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Friday, December 3, 2010

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burcuakyol.com - My picks for the 2010 Edublog Awards: Best individual blog: Teacher Reboot Camp by Shelly Terrell Best individual tweeter: Shelly Terrell Best new blog: Reflections of a Teacher and Learner by Dave...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - I’m continuing to “roll-out” my “Best of 2010″ series. Today, it’s “The Best Articles & Posts On Education Policy — 2010.” You might also be interested in these previous editions: The “Best” Articl...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Dec 03 2010 Larry Ferlazzo A new study has recently come-out – primarily focused on health messages and consumer advertising — and has found that “loss framed messages” (if you do this, then someth...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - Former Washington D.C. Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is turning her attention to Florida, where Gov.-elect Rick Scott, a Republican, just hired her as a key member of his education transition te...

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toped.svefoundation.org - State board too consumed by charter petitionsBy Charter schools have become a time sink for the State Board of Education, with a third of its time spent dealing with schools serving 5 percent of Ca...

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SoCal city teachers set to strike over salary cut - BusinessWeek

SoCal city teachers set to strike over salary cut - BusinessWeek

SoCal city teachers set to strike over salary cut

By CHRISTINA HOAG

LA HABRA, CALIF.

Teachers in the Southern California community of La Habra said Wednesday they were poised to declare a strike after the school district unilaterally implemented a contract slashing salaries by 2 percent and imposing two furlough days.

"We are in the strike-preparation process now," said Danette Brown, president of the union La Habra Education Association. "We are not yet ready to announce the exact date the teachers will walk, but I can tell you that a strike is imminent."

The K-8 district, which serves 5,400 students in a suburb southeast of Los Angeles, has been negotiating with its 225 teachers since the previous three-year contract expired in July 2009,

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Diann Woodard: School Reform or Permanent Underclass?

Diann Woodard: School Reform or Permanent Underclass?
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The recent spate of resignations by heads of school districts in Chicago, Washington and New York City who advocate the so-called business model of school reform has predictably been followed by new appointees as ill-prepared for the challenge of improving student performance as their predecessors.

The common theme in the message of these departing chancellors and the politicians who appointed them is that controversy equals success, with little or no evidence to support the rhetoric, an increasingly disturbing trend among policy elites who are joined at the hip by their neo-liberal proclivities for privatizing public services and

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