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Friday, December 17, 2010

Damn Good Education Daily

Damn Good Education Daily
Damn Good Education Daily

accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - photo: Jawed Karim (commons.wikimedia.org) Eleven “education experts” at the Hoover Institution have recently offered up their review of the Best and Worst in American Education, 2010, and totally ...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - An observer at today’s House Committee on Education Reform called to tell me that one of the odd things about the affair was it was a speaker representing parents who was among the few people who g...

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toped.svefoundation.org - By State School Board President Ted Mitchell intends to ask the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate charges of harassment and intimidation of Compton Unified parents who have petitione...

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latimes.com - The state Board of Education will ask the attorney general to investigate complaints of misconduct surrounding a parent petition drive to turn over a struggling Compton elementary school to a chart...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Dec 16 2010 Larry Ferlazzo The Web is abuzz today with what appear to be fairly solid rumors that Yahoo has made a decision to shut-down the popular Delicious social bookmarking site. At the time I...

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Job candidate sues UK, claiming religion cost him the post | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal

Job candidate sues UK, claiming religion cost him the post | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal

Job candidate sues UK, claiming religion cost him the post

BY PETER SMITH • PSMITH@COURIER-JOURNAL.COM • DECEMBER 10, 2010

No one denies that astronomer Martin Gaskell was the leading candidate for the founding director of a new observatory at the University of Kentucky in 2007 — until his writings on evolution came to light.

Gaskell had given lectures to campus religious groups around the country in which he said that while he has no problem reconciling the Bible with the theory of evolution, he believes the theory has major flaws. And he recommended students read theory critics in the intelligent-design movement.

That stance alarmed UK science professors and, the university acknowledges, played a role in the job going to another candidate.

Now a federal judge says Gaskell has a right to a jury trial over his allegation that he lost the job because he is a Christian and "potentially evangelical."

“The record contains substantial evidence that Gaskell was a leading candidate for the position until the issue of his religion or his scientific position became an issue,” U.S. Senior District Judge Karl

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Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

Florida School Board Shooting Puts Emphasis on Security
Shocking video of a gunman opening fire during a school board meeting in Florida has Pennsylvania school officials thinking about safety at their own meetings.
December 17, 2010 - McClatchy-Tribune
Oklahoma Board to Make Retirement System Payment
December 17, 2010 - AP
Report: Christie to nominate NJ education chief
December 17, 2010 - AP
HOPE book allowance cut in half
December 17, 2010 - AP
Del. dropout rate declines
December 17, 2010 - AP
NASCAR champ Johnson awards education grants
December 16, 2010 - AP
City Hall wants new science school in NYC
December 16, 2010 - AP
Appeals court allows NCA Bible lawsuit
December 16, 2010 - AP
Calif. Board Calls for Probe of First Parent-Trigger Campaign
The state Board of Education will ask the attorney general to investigate complaints of misconduct surrounding a parent petition drive to turn over a struggling Compton elementary school to a charter school operation.
December 16, 2010 - McClatchy-Tribune

POLITICS K-12 BLOG

Senate Pulls Spending Bill With Money for Early Ed, i3

The move could leave funding for almost every K-12 program flat until at least late winter. (December 17, 2010)

Genetic Trait Linked to Young Athletes' Deaths

Athletic trainers are warning schools about complications of sickle cell trait, a genetic characteristic that has played a role in the deaths of nine young athletes in recent years. (December 16, 2010)

Florida School Board Shooting Puts Emphasis on Security

(December 17, 2010) | Comments (1)

Michelle Rhee Details Plans for Spreading Education Reform

(December 17, 2010)

California Board Calls for Probe of First Parent-Trigger Campaign

(December 16, 2010)

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COLLEGE AND CAREER TRANSITIONS

Cardozo High School seniors Ingrid Lopez, 17, and Andre Monroe, 18, tour the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial site in Washington on Dec. 16. The students are part of the ACE Mentor Program, a nationwide program that provides early career exposure, mentoring, and scholarships to students interested in architecture, construction, and engineering.
—Christopher Powers/Education Week

Mentor Program Encourages
Students to Explore STEM

The ACE program provides early career exposure and scholarships to attract students to jobs in architecture, construction, and engineering. (December 17, 2010)

COLLEGE BOUND BLOG

Getting K-12 Into the Discussion of College Completion

(December 16, 2010)

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