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Sac State engineering students tops in U.S. – Sacramento News – Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

2010-Nov-5

Sac State engineering students tops in U.S. Sacramento News Local and Breaking Sacramento News Sacramento Bee. Sac State engineering students tops in U.S. Share By Laurel Rosenhalllrosenhall@sacbee.com Published: Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 11:37 am A team of four Sacramento State students has won a national engineering competition, beating out teams from UC [...]

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Sac State engineering students tops in U.S. – Sacramento News – Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

2010-Nov-5

Sac State engineering students tops in U.S. Sacramento News Local and Breaking Sacramento News Sacramento Bee. Sac State engineering students tops in U.S. Share By Laurel Rosenhalllrosenhall@sacbee.com Published: Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 11:37 am A team of four Sacramento State students has won a national engineering competition, beating out teams from UC [...]

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The Surprising Way One U.K. School Ended Bullying | Education | Change.org

2010-Nov-4

The Surprising Way One U.K. School Ended Bullying Education Change.org. The Surprising Way One U.K. School Ended Bullying by Carol Scott Dramatic. Sea change. Made me a better person. That’s how teachers and students in the U.K. are describing the effects of a curriculum that focuses on human rights. Bullying, ostracism, fights and yelling on [...]

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Cliffhanger in (Where Else?) Florida – State EdWatch – Education Week

2010-Nov-3

Cliffhanger in (Where Else?) Florida State EdWatch Education Week. Cliffhanger in (Where Else?) Florida The Florida governor’s race should be over by now, but we’re still waiting. The last reports are that Republican Rick Scott holds a very narrow lead over Democrat Alex Sink. What’s giving Sink hope, however, is that results from [...]

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Election 2010: Big three, district bonds | EdNewsColorado

2010-Nov-3

Election 2010: Big three, district bonds EdNewsColorado. Election 2010: Big three, district bonds by Nancy Mitchell and Todd Engdahl Results reported are as of midnight and will be updated Wednesday. Opponents of ballot measures 60, 61 and 101 far outspent supporters. Colorado voters on Tuesday were handing the “big three” – ballot measures 60, 61 [...]

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Former WEAC chief to lead Milwaukee teachers union – JSOnline

2010-Nov-2

Former WEAC chief to lead Milwaukee teachers union JSOnline. Former WEAC chief to lead Milwaukee teachers union By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel Nov. 1, 2010 (11) COMMENTS The Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association announced its new executive director Monday: Stan Johnson, a former president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council. Tom Morgan, the MTEA’s [...]

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Gov Chris Christie criticizes President Barack Obama – Video | NJ.com

2010-Nov-2

Gov Chris Christie criticizes President Barack Obama Video NJ.com. NJ.com: The Star-Ledger Videos New Jersey News Videos » Gov Chris Christie criticizes President Barack Obama Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger Follow New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had harsh words for President Barack Obama before receiving a standing ovation at an Indiana Republican Party dinner [...]

The China education boom on US campuses

The China education boom on US campuses

Dan Levin, New York Times, Updated: November 07, 2010 13:25 IST

New York: In her ballroom dance class, Li Wanrong has learned to tango and cha-cha. At lunch one day, she tried a strange mix of flavors -- pepperoni pizza, the spicy sausage and oozing cheese nearly burning her tongue. Then there was that Friday night before going clubbing for the first time when new friends gave her a makeover, and she looked in the mirror to see an American girl smiling back wearing a little black dress, red lipstick and fierce eyeliner.

"I say 'wow' a lot," says Ms Li, a freshman at Drew University, a small liberal arts school in Madison, New Jersey.

Against her parents' wishes, she studied for and took the SAT in Hong Kong, a three-hour bus

Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/the-china-education-boom-on-us-campuses-64821?cp

Democurmudgeon: Homophobic resistance to Anti-bullying in schools a legitimate Reason to take them seriously?

Democurmudgeon: Homophobic resistance to Anti-bullying in schools a legitimate Reason to take them seriously?

Homophobic resistance to Anti-bullying in schools a legitimate Reason to take them seriously?

by Democurmudgeon

Let’s start with the terrorizng premise of homophobia:

NY Times: Alarmed by evidence that gay and lesbian students are common victims of schoolyard bullies, many school districts are bolstering their anti-harassment rules with early lessons in tolerance … Many educators and rights advocates say that official prohibitions of slurs and taunts are most effective when combined with frank discussions, from kindergarten on, about diverse families and sexuality.

Sounds logical, fair and an equal rights issue. But in today’s debate, all points of view, no matter how

Mark Twain still relevant 100 years postmortem - Boston.com

Mark Twain still relevant 100 years postmortem - Boston.com

Mark Twain still relevant 100 years postmortem

By Eileen Fitzgerald

The News-Times Of Danbury / November 7, 2010

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DANBURY, Conn.—Mark Twain is front and center of the American literature program at New Milford High School where all juniors read, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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At Bethel High, the advanced students read "Huckleberry Finn," Twain's most famous work, while at Danbury High, teachers can choose to assign the novel.

On the 100th anniversary of Twain's death and the release of his autobiography, students around the country continue to read his essays, short stories and novels.

In Connecticut, educators are grateful they can consider Twain a local author. Twain, who lived the final two years of his life in Redding, also resided in Hartford. His home there is now a museum.

"We call it taking a journey with Mark Twain," said Kathleen DelMonico,

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South of Boston, some public schools see surge in enrollment, others decline

NORWELL — Fourth-grader Matthew Freitas took his multiplication worksheet to show Ted Hirsch, principal of grades K-6 at South Shore Charter Public School. (By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff)

After Islands launch, Jack Wills brings its casual clothing to Newbury Street

Standard operating procedure for international chains opening stores in the United States generally goes something like this: Mammoth flagship store arrives in prime Manhattan shopping district, followed shortly by shops in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami. There’s usually a Paramus, N.J., store tossed in for good measure. A few years later, a Boston store arrives. (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)

Joseph Lee School awarded $100,000

The Joseph Lee Elementary School was awarded $100,000 yesterday, after winning the fifth annual Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize. The Dorchester school was awarded the money through EdVestors, a Boston nonprofit. The school, which beat both the Clarence R. Edwards Middle School in Charlestown and the Charles H. Taylor Elementary School in Mattapan for the grand prize, ... (Boston Globe)

School Committee approves in-district charter school plan

The School Committee unanimously approved last night the conversion of a middle school and a high school into in-district charter schools, under a new state law that aims to turn around low-performing schools. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

Trove of sports management history donated to UMass Amherst

The family of the man who represented star athletes such as golf legend Arnold Palmer and who is widely regarded as the founder of the modern sports management industry is turning over his archives to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the school announced yesterday. (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)

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A Look at How Recent State Budgets Treat the Public Schools at californiascapitol.com

A Look at How Recent State Budgets Treat the Public Schools at californiascapitol.com

A Look at How Recent State Budgets Treat the Public Schools

Published November 5th, 2010 2 Comments

Last June 22, California’s Capitol presented a comparison created by Michael Hulsizer, head of legislative affairs for the office of the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, of the state’s general fund revenue growth and public school spending from July 1, 1998 through the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2011.

That comparison was based on the revenue estimates used by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his revised May budget proposal.

Hulsizer has created a new comparison using the numbers contained in the final budget signed October 8 – a record 100 days late.

As Hulsizer notes, the tallies change, in some areas “quite significantly.”

In large measure, this is because lawmakers rejected some $5 billion in general fund spending cuts the GOP governor called for in May budget plan.

Another reason is because lawmakers elected to use higher revenue estimates by the Legislative Analyst boosting the expected amount of general revenue this year by $1.4 billion.

However, again to quote Hulsizer, public schools and community colleges continue to “to experience disproportionate levels of ongoing spending cuts.”

Since the February 2009 mid-year budget

Judge tosses out suit over Waldorf method in 2 Sacramento schools - Sacramento City News - sacbee.com

Judge tosses out suit over Waldorf method in 2 Sacramento schools - Sacramento City News - sacbee.com

Judge tosses out suit over Waldorf method in 2 Sacramento schools

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By Denny Walsh
dwalsh@sacbee.com

Published: Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 - 10:00 pm | Page 1B

Last Modified: Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 - 10:28 pm

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that has kept the Sacramento City Unified School District in court for nearly 13 years fending off a challenge to the Waldorf teaching method used in two district schools.

People for Legal and Non-Sectarian Schools, or PLANS Inc., sued the district in 1998, claiming the method is inextricably linked to anthroposophy – the philosophy of Waldorf method founder Rudolf Steiner. The suit contended anthroposophy is a religion and that its use in public schools violates the First Amendment's establishment clause, which precludes mixing religion with

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/06/3165452/judge-tosses-out-suit-over-waldorf.html#ixzz14bg8jDU8

Serviceable Myths about School Reform � Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Serviceable Myths about School Reform � Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Serviceable Myths about School Reform

by larrycuban

Even with the shift to the political right across the nation in last week’s election, both Republicans and Democrats, continue to tell a familiar story about American schools. That well-worn story often repeated by self-confident reformers (or “reformy types”) can be reduced to three statements.

1.U.S. children and youth have done poorly on international tests in reading, math, and science.

2. Students in other nations not only score better than U.S. students but also, upon graduation, possess competence and skills that surpass American workers thereby threatening America’s global competitiveness.

3. U.S. students do poorly on these international tests and in competition with workers elsewhere because the nation’s schools are broken. They can be fixed by holding practitioners accountable for student performance on tests, getting effective teachers through better recruitment and evaluation, having leaders who accept no excuses from practitioners, paying for performance based upon student test scores, and creating more charter schools

Of the three statements in this story, only the first is a fact. The rest are myths, ones that are serviceable to