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APPR Paper - New York Principals

newyorkprincipals.org - In May 2010, the New York State Legislature—in an effort to secure federal Race to the Top funds—approved an amendment to Educational Law 3012-c regarding the Annual Professional Performance Review...

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The US schools with their own police | World news

guardian.co.uk - The charge on the police docket was "disrupting class". But that's not how 12-year-old Sarah Bustamantes saw her arrest for spraying two bursts of perfume on her neck in class because other childre...

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Money Matters, Affects Student Performance, Outcomes

huffingtonpost.com - Amid major slashes to public funding, political leaders have cited assertions that money doesn't affect student learning to sometimes justify cutting billions in education dollars. But a new report...

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Review of Gateways to the Principalship

nepc.colorado.edu - Review of: Gateways to the Principalship: State Power to Improve the Quality of School Leaders by Gretchen Rhines Cheney & Jacquelyn Davis Center for American Progress October 24, 2011 Gateways to ...

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The New Feeding Ground for Corporate Education Reformers

pegwithpen.com - Indianapolis, Indiana, home of the Hoosiers, is getting ready for the fight of a lifetime. The Crossroads of America will need us to rally and support them as a corporate education takeover makes i...

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ISBE chief hid real costs of testing company junkets

pureparents.org - The Pearson junket scandal broke — i.e. was actually reported – a few months ago in New York, and the NY state attorney general is now investigating local education officials, but Chicago media see...

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Quinn asks leaders for pension panel appointments

chicagotribune.com - By Ray Long Clout Street 7:01 p.m. CST, January 9, 2012 SPRINGFIELD— Gov. Pat Quinn today called on top legislators to appoint representatives to his pension working group that hopes to come up wit...

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Where Are the Liberals?

nytimes.com - Why aren’t there more liberals in America? It’s not because liberalism lacks cultural power. Many polls suggest that a majority of college professors and national journalists vote Democ...

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Please Hold the Cheese

nytimes.com - A charge of “pious baloney” from the king of sanctimonious salami: that was the taste of Debate Weekend, during which Newt Gingrich of all people called out Mitt Romney for larded self-aggrandizeme...

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LAO: BROWN TAX PLAN MAY OVERSTATE REVENUE

4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Brown tax hike plan may bring in less than estimated The governor says a sales and income tax hike could bring in $6.9 billion a year. The Legislative Analyst's Office says it's likely to gener...

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But First Him, Always Him | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - But First Him, Always Him | The Jose Vilson:But First Him, Always Himby JoseAlejandro Luis Vilson Rojas and His DadFor the last four days, I’ve averaged about four hours of consistent sleep, includ...

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