

Active Game-Based Learning « Whole Child Education

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Active Game-Based Learning

Andrew Miller

Post submitted by Andrew Miller, an international consultant who works independently and for groups such as the Buck Institute for Education and Abeo School Change (formally known as the Small Schools Project). He has taught both online and in the brick-and-mortar setting, incorporating his core tenets of culturally responsive teaching, project-based learning, and game-based learning. Connect with Miller on Twitter @betamiller.

OK, so I am a gamer. Not that I have the time anymore, but I do venture now and again into a game, whether a first-person shooter (FPS) or role-playing video game (RPG). I am also a big promoter of Game-Based Learning (GBL) and Gamification. To clarify, GBL is when games are used to balance the learning of subject matter through gameplay with specific learning outcomes in mind. Gamification is applying the concepts of game design to learning to engage in problem solving. Again both are geared toward building student engagement and learning important content. GBL is one method that creates not only a great opportunity to engage students in content, but also keep them active.

Brain-based learning research tells us that being active in and around rigorous learning can help keep students

Big Education Ape: 11-24-11 PM Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation EDition #OWS #EDreform

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seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - Last year Sue and I discovered that a lot of money from Bill Gates and the Broad Foundation was being funneled into several organizations in Seattle to push the ideas of ed reform. See The Lines of...

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A Misconception About Asian Schooling

nytimes.com - Nicholas Kristof (“When school comes first,” Views, Nov. 11) is right when he says Americans should care more about education, like people do in Asia. However, the key to building human capital is ...

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TCRecord: Article

tcrecord.org - This summer I had the pleasure of visiting DC Prep, a charter school in Washington, D.C. whose most recent class of eighth graders scored 100% proficiency in reading and math, as measured by standa...

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Video game taps into Occupy Wall Street

in.reuters.com - By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK | Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:14am IST NEW YORK (Reuters) - When gamers take the wraps off the new "BioShock" video game next year, they should not be surprised if parts of the ga...

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Generals Offer Apology for Violent Clashes in Egypt

nytimes.com - CAIRO — Egyptian generals offered an unusual apology on Thursday for the killings of protesters in Tahrir Square, the iconic landmark of Egypt’s revolution, as violence around the huge plaza was re...

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Community groups offer plan to counter school closings

wbez.org - Nine community groups from Albany Park to Roseland Tuesday presented a “Neighborhoods Agenda for Schools,” a wide-ranging plan that calls for significant investment in struggling neighborhood schoo...

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Use of pepper spray by UC Davis police generates debate

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The use of pepper spray on protesters at UC Davis has raised a larger question about when police departments use that level of force on protesters -- and exposes inconsistencies in rules. Besides t...

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Talking turkey about LGBT civil rights over the holidays

pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com - Equal Rights Washington is asking supporters to “Talk turkey with your legislators about why marriage matters” over the Thanksgiving Day holiday by e-mailing their legislators a note and by forward...

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Occupy movements nationwide celebrate holiday

northjersey.com - Thursday, November 24, 2011 Last updated: Thursday November 24, 2011, 2:18 PM SAN FRANCISCO — Most Americans spent Thanksgiving snug inside homes with families and football. Others used the holi...

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Everyone Loves A Parade...

sahilachangebringer.blogspot.com - I have this thing where brass and pipe bands and parades and crowds at sports arenas seriously freak me out... I'm pulled into the energy and the excitement and at the same time, there's an overwh...

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Occupied Albany | MyFDL

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State loses out on Race to the Top funds

mercurynews.com - California is out of the money yet again.Federal officials Wednesday announced that California was bounced out of the competition for a share of $200 million in Race to the Top funds because it sub...

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Scott Walker's 'reforms': Fail

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Wisconsin led the nation in job loss last month. Here's Sho Chandra at Bloomberg: Wisconsin posted the nation's biggest payroll losses, with employment dropping by 9,700 jobs in October compared wi...

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onlinenews.com.pk - LONDON: Public opinion in many countries with nuclear power programmes has become more opposed to the technology since 2005, with most people believing conservation and renewable energy can meet fu...

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TEPCO: Radioactive substances belong to landowners, not us

democraticunderground.com - Source: Asahi Shimbun Weekly AERADuring court proceedings concerning a radioactive golf course, Tokyo Electric Power Co. stunned lawyers by saying the utility was not responsible for decontaminatio...

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OccupySupply – What We Need | Firedoglake #ows

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - OccupySupply – What We Need | Firedoglake:OccupySupply – What We Needby Jane HamsherIt’s not easy finding “American made” anything these days, let alone made by union workers. We simply don’t manuf...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - OccupySupply – What We Need | Firedoglake:OccupySupply – What We Needby Jane HamsherIt’s not easy finding “American made” anything these days, let alone made by union workers. We simply don’t manuf...

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