Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Big Education Ape: 2-21-12 AM Parents Feeling Ignored in School Reforms EDition #WRONG #CORPREFORMERS

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Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges

nytimes.com - MIAMI — Florida lawmakers contend that education is essential to high-wage jobs in the state, but the Legislature is again expected to slash millions of dollars from the budget for higher education...

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What the ‘N’ in UNCF Stands For These Days

theroot.com - Sixty-five years after a group of historically black colleges came together to form the United Negro College Fund, a mind is still a terrible thing to waste. The UNCF is continuing its mission of r...

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A Sociological Eye on Education

eyeoned.org - The word rigor comes up a lot in teacher-evaluation systems. It’s akin to motherhood, apple pie and the American flag. What policymaker is going to take a stand against rigor? But the term is getti...

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Parents Feeling Ignored in School Reforms

chicagonewscoop.org - Chicago Public School officials are making big changes during their first year in office, but there’s a group of people feeling shut out once again — parents. Despite a well-publicized commitment t...

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States Try to Fix Quirks in Teacher Evaluations

nytimes.com - Steve Ball, executive principal at the East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, arrived at an English class unannounced one day this month and spent 60 minutes taking copious notes as he watched...

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On Dr. Steve Perry « The Black Tongue

theblacktongue.wordpress.com - For many people, Dr. Steve Perry is a modern day hero. He’s the CNN education contributor and he’s the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, a school which, albeit very poorly named, boas...

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Heroine of the Week: Constance Johnson

helloladies.com - Constance Johnson Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson is our heroine of the week. Johnson proposed an amendment to Senate Bill 1433, that would criminalize some ejaculation. The amendment read...

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School Tech Connect: Save Our Schools

schooltechconnect.com - I was unable to stay for the protest going on over at the mayor's house tonight, but I did spend some time with the protestors gathering at Lakeview High School. Weird how everyone there knew the i...

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Youthcomm Story: How the Other Half Lives

youthcomm.org - I read on the front page of today’s New York Times that the poor are dropping further behind the rich in school. I grew up in Brownsville, a very poor neighborhood in Brooklyn. I didn’t know what k...

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Two Senators Say U.S. Should Arm Syrian Rebels

nytimes.com - KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Syrian government continuing its deadly crackdown on its citizens, two senior American senators who were on their way to the Middle East spoke out strongly on Sunday i...

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blog.angryasianman.com - Jeremy Lin - Knicks vs Mavs FULL HIGHLIGHTS - 28 points, 14 assists, 5 steals [2/19/2012]: In case you thought Friday's loss signaled the end of Linsanity, Jeremy finished with 28 points, a career-...

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Robert Reich (The Gas Wars)

robertreich.org - Nothing drives voter sentiment like the price of gas – now averaging $3.56 a gallon, up 30 cents from the start of the year. It’s already hit $4 in some places. The last time gas topped $4 was 2008...

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Rocket sent into northern lights for GPS research

articles.boston.com - The rocket arcing up into the northern lights above Alaska was on its way to measure the effects of the celestial phenomenon’s effects on global positioning systems.It was a mission launched Saturd...

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Lifestyles of the Rich and Reformy

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Watching Brian Jones yesterday, I was struck once again by the massive hypocrisy of so many who claim the mantle of "reformer." They sing the praises of standardized testing regimes and "accountabi...

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