Thursday, February 9, 2012

Big Education Ape: 2-9-12 PM Who will turnaround the turnarounds? EDition #CORPWELFARE #EDREFORM

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Who will turnaround the turnarounds?

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - "We note with continued dismay that Chicago's unelected school board members continue (to) drain millions of public dollars from regular neighborhood schools while they instead invest in charters...

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City schools get $4m arts programs boost

articles.boston.com - A study in 2009 said that the availability of arts instruction varied greatly from school to school, with opportunities dwindling as students moved to higher grades. Since the district launched the...

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Common school program reduces signs of bullying

reuters.com - By Kerry Grens NEW YORK | Wed Feb 8, 2012 2:17pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A widely implemented school program aimed at improving kids' behavior helps to slow the increase in bullying during ...

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Good Reasons and Bad Reasons « School Finance 101

schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Current reformy rhetoric dictates that we MUST CLOSE FAILING SCHOOLS! That we must close those schools that are dropout factories or have persistently low achievement levels on state assessments. A...

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The Test Generation

prospect.org - On exam day in Sabina Trombetta's Colorado Springs first-grade art class, the 6-year-olds were shown a slide of Picasso's "Weeping Woman," a 1937 cubist portrait of the artist's lover, Dora Maar, w...

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us1.campaign-archive1.com - Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Florida Politicians have hit our public schools hard this session. Here are two special-interest driven bills that are making committee stop...

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Schools plan closely eyed | Home

theadvocate.com - State Superintendent of Education John White’s plan to overhaul the way public schools and students are evaluated is sparking questions, concerns and some praise, officials said Wednesday.“I know t...

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AMERICAblog News: CPAC to host white nationalist leader

americablog.com - CPAC to host white nationalist leaderMighty white of them.Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, along with several Republican senators and congressmen, ar...

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Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows

nytimes.com - TRIPOLI, Libya — As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions. They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted. When the guns fe...

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Democrats for Education Reform

dfer.org - February 9, 2012More Dem Guv BoldnessBy Joe Williams, DFER Executive Director Re: This post from the other day on Gubernatorial Mojo, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy continues to flex in what has been ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release February 09, 2012 Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa11:17 A.M. CST MRS. OBAMA: This is so cool. Hey! (Applause.) Well, hello, ev...

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I Tried One Of Robert Krulwich’s Ideas In Class Today…

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Yesterday, I posted NPR’s Robert Krulwich Provides Another Excellent Idea For A History Lesson. I didn’t try that idea out today, but tried another one that I had previously posted (“Let’s Play ‘Hi...

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K12 4Q profit tumbles 46 pct as costs rise

businessweek.com - HERNDON, Va. Educational software provider K12 Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter net income fell nearly in half on higher costs. Profit was less than half of what analysts expected a...

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The Harris Claim: Side Deals and Numbers

news.firedoglake.com - “Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Secures $18 Billion California Commitment for Struggling Homeowners,” the headline blares. But wait: the foreclosure fraud settlement is only a total of $25 billi...

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Poll: Optimism up in California - Tim Mak

politico.com - Two-thirds of Californians believe their personal financial situation in one of the hardest-hit states will improve over the next 12 months, a new report shows, a promising sign in the context of d...

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Take action now! « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - Donnicia Venters, a mom from Houston, TX, lost her job in 2009 simply for following medical advice to breastfeed her infant. When Donnicia told her boss about her pregnancy, he assured her that he...

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You deserve better

us1.campaign-archive1.com - Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Florida Politicians have hit our public schools hard this session. Here are two special-interest driven bills that are making committee stop...

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Democrats for Education Reform

dfer.org - February 9, 2012More Dem Guv BoldnessBy Joe Williams, DFER Executive Director Re: This post from the other day on Gubernatorial Mojo, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy continues to flex in what has been ...

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