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Sunday, December 18, 2011

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Arrests as Occupy Protest Turns to Church

nytimes.com - From his spot at the center of Duarte Square in Lower Manhattan, Matt Sky watched on Saturday as hundreds of protesters streamed into the public areas of the triangle-shaped space at the center of ...
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Law turns kids into commodities - Fred Grimm

miamiherald.com - Compared to modern school kids, I was a downright worthless student.I don’t mean worthless as a pejorative. (My father would have used a more colorful term to characterize my scholarly pursuits.) B...
leoniehaimson

OpEdNews - Article: Saving Our Democracy

opednews.com - The Constitution of this country has served us well, but when the Supreme Court says that attempts by the federal government and states to impose reasonable restrictions on campaign ads are unconst...
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JournalGazette.net - Learning Curve | The Journal Gazette

journalgazette.net - While most Hoosiers were coping with the season's first snowstorm last week, several Republican state officials were in sunny Arizona, where they played major roles in the American Legislative Exch...
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There's no rush for in-district charter

statesman.com - As the Austin school district's case for hiring IDEA Public Schools to run an in-district charter in two East Austin schools crumbles, some trustees and Superintendent Meria Carstarphen now are pus...
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Emanuel wants big fine increases for G8 protesters

articles.chicagotribune.com - December 14, 2011|By Hal Dardick and John Byrne | Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel wants to raise fines for resisting police as the city gears up for anticipated protests that will come with the G8 a...
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Marie Antoinette, Meet David Vitale

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - As soon as one speaker was removed by security guards, another stood up to take their place."Moral courage comes in many forms, but sometimes not at all. Faced with adversity last week, David Vital...
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Inconvenient Income Inequality

nytimes.com - Is income inequality becoming the new global warming? In other words, is this another case where the facts of an existential threat lose traction among a weary American public as deniers attempt to...
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Climate Crisis: The Collapse In Corporate Media Coverage

dissidentvoice.org - The latest round of UN climate talks has just begun in Durban, South Africa, but the world’s richest nations are already planning to prevent any new treaty from taking effect before 2020. Achim Ste...
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Occupy Supply Teams Up with Occupy San Antonio

my.firedoglake.com - Occupy Supply and Occupy San Antonio (OSA) are working together to keep occupiers going through the winter season.  Base-layers, hats, scarves, blankets and duck coats have now been delivered and ...
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Saturday coffee + Old school . « Fred Klonsky

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky Cairo. We woke to a beautiful snowy morning. We brushed about an inch off the car as we went to get Saturday Cof...
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Poll: Negatives up for NYC Schools Chancellor

nydailynews.com - Voters have gotten to know city schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott since he assumed the important post last spring, but a new poll shows many haven’t liked what they’ve seen. The Quinnipiac Universi...
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Poll: Negatives up for NYC Schools Chancellor

nydailynews.com - Voters have gotten to know city schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott since he assumed the important post last spring, but a new poll shows many haven’t liked what they’ve seen. The Quinnipiac Universi...
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Salutations America #edreform #ows

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sending out a thank you to teachers everywhere. Letting Secretary Arne Duncan that our children and our teachers are more than a test score. I'm sending out a call to action for Americans to occupy...
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    1To Tweet Or Not To Tweet

    To Tweet Or Not To Tweet

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 9, 2011
    2Productivity Future Vision (2011)

    Productivity Future Vision (2011)

    Added by Thomas Whitby on October 27, 2011
    3YouTube for Schools: Join the Global Classroom Today!

    YouTube for Schools: Join the Global Classroom Today!

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 12, 2011
    4Tweetdeck-Chrome Tutorial

    Tweetdeck-Chrome Tutorial

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 16, 2011
    5Learning to Change-Changing to Learn

    Learning to Change-Changing to Learn

    Added by Melissa Lim on October 26, 2009
    6Educational IPad Apps

    Educational IPad Apps

    Posted by Thomas Whitby on November 23, 2011
    7easy video conferencing

    easy video conferencing

    Posted by Alison Bullock on July 8, 2010
    8Can I have my cake and eat it? Is there a social network with an academic portfolio element?

    Can I have my cake and eat it? Is there a social network with an academic portfolio element?

    Posted by Richard Nelson on November 9, 2011
    9Grey's Anatomy & Twitter

    Grey's Anatomy & Twitter

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 7, 2011
    10Adding fractions with unlike denominators

    Adding fractions with unlike denominators

    Added by Kuleep Kaur on August 20, 2011
    112nd grade math worksheets and lessons

    2nd grade math worksheets and lessons

    Added by Kuleep Kaur on August 3, 2011
    12Social Media Policy

    Social Media Policy

    Added by Thomas Whitby on October 23, 2011
    13Having fun with colleagues and friends!

    Having fun with colleagues and friends!

    Added by Gérard Gatoux on December 13, 2011
    14Edublog Awards Don’t Suck!

    Edublog Awards Don’t Suck!

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 15, 2011
    15NEW and Free online resource for English spelling practice...

    NEW and Free online resource for English spelling practice...

    Posted by Richard Wood on December 14, 2011
    16Schoolisyzation

    Schoolisyzation

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 18, 2011
    17Social Media in Education - Teaching Digital Natives.mov

    Social Media in Education - Teaching Digital Natives.mov

    Added by Thomas Whitby on October 13, 2011
    18Traditional teaching

    Traditional teaching

    Added by Thomas Whitby on December 7, 2011
    19Noël en France

    Noël en France

    Added by Gérard Gatoux on December 14, 2011
    20Consider this free resource for your students to practice English spelling..

    Consider this free resource for your students to practice English spelling..

    Posted by Richard Wood on December 14, 2011
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    Daily Kos: This will be my last diary today - I promise

    Daily Kos: This will be my last diary today - I promise:


    This will be my last diary today - I promise

    by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)
    I suppose I have been very verbose.  I had promised TheFatLadySings to repost my diary on behalf of her cause today, and I suppose that should have been enough.  But then I kept encountering things in my reading that I felt I should be sure that others saw.  So I wrote and post, and wrote and posted, and wrote and posted again.  At one point, two of them were on the Rec list at one time, all four diaries have had decent traffic, which provides me with some gratification.
    So why another diary?  Because this is my community with which I share, and I have been exploring what I will do after this year, and some pieces are coming together.
    No, I do not yet know what I will be doing after the end of this school year, but I am able to sort a few things out.  So if you are interested, proceed below the squiggle, and if not, thanks for stopping buy.
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    Teaching to the Test? What is the Point of This? Northeast Social Studies Exam … Guess Which Grade « Cooperative Catalyst

    Teaching to the Test? What is the Point of This? Northeast Social Studies Exam … Guess Which Grade « Cooperative Catalyst:


    Teaching to the Test? What is the Point of This? Northeast Social Studies Exam … Guess Which Grade

    by Pragmatic Mom
    4th grade social studies in Massachusetts teaching to the test PragmaticMom Pragmatic MomMy middle child has been studying for her Social Studies exam on the Northeast Region with great diligence for the past week. With one day to go, she still could not spell these terms:
    • Montpelier
    • Iwo-Jima Memorial
    • Jefferson Memorial
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    Modern School: Mexican Security Forces Kill Two Student Teachers

    Modern School: Mexican Security Forces Kill Two Student Teachers:


    Mexican Security Forces Kill Two Student Teachers

    by Michael Dunn

    At least two student teachers were killed by security forces in Mexico this week, according to the Los Angeles Times and the Teacher Solidarity website. The student teachers were participating in a protest demanding increased funding for their college and were shot while blockading a road in Guerrero state. At least 20 other demonstrators were arrested and two others were seriously injured. The national teachers union is calling the deaths an act of "repression" and "murder" and called for protest demonstrations.

    The confrontation occurred Monday on the highway connecting Mexico City to Acapulco. Between 300 and 500 unarmed students and activists connected with the teachers college blocked the Autopista del Sol to demand increased funding for the Raul Isidro Burgos normal college in Ayotzinapa. Students were accused of throwing projectiles at the police and the 
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    At Least The Classroom Isn’t Like The NFL | The Jose Vilson

    At Least The Classroom Isn’t Like The NFL | The Jose Vilson:


    At Least The Classroom Isn’t Like The NFL

    by Jose

    Today, after watching the New York Giants fall face-flat against the Washington Redskins, I had a few revelations. First, Eli Manning will (unfairly) get the blame for the Giants’ general inconsistency across the country. Secondly, the NFL is much more dependent on anonymous linemen and assistant coaches than any other major sport. Third, I’m still amazed that this sport only has 16 games a season not including playoffs … and it still generates this much interest.
    Fourth, I’m glad we don’t structure the day-to-day operations of the classroom like the NFL.
    Previously, I’ve made analogies about the classroom to professional sports, making a connection between the treatment of teachers to Major League Baseball. I could have mentioned the prevalence of performance enhancers (cheating), debates on its effects on children, and the prevailing arguments on who should get paid 
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