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Putting Our Teachers Back to Work: Stephanie Harris Walker

ed.gov - Stephanie Harris Walker, Putting Our Teachers Back to Work. Cross-posted from the White House Blog. “My name is Stephanie Harris Walker. I am a 43-year-old, married mother of two beautiful childre...

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As School Layoffs Loom, City Points Finger at Union Chief, Who Points Right Back

nytimes.com - With more than 700 school aides facing their last day at work on Friday barring a last-minute deal, the Bloomberg administration is blaming the school aides’ powerful labor union, District Council ...

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The School Closing Follies, by Marc Epstein

nycatr.blogspot.com - Marc Epstein, also known as the Ronin Teacher, sent us this article about school closings. We all know that school closings harm teachers by forcing them into the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR). Her...

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Yo-Yo Ma makes music for all - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - ALEJANDRO ESCALONA alejandroescalona@comcast.net October 5, 2011 9:48PM Updated: October 6, 2011 2:17AM Students at Telpochcalli Elementary in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood were excited bec...

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Time to change the stakes with testing? Join us for an evening with Yong Zhao!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - American education is at a crossroads. Two paths lie in front of us: one in which we destroy our strengths in order to catch up with others on test scores and one in which we build on our strengths...

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Paradoxes of the Finland Phenomenon

joebower.org - Have you noticed there's a lot of hullabaloo about Finland's education system lately? I've been paying attention to what the Finns have been doing for a couple years now, but it is only recently t...

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Federal K-12 Arts Ed Funding on the Chopping Block Again

artsjournal.com - For those who have followed Dewey21C, hopefully you’ve noticed that I have been silent since the end of July. A month off from work followed that last post, and as we’re blowing through September, ...

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Wall Street Warily Eyes the Protests on Its Doorstep

wnyc.org - The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have riveted the nation's attention, and are now spreading to other cities, but it's unclear whether the protesters' message is actually reaching financial ins...

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Opinion: Chile's education reform via the hard-left heartthrob

chicagotribune.com - Chile's youthful revolutionary leader is rattling a nation — and a continent — as she champions education reform. It is 7 p.m. in Brasilia, and the streets of Brazil's capital are jammed with homeb...

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Legal Scholar Derrick Bell Dead at 80

theroot.com - We had barely absorbed the sad news of the passing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Wednesday -- not to mention the death of Apple leader Steve Jobs -- when we heard news of another tragic loss: the deat...

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Inspired By Occupy Wall Street, Unions Join Activists for Historic March

democracynow.org - Organized labor will serve notice today on the bankers and the politicians that the young protesters of Occupy Wall Street speak for millions. The labor rally will signal just how far unions have c...

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Anger Toward Wall Street Understandable, Cuomo Says

capitaltonight.com - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this morning he understood why protestors continue to demonstrate in Lower Manhattan, part of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street presence that has been growing in strength and su...

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Obama: Wall Street protests show a "broad-based frustration"

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - President Obama speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images/ 10/6/2011President Obama said Thursday that the Occupy Wall Street protests show ...

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Obama news conference: Obama: Occupy Wall Street protests show Americans' frustration

chicagotribune.com - President Obama speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House.(Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images / October 6, 2011) By Michael A. Memoli 10:50 a.m. CDT, October 6, 2011 President O...

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State-of-the-Art Hospitals Coming to Underserved Areas of Mexico

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 7:27 pm, October 6, 2011 Photo Credits: Centro Medico Puerta de Hierro Not long ago, patients in need of specialized services in Tepic, the capital of the Mexican state of Nayarit, had...

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What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).mov

edusped.com - In this video clip Dr. Manning-Courtney from the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center and the Kelly O’Leary Center, and Arnold Miller, Ph.D., of Language and Cognitive Developmental Center ...

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Former Astronaut Launches Bid For Congress

democraticunderground.com - Source: Florida TodayA former NASA astronaut who grew up in a family of migrant farmers is returning to his California roots to run for Congress.Jose Hernandez flew as a mission specialist aboard D...

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Ty Fahner is a big fat liar. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Illinois is Broke is an organization fully funded by the the pals and members of the Civic Committee and their millionaire lawyer, Ty Fahner. As part of their efforts to destroy the Teacher Retirem...

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Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & Review

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & ReviewShould Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's...

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Soros fails to quash insider trading conviction

democraticunderground.com - Source: Finanical TimesGeorge Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has lost a case at the European Court of Human Rights to have his criminal conviction for insider dealing quashed.The failed...

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How He Made The Nerd Cool

huffingtonpost.com - Apple, more than any other company, factored us, the people, in, and extrapolated outwards. Designers obsessively anticipate the forms they see fitting into our worlds, often changing those worlds ...

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Apple Founder Jumps Into the iCloud (RIP Steve Jobs) | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Apple Founder Jumps Into the iCloud (RIP Steve Jobs) | The Jose Vilson:Apple Founder Jumps Into the iCloud (RIP Steve Jobs)by JoseSteve JobsWhat I did know about Steve Jobs growing up was the imagi...

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iPhone 4S: “Lo Siento… No Hablo Español”

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:35 pm, October 6, 2011 Photo Credits: iPhone 4S Doesn't Speak Spanish Siri, the new iPhone 4S voice recognition app, responds to commands in three dialects of English, French and Ge...

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Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time]

thejosevilson.com - OccupyEverythingFor World’ Teachers’ Day, all the big edu-wigs broke out in song about saluting great teachers, trying to stretch their arms out their offices far enough to find a teacher they’d co...

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Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time] | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time] | The Jose Vilson:Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time]by JoseOccupyEverythingFor World’ Teachers’ Day, all the big edu-wig...

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Will the Real Progressives Please Stand Up!

nbcchicago.com - After finishing third in February’s mayoral election, Miguel del Valle promised to use his following among neighborhood activists to build a progressive movement in Chicago. On Saturday, Oct. 15, f...

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Hike it! Bike it! I like it! Walk to School 2011 | ED.gov Blog

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Hike it! Bike it! I like it! Walk to School 2011 | ED.gov Blog:Hike it! Bike it! I like it! Walk to School 2011Posted on October 6, 2011 by Guest BloggerIt’s a special day when communities and schools, parents, kids, and teachers make that extra effort to find an alternate safe way to get to school other than riding on a bus or in a car. Meg McFarland, Walking School Bus Committee Chair, at Briarcliff Elementary in the North Kansas ... more »

Linked K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Data—A Bipartisan Holy Grail?

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Linked K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Data—A Bipartisan Holy Grail?:Linked K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce Data—A Bipartisan Holy Grail?by Amy LaitinenIt’s rare to see Republicans and Democrats agree on anything these days, so it was particularly heartening at yesterday’s Data Quality Campaign meeting on Strengthening the Feedback Loop: Using Data to Support the College-and-Career-Ready Agenda, to see high-ranking conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats sound the call for better data to understand how secondary and postsecondary schools prepare students for further edu... more »

Idealism that Blinds: Facing Social and Educational Inequity | Dailycensored.com

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Idealism that Blinds: Facing Social and Educational Inequity | Dailycensored.com:Idealism that Blinds: Facing Social and Educational InequityWritten by Paul ThomasEducationOct 6, 20110diggShareOne aspect of the education reform debate that persistently gives me pause is the claim that the top students are being short-changed in U.S. public education—specifically due to disproportionate time and money being spent on struggling students. I have attempted to address this argument bothseriously and satirically, but each approach has brought primarily defense of those neglected top stude... more »

Study looks at 20 years of Chicago school reforms | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Study looks at 20 years of Chicago school reforms | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Study looks at 20 years of Chicago school reformsby thenotebook on Oct 06 2011 Posted in Latest newsCOMMENTS (0)PRINTEMAILTags:data Education Weekstandardized testing racial equityThe Notebook recently began sharing content with Education Week, where this piece originally appeared.As we continue to search for reliable measures to evaluate a school district’s progress and debate the true meaning of test score gains, this sobering story broke in Chicago. A complex ... more »

Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are a laughing stock with their anti-teacher pension ad. « Fred Klonsky's blog

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Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are a laughing stock with their anti-teacher pension ad. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are a laughing stock with their anti-teacher pension ad.by Fred KlonskySince Ty “Big Fat Liar” Fahner and his front group, Illinois is Broke, came out with their ad with an actress portraying a handwringing teacher, the response has been underwhelming.The ad shows a teacher in a classroom setting only Hollywood would recognize. She’s a school marm ... more »

Genocide Education Survey - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

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Genocide Education Survey - Letters (CA Dept of Education):October 5, 2011Dear County and District Superintendents, Charter School Administrators, and High School Principals:GENOCIDE EDUCATION SURVEYThe California Department of Education (CDE), with the assistance of The Genocide Education Project, has prepared a brief online survey regarding the teaching of the Armenian Genocide.Please ask the history-social science teachers in your district/school to take the survey. Your help completing this survey will allow us to have a better understanding about how this subject is ... more »

5 Lessons from the Save Our Schools & AERO Conferences | IDEA

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5 Lessons from the Save Our Schools AERO Conferences | IDEA:5 Lessons from the Save Our Schools AERO Conferencesby Melia Dicker in The LandscapeIt is summer conference season. Oh yes, it is summer conference season.As you may have noticed from our social media updates, the IDEA team has been traveling all over creation for the past couple of months. Last month Dana Bennis flew to Devon, England, for the 19th annual International Democratic Education Conference, while Scott Nine went to ... more »

solidaridad: CAMS October Actions: Stop Military Recruiters from having easy access to our children!!!

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solidaridad: CAMS October Actions: Stop Military Recruiters from having easy access to our children!!!:CAMS October Actions: Stop Military Recruiters from having easy access to our children!!!by Robert D. Skeels * rdsatheneInform students about their right to "opt out" of their school giving their private information to MILITARY RECRUITERS! Join Palisadians for Peace and CAMS as they distribute Student Privacy (Opt Out) forms to high school juniors and seniors.October Student Privacy (Opt Out) Actions:Thursday, October 6, 7amBelmont High School1575 W 2nd ... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: It's Confirmed! Totalitarian Democracy Alive and Well in Education.

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Missouri Education Watchdog: It's Confirmed! Totalitarian Democracy Alive and Well in Education.:It's Confirmed! Totalitarian Democracy Alive and Well in Education.by stlgretchenWe change the quote at the top of the MEW page from time to time and our current heading reads:Is this Arne's Duncan plan for public education?"Totalitarian democracy is a term made famous by Israeli historian J. L. Talmon to refer to a system of government in which lawfully elected representatives maintain the integrity of a nation state whose citizens, ... more »

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Nobel Peace Prize Resources

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Nobel Peace Prize Resources:

Nobel Peace Prize Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo

As The New York Times has reported, 2011′s Nobel Peace Prize winners are “Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa’s first elected female president — her compatriot, peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner.” Here are additions to The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Three Activist Women is from The New York Times.

Nobel Peace prize winners – the full list is an infographic from The Guardian.

Yemen’s ‘Mother of the Revolution’, Liberian president, peace activist share Nobel prize is from MSNBC.

Here’s a video from CNN:

A closer look at the Nobel Peace Prize is a video and article from CNN.

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