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We Can't Wait to Help America's Graduates

whitehouse.gov - Posted by Arne Duncan and Melody Barnes on October 26, 2011 at 01:27 PM EDT In this globally competitive, knowledge-based economy, higher education has never been more important. Simply put, Americ...

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Nearly Half of States Link Teacher Evaluations to Tests

online.wsj.com - BY STEPHANIE BANCHERO Nearly two-thirds of states have overhauled policies in the last two years to tighten oversight of teachers, using techniques including tying teacher evaluations to student te...

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Last night at the PEP we occupied the DOE!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Last night was inspiring as, for once, the 99% had their say at a Panel for Educational Policy meeting. The meeting, supposed to be a presentation of the Common Core standards, was very quickly t...

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NYC Educator: Governor One Percent

nyceducator.com - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo does not much care for those who'd occupy Albany. So he directed the police to arrest them. No namby-pamby tolerance of First Amendment tolerance for him. Oddly, the police...

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Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters in Oakland, Calif.

thelede.blogs.nytimes.com - October 26, 2011, 12:22 am By SARAH MASLIN NIRJim Wilson/The New York TimesProtesters fled after police deployed tear gas to disperse a large crowd in Oakland on Monday.Police officers shot tear ga...

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Cops surrounding Occupy Oakland

sfgate.com - (10-25) 04:48 PDT OAKLAND -- Oakland police are arriving this morning in force, apparently preparing to remove hundreds of people from a plaza outside City Hall, two weeks after the protesters bega...

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It’s Official: The Rich Are Getting Richer

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — The top 1 percent of earners more than doubled their share of the nation’s income over the last three decades, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, in a new report likely to f...

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Daniel Pink - Full Interview

edupln.ning.com - When Google first appeared on the Internet, I, like many folks, googled myself. I was horrified to discover that someone else with my name had committed suicide and lived to write a book about i...

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Oakland Police Love Kittens, Teargas

washingtoncitypaper.com - Last night I was following along with the #occupyoakland tweets from some folks who were at the protest in Northern California. One attendee—a journo-cartoonist (yes, that is a thing, yes, it is aw...

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Occupy Wall Street barrages banks with letters

democraticunderground.com - Source: Carin's New York BusinessA website that encourages the so-called 99% to write personal letters to 200 top executives and board members from Bank of America Corp., Citigroup, Goldman Sachs G...

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America Needs A RESCUE Mortgage Program | Resurgence

bigthink.com - What we need is a RESCUE Mortgage program, a reduced equity, spoiled credit, unemployed/underemployed expectation loan that brings mortgage relief to those who cannot otherwise qualify for the refi...

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Occupy Hilo Makes Some Noise

my.firedoglake.com - Yesterday, I was finally able to participate in an OWS event, for even my sleepy little hollow, in the middle of nowhere, made some noise! Now, to be fair, Occupy Hilo has already made some noise i...

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Student Aid on the Web

studentaid.ed.gov - Your source for free information from the U.S. Department of Educaiton on preparing for and funding education beyond high school.

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      John Nichols: Big money, bad media, secret agendas: Welcome to America's wildest school board race

      John Nichols: Big money, bad media, secret agendas: Welcome to America's wildest school board race:

      John Nichols: Big money, bad media, secret agendas: Welcome to America's wildest school board race

      School board elections are supposed to be quintessential American contests. Moms and Main Street small-business owners and retired teachers campaign by knocking on doors, writing letters to the editor and debating at elementary schools. Then friends and neighbors troop to the polls and make their choices.
      That's how it still works in Madison.
      But what happens when all the pathologies of national politics — over-the-top spending by wealthy elites and corporate interests, partisan consultants jetting in to shape big-lie messaging, media outlets that cover spin rather than substance — are visited on a local school board contest?
      Emily Sirota is finding out.
      The mom of 10-month-old Isaac, Sirota's a social worker and community organizer with a degree from the University of Denver and a history of working in the community. She's running for a seat representing southeast Denver on the city's school board in one of three school board contests that the city's voters will decide Nov. 1.
      If Sirota wins, her election would in all likelihood shift control of the nonpartisan board, which is currently split 4-3 in favor of so-called "reformers," who critics describe as "the forces trying to


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      Groups linked to Booker, Cerf received nearly one-third of first $13M of Facebook donation to Newark schools | NJ.com

      Groups linked to Booker, Cerf received nearly one-third of first $13M of Facebook donation to Newark schools | NJ.com:

      Groups linked to Booker, Cerf received nearly one-third of first $13M of Facebook donation to Newark schools

      Published: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6:30 AM Updated: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6:50 AM
      Star-Ledger Staff By Star-Ledger Staff
      booker-cerf.jpgRobert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerNewark Mayor Cory Booker and acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf, shown in this January 2011 file photo. One of every three dollars of private money spent so far in Newark's bid to reform its schools has gone to consultants and contractors, many with ties to Booker and Cerf, records show.

      NEWARK — One of every three dollars of private money spent so far in Newark’s bid to reform its schools has gone to consultants and contractors, many with ties to Mayor Cory Booker and acting state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, records show.

      The records, from the state Department of Education, are part of a spate of e-mails obtained by the Newark-based Education Law Center. They detail for the first time how the Foundation for Newark’s Future has spent the first $13 million of the $148 million donated by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other philanthropists to help turn around the city’s struggling public school system.

      While the foundation — the group created to distribute the money — spent $7.4 million between January and September of this

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      NOT YOUR MOTHER’s PTA – ADVOCACY GROUPS RAISE MONEY, VOICES, HOPES: Walton Foundation’s billions meet smf’s 2¢

      4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: NOT YOUR MOTHER’s PTA – ADVOCACY GROUPS RAISE MONEY, VOICES, HOPES: Walton Foundation’s billions meet smf’s 2¢:

      NOT YOUR MOTHER’s PTA – ADVOCACY GROUPS RAISE MONEY, VOICES, HOPES: Walton Foundation’s billions meet smf’s 2¢

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      By Bruno V. Manno in Education Next Winter 2012 / Vol. 12, No. 1 | http://bit.ly/ueBG8k About Education Next: Education Next is a scholarly journal published by the Hoover Institution that is committed to looking at hard facts about school reform. Other sponsoring institutions are the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance, part of the Taubman Center for State and Local
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      Mayor's schools set students up for failure when it comes to college preparation, but more graduate

      Mayor's schools set students up for failure when it comes to college preparation, but more graduate:

      Mayor's schools set students up for failure when it comes to college preparation, but more graduate

      BY RACHEL MONAHAN
      DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

      Thursday, October 27th 2011, 4:00 AM

      Schools founded by Mayor Bloomberg aren't properly readying students for college.
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      Schools founded by Mayor Bloomberg aren't properly readying students for college.

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      Schools founded by the Bloomberg administration are failing to prepare students for college, performing worse than older schools at a key new measure, a Daily News analysis has found.

      The 135 Bloomberg-founded high schools that don't screen applicants for grades or attendance earn higher marks for graduating students on time, though.

      On average, the new schools graduate roughly 70% of students in four years. But just 12% of students who graduate are prepared for college.

      In contrast, similar schools founded before Mayor Bloomberg assumed office graduate on average 64% of students - but 17% are college-ready.

      Students must score at least a 75 on the English Regents test and an 80 on the math test to be considered college-ready.



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      Brooklyn high school locks down four toilets, leaving only one available for 634 students

      BY BEN CHAPMAN
      DAILY NEWS WRITER

      Thursday, October 27th 2011, 4:00 AM

      Kianna Cole said having to use the filthy toilet was worse than getting a month's detention.
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      Kianna Cole said having to use the filthy toilet was worse than getting a month's detention.

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      When you gotta go, you gotta go, but it's not that easy for the 634 students at a downtown Brooklyn high school.

      For the past month a single toilet inside the nurse's office at Science Skills Center High School was the only one open, forcing students to endure bladder-busting waits whenever nature called.

      The school wasn't at a loss for loos, though. Administrators kept four other fully operable bathrooms locked up to prevent kids from misbehaving and getting violent in them, according to staff and students.

      Only after the Daily News inquired Wednesday about the lack of latrines did administrators open two other bathrooms.

      Kianna Cole, 16, an 11th-grader from Mill Basin, said having to use the filthy toilet in the



      Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2011/10/27/2011-10-27_flush_with_rage_when_nature_calls_ignore_it_at_this_bklyn_hs_with_lockdown_on_to.html#ixzz1c4r9xgUB
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      Modern School: California Failing to Provide K-5 Science Education

      Modern School: California Failing to Provide K-5 Science Education:

      California Failing to Provide K-5 Science Education

      by Michael Dunn

      Only 10% of California’s K-5 students regularly experience hands-on science activities the Los Angeles Times reported this week. The data comes from a 2010-2011 survey of teachers, principals and district administrators at 300 California public schools and was conducted by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, SRI International and others.

      The researchers found that 40% of teachers dedicated 60 minutes or less to science instruction, while 13% spent 30 minutes per week or less teaching science. Only one-third of elementary teachers said they felt prepared to teach science, while 85% said they have not received any recent science training. In addition to inadequate training, many felt there was insufficient class time available for science, as so much class time was now devoted to preparation for the state’s high stakes exams. They also complained of lack of funds for
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