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So what do we mean by assessments anyway?

blog.sharepointlearn.com - When one person talks about assessments, they might mean something different to someone else. The best definition I’ve seen of assessment is from my colleague Eric Shepherd: “any systematic method ...

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Editorial: Another shot at Race to the Top

denverpost.com - Hopefully the third time will be the charm for Colorado to win federal education funds. The CEA needs to get behind this bid.News that Colorado will get yet another shot at winning federal educatio...

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Daily Kos: A Sunday morning meditation

dailykos.com - We are spending the weekend preparing our house for my wife's youngest sister, who will spend the summer with us as she fulfills a prestigious internship in the field she has chosen to follow. She...

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Why not honors courses for all? - Class Struggle

washingtonpost.com - Parents in Fairfax County have proved themselves one of the largest and most powerful forces for innovation in American education. But they have taken a wrong turn in their effort to save the three...

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cajacobson A Letter to Arne Duncan From a Teacher in Kansas-OW!:http://t.co/KXP44Hl @EdPressSec@arneduncan @whitehouse @NancyPelosi#edu3 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy

nytimes.com - Durham, N.C. THE protesters who have toppled or endangered Arab dictators are demanding more freedoms, fair elections and a crackdown on corruption. But they have not promoted a distinc...

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Dirty Jobs : Discovery Channel

dsc.discovery.com - Mike Rowe's Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and TransportationMay 11, 2011Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison and members of this committee, my name is Mi...

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Remembering two born on May 29

dailykos.com - 1903 Leslie Townes Hope 1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy both appropriate to remember on Memorial Day weekend. The first was born an Englishman, but became the quintessential American entertainer, Bo...

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Schedule « 140 Character Conference

nyc.140conf.com - 1:30pm Day of Giving Discussion 6:30pm Speaker / VIP Cocktail Reception 7:30am Registration opens 9:00am Welcome to #140conf NYC 2011 9:10am The continued evolution of the real-time web 9:20am Cura...

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Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts.

nytimes.com - A COUPLE of weeks ago, I replaced my three-year-old BlackBerry Pearl with a much more powerful BlackBerry Bold. Needless to say, I was impressed with how far the technology had advanced in three ye...

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The Best Websites To Learn About The Hmong

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - This is a “The Best…” list I should have done long ago. Since so many of the English Language Learners at our school are Hmong, these resources are high-interest opportunities for English language ...

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Today in Labor History—May 29

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/05/today-in-labor-historymay-29.html"; Louise MichelMay 29, 1830 – Anarchist Louise Michel, was born in Vroncourt, France. Michel, also known as T...

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Bill Picks Up First GOP Cosponsor

huffingtonpost.com - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has signed on as the first Republican supporter of a bill outlawing discrimination against same-sex couples from becoming adoptive or foster paren...

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Amazon Reveals Most Well-Read Cities in the U.S.

mashable.com - Stereotypes about which areas of the United States are “more literate” than others are common, but actual data on the matter was hard to find until Amazon volunteered its records on Thursday.The co...

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Teacher Art Retreat 2011

theinspiredclassroom.com - The Inspired Classroom presents:When: August 15, 16 & 17; 8:00-3:00 Where: Cashman Elementary School, Amesbury, MA Who: ALL teachers—Any subject, any grade! Join teachers from the area who are read...

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A Letter to Arne Duncan From a Teacher in Kansas-OW!

seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - A teacher in Kansas, David Reber, tells it like it is to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, no holds barred.Mr. Duncan, I read your Teacher Appreciation Week letter to teachers, and had at first d...

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    Florida GOP Suppresses Democracy? « Tangerine, Florida

    Florida GOP Suppresses Democracy? « Tangerine, Florida

    Florida GOP Suppresses Democracy?

    Just wondering, how did Scott get elected anyway?

    According to a new Quinnipiac University poll of Florida voters, Rick Scott is now one of the country’s most unpopular governors, a dubious feat after only four months in office.

    It’s bad news for Republican Party bosses, but all is not lost. Scott recently signed a new election bill that is callously designed to suppress voter turnout, making it harder for many disgruntled Floridians to cast a valid ballot in 2012.

    Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state, so GOP leaders are desperate to find ways to keep certain people away from the polls. One of the Legislature’s top priorities was to change the voting rules to avoid a repeat of 2008, when Barack Obama won the state’s 27 electoral votes on his way to the presidency.

    Obama benefited from early-voting days, which proved popular among minorities, college students and retirees. Republican officials became incensed during the election when then-Gov. Charlie Crist — one of their own — decided to extend polling hours to accommodate the long lines.

    Daily Kos: Remembering two born on May 29

    Daily Kos: Remembering two born on May 29

    Remembering two born on May 29

    1903 Leslie Townes Hope

    1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    both appropriate to remember on Memorial Day weekend.

    The first was born an Englishman, but became the quintessential American entertainer, Bob Hope. For many who served overseas, the shows he brought were a connection with home, in the midst of conflicts like Vietnam, or merely just being far away from family and friends.

    The second served with honor in the Navy, became a Congressman, a Senator and President of our nation, still the youngest ever elected to that position.

    He may have been a flawed man, but one cannot doubt his courage and his willingness to take on hard things - he committed to Civil Rights in the face of Southern Democratic intransigence, he was willing to confront the