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Diane Ravitch tells California educators: Get involved!
cta.org - By Dina Martin Diane Ravitch speaks at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. At a time when so many educators are demoralized and under attack by corporate reformers and privatizers, Diane Ravitch’s mes...
New grading formula could mean more F’s for Miami-Dade, Broward schools - Schools
miamiherald.com - New projections released Tuesday by state education officials indicate the number of failing schools in Miami-Dade could climb to 50, from the current five. Broward’s F schools could spike to 27, f...
Race To The Top | Consultants want piece of Race to the Top funding
articles.baltimoresun.com - February 17, 2011|By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore SunLeslie Wilson's work as a behind-the-scenes bureaucrat may involve statistical analysis and minutiae that would put most of the world to sleep, but ...
Rush Limbaugh on Santorum and Satan - Mackenzie Weinger
politico.com - Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Tuesday that Rick Santorum will have to explain his warning that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America.”“It’s part of the predictable attempt to...
Kristof Shills, Loveless Scrutinizes :: Frederick M. Hess
frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Feb 21, 2012 at 9:17 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2012/02/kristof-shills-loveless-scrutinizesLast week offered a classic illustration of e...
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Shanker Blog » Interpreting Achievement Gaps In New Jersey And Beyond
shankerblog.org - A recent statement by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) attempts to provide an empirical justification for that state’s focus on the achievement gap – the difference in testing perform...
Shanker Blog » The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performance
shankerblog.org - Unlike many of my colleagues and friends, I personally support the use of standardized testing results in education policy, even, with caution and in a limited role, in high-stakes decisions. That ...
Cost doesn't spell success for Colorado schools using consultants to improve achievement
denverpost.com - They are among the 5,000 worst schools in America, where the percentage of kids who can read or do math at grade level often hovers in the teens or 20s and only about half graduate. These schools a...
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Court Keeps City’s Homeless Shelters Open to Those Who May Have Options
nytimes.com - Saying New York City had failed to follow its own procedure for making rules, a State Supreme Court judge ruled on Tuesday that the Bloomberg administration could not impose a new, much tighter set...
Mayor Bloomberg Unapologetic For Scope Of NYPD Surveillance Of Muslim College Students
nydailynews.com - Mayor Bloomberg took a series of questions today about an explosive AP report detailing how the "NYPD's intelligence division focused far beyond New York City (including at UB) as part of a survei...
Paul Babeu Is 'Going To Have To Work Through' Scandal
huffingtonpost.com - Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio distanced himself from fellow sheriff Paul Babeu, who was outed as gay last week and accused of threatening his ex-boyfriend with deportation.Arpaio, "America's toughest ...
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Deserted by Democrats. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - The crowd of hundreds walked silently up Mayor Emanuel’s street on Chicago’s north side late yesterday afternoon. It was not like any march I had been on before. No megaphones. No chanting of “The ...
'Western Civilization Is On...Pretty Much Its Last Legs (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com - Controversial author and pundit Pat Buchanan appeared on "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday to address his MSNBC departure and critics of his new book, "Suicide Of A Superpower."Buchanan's book stirred ...
The Maddow Blog - Targeting the existence of public schools
maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com - About a year ago, when Rick Santorum's presidential campaign was still in its infancy, he included an interesting target in a list of societal enemies: public education."Just call them what they ar...
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Only A Few Days Left To Contribute To Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival!
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - The March 1st edition will be hosted by Adam Simpson. You can read about his plans for it at his post, Introducing the 27th Blog Carnival. Instead of using the submission form we’ve used in the pas...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 21, 2012 East Room7:22 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank ...
Big Education Ape: 2-21-12 PM Santorum and Satan EDition #soschat #p2
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In Reality and Film, a Battle for Schools
nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school under a new state law that ...
Magic Johnson to launch TV network via Comcast - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - More than 20 years after he last played pro basketball, former Lakers star Magic Johnson is ready for a whole new game: running his own TV network. The Hall of Famer, who has become a successful bu...
Jagger, B.B. King, ready to sing blues for Obama
boston.com - WASHINGTON—Mick Jagger, B.B. King and Jeff Beck are teaming up with musical up-and-comers at the White House to celebrate the blues.Jagger tweeted that President Barack Obama popped in during a reh...
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Coal Power: Warming America, Warming The Planet
americascoalpower.org - Thanks to the hard work of America's 600 coal-fired power plants and the miracle of carbon dioxide and methane, we could see a noticeably warmer climate by 2050 -- maybe even sooner. With your cont...
BP Exits California | California Progress Report
californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Ngoc Nguyen New America Media As political maneuvering continues over the fate of the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, one of the world's larges...
A Land Before Time « Small Farmers. Big Change.
smallfarmersbigchange.coop - February 22, 2012 by Phyllis Robinson By Todd Caspersen, Director of Purchasing Photos by Joe Driscoll, Equipment GuruEl Triunfo Biosphere Reserve protects cloud forests on the upper slopes of the ...
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How to make your kid hate math, writing and PE all at the same time
aarynbelfer.com - As more and more states fall prey to the veiled bribery of Race To The Top (RTTT), the required implementation of teacher-evaluation-based-on-student-test-scores is already displaying the dangerous...
Big Education Ape: 2-21-12 AM Parents Feeling Ignored in School Reforms EDition #WRONG #CORPREFORMERS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!: Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!Published by Coopmike48 – 7 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSA...
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Activists, Parents 'Occupy' School Slated for Turnaround
occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com - Parents and activists from Occupy Chicago seize Piccolo Elementary School on city's west side to stop mayor and city council from firing entire staff. Days before the Chicago Board of Education is ...
