Sunday, March 25, 2012

Big Education Ape: 3-25-12 AM What happens when charter schools close? EDition #ASKARNE

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Smiley & West featuring Pasi Sahlberg

smileyandwest.com - West:               From PRI, Public Radio International in Princeton I’m Cornel West and this is Smiley & West. Duncan:  All of us have to move outside our comfort zone.  All of us have to change....
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What happens when charter schools close?

nola.com - Nearly four years ago, teenagers Lynntrell Westbrook and Damonika Stokes took a chance on an ambitious new charter school that promised a rigorous high school curriculum combined with regular commu...
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Help Save Flushing High School

urbanedmusic.blogspot.com - *I humbly ask in advance that if you would like to support Flushing HS, as well the other schools that face likely closure, please share this article with as many people as possible—politicians, la...
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Washington Post writes about Texas resolution

tasanet.blogspot.com - Valerie Straus, writer of The Washington Post's phenomenally popular education blog The Answer Sheet, just posted a lengthy entry about the debate surrounding high-stakes, standardized testing here...
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Trayvon Martin Stand Your Ground ALEC NRA

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Ryan J. Reilly March 22, 2012, 6:00 AM Trayvon Martin was just 10 years old when politicians in Florida passed legislation that, seven years later, is being blamed for letting his killer walk free....
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History of Neglect Leads to Today’s Pension Woes

iearegion28.wordpress.com - Senate President John Cullerton has called on legislative leaders to make pension reform a major focus during the upcoming legislative session. The President has recently led the Senate in passing ...
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Meet the New Boss - Magazine

theatlantic.com - Image credit: Tim KleinI was walking around my sister’s Near North neighborhood in Chicago recently and came upon a small patch of green called Bauler Park. Paddy Bauler was the rollicking tavern o...
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Special Session Updates

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Looking around it seems that there is some forward motion but our legislators still haven't gotten enough done. The gimmicks around waiting one day for a payment to K-12 districts to save some mone...
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Robots Kill, but the Blood Is on Our Hands

dissidentvoice.org - In her spare time, between non-stop peace activism and leading international exchanges, Medea Benjamin has somehow managed to write the best book yet on the most inhuman form of war yet.  The book ...
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‘Pink Slime’ Losing Place on School Lunch Menus

nytimes.com - BOSTON — Andy Gomez, a ninth grader at Brighton High School, was not sure why hamburgers and meatballs had disappeared from the cafeteria, but he was not happy about it. “Today I just ate peanut bu...
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Man Shot Near Elementary School; Suspect Sought

rosemont.patch.com - A 20-year-old man is expected to live after being shot near Sequoia Elementary School on Rosemont Drive Saturday, authorities said. Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesman Dep. Jason Ramos...
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