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Friday, April 18, 2014

4-18-14 Ed Notes Online

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Say Wha?Rhee Hubby Kevin Johnson Leads NBA Union Search
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/sports/basketball/nba-players-reset-union-search-with-kevin-johnson-as-point-man.html?hpw&rref=sports&_r=0N.B.A. Players Reset Union Search With Kevin Johnson as Point ManHis tenure has not been free of controversy; in 2012, he was fined $37,000 by the Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to report $3.5 million in donations he solicited for char

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Norm in The Wave: High Stakes Testing Opt-Out Movement Takes Off
Published Friday, April 18, 2014 www.rockawave.comHigh Stakes Testing Opt-Out Movement Takes Off By Norm ScottStories of numerous parents in the city and around the state who have begun a revolt against high stakes testing by having their children refuse to take the tests have recently broken into the mainstream media. Even school principals in Brooklyn and Manhattan have led post-ELA test rallies
4-17-14 Ed Notes Online: Jean Anyon "Radical Possibilities" Updated
Ed Notes Online: Wall Street Journal on ATRs: Deconstructing the Inherent BiasThe ATR Issue Heats Up as astro-turf Ed Deformer groups (E4E, Students First, TNTP) Attack on all fronts. Educators 4 Excellence-New York, an advocacy group of more than 8,000 teachers... Leslie Brody, WSJWTF-- E4E is a group that has practically zero representation in NYC schools despite massive amounts of funding and f