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edge.ascd.org - So things have settled down after several days of social media commiserating over the passing of Steve Jobs. When he stepped down at Apple I knew he wasn’t well, but I didn’t expect him to lose his...

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the-sidebar.com - In June I reported about an inquiry from Michael P. Goldenberg of Ann Arbor, MI, to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Goldenberg had questions about a $174,000 contract Duncan arranged when he ra...

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Former Achievement First parents speak out!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - There is a fierce battle over whether an Achievement First charter school will open in Providence. RI-Can and the other Astroturf groups funded by the Walton Foundation and the hedge fund crowd are...

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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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nypost.com - New York political kingmaker and religious leader Floyd Flake rakes in the cash -- and leaves wreckage behind, critics say.For five years, the former congressman headed one of the largest churches ...

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Why the Elites Are in Trouble

truth-out.org - Ketchup, a petite 22-year-old from Chicago with wavy red hair and glasses with bright red frames, arrived in Zuccotti Park in New York on Sept. 17. She had a tent, a rolling suitcase, 40 dollars’ w...

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Because Mos Def Can Say It Better Than I Can Right Now

thejosevilson.com - by Jose on October 10, 2011 Mos DefBecause Mos Def can say it better than I can (all emphases mine) … The fresh, the author and associates are proud to present M-Def the Black, fantastic rawDynamic...

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Panic of the Plutocrats

nytimes.com - It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-ri...

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Occupy Wall Street Offshoot, Unions Protest in Chicago

online.wsj.com - BY JACK NICAS CHICAGO—A long-planned Chicago protest against the financial community was augmented Monday evening by the local offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Thousands of protesters, ...

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Bank Warns Employees About OWS | Occupy Wall Street

alternet.org - OWS has bloomed in more than a dozen major cities all across the country. It stopped being a protest a while ago. It's a movement now. And they're scared. October 10, 2011 | Photo Credit: eden...

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Obama's jobs advisors include job-cutting executives

latimes.com - In another public demonstration of concern about the struggling economy, President Obama will meet in Pittsburgh on Tuesday with the business and labor leaders he has chosen to counsel him on job c...

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Suppose you could add 5.2 million jobs a year right now?

dailykos.com - That is a takeaway from a new economic white paper being released on Wednesday. It has three authors, one of whom is Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubani, who was spot on about our current financial crisis b...

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Metro Atlanta foreclosures up again

ajc.com - By Christopher QuinnThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThere were 8,845 foreclosure notices in the metro Atlanta area in October, up 16 percent from September's 7,634, according to Equity Depot of Ken...

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Making every student an active learner!

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Child and working-age poverty from 2010 to 2020

jrf.org.uk - Download as PDF 0.2 MB Key points The number of children in relative poverty is forecast to rise from 2.6 million in 2009/10 to 2.9 million in 2015/16 and 3.3 million by 2020/21 (measuring income b...

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Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education « InterACT

accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - "Every student, every day" - a reminder to myself posted in my classroom. (photo: Ramin Rahimian) One of the most important guiding principles in education is in loco parentis – we are morally and ...

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Eugene Robinson loves the Occupy protests

dailykos.com - Robinson provides a brief explanation for how we have arrived at where we now find ourselves, technology and globalization, and a set of policies that rather than ameliorate the worst effects there...

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MoveOn.org Civic Action

moveon.org - Get urgent event news and campaign updates texted to your mobile phoneDenver City & County Building, 1437 Bannock St. (Map) Denver, CO 80202Thursday, October 13th, 11:30 AMLet's keep the momentum g...

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A Warning on Wall StreetTruthdig

truthdig.com - Posted on Oct 9, 2011visitordesignSlovenian madman and intellectual hero Slavoj Zizek treated protesters encamped at New York City’s Liberty Plaza to a rousing pep talk Sunday in which he confessed...

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    Great California Shakeout Drill - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

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    Great California Shakeout Drill - Letters (CA Dept of Education):October 10, 2011Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT DRILL ON OCTOBER 20, 2011Last year, more than 7.9 million Californians practiced “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” and other earthquake safety procedures as part of the second Great California ShakeOut drill. Students and staff at more than 360 districts and many private schools accounted for nearly 5.5 million of these participants.Broad school participation in earthquake preparedness from the ... more »

    Haunted by his ties to tainted nonprofit, Education Secretary Arne Duncan ignores questions about $174,000 "phantom" program he arranged for the group

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    The Sidebar: Haunted by his ties to tainted nonprofit, Education Secretary Arne Duncan ignores questions about $174,000 "phantom" program he arranged for the group:Haunted by his ties to tainted nonprofit, Education Secretary Arne Duncan ignores questions about $174,000 "phantom" program he arranged for the groupIn June I reported about an inquiry from Michael P. Goldenberg of Ann Arbor, MI, to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Goldenberg had questions about a $174,000 contract Duncan arranged when he ran the Chicago Public ... more »

    DuPage retired teachers react to Rep. Senger’s pension aggression. « Fred Klonsky's blog

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    DuPage retired teachers react to Rep. Senger’s pension aggression. « Fred Klonsky's blog:DuPage retired teachers react to Rep. Senger’s pension aggression.by Fred KlonskyDear Rep. Senger,I am extremely disappointed to hear that you have added an amendment to HB 3827 that strips pension trustees control of their pensions. Could you please explain why you have chosen this direction concerning HB 3827? We would like to invite you to our DuPage IRTA meeting on December 7 at the Greek Islands restaurant at ... more »

    Teachers increasingly use home visits to connect with students’ families - The Washington Post

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    Teachers increasingly use home visits to connect with students’ families - The Washington Post:Teachers increasingly use home visits to connect with students’ families(Sarah L. Voisin/THE WASHINGTON POST) - At their home, the Nunez Alvarez family listens during a meeting with their son Alvaro’s teachers. Text SizePrintE-mailReprintsBy Kevin Sieff, Published: October 9The two high school teachers knocked at Apartment 512 of a Crystal City high-rise and waited to see the inside of Alvaro Nunez Alvarez’s life.Up to that point, the teachers ... more »

    Stand for Children, School Board Races and the Washington State PTA | Seattle Education

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    Stand for Children, School Board Races and the Washington State PTA | Seattle Education:Stand for Children, School Board Races and the Washington State PTAby seattleducation2011Stand for Children, School Board Elections, the Washington State PTA and Chad Magendanz.As I previously posted in Stand for Children Stands for the Rich and Powerful, Stand for Children (SFC) has proudly declared by way of its’ co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jonah Edelman, that he was successful in busting the teachers’ union in Chicago and ... more »

    John Lennon - Working Class Hero #ows

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    John Lennon's Birthday: What Are His Greatest Songs? (VIDEOS)First Posted: 10/9/11 08:40 AM ET Updated: 10/9/11 10:18 PM ETThe tragedy is that John Lennon graced the earth for but forty years. But a perfect storm of brilliance, social consciousness, personal pain and populist embers whipped around Lennon, leading the confused lad from Northern England to fit more life into those years than perhaps anyone else in the 20th century. For that, on what would have been his 71st birthday, we ... more »

    Latest stealth attack on our pensions. Remember Rep. Senger on Pension Call Tuesday. « Fred Klonsky's blog

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    Latest stealth attack on our pensions. Remember Rep. Senger on Pension Call Tuesday. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Latest stealth attack on our pensions. Remember Rep. Senger on Pension Call Tuesday.by Fred KlonskyPension-killer Illinois House Republican Darlene Senger.This morning I received an email from retired teacher and pension activist Glen Brown.He enclosed a link that led me to this report by John Kugler at Substance:In a controversial legislative move, Republican Naperville Representative Darlene J. Senger joined Rep. Tom Cross (Republican minroity leader ... more »

    Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts

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    Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank TopAMPostsAll Education Matters: Data and Ideology of the We are 99% Tumblr #owsBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoAll Education Matters: Data and Ideology of the We are 99% Tumblr:Data and Ideology of the We are 99% Tumblrfrom All Education Matters by Cryn JohannsenThis collection of data about the We are 99% Tumblr is fascinating.The image of that 4-year-old boy is tragic. It really hits on the fact that children - the ... more »

    Barbara C. Goodman: An Open Letter to Education Reformers | Education News

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    Barbara C. Goodman: An Open Letter to Education Reformers | Education News:Barbara C. Goodman: An Open Letter to Education ReformersBarbara C. Goodman, a teacher, writes that she wants her students to be prepared for life, not just the job market.The following is an open letter to the education reform community by educator Barbara C. Goodman.Dear Education Reformist,We have been battling each other for a long time. You present clear ideas and data to support your reform agenda. I am not ... more »

    Senators Consider Codifying Race to the Top in ESEA - Politics K-12 - Education Week

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    Senators Consider Codifying Race to the Top in ESEA - Politics K-12 - Education Week:Senators Consider Codifying Race to the Top in ESEAby Alyson KleinThe Race may be on for a while longer.Race to the Top, the competitive grant program first created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, would become an authorized part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, under a draftof Senate education leaders' reauthorization proposal circulating around Washington.So far, states have split a total ... more »

    Diane Ravitch to Offer Keynote Address at First-Ever Bronx Education Summit

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    William Paterson University - News:William Paterson University’s Distinguished Lecturer Series Features Leading Educator Diane Ravitch on October 13One of the nation's leading authorities on American education history and policy, Ravitch will speak about issues related to test-based accountability and school choiceDiane RavitchDiane Ravitch, one of the nation’s leading authorities on American education history and policy, will discuss issues related to test-based accountability and school choice on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 7 p.m. as part of the 32nd season of ... more »
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    How YOU Can Help Feed Occupy Wall Street | Addicting Info #ows

    How YOU Can Help Feed Occupy Wall Street | Addicting Info:

    How YOU Can Help Feed Occupy Wall Street

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    An army marches on its stomach - Napoleon Bonaparte

    Why, yes, yes it does! Like any invading hoard of nonviolent protesters, the Occupy Wall St. group has to eat. They have several hundred people to feed on a daily basis and being as OWS isn’t conveniently backed by Koch money, it takes some effort to get it done.

    Here is a quickie PSA on how you can help out!


    And here is his (slightly crumpled) business card:

    If you want to send them something, they can always use bottled water of any kind. If you live in the five Boroughs or New Jersey, you can let them use your kitchen every now and then to cook their food. Or you could just send money. Every little bit helps!
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    U.S. schools chief to discuss LAUSD probe - LA Daily News

    U.S. schools chief to discuss LAUSD probe - LA Daily News:

    U.S. schools chief to discuss LAUSD probe

    Posted: 10/11/2011 01:00:00 AM PDT

    U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be in Los Angeles today to announce the results of a yearlong federal investigation into possible civil rights violations of English-language learners and African-American students in LAUSD.

    Duncan will share details of the investigation during today's regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles Unified School District board. Superintendent John Deasy and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are slated to attend the meeting and explain how they intend to fix problems that were discovered through the probe.

    The investigation launched in March 2010 was aimed at determining whether the the nation's second-largest school district was providing English-

    language learners equal access to educational opportunities offered other LAUSD students.

    The probe entailed evaluating how English-learning students were identified, what programs allowed them to


    School board set to consider reviving disbanded panels

    Posted: 10/11/2011 01:00:00 AM PDT

    A proposal designed to raise the public's awareness of high-profile issues facing Los Angeles Unified is set to be voted on today by the school board.

    School Board member Bennett Kayser introduced a motion in July to reinstate the board's Budget and Audit Committee, the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee and the Facilities Committee.

    The panels were disbanded two years ago after board President Monica Garcia said were too expensive to operate.

    But Kayser said cutting the committees sent the wrong message to the public.

    Those interested in weighing in on the district's building boom, its budget, curriculum and student assessment now can do so only during a three- minute public comment period at LAUSD board meetings.

    Like neighborhood councils, committee meetings would be held all over the district, to allow parents citywide to

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    Engaging Parents In School… - The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits

    Engaging Parents In School… - The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits:

    The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    I’m a big proponent of teachers making home visits, and I wrote a chapter about it in my book on parent engagement. I work closely with the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project, which happens to be based in Sacramento.

    I thought it might be useful if I brought together some of the related resources I’ve posted about over the past year.

    Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits:


    “An Interview with PTA President Betsy Landers”

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    The Learning First blog today published “An Interview with PTA President Betsy Landers.”

    It’s worth a visit.


    “Teachers increasingly use home visits to connect with students’ families”

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    “Teachers increasingly use home visits to connect with students’ families” is a lengthy article that appeared in The Washington Post.

    It’s definitely worth a read….
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