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Preparing for State Tests, to a Hip-Hop Beat

nytimes.com - The team of six high school girls new to America sat frozen waiting for the next missing lyric, whiteboard and marker at the ready. They glanced toward their classmates, who sat nearby, in two comp...

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The Real Score on the 2011 Test Scores « EdVox

edvox.org - By Zakiyah Ansari Next, Wednesday, August 17th is the next Panel for Education Policy (PEP) meeting at Murry Bergtraum High School, and on the agenda are contracts and the budget. Does anyone bes...

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Accountability for what?

allthingsedu.blogspot.com - I will soon put up a guest post in response to Virginia Heffernan's recent New York Times op-ed about "archaic" learning tools and products such as research papers. Thinking about this, as well as ...

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For Some, Budget Pain Doesn’t Hurt

nytimes.com - Summer is draining from the calendar, and across the city, school principals are swallowing hard and sending out notes to their staff. They go something like this: No yearbook. No dance team. No dr...

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Expense records show who has had Arlene Ackerman's ear

articles.philly.com - For months, the Maven website also has highlighted Ackerman's praise for Shaw's business services in a blurb above a list of Maven's clients.Questioned about that, Ackerman's spokeswoman, Shana Kem...

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Charles Dameron: Rick Perry's Crony Capitalism Problem

online.wsj.com - Gov. Rick Perry's presidential pitch goes something like this: During one of the worst recessions in American history, he's kept his state "open for business." In the last two years, Texas created ...

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Ohio seems to be home to the most charter school scammers

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Brennan"The market works in supplying a quality product in the delivery of services because failure is not tolerated by the market. If you fail, you go out of business." -- David Brennan To get a...

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Study finds Philly is segregated in schools, housing

thenotebook.org - Two studies from Brown University look at segregation in housing and schools, and find that Philadelphia is one of the most unequal regions in the country. Daniel Denvir wrote about the study for t...

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School Tech Connect: Nose, Grindstone

schooltechconnect.com - The permanent pension attack is gearing back up. We're outspent, but we're not outnumbered, and as long as it's one-person*, one-vote in this country we have a chance to defend ourselves. Here's to...

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Final Friday. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Today is the final Friday of my last summer break. Next Friday my final teaching year begins with one of those Institute Days: A morning motivational speaker and an afternoon of meetings, with fold...

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Texas Lets The Poor Burn To Keep The Rich Cool

addictinginfo.org - Texas has, like much of the country, experienced a brutal heat wave this year. Triple digit temperatures are a mortal threat to the elderly. children and other vulnerable citizens and Texas has a s...

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Twitter timeline of The Game's 'telephone flash mob'

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials are continuing their investigation into the rapper The Game and the tweets that sparked a "telephone flash mob" Friday night that jammed emergency phone lines...

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Obama appoints GE's Immelt to competitiveness council

ctpost.com - SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- President Barack Obama, aiming to reinforce the message that the second half of his first term will be all about jobs, named Jeffrey Immelt, president and chief executive offic...

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Company Takes on Earthquake Predictions

baycitizen.org - A Silicon Valley company is assembling a sprawling network of electrical contraptions across California that its investors hope will prove many seismologists wrong and become a valuable public-safe...

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1 ¾ cents well spent

camajorityreport.com - by Kaitilin Gaffney, Pacific Program Director, Ocean ConservancyNo one likes to return from vacation to a pile of work. But that is precisely the situation the Senate Appropriations Committee will ...

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Over 160 children reported among drone deaths: TBIJ

thebureauinvestigates.com - Six-year-old Sameeda Gul was injured in a drone strike in Pakistan on October 21 2009. The Bureau has identified credible reports of 168 children killed in seven years of CIA drone strikes in Paki...

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BART explains cell phone disruption; ACLU pans action

contracostatimes.com - BART on Friday released a statement explaining its actions after cellphone reception in four downtown San Francisco stations was interrupted Thursday in a move to disrupt a planned demonstration, a...

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Los otros periodistas en el país de @MashiRafael

miltonramirez.org - Por si no conocen quien es ‘mashi‘ Rafael en Twitter, él es el presidente de los ecuatorianos el Econ. Rafael Correa. Como existe una gran discusión en torno a la libertad de prensa en el país suda...

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    Taking a deep hard look at Singapore Mathematics | Wild About Math!

    Taking a deep hard look at Singapore Mathematics | Wild About Math!

    Taking a deep hard look at Singapore Mathematics

    by Sol

    [ Editor's note: The following is an opinion piece by Mr. Frederick Koh at www.whitegroupmaths.com. ]

    The “Made in Singapore” tag literally applies to me-born here, bred here, educated here. To a certain extent, I was blessed to have studied mathematics in this little country, as its curriculum was exceptionally rigorous and thorough. That said, is Singapore maths really that awesome and perfect? Absolutely not .In fact its pretty flawed. Being someone who “survived” this journey (which was generally manageable, but not quite pleasant at times), perhaps I might be in a better position to put things into perspective.

    Mention Singapore Maths to educators around the world, and thoughts normally conjured up would be those of

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    The Peer Matching Network « Cooperative Catalyst

    The Peer Matching Network « Cooperative Catalyst

    The Peer Matching Network

    by teganor

    A good educational system should have three purposes: it should provide all who want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them; and, finally, furnish all who want to present an issue to the public with the opportunity to make their challenge known.

    -Ivan Illich

    The above quote was from “Deschooling Society,” written by social critic and educational activist Ivan Illich. I read this book last month, and took away several ideas.

    • Education should be universal and open, but not compulsory
    • The current system, with its focus on certification before experience, fosters classism and exclusivity. This exclusiveness leads to idea that learning only happens in school. The concept of learning is trapped
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    Jersey Jazzman: Shared Sacrifice? Jersey Jazzman: Shared Sacrifice? Shared Sacrifice? by Duke So I keep thinking about Chris Christie's call last year for "shared sacrifice" from New Jersey's teachers. And I keep thinking about how NJ public worker pension and benefits contributions are ...

    More Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare" - Dana Goldstein More Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare" - Dana Goldstein More Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare" by Dana Goldstein No piece of journalism is ever perfectly-crafted or argued, and I think Matt ...

    Anti-Union and Anti-Women | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights Anti-Union and Anti-Women | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights Anti-Union and Anti-Women [image: Charlotte Williams's picture] By Charlotte Williams on August 12, 2011 A recent Salon article by Natasha Lennard discusses the central role ...

    NYC Public School Parents: Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with VerizonNYC Public School Parents: Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with Verizon Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with Verizon by Leonie Haimson *On Wednesday, August 17, the Department of Education's Panel ...

    Rick Scott Gives Lip Service to Teacher Pay | Scathing Purple Musings Rick Scott Gives Lip Service to Teacher Pay | Scathing Purple Musings Rick Scott Gives Lip Service to Teacher Pay by Bob Sikes From Peter Schorsch’s StPetersblog: Gov. Rick Scott generally stuck to a familiar script while taking questions from callers ...

    The Nation: Biased Slant Misses Point On Education : NPR The Nation: Biased Slant Misses Point On Education : NPR The Nation: Biased Slant Misses Point On Education by DANA GOLDSTEIN *Dana Goldstein is a Puffin Foundation* writing fellow *at* The Nation Institute *and a* Schwartz Fellow *at the* New America ...

    OTL Campaign Blog: Ohio judge takes steps hold Ohio charter operator accountable for actions OTL Campaign Blog: Ohio judge takes steps hold Ohio charter operator accountable for actions Ohio judge takes steps hold Ohio charter operator accountable for actions by otlcampaign Our friends at the Public Education Network highlighted this news ...

    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: No Child Left Behind "Waivers": A View from the Classroom Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: No Child Left Behind "Waivers": A View from the Classroom No Child Left Behind "Waivers": A View from the Classroom Good piece at *Gapers Block *by SOSer *Adam Heenan*, a public school teacher in Chicago. *When Duncan ...

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    Arne Duncan, Suuuuuuuuuper Geeeeeeenius! « Jay P. Greene's Blog Arne Duncan, Suuuuuuuuuper Geeeeeeenius! « Jay P. Greene's Blog Arne Duncan, Suuuuuuuuuper Geeeeeeenius! by Greg Forster (Guest post by Greg Forster) Before he goes ahead with the plan to set himself up as America’s first one-man legislature, Arne ...
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    Teachers, my commitment to you… | Connected Principals

    Teachers, my commitment to you… | Connected Principals

    Teachers, my commitment to you…

    by Justin Tarte

    As I prepare for my first year as an administrator, I continue to be humbled and amazed by the many intricacies of the administrative job (and school hasn’t even started yet!). I have spoken with many current administrators, and they all say the first year as an administrator is by far the most difficult.

    Though I have been spending a lot of time speaking with administrators, I have also taken a significant amount of time to speak with teachers, both in my new building as well as with

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    Why Rick Perry’s Entrance into the GOP Field is Bad News for Ed Reformers | Scathing Purple Musings

    Why Rick Perry’s Entrance into the GOP Field is Bad News for Ed Reformers | Scathing Purple Musings

    Why Rick Perry’s Entrance into the GOP Field is Bad News for Ed Reformers

    by Bob Sikes

    I suppose I should admit to seeing myself as an oddball. When compared to my friends whom have joined me in opposing the corporate/test-based reform movement, I enter the battle with a different resume. While its true I’m a public school teacher who is pro-union (Full disclosure: I will receive retirement benefits from the Major League Baseball Player’s Association in addition to those I will receive from Florida’s pension system) I have actively written in support of republican candidates. I also opposed Barack Obama’s candidacy. My transformation to the perspective I write from now was abrupt and epiphanic. The alteration of Florida’s education system by Rick Scott and his ideological privatization allies in the legislature was abominable in it’s heavy-handed treachery.

    I’ve neither forsaken nor lost all past allegiances and philosophies and have been following republican presidential politics with interest. Today’s entry of Texas Governor Rick Perry into the race has the potential to

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    Schools Matter: Comments on Lefty Parent's August 12 Diane Ravitch Post

    Schools Matter: Comments on Lefty Parent's August 12 Diane Ravitch Post

    Comments on Lefty Parent's August 12 Diane Ravitch Post

    by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene
    Charter Schools are privatization and are a vehicle for vouchers
    Lefty Parent:

    Thank you for your excellent essay Thoughts on Diane Ravitch's Critique of U.S. Education System.

    I've been intending to write a piece on how gender bias, sexism, and rank misogyny are contributing underlying reasons for purveyors of neoliberalism to have attacked K-12 first (without question profit is their overarching reason). I'll be quoting your cogent essay at length when I do. Divide and conquer is colonialism 101, and not only have the corporate charlatans like Parent Revolution's lawbreaking and trigger-happy Ben Austin found a way to pit
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    Jersey Jazzman: MSNBC Education Show - NO TEACHERS ALLOWED!

    Jersey Jazzman: MSNBC Education Show - NO TEACHERS ALLOWED!

    MSNBC Education Show - NO TEACHERS ALLOWED!

    by Duke
    MSNBC is going to be doing a show on education tomorrow, August 14, from noon to 2 PM EDT. The show's producers have tweeted the panelists on the show.

    Not ONE panelist for this show is a practicing K-12 teacher or principal. Not ONE panelist represents a teachers union.


    This is appalling - especially when Derrell Bradford, committed teachers union basher, will be sitting on the
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