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Education Week: Value-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching
edweek.org - Joanna Cannon, executive director of the New York City Department of Education's Office of Research and Data, speaks to reporters about the release of individual performance rankings of 18,000 publ...
Arts Education In U.S. Public Schools
shankerblog.org - There is a somewhat common argument in education circles that the focus on math and reading tests in No Child Left Behind has had the unintended consequence of generating a concurrent deemphasis on...
Why Overturning ‘Obamacare’ Could Lead To Single-Payer
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Health Care Before The CourtSahil Kapur April 2, 2012, 6:06 AM If the Supreme Court strikes down “Obamacare,” Republicans claim a huge short-term victory, but they may end up big losers in the long...
Poll: Majority For Recalling Walker In Wisconsin
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com - Eric Kleefeld April 2, 2012, 1:27 PM The new Rasmussen poll of Wisconsin shows bad news for Gov. Scott Walker, with a majority of likely voters wanting to kick him out of office in the state’s rece...
Let’s tackle the right education crisis
blogs.reuters.com - There’s a national security crisis in U.S. education. I’m no history sleuth, but it must have come on fast just after February 2010. That’s when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates sent the last Quad...
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Reflections of a First Year Math Teacher
mathequality.wordpress.com - Instead of a quick post highlighting the latest efforts to garner signatures for an open letter to President Obama, I spent all day writing this post. The open letter I refer to asks that Presiden...
My View: Are we doing enough to make sure our kids aren't racist? – Schools of Thought
schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com - By Jose L. Vilson, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Jose Vilson is a math teacher, math instructional coach and data analyst in a New York public school. He can be found at TheJoseVilson.com. Vilson i...
“’Poverty Is Not To Blame’ for the Differences in Educational Outcomes” (really?)
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 02 jonpeltoCorporate Viewpoint, Malloy Education Refrom, Malloy Call it the most bizarre development yet in Governor Malloy’s push for “Education Reform.” Yesterday, in one of the most extraord...
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Planned Parenthood Bombed In Wisconsin
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Nick R. Martin April 2, 2012, 12:09 PM A small, homemade bomb exploded outside a Planned Parenthood office in Wisconsin on Sunday night, prompting investigators to launch a hunt for the person who ...
Limit to contract clauses proposed | Home
theadvocate.com - A state Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that would allow charter schools to refuse to admit students on the basis of their ability to speak English, their sexual orientation or other...
Minnesota Legislature Fights Against Dayton Administration and Federal Takeover of Education
truthinamericaneducation.com - While I’m concerned about the online education mandate that the Minnesota Legislature is debating, there is good news on the education front in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Minnesota Senate last...
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Where Have All The Teachers Gone?
dcgmentor.com - …Long time gone, marches on DC drew hundreds of thousands. In 1969, I marched on Washington as part of a massive crowd of 500,000 larger than the actual population of the city. In the summer of 20...
The in box. Not a fan. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - You make me sick. I have had the displeasure of following your blog only to find it self serving. Not once about the kids. My retirement, my fellow teachers, my unions, my education, blah, blah, bl...
Celebrate Caregivers During Read Across America Day
caregivingclub.com - As a book lover, I celebrate Read Across America Day (March 2) every year by creating my book list for the coming year and settling on the couch with my first pick. I love this day because it is a...
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Israel Frees Palestinian Detainee After Hunger Strike of Weeks
nytimes.com - JERUSALEM — A Palestinian woman who spent more than 40 days on a hunger strike to protest her detention by Israel without charge or trial was released from an Israeli prison on Sunday and sent into...
Teacher contract impasse costs Boston $9.4 million US grant - Metro Desk
boston.com - By James Vaznis, Globe Staff Boston lost out on a $9.4 million federal grant today for teacher bonuses because the School Department and the Boston Teachers Union failed to reach an agreement over ...
Rahm's bullying exposed - Substance News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Rahm's bullying exposed - Substance News:Rahm's Rent-A-Preacher and Rent-A-Protest exposed, even to elected state officialsJohn Kugler - January 15, 2012In a reversal of fortunes, Chicago Mayor Rah...
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Police in Ky. warns hoops revelers to watch step
boston.com - LEXINGTON, Ky.—Police were forcefully warning Kentucky fans that a repeat Monday of the dangerous weekend celebrations wouldn't be tolerated for the game to decide college basketball's national cha...
Caricatura: Ruz: ¡Comienzan las vacaciones! | Zambombazo
zachary-jones.com - 2/04/2012 • 10:53 amComienzan las vacaciones de Semana Santa. ¿En qué se parece el último viernes antes del Spring Break aquí en EEUU al viernes retratado en esta caricatura del artista salvadoreño...
Deion Sanders to launch reality show about coaching the football team at his charter school | Prep Rally
sports.yahoo.com - In early March, Prep Rally wrote about Deion Sanders' move to completely fund two charter schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Now it appears that Sanders may be trying to find a way to make the ...
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An Eighth-Grade Sports Encyclopedia Finds Himself Without a High School
nytimes.com - When Omri Shefet started at East Side Middle School two years ago, as a sixth grader, he felt quite small. He had learning problems and needed special education services, including speech and physi...
Could Latinos be the key to improving US Soccer?
beinglatino.us - Photo: Jessenia Martinez The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will feature established stars like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, alongside many other soon-to-be household names, for what will undoubt...
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My View: Are we doing enough to make sure our kids aren't racist? – Schools of Thought
schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com - By Jose L. Vilson, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Jose Vilson is a math teacher, math instructional coach and data analyst in a New York public school. He can be found at TheJoseVilson.com. Vilson i...
OH JOY! THE NEW BATCH OF CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS ARE HERE #SOSCHAT
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: New Heights AcademyThe Perimeter Primate at CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS - 9 minutes ago*“Fired exec: Charter-school chief fudged books.” *New York Post (NY), 3/21/2012 The foun...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 4-2 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Arne Duncan on school reforms: 'What will your next excuse be if you have enough money?' | MLive.com Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 9 minutes ago Arne Duncan on school reforms:...
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Heeee’s Back: Malloy Ally Adamowksi Continues to Maneuver for a Larger Teachers Retirement Pension.
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 01 jonpeltoEducation, Malloy Adam, Malloy, Windham Not Again? Yup… The effort to bump up Malloy ally and fellow education reformer Steven Adamowski’s state funded Teachers Retirement pension c...
