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Keeping the Beat | ED.gov Blog

ed.gov - School districts are straining to deliver a quality education to all their students in this difficult economy, and things can be especially tough on music teachers. Across the country, shrinking s...

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C. M. Rubin: How Will We Read: In Public Libraries?

huffingtonpost.com - "When asked to support local library funding measures, communities have done so, voting in favor of 87% of operating funding measures last year." -- Molly RaphaelLibraries across the United States ...

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Students Pass Classes They Never Took

myfoxdfw.com - DALLAS, Tx - The controversy involves students at Tom Field Elementary receiving fabricated grades for courses they alledgedly were never taught so teachers, who were being pressured, could spend a...

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A Framing Memo for Occupy Wall Street

huffingtonpost.com - I was asked weeks ago by some in the Occupy Wall Street movement to make suggestions for how to frame the movement. I have hesitated so far, because I think the movement should be framing itself. I...

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*** Painting the Wall St "Occupiers" as dirty hippies, etc.

dakotatoday.typepad.com - The rightwing of US press coverage is working hard to diminish the issues raised by the Wall St "occupiers" by attacking the occupiers. The "mainstream" press has generally ignored the protestors ...

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Occupy: Ditch tents, get savvy - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com November 20, 2011 6:48PM Laura Washington Updated: November 20, 2011 6:48PM Michael Bloomberg has handed the Occupy movement a golden opportunity. Last Tue...

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Boring Cruel Romantics

nytimes.com - There’s a word I keep hearing lately: “technocrat.” Sometimes it’s used as a term of scorn — the creators of the euro, we’re told, were technocrats who failed to take human and cultural factors int...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 21, 2011 AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, O...

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A Framing Memo for Occupy Wall Street

huffingtonpost.com - I was asked weeks ago by some in the Occupy Wall Street movement to make suggestions for how to frame the movement. I have hesitated so far, because I think the movement should be framing itself. I...

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*** Painting the Wall St "Occupiers" as dirty hippies, etc.

dakotatoday.typepad.com - The rightwing of US press coverage is working hard to diminish the issues raised by the Wall St "occupiers" by attacking the occupiers. The "mainstream" press has generally ignored the protestors ...

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Occupy: Ditch tents, get savvy - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com November 20, 2011 6:48PM Laura Washington Updated: November 20, 2011 6:48PM Michael Bloomberg has handed the Occupy movement a golden opportunity. Last Tue...

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      Why It Matters: Occupy Student Debt! | HyperVocal #ows

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      Why It Matters: Occupy Student Debt! | HyperVocal:Occupy Student Debt!POSTED NOVEMBER 21ST 3:14PM BY CRYN JOHANNSENREAD MORE: TAGS: EDUCATION, OCCUPY STUDENT DEBT, OCCUPY WALL STREET, STUDENT LOAN DEBT, STUDENT LOANS 12 share32Today, November 21, 2011 is the beginning of the National Campaign to Occupy Student Debt. According to an official statement, the pledge consists of three things:1) A debtor’s pledge to refuse loan payments.The pledge will take effect after a million debtors have signed.2) A faculty pledge of support for ... more »

      Schools Matter: Where Do Feinstein and Boxer Stand on the Sadism of UC Davis Police?

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      Schools Matter: Where Do Feinstein and Boxer Stand on the Sadism of UC Davis Police?:Where Do Feinstein and Boxer Stand on the Sadism of UC Davis Police?by Jim HornChancellor Linda Katehi should be fired--period. As she preens and postures, her goon squads stand ready for the next excuse to use all their new toys purchased with unlimited Homeland Security cash. bin Laden must have smiled many times when reading of how his murderous acts turned America into a police state ... more »

      Education Roundup for 11-18-11 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)

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      Education Roundup for 11-18-11 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):Education Roundup for Week Ending November 18, 2011SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's Education Roundup featuring education-related announcements of public interest.Mathematics Framework Focus Group RecruitmentThe CDE is recruiting educators from throughout California to participate in focus groups to revise the Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve.Revisions are necessary to incorporate and support the Common Core State Sta... more »

      More on the Characteristics of Students Entering IDEA Charter Schools « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

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      More on the Characteristics of Students Entering IDEA Charter Schools « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues:More on the Characteristics of Students Entering IDEA Charter Schoolsby Dr. Ed FullerBelow is more data on the characteristics of 5th grade public school students (2009-10 school year) entering IDEA charter schools and public schools in the 6th grade (2010-11 school year).Table 1 examines the number and percentage of students enrolled public schools in the IDEA Charter market area in the 5th grade in ... more »

      Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm funnels millions more away from public to charter school operators

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      Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm funnels millions more away from public to charter school operators:Rahm funnels millions more away from public to charter school operatorsby Mike KlonskyAutocrat Rahm is determined to teach Chicago teachers and their union a lesson. Dropping the F-bomb on CTU president Karen Lewis obviously wasn't satisfying enough for Emanuel. So now he's figured out a way to funnel $2.7 million in badly needed school funds to the operators of 36 privately managed charter schools in exchange ... more »

      The Pyramid, the Funnel and the Megaphone - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

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      The Pyramid, the Funnel and the Megaphone - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:The Pyramid, the Funnel and the Megaphoneby Nancy FlanaganWho calls the shots in educational decision-making?Where are policy ideas generated and developed? Who implements them when they become rules and mandates? Who suffers when policy causes unintended consequences--or even damage-- to school communities and children?I participated in a wonderful professional development workshop last weekend, hosted by the Virginia Education Association and created by the teacher ... more »

      Outside Agitators? | AMPS

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      Outside Agitators? | AMPS:Outside Agitators?by Thomas J. MertzThe Animals – “We’ve Gotta To Get Out Of This Place” (click to listen or download).The self-selected Board of the Madison Predatory Academy are an interesting bunch. As the Board of Education considers their request for a non-instrumentality school charter with “total authority to make decisions related to budget, personnel, curriculum, school policy and overall operations,” I hope we hear more from and about them and their plans After all, baring extreme circumstances ... more »

      FROM TITLE IX TO TITLE NERD « Teachers Fight Back

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      FROM TITLE IX TO TITLE NERD « Teachers Fight Back:FROM TITLE IX TO TITLE NERDby alkleenIt’s been thirty-nine years since Congress passed Title IX and it’s now time for Congress to pass Title Nerd. Among other things, Title IX required schools that receive federal funds to provide equal opportunities in athletic programs for girls and women.Title Nerd would require schools to create academic teams that would be on an equal basis with their athletic teams. The academic teams would be ... more »

      Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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      Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:WEEKEND QUOTABLESby Mike KlonskyUniversity of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from the school's quad FridayCharles J. KellyA former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote the department's use of force guidelines, said pepper spray is a "compliance tool" that can be used on subjects who do not

      The Flu and You: Tips for Staying Healthy | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

      Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 13 minutes ago
      The Flu and You: Tips for Staying Healthy | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:The Flu and You: Tips for Staying Healthyby NEA Health Information NetworkEditor’s Note: This post is from our partners at the NEA Health Information Network (NEA HIN). Each month, we feature a new column on a topic related to school health. Through this effort, we hope to inform the public of important health issues that impact schools and offer educators and parents resources to ... more »

      Who Are The Occupiers? | Dailycensored.com #ows

      Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 hours ago
      Who Are The Occupiers? | Dailycensored.com: Janice Leber (Chopped Liver)PoliticsNov 20, 20110diggSharePolice closed down the bridge so the protesters couldn't.Portland, Oregon, is occupied. In the blink of an eye, Portland became a police state. Good cop became bad cop in the space of a day — specifically Nov. 13, when Portland’s formal downtown Occupation was rousted and the parks were fenced off. Since then they have been guarded 24/7 by gruff police in riot gear.The Occupy movement called for a ... more »

      LA Times backs California's NCLB Defiance - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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      LA Times backs California's NCLB Defiance - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:LA Times backs California's NCLB Defianceby Anthony CodyFollow me on Twitter: @anthonycodyToday the Los Angeles Times, the largest circulation newspaper in the largest metropolis in the most populous state in the nation, came out in support of the decision by Governor Jerry Brown and Superintendent Tom Torlakson to ignore the Department of Education's invitation to file for a waiver of No Child Left Behind.The newspaper's editorial board ... more »

      NYC Public School Parents: Bloomberg DOE Mismanagement of Queens High School at November PEP Meeting

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      NYC Public School Parents: Bloomberg DOE Mismanagement of Queens High School at November PEP Meeting:Bloomberg DOE Mismanagement of Queens High School at November PEP Meetingby Patrick J. SullivanThe November Panel for Educational Policy meeting was held in the Frank Sinatra High School in Astoria, Queens.Rules of OrderPanel members were provided with headphones to allow us to hear each other in case the noise got too loud. The audience was relatively small so we did no

      Schools Matter: Christie, Who's Your Mama? Who's Your Daddy?

      Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 hours ago
      Schools Matter: Christie, Who's Your Mama? Who's Your Daddy?:Christie, Who's Your Mama? Who's Your Daddy?by Judy RabinNew Jersey is fast becoming the latest front in the war against teacher unions, tenure and quality public education, all with the help of a new front organization called "Better Education for Kids." Not since No Child Left Behind has such a misleading, clever propaganda campaign been hoisted on the public. Even though in terms of performance and community satisfaction, New Jersey's public schools ... more »

      NYC Public School Parents: Video: the drummers from Occupy Wall St. and Norman Siegel gather around the corner from Bloomberg's residence #ows

      Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 hours ago
      NYC Public School Parents: Video: the drummers from Occupy Wall St. and Norman Siegel gather around the corner from Bloomberg's residence:Video: the drummers from Occupy Wall St. and Norman Siegel gather around the corner from Bloomberg's residenceby Leonie HaimsonThis afternoon, I went to see the drummers who, after being kicked out of Zuccotti Park, decided to protest outside Bloomberg's townhouse on E. 79 St. Sadly, the police blocked off the street, but the drummers gathered anyway on 5th avenue next ... more »

      Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform

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      UC Davis Chancellor does a perp walk after hiding three hours in her office. « Fred Klonsky #owsBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-18 minutes agoUC Davis Chancellor does a perp walk after hiding three hours in her office. « Fred Klonsky:UC Davis Chancellor does a perp walk after hiding three hours in her office.by Fred KlonskyFor three hours UC Davis students surrounded the Chancellor’s office. This followed 24 hours of outrage as the video of police pepper spraying students, ... more »

      Blaming Is So American: Cartoons | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

      Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 hours ago
      Blaming Is So American: Cartoons | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:Blaming Is So American: Cartoonsby larrycubanImage via WikipediaRepublicans and Democrats blame one another for the impasse over reducing the deficit. Tea party rank-and-file blame President Obama for the decline of the U.S. “Occupy Wall Street” protests across the country blame inequality in wealth on the financial community’s greed. And the previous post dealt with policymakers and reformers, over the past century, blaming children, their families, teachers, and ... more »

      No Cops, No Bosses « occupy california #ows

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      No Cops, No Bosses « occupy california:No Cops, No Bossesby *from BicycleBarricade:By now much of the world has seen video and photos of Lt. John Pike of the UC Davis police department as he discharged a canister of burning chemicals into the faces of students seated in the center of the university quad. Most viewers are outraged, and justifiably so. Much of the outrage has been directed at John Pike. He deserves it. But we should remind ourselves that Friday’s ... more »

      Letter: UC Davis Police are “Fascist, Totalitarian, Unaccountable” - Davis, CA Patch #ows

      Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 hours ago
      Letter: UC Davis Police are “Fascist, Totalitarian, Unaccountable” - Davis, CA Patch:Letter: UC Davis Police are “Fascist, Totalitarian, Unaccountable”Letter to the EditorBy Bernie GoldsmithAt Occupy Davis, relations with the democratically elected city council and local police forces have been genial and productive. The authorities have worked continuously to harmonize the occupation’s presence with the park and surrounding businesses and ensure that all aspects of the encampment remain non-violent. Those in charge of using force are aware that they are democratically ... more »

      UC Davis Chancellor does a perp walk after hiding three hours in her office. « Fred Klonsky #ows

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      UC Davis Chancellor does a perp walk after hiding three hours in her office. « Fred Klonsky:UC Davis Chancellor does a perp walk after hiding three hours in her office.by Fred KlonskyFor three hours UC Davis students surrounded the Chancellor’s office. This followed 24 hours of outrage as the video of police pepper spraying students, arms locked in non-violent protest, went viral.Finally Chancellor Katehi did the equivalence of a perp walk. Students lined both sides of a walkway and watched ... more »
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      Dear John, Education Sector Thinks A Lot About Teachers and More School Time

      Dear John, Education Sector Thinks A Lot About Teachers and More School Time:

      Dear John, Education Sector Thinks A Lot About Teachers and More School Time

      by ELENA SILVA on NOVEMBER 21, 2011

      in TEACHER QUALITY

      My colleague Susan Headden and I recently wrote a piece about extending school time for the Wallace Foundation’s report “Reimagining the School Day”

      John Thompson’s response rightly praised the Wallace Foundation’s attention to expanding not just time but high-quality learning. He also suggested that Susan and I did an alright job bringing up some important points that we gleaned from the Wallace conference. Thompson agrees, for example, that more learning time requires great partners. He also agrees that schools would do well to focus more

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      Grumpy Educators: 2011 EduBlog Award Nominations

      Grumpy Educators: 2011 EduBlog Award Nominations:

      2011 EduBlog Award Nominations

      Non-educators, parents and students are writing and reading blogs to become informed on initiatives that affect their communities. As a non-educator, I read widely to make meaning of the rapid changes occurring. These bloggers have provided consistent fact based information. I applaud the increase in parent blogging. Here's my list for 2011 Edublog Award consideration.
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      Yee calls for independent probe into UCD pepper-spraying | Davis Enterprise #ows

      Yee calls for independent probe into UCD pepper-spraying | Davis Enterprise:

      Yee calls for independent probe into UCD pepper-spraying

      by Enterprise staff

      State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, has called on UC President Mark Yudof to launch an independent probe of Friday’s incident in which UC Davis police pepper-sprayed peaceful, seated protesters on campus.

      In a statement emailed Monday, Yee said actions by Yudof and UCD Chancellor Linda Katehi are not good enough.

      Yudof said he would convene the 10 UC campus chancellors to ensure proper law enforcement reaction in future protests and Katehi said she would create a task force to investigate the matter and report back in 30 days.

      Yee wants students involved in Yudof’s meeting and called Katehi’s task force “a sham,” adding that waiting 30 days is an unacceptable amount of time for accountability.

      “While I appreciate you calling a meeting of the chancellors to ensure an incident like this never happens again,

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