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State board re-examines statewide rights for charters | California Watch #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - State board re-examines statewide rights for charters | California Watch:State board re-examines statewide rights for chartersFebruary 9, 2011 | Corey G. JohnsonThe State Board of Education will ho...
To Be Black at Stuyvesant High
nytimes.com - LIKE a city unto itself, Stuyvesant High School, in Lower Manhattan, is broken into neighborhoods, official and otherwise. The math department is on the 4th of its 10 floors; biology is on the 7th....
Analyzing Released NYC Value-Added Data Part 2
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - In part 1 I demonstrated there was little correlation between how a teacher was rated in 2009 to how that same teacher was rated in 2010. So what can be more crazy than a teacher being rated highl...
Tested : CJR
cjr.org - Eleven New York City education reporters were huddling on e-mail last October 20, musing over ways to collectively pry a schedule of school closings out of a stubborn press office, when the chatter...
U.K.'s version of Duncan in bed with Murdoch, Klein
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Brit Ed Sec. Michael Gove "I'd expect in the next [few] months we'd be making some acquisitions," Klein told the Financial Times. "There's the willingness to put in significant capital." The mos...
State Eyes Shielding Teachers - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com - As New York City parents and teachers struggled Monday to make sense of recently published schoolteacher rankings, education officials considered making future releases illegal to protect a fragile...
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He’s looked at life from both sides now – or has he? Arne Duncan claims the high ground, but school clinics still face needless obstacles
epi.org - A contentious debate in education policy concerns whether the low achievement of disadvantaged children is attributable primarily to social and economic conditions that bring them to school relativ...
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 2-28-12: Go to Springfield!
pureparents.org - An early and urgent PSAT for tomorrow- if you can’t get on the bus for Springfield (see below), at least call your state senator and ask him/her to sign on to SB3239, the school closing moratorium...
Rog Lucido: Student Learning Can Only be Described, Not Measured - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by Rog Lucido.Year after year, Mario takes district, state and national tests. Each year Mario's individual scores are combined with others in his class, school, district, and state. The...
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WEEKEND QUOTABLES
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - “This is an amazing panel, so I’m thrilled to be part of it,” Mr. Duncan said in his opening comment. Investigator Richard Hyde “I’m shocked that the secretary of education would be fraternizing ...
The Maddow Blog - Santorum warns of higher ed 'indoctrination'
maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com - Associated PressSantorum's recent speech at an "indoctrination mill."When Rick Santorum argued recently against public education, he was largely referring to K-through-12 public schools. As it turn...
SCOTUSBlog Examines Brown v. Board of Education - The School Law Blog - Education Week
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SCOTUSBlog Examines Brown v. Board of Education - The School Law Blog - Education WeekSCOTUSBlog Examines Brown v. Board of EducationBy Mark Walsh on February 12, 2010 2:46 PM | No Comments | No Tr...
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Defending the powerful. Attacking the humble. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - There is a scene at the end of the Robert Redford movie, Three Days of the Condor, where Redford confronts the CIA agent with the fact that he has sent incriminating secrets to the New York Times. ...
With Release of Teacher Data, Setback for Union Turns Into a Rallying Cry
nytimes.com - In the days leading up to the release of ratings for thousands of New York City public-school teachers on Friday, hundreds of e-mails poured into the in-box of Michael Mulgrew, president of the Uni...
The schools crusade that links Michael Gove to Rupert Murdoch | Politics
guardian.co.uk - On a freezing November day in 2010, the education secretary, Michael Gove, turned out in east London to inspect a desolate stretch of dockside ground near City airport, where Rupert Murdoch had off...
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Illinois' Budget Deficit: Raising More Revenue Is the Right Solution for Needed Services and Pension Stabilization
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Can Illinois solve its budget problems without creating new revenue? The answer is no. If expenditures must at least equal revenues, then what needs to be done is to enhance the state’s sources ...
Move Our Money: New State Bank Bills Address Credit and Housing Crises
owsnews.org - Seventeen states have now introduced bills for state-owned banks, and others are in the works. Hawaii’s innovative state bank bill addresses the foreclosure mess. County-owned banks are being pro...
New State Bank Bills Address Credit and Housing Crises
dissidentvoice.org - Seventeen states have now introduced bills for state-owned banks, and others are in the works. Hawaii’s innovative state bank bill addresses the foreclosure mess. County-owned banks are being pro...
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My Friends, The Cops | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - My Friends, The Cops | The Jose Vilson:My Friends, The Copsby JoseBefore the turn of the century, my friends and I took spring walks from school to home, following the route of the M14D, which runs...
Obama Talks Tough on State K-12 Budget Cuts - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - Select a Month...February 2012January 2012December 2011November 2011October 2011September 2011August 2011July 2011June 2011May 2011April 2011March 2011February 2011January 2011December 2010November...
Arts community demanding spotlight in Las Vegas
articles.boston.com - The five-acre campus will host touring Broadway shows, jazz artists and classical singers, as well as the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre, two local institutions often drowned out ...
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Occupy London: police and bailiffs move in to evict St Paul's protesters
democraticunderground.com - Police and bailiffs have moved in to begin clearing the Occupy London encampment outside St Paul's Cathedral, after a high court decision gave the green light for the City of London to clear the pr...
Melee Sparks Outside Capitol; Officers Hurt - Sacramento News Story
kcra.com - POSTED: 3:20 pm PST February 27, 2012UPDATED: 3:59 pm PST February 27, 2012SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) -- At least two peace officers were injured during a clash with members of the Occupy movement w...
Clifton teachers rally for new contract
northjersey.com - CLIFTON – Teachers rallied outside school district headquarters Monday for a second time this month to urge management and their union to strike an agreement on a new contract and end a long impass...
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My Friends, The Cops | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - My Friends, The Cops | The Jose Vilson:My Friends, The Copsby JoseBefore the turn of the century, my friends and I took spring walks from school to home, following the route of the M14D, which runs...
Enforcement Chief at Postsecondary Bureau to Resign - The Bay Citizen
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Enforcement Chief at Postsecondary Bureau to Resign - The Bay Citizen:Enforcement Chief at Postsecondary Bureau to ResignResignation comes after The Bay Citizen revealed the bureau failed to proper...
Schools in the U.S Teaching Spanish With New Method - Hispanically Speaking News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools in the U.S Teaching Spanish With New Method - Hispanically Speaking News:Schools in the U.S Teaching Spanish With New MethodLearning Spanish is becoming more important for Americans every d...
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nypost.com - The city’s top-performing teachers have one thing in common: They’re almost all women.Ratings released by the Department of Education of more than 12,000 fourth- through eighth-grade teachers show ...
