Saturday, July 3, 2010

Today's Big Education Ape Posts on Parents 4 democratic Schools #education #edu #news

Today's Big Education Ape Posts on Parents 4 democratic Schools

Doggett's spending bill measure aims to protect Texas #education funds, but Perry's office protests | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News #edu

How Congress Keeps Screwing Up #Education - Newsweek #edu

School District Demands Changes from Struggling Charter voiceofsandiego.org #edu #education

This is Dropout Nation: Nevada's State of Denial #education #edu

Democurmudgeon: Bech U...what in God's name...

Suburban high school teachers stretched thin, Portland's likely to join them | OregonLive.com

Pérez and Steinberg: Democrats United Behind Budget Plan to Protect Jobs and Fully Fund #Education | California Progress Report #edu

Today’s Parents 4 democratic Schools Posts on Big Education Ape #edu #education #news

2theadvocate.com | News | Teachers receive training on oil spills — Baton Rouge, LA #edu #spill

U.S. Department of Education Report Finds Rural Districts Use Federal Funds Toward Efforts to Improve Instruction and Student Achievement | U.S. Department of #Education #edu

Teachers union like a bad attorney: Mayor Bloomberg after they push to keep failing schools open #edu #education

U.S. Founding Fathers on Education, in Their Own Words EducationNews.org – #Education NewsToday #edu

Weblogg-ed » ISTE 2010: Easy…Not Free #edu #iste #education

NEA Items, Resolutions Push Back on Obama #neara10 #edu #education Ed. Agenda – Teacher Beat – Education Week

The Answer Sheet – What Americans don’t know about their history #edu #education

School Tech Connect: And What Position Would That Be? #edu #education

Obey Amendment Opposition « DFER Watch #edu #education #edreform

Free Technology for Teachers: June’s Ten Most Popular Posts #education

Support the First Amendment with 1 for All — Blog — WordPress.com

Tipitina’s on a Thursday night. « Fred Klonsky’s blog #edu #NEARA #education

Fenty outlines plans to cut special-ed costs and return students to public schools #edu #education

Tight on goals, loose on means” « The Quick and the #Edu #education

Democurmudgeon: Chicago says, Want your Guns? Take a nice long Drive to get one and don't leave the house.

Democurmudgeon

Democurmudgeon: Chicago says, Want your Guns? Take a nice long Drive to get one and don't leave the house.

Chicago says, Want your Guns? Take a nice long Drive to get one and don't leave the house.

by Democurmudgeon

While the gun lobby has used every creative way to kill 80,000 Americans every year so some immature adult can playing with hand guns, opponents haven't been sitting on their hands either. If you thought the two recent supreme court miss interpretations of the Second Amendment were partisan legislative edicts from the bench, Chicago just one up them:

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: All Hands on Deck; Don't Deck the Hands

Cool Cat Teacher Blog

Teaching students with new tools, enthusiasm, and belief that teaching is a noble calling.

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: All Hands on Deck; Don't Deck the Hands

All Hands on Deck; Don't Deck the Hands

by coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)

Today in Vacation Bible School at the church we were wrapping up over 200 barbeque sandwiches. It took a while to work out the system. When we first started we'd run into each other and shuffle, but eventually we got the system down. We were laughing because one person saw a "quality control" issue where we'd put two bun tops together. We laughed and fixed it - but she commented:

"Wouldn't you know when that happens that the most ornery person in the whole place would have gotten that sandwich."

Executive PayWatch 2010

Executive PayWatch

A chief executive officer of a Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 index company was paid, on average, $9.25 million in total compensation in 2009.[1] At the same time, millions of workers lost their jobs, their homes and their retirement savings in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Executive pay has taken center stage since the $700 billion government bailout of financial institutions. Americans expressed outrage as big banks helped create the financial crisis, took billions in taxpayer bailouts, paid out billions in pay and bonuses and are now lobbying on financial regulatory reform.

The case studies here focus on executive pay at six of the biggest banks that received government bailout funds and their multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts. Also in Executive PayWatch, you can find CEO compensation data for some of the country’s largest companies; learn how you, as a shareholder, can have your "Say-on-Pay"; and find out what you can do to ensure re-regulation of the financial system.

	Bank of America Corp. Thomas Montag 2009 Total Compensation: $29,930,431		JPMorgan Chase & Co. James Dimon 2009 Total Compensation: $9,274,494
	Citigroup Inc. John Havens 2009 Total Compensation: $11,276,454		Morgan Stanley Walid Chammah 2009 Total Compensation: $10,021,969
	The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Lloyd Blankfein 2009 Total Compensation: $9,862,657		Wells Fargo John Stumpf 2009 Total Compensation: $21,340,547

Minority wave in summer tide of Coast Guard swabs - Boston.com

GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS

Changes to condom proposal promised

A week after Provincetown schools sparked a furor over a new condom policy, the superintendent has assured parents that school nurses would not dispense condoms to any student who asks, despite the open wording of the rule. (By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent)

Arlington police investigate threats over pledge vote

Arlington police are investigating threatening messages sent to School Committee members yesterday in response to a controversy surrounding reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school. (By Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent)

School systems land new superintendents moving up, moving over from nearby districts

For Newburyport’s school system, today marks a changing of the guard, as Marc Kerble takes over as its new superintendent. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)

Rule tightened for exam schools

The Boston School Committee tightened the residency policy last night for students applying to the city’s three exam schools to prevent out-of-towners from gaining admission. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

Boston takes charter school nonprofit as a partner

School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson will tap a charter school management organization to run one of the district’s low-achieving middle schools, a first for the state, under a plan she will present tonight to the Boston School Committee. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

International Program Catches On in U.S. Schools - NYTimes.com

International Program Catches On in U.S. Schools

By TAMAR LEWIN

Craig Dilger for The New York Times

Andy Tureff working with International Baccalaureate students at Greely High School in Maine.

The International Baccalaureate, an alternative to the Advanced Placement program, is offered in 700 schools.

Budget Deficit and Wars’ Cost Draw Fire on the Home Front

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

The debate over an $82 billion war spending bill has opened up a clash between House Democrats and the White House over the deficit and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

SUNDAY ROUTINE | JENNIFER RAAB

Jennifer Raab, president of Hunter College, and her daughter Miranda Goodwin-Raab, 17, in their Bronx backyard.

Multitasking, With Time for the Roses

By LISA W. FODERARO

Jennifer J. Raab, the president of Hunter College, tends to her family and her garden.

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House Passes $80 Billion War Spending Bill

By SAM DILLON

The bill would include $10 billion to help school districts avoid educator layoffs, paying for the effort with $800 million in cuts to several of President Obama’s education initiatives.

Today’s World Cup Links | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Today’s World Cup Links Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World Cup: Five World Cup Fads We Love is a slideshow from TIME. China’s English News has a special World Cup page with lots of multimedia features. Economic and Sales ...

The Best “When I Say Jump” Online Sites For Practicing English I know this “The Best…” list has a strange title, but I couldn’t think of any other way to describe sites that let you write or speak commands and then have the figures on the screen follow them. They’re excellent — and fun– ways for English Language ...

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: FAME Charter School

Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School CYBER-SCHOOL EMPIRE UNDER ATTACK: BEAVER COUNTY EDUCATOR FIGHTING GRAND JURIES, SUITS AND LEGISLATORS, March 18, 2007, Pittsburg Post-Gazette (PA) In the past seven years, Nicholas Trombetta has climbed from small-town Beaver County school ...

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: FAME Charter School

FAME Charter School CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDER FACES FINANCIAL SCRUTINY, February 6, 2010, The New York Times The founder of a public charter school in the East Bay that provides a comfort zone for Muslim students is under attack in the wake of a state audit that uncovered ...

Washington, D.C. Public Charter School Board TIGHTER CONTROL OF CHARTERS IS URGED: D.C. OFFICIALS REACT TO REPORT ON BUSINESS TIES, December 16, 2008, The Washington Post The D.C. Public Charter School Board pledged yesterday to reexamine its policy on conflicts of interest as some elected ...

Washington, D.C. charter school office FORMER D.C. SCHOOL OFFICIAL TO PLEAD GUILTY: OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH STEALING THOUSANDS, STEERING CONTRACTS, June 6, 2007, The Washington Post A former D.C. charter school official intends to plead guilty to stealing more than $400,000 in public money ...