Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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Children, Poverty, and Outcomes: Whos Distorting Reality?

ecepolicymatters.com - Yesterday, I happened upon the latest blog post of Amanda Ripley, an up-and-coming edu-pundit who recently changed focus from how the brain works under extreme duress to how other countries “build”...

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Scrooge and School Reform - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,As we enter the holiday season, our thoughts naturally turn to family celebrations, but also to those who do not share the advantages and blessings we enjoy. We all know Charles Dicken...

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In praise of performance pay—for online learning companies

educationgadfly.net - Whether you consider today’s New York Times article on K12.com a “hit piece” (Tom Vander Ark) or a “blockbuster” (Dana Goldstein), there’s little doubt that it will have a long-term impact on the d...

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Time to occupy the education reform

ctpost.com - The education reform movement sweeping the country with its emphasis on standardized testing may be impacting the future of the nation by stifling ingenuity, intuition and creativity in student lea...

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Can Venture Capital Save The World?

forbes.com - (This article is the cover story of the December 19, 2011 issue of Forbes.) Bahawalpur in eastern Pakistan is known for magnificent palaces built during the British Raj, but in the dusty part of to...

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A StateImpact Ohio Series: Do Charter Schools Work?

stateimpact.npr.org - Ida Lieszkovszky / StateImpact: OhioStudents at Pearl Academy, a charter school in Cleveland, practice what they’re learning on computers. Thirteen years ago, Ohio began its charter school experime...

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If I Were The Middle Class White Guy Gene Marks

dominionofnewyork.com - The author, at 5-years-old.Y esterday a white guy named Gene Marks solved the Negro Problem, anew. His solution is outlined in a traffic-getting two-page blog post on Forbes.com, provocatively enti...

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Protesters Halt Operations at Some Western Ports

nytimes.com - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,000 Occupy Wall Street protesters blocked cargo trucks at busy West Coast ports Monday, forcing some shipping terminals in Oakland, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Lo...

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Journalists in Honduras Beaten by Cops at Protest

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 8:08 pm, December 13, 2011 Photo Credits: Journalists in Honduras Beaten by Cops at Protest Several people were beaten by police and troops here Tuesday during a protest to demand just...

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Blockade draws thousands to disrupt Port of Oakland

mercurynews.com - Click photo to enlarge OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 12: Protesters attempt to block an entrance to the Port of Oakland on December 12, 2011 in Oakland, California. Following a general strike coordinated ...

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UC among losers as state revenue falls short

davisenterprise.com - The University of California will shoulder $100 million of $981 million in automatic midyear budget cuts, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Tuesday. The latest cuts were triggered by revenue falling $2.2 ...

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California midyear cuts loom for schools, services

mercurynews.com - SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Californians will find out Tuesday how much the state will automatically cut from public schools, higher education and a range of state services. State finance director Ana Matos...

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Michelle Obama breaks jumping jacks record

sfgate.com - (12-12) 06:10 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Michelle Obama is now a world record holder. The first lady announced in an email Monday that her October bid to break the record for the most people doing jum...

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Opinion: If I Were a Rich White Dude

wnyc.org - A Response to Forbes columnist Gene Marks On Monday, Forbes columnist Gene Marks strayed from his usual beat — business technology — to write a column, "If I Were a Poor Black Kid," that purports ...

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    The Washington Teacher: No DC Middle School For You !

    The Washington Teacher: No DC Middle School For You !:

    No DC Middle School For You !

    by Candi Peterson

    This is an op-ed piece published in the N.Y. Times newspaper. It is a must read. Who better to tell the story of school reform than a DC middle-class parent who has lived the nightmare under the direction of education deformers Rhee, Fenty and now Henderson?


    deformer: (n.) One who deforms.
    December 4, 2011

    Why School Choice Fails


    By NATALIE HOPKINSON


    Washington
    "IF you want to see the direction that education reform is taking the country, pay a visit to my leafy, majority-black neighborhood in Washington. While we have lived in the same house since our 11-year-old son was born, he’s been assigned to three different elementary schools as one after the other has been
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    School reformer to discuss mayoral involvement in schools | SignOnSanDiego.com

    School reformer to discuss mayoral involvement in schools | SignOnSanDiego.com:

    School reformer to discuss mayoral involvement in schools

    Michelle Rhee kicks off statewide listening tour in San Diego



    Mayors and schools

    When: Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

    Where: Shiley Theater, USD

    Who: Michelle Rhee, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson

    RSVP: Go to StudentsFirst website

    Michelle Rhee — AP

    SAN DIEGO — Just as education is creeping into the San Diego mayor’s race for the first time in recent memory, former Washington D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee will be in San Diego on Wednesday to kick off a series of education forums with California mayors.

    Mayor Jerry Sanders and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson — Rhee’s husband — will get the conversation started at the University of San Diego event sponsored by Rhee’s nonprofit StudentsFirst. It’s uncertain where this will go since California’s Constitution assigns power over local education to elected school boards.

    San Diego mayoral candidates and other City Hall officials have been tiptoeing toward schools, although none has said how much of a role they want in the operation of California’s second-largest district.

    City Council President Tony Young and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a candidate for mayor, announced a plan last month to step up City Hall’

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    Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

    Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:

    Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations

    By Melody Gutierrez
    mgutierrez@sacbee.com
    Published: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3B

    Parents and staff at Leonardo da Vinci and Hollywood Park schools say they are hoping for some clarity tonight about proposals to consolidate the neighboring campuses.

    Leonardo da Vinci and Hollywood Park are two of a handful of schools initially recommended for programmatic changes or consolidations, but they were not mentioned last week when Sacramento City Unified School District trustees decided against closing and consolidating five elementary schools and two high schools.

    School consolidations and closures are on the agenda for tonight's 6:30 p.m. school board meeting at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Ave.

    "Parents are concerned and waiting is hard," said Sarah Foley, who has two children at Leonardo da Vinci, a high-performing kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school.

    At last week's school board meeting, several board members made it clear that the closure and



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