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Brandeis grad’s network unites college students who want to help the world’s poor - The Boston Globe

Brandeis grad’s network unites college students who want to help the world’s poor - The Boston Globe

Fighting Poverty 101

Brandeis grad’s network unites college students who want to help the world’s poor

(Andrew Tsang)
By Bella English
Globe Staff / September 18, 2010

The Millennium Campus Network, cofounded by the Newton North and Brandeis graduate, will bring 1,000 college students from around the country to Columbia University for a two-day conference this weekend.

Q. What is the Millennium Campus Network and how did it start?

A. It’s a national nonprofit connecting college students across the US and empowering their efforts to tackle global poverty. I cofounded it when I was a senior at Brandeis. We’ve got 37 member organizations on 17 campuses. Beyond that, we have an online network of 10,000 supporters around

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Race will help fund Sellwood Middle School's electives | OregonLive.com

Race will help fund Sellwood Middle School's electives | OregonLive.com

Race will help fund Sellwood Middle School's electives

Published: Friday, September 17, 2010, 5:02 PM Updated: Friday, September 17, 2010, 5:18 PM
Susan Green, The Oregonian Susan Green, The Oregonian
The Sellwood Middle School Foundation will hold a 5K race and walk Oct. 3 to raise money for art, band, Spanish and industrial arts staffing.

Chairwoman Lanell Nolf said the annual event, the Sellwood 5K: A Run/Walk for Education, provides much-needed funding and brings the community together. She hopes the new name -- it had been known as the Run for Ed -- attracts walkers and members of the wider neighborhood.

The Sellwood Middle School jazz and marimba bands will play before and after the 5K. The Trader Joe's store in Southeast will provide free water and snacks. Young children can take part in a free 1K run/walk.

The 5K route begins and ends at the school, 8300 S.E. 15th Ave., and loops on the Springwater Corridor Trail. Cost is $15 for students, $20 for adults and includes a T-shirt. Register online atwww.pps.k12.or.us/schools/sellwood, or mail or drop off the form at the school. Registration will be offered at the event, though T-shirts won't be guaranteed.

Jason Lee School 1st grade celebrates literacy

By Anne Laufe, Special to The Oregonian

September 17, 2010, 4:37PM
Jason Lee School's first-grade class has reason to celebrate: All 58 students met literacy benchmarks as kindergartners last year. Full story »
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Pleasanton school board candidates agree that alternate funding is needed for education - Inside Bay Area

Pleasanton school board candidates agree that alternate funding is needed for education - Inside Bay Area
Pleasanton school board candidates agree that alternate funding is needed for education
PLEASANTON -- Candidates running for the Pleasanton school board agree that communication and community outreach will be key in dealing with continuing budgetary issues.

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This Week In Education: Magazines: NYT's Technology-Focused Education Issue

This Week In Education: Magazines: NYT's Technology-Focused Education Issue

Magazines: NYT's Technology-Focused Education Issue

by Alexander Russo

Here's some of the best links to the stories in the NYT Sunday Magazine's annual education issue, which is focused on learning and technology:

Enfeebling the Mind? If machines are to improve teaching, we must recognize their limits.
Tutors Made to Measure Can race- and sex-specific online teachers close achievement gaps?
Dial-a-Class Cellphones are not the enemy.
Anytime, Anywhere Online courses have become a standard part of normal public education.
Learning by Playing: Can one middle school’s approach transform education?
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Pilsen: Whittier Parents Win Huberman Meeting - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Pilsen: Whittier Parents Win Huberman Meeting - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Pilsen: Whittier Parents Win Huberman Meeting

by Alexander Russo
What do you think about the parents at Whittier protesting Board plans to tear down a field house -- and winning massive coverage and a meeting with Huberman?

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Pilsen residents fight City Hall Sun Times: On its third day, a sit-in by parents demanding a library for a Pilsen elementary school took several twists and turns -- with police at one point threatening arrests, then abruptly leaving after more than 100 parents, students and teachers pushed past barricades to support the protesters...
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City, still reeling from number of kids who failed state exams, limits lows for grading schools

City, still reeling from number of kids who failed state exams, limits lows for grading schools

City, still reeling from number of kids who failed state exams, limits lows for grading schools

BY RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, September 18th 2010, 4:00 AM

Few city schools will earn big, fat F's on the city-issued report cards, set to be issued next week, the Daily News has learned.

After a massive increase in the number of city kids who failed state exams, the agency decided to limit the number of schools that will get D's and F's.

Officials are expected to announce next week that:

  • The 84% of elementary and middle schools that got A's last year will get no worse than a C.
  • The 13% of schools that received B's can earn no lower than a D.
  • Schools that are in the top quarter of the city based on their students' average math and reading exam scores will achieve no lower than a C.


    • Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/09/18/2010-09-18_city_to_limit_the_lows_for_grading_schools.html?r=ny_local/education#ixzz0ztVOavdj
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    D.C. Wire - Fenty says no to GOP nomination

    D.C. Wire - Fenty says no to GOP nomination

    Fenty says no to GOP nomination

    Washington Post Editors

    Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) said Friday afternoon that he will not seek re-election as a Republican, even though he won the GOP nomination after more than 800 voters wrote in his name on their ballot in Tuesday's primary.

    Repeating statements he made before he lost the Democratic nomination to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, Fenty said he plans to remain a Democrat. On Thursday, Fenty formally endorsed Gray in the mayor's race.

    "Today's news of the Republican nomination is a recognition of the great progress this city has seen over the past four years," Fenty said. "While I am humbled by the nomination, I will not accept it. I believe the best days of the District of Columbia lay ahead, and I will work with

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    Editorial: Big hearts and ugly acts conclude week - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee

    Editorial: Big hearts and ugly acts conclude week - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee

    Editorial: Big hearts and ugly acts conclude week

    Published: Saturday, Sep. 18, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 12A

    You don't have to look far to see both the good and not-so-good in people.

    Sometimes, they're on the same page of the local newspaper, as in Friday's Bee.

    One story reported that for the second time in a week, a swastika had defaced a midtown mural of Sacramento King Omri Casspi, the first Israeli-born player in the NBA.

    If a prank, it's just stupid. If an attempted message of hate, it's vile and contemptible –

    Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/18/3038066/editorial-big-hearts-and-ugly.html#ixzz0ztSw4rQh

    California's legislative leaders seek reconsideration of student loan change
    By Laurel Rosenhall - Published: 12:00 am

    California's top lawmakers have asked the federal government to reconsider its decision to give EdFund's student loan guaranty business to the Minnesota-based Education Credit Management Corp.

    Sac State grad's new website seeks to turn class notes into a commodity
    By Claudia Buck - Published: 12:00 am
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    As founder of a young startup company, Ryan Stevens has assembled all the ingredients: a business plan, willing investors, an eager staff, a sleek website, plenty of marketing freebies.
      Police ask high schools to help students obey curfew
      Published: 12:00 am
      The Sacramento Police Department is reaching out to area high schools asking for help in encouraging teens to obey a 10 p.m. curfew, particularly at Second Saturday.
        Mexican consul general holds talk at Sacramento State
        By Stephen Magagnini - Published: 11:58 am
        The consul general of Mexico in Sacramento, Carlos González Gutiérrez, will discuss the historical relationship between California and Mexico when he visits Sacramento State Monday.


          Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/education/#ixzz0ztTBIqpR

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          Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Deb Meier visits Telpochcalli

          Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Deb Meier visits Telpochcalli

          Deb Meier visits Telpochcalli

          by Mike Klonsky
          Deborah Meier was in town yesterday. So we went out to visit Telpochcalli, a small neighborhood elementary school in Chicago's Little Village community. Telpochcalli (named after early Aztec schools) is an arts-focused, dual-language school where teachers work collaboratively to personalize instruction and support each other.

          Deborah and I were invited to sit in on a regular Friday event called Teacher Talk where one classroom teacher
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