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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Even with all of its faults, I’m sticking with the union | Thoughts on Public EducationEven with all of its faults, I’m sticking with the unionSharePosted on 3/31/11 • Categorized as UnionsBy Peter...

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blogs.edweek.org - On Monday night I posted a blog pointing out that President Obama's remarks at a town hall meeting seemed to undermine Department of Education policies. I received a request for a correction to my ...

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oklowerthebar.wordpress.com - When you’re immersed in the jargon of your profession it can be difficult to step back and reflect on the meanings and implications of everyday words. Recently it struck me how often we talk about ...

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educationvotes.nea.org - On April 4, 1968, 43 years ago in Memphis, a long struggle for human rights and human dignity ended in the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but it brought economic justice and th...

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edweek.org - Published Online: March 29, 2011Updated: March 30, 2011 Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del, left, speaks with Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery outside of a science classroom at Howard High...

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Tools to Hear – Tone to Engage - Mind Makeover -Published on The Cool Cat Teacher Daily Tweetpaper
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Buzz: Teachers union calls for tax hike on high-income earners - Sacramento Politics - California Politics | Sacramento BeeThe Buzz: Teachers union calls for tax hike on high-income earnersShar...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - PASBO says No Child Left Behind goal by 2014 not attainable - News - Daily ReviewPASBO says No Child Left Behind goal by 2014 not attainableBY ERIC HRIN (STAFF WRITER)Published: April 2, 2011ARTICL...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - If the Souls of Schools are Lost in One Location, They Can be Lost Anywhere « Failing SchoolsIf the Souls of Schools are Lost in One Location, They Can be Lost AnywhereAPRIL 1, 2011by markfriedman1...

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blogs.orlandosentinel.com - Legislature giving apple to charter schools, rather than teachers? Teachers in Florida will have no job security under the merit pay bill that Gov. Rick Scott signed into law last week, but charter...

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huffingtonpost.com - The timing of President Obama's condemnation of "just teaching to the test," as he prepared for a televised address on Libya, was illustrative. Given the President's "to do" list, it would be unrea...

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brooklyn.ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. A Brooklyn charter school is looking for a new h...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Textbook standards: California lawmakers fight over bill to teach students about gay people's contributions - latimes.comCalifornia lawmakers fight over bill to teach students about gay people's co...

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uppitywis.org - Here's what are conservative friend James Wigderson had to say about Prosser's botching of the Merryfield case back in 2008 in a column entitled "Would you trust your kid to Prosser?":While not on ...

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news.change.org - Our nation is potentially one step closer to seeing an end to Abstinence-Only Education. Earlier this month, legislation was re-introduced in Congress seeking an end to this limited form of sexuali...

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huffingtonpost.com - Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips said on Friday that Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) threw members of the conservative movement "under the bus" by making critical remarks about budget cuts propo...

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mediaite.com - videoHow did President Obama go from “anti-colonial” to “neo-colonial” in less than a month? Judge Andrew Napolitano took a detour from the regular civil liberties/end the Fed fare on Freedom Watch...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Jeb Bush doesn’t like to admit - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostWhat Jeb Bush doesn’t like to admitBy Valerie StraussThere is a big hole in the story Jeb Bush tells when he talks about ...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - This is why so many laugh at and deride FAUX News. Who would operate like this if the objective is to be, well, objective? FAUX News is not a legitimate news operation. It is nothing more than an e...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: April's foolsApril's foolsby Mike KlonskyFinn, far right.No joke, Finn is stil a teacher basherAlways tops on my list of April fools is Checker Finn, wing-nut-in-chie...

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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - Yesterday, to a decent amount of fanfare, the Department of Heath and Human Services released its draft regulations for the establishment of accountable care organizations (ACOs). The idea is that ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pilsen neighborhood school kids ingesting toxic leadPilsen neighborhood school kids ingesting toxic leadby Mike KlonskyAlderman Solis, supported by Rahm, is taking bi...

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theuptake.org - Senator Barbara Goodwin (DFL-Fridley) says the Republican proposed cut of 15% to the state’s agencies is on top of a recent 11% cut. Senator Goodwin says those cuts, combined with putting all state...

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pissedoffteeacher.blogspot.com - One of the most awesome students I have ever come across did not get into his first choice of colleges. But, the school told him that is he applied some additional information, it is possible the...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Last week, I wrote a fairly popular post titled How Stress Affects Our Students (& Their Parents) — Plus, How We’re Trying To Help. In it, I shared the results of new research studies, and explaine...

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sacbee.com - California State University, Sacramento, is expanding the types of degrees students can earn in environmental studies.The university is now offering bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degrees...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stand in Soliditary - California Teachers AssociationStand in SoliditaryLocation: NationwideThe anniversary of Dr. King’s death, labor unions, civil rights organizations, and religious leaders will...

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nyceducator.com - "Where free unions and collective bargaining are prohibited, freedom is lost."

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Modern School: Teachers, Check Your Freedoms at the Door

Modern School: Teachers, Check Your Freedoms at the Door
Today In Labor History: April 6 *April 6, 1712* - New York City saw its first slave revolt, which occurred just north of Wall Street, in response to the execution of twenty-one blacks for killing nine whites. Conditions were ideal for a revolt, as black slaves and freemen worked ...
Teachers, Check Your Freedoms at the Door Teacher, You Will Behave! (Image by Tied & Quiet) A first-grade teacher in Paterson, N.J., was suspended with pay last week for saying on her Facebook page that she felt like a warden overseeing future criminals. She was disciplined after parents ...
Moroccan Teachers’ National Strike Against State Violence (From the Teacher Solidarity Network): Moroccan Teachers Strike Against State Violence. Moroccan teachers had a two-day strike this week (March 29-30) to protest state violence. Last week they demonstrated for an increase in benefits and pay (they ...
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“Erase to the Top” — The Michelle Rhee Test Score Scandal in Seussical Verse

“Erase to the Top” — The Michelle Rhee Test Score Scandal in Seussical Verse

“Erase to the Top” — The Michelle Rhee Test Score Scandal in Seussical Verse

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A creative public school teacher gives the extensively-researched USA Today investigative piece on altered test scores under former Chancellor Michelle Rhee the rhyming Dr. Seuss treatment.

Test results in several “star” DC public schools were flagged for review by the statistical anomaly of so many

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Daily Kos: The Zinn Education Project - continuing the work

Daily Kos: The Zinn Education Project - continuing the work

The Zinn Education Project - continuing the work

by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."

It seems appropriate to begin with those famous words by George Orwell, because to me they explain the importance of the life and work of Howard Zinn, best known for his A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present. That work was far from his only significant historical writing, nor did his productivity end when it was published in 1980.

His life and his work offered a different way of perceiving our history, one that was far more critical than traditional American histories, and thus far more honest.

The Zinn Education Project is the result of someone who wishes to remain anonymous, who after seeing the biographical film on Zinn, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, wanted to get Zinn's work more widely known and more widely used. Zinn, whose lectures he had attended while at Boston U in the 1970s, put him touch withRethinking Schools and Teaching for Change (two organizations all progressives should support), and the Zinn Education Project is the result.

Please keep reading.

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Democurmudgeon: Republicans New Welfare Queens: The Unemployed

Democurmudgeon: Republicans New Welfare Queens: The Unemployed

Republicans New Welfare Queens: The Unemployed

For years unemployment has worked wonderfully. That was until the Great Recession, where deregulation and Wall Street excesses tanked the U.S. and global economies.

The economic shock saw U.S. employers shed nearly 8 million American workers.

A horrified uncertain public panicked, first voting in Democrats who didn’t act fast enough, and later the repentant Republicans who caused this mess.

Big mistake. Republicans have always thought of the unemployed as something akin to the welfare queens of the past, sitting on fat weekly checks, talking on cell phones and buying plasma TV’s.
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RheeFirst! | ErasureGate

RheeFirst! | ErasureGate
ErasureGate
The USA Today report on widespread test cheating under Michelle Rhee has made headlines across the country. This page will serve as a clearinghouse for information about the Erasure Gate scandal, and will be updated hourly.

If you know of a story we're missing, please send it to rheefirst@gmail.com, send a tweet to @RheeFirst, or comment here.

A rare albeit still somewhat muted criticism of Rhee by a staunch supporter and free market reformer, Rick Hess.Read the entire post at Ed Week

The state of education: the children we leave behind. Read the entire article at BlogHer.

Michelle Rhee apologizes for insulting reaction to DC test score scandal. Read the entire post at Firedog Lake.

Cheating in DC: what accountability hath wrought. Read the entire post at Ed Week.

"[I]f you look at this progression of events with any honesty, it’s clear that Rhee is the
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A visit to the Wisconsin State Capitol


on Mar 30, 2011

If you haven't been to the Capitol recently, you may not recognize it.

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Old times not forgotten: Civil War at 150 - Boston.com

Old times not forgotten: Civil War at 150 - Boston.com

Old times not forgotten: Civil War at 150

FILE - In this 1865 photograph made available by the Library of Congress, an African American soldier sits next to a stretcher holding the remains of his comrades who were killed in the battles of Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Va.FILE - In this 1865 photograph made available by the Library of Congress, an African American soldier sits next to a stretcher holding the remains of his comrades who were killed in the battles of Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Va. (AP Photo/Library of Congress, J. Reekie, A. Gardner)
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Associated Press / April 2, 2011
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A hush fell over the crowd filling the elegant hall in downtown Richmond, Va. The vote was about to be announced, and a young staffer of the Museum of the Confederacy balanced his laptop across his knees, poised to get out the news as soon as it was official.

Who would be chosen "Person of the Year, 1861"?

Five historians had made impassioned nominations, and the audience would now decide.

Most anywhere else, the choice would be obvious. Who but Abraham Lincoln? But this was a vote in the capital of the rebellion that Lincoln put down,

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Saturday coffee / Old school. « Fred Klonsky's blog #p2 #tcot #WIUnion

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Saturday coffee.

by Fred Klonsky

As my Spring Break winds down to this last weekend, the temperature might hit 50. All week it has been cold, windy with even a little rain. All that was missing was snow.

I’m being punished for not leaving town.

The Cub’s opening day was yesterday. But Wrigley won’t see this blogger until late May when the Dodgers come to town. Baseball is a summer game. You shouldn’t have to wear a parka. The only ones who should be wearing gloves are the guys on the field.

In Chicago, honor Martin Luther King on the anniversary of his death next Saturday.

This week there are events all across the nation honoring Dr. King on the anniversary of his murder in Memphis

Old school.

by Fred Klonsky

Pinetop Perkins died March 21 at the age of 97.


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KOCH BREAK News | www.kochwatch.org

News | www.kochwatch.org
Tuscon Sentinel: The Koch brothers are getting nervous *March 31, 2011-* Charles and David Koch seem less confident these days. The brothers – who inherited money from their dad and grew it into America’s largest collection of dirty industries – have decided they need to fight back. That’s not ...
Huffington Post: Ohio Union Bill Signed Into Law By John Kasich *April 1, 2011-* Gov. John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a limit on the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers, defying Democrats and other opponents of the measure who have promised to push for repeal. His signature came a day ...
Think Progress: Koch Operative May Have Deceived Officials To Take $2.7M In Taxpayer Money For Governor's Race *March 31, 2011-* In 2008, Steve Lonegan, the New Jersey state director for David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity group, announced a campaign to run for governor. Running as a Republican, Lonegan lost to Chris Christie (R-NJ) in the Republican ...
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Pay-4-Performance: Individual vs. Group Incentives | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Pay-4-Performance: Individual vs. Group Incentives | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Pay-4-Performance: Individual vs. Group Incentives

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Schools are identified as failures under No Child Left Behind. Turning around a school may include firing the staff or even closing the school. In short, the school is the unit for punishing failure.

And that is smart because when it comes to determining failure policymakers understand that schools are collectives of adults and children where structures and group cultures have an enormous influence on what individual teachers and students do. They also recognize that schools are interdependent units of teachers–the 4th grade teacher depends upon the kindergarten through third grade teachers to prepare her students for the work that her 10 year-olds will be doing. Similarly, high school physics teachers depend upon 9th grade math

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Cheating on Roast Beef Sandwiches, Cheating on Standardized Tests: Lessons from D.C. under Michelle Rhee | Seattle Education 2011

Cheating on Roast Beef Sandwiches, Cheating on Standardized Tests: Lessons from D.C. under Michelle Rhee | Seattle Education 2011

Cheating on Roast Beef Sandwiches, Cheating on Standardized Tests: Lessons from D.C. under Michelle Rhee

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When I was about 19, I worked as a cook at a fast-food restaurant chain. Their roast beef sandwiches were advertised as having four ounces of roast beef in them. Did they? Well, the loaves of raw beef that were sent to our restaurant were 10 pounds each. Now, 10 pounds divided by four ounces equals 40 roast-beef sandwiches, right? Not so fast. They actually weighed less when they came out of the oven, due to water loss. The central office was apparently concerned by this loss of “meat,” because they put pressure on all the restaurants to keep

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No April Fools’ joke. IEA circulates anti-MEA faux news. « Fred Klonsky's blog

No April Fools’ joke. IEA circulates anti-MEA faux news. « Fred Klonsky's blog

No April Fools’ joke. IEA circulates anti-MEA faux news.

by Fred Klonsky

I receive the IEA education news digest as email.

Yesterday’s edition contained this link under “National News”: Mich. Teachers Assoc. Features Photo of Gov. Snyder as Devil on Facebook Page

There’s so much that is wrong about this.

The link is not to a news item. It is a blog post by an anti-union blogger. The anti-union blogger wrote his post based on a story that appeared in Michigan Capitol Confidential which is published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. It is less of a news source than Fox and has the real news credibility of Steven Colbert. The Mackinac Center itself has been in the news lately for using FOIA requests of the emails of professors at Michigan universities who teach labor studies, looking for emails that contain the words, “Madison,” “Wisconsin,”

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