How to test for DNS Changer Malware - NorthJersey.com

How to test for DNS Changer Malware - NorthJersey.com:

How to test for DNS Changer Malware

SATURDAY JULY 7, 2012, 1:01 PM

BY SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ

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LOS ANGELES — As many as 64,000 Americans’ computers may still be infected by malware that will cause them to lose Internet service Monday, so make sure you aren’t among those affected if you haven’t already.
The problem is a result of a large online advertising scam that took over more than 4 million computers around the world. When the FBI went in to shut down the scheme, the agency realized that turning off the malicious servers would cause infected computers to lose access to the Internet. So the FBI set up two other servers, which have been connecting infected users to the Internet, but they will be shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT Monday.
There are various ways to test your computer for the so-called DNS Changer Malware. But remember, this applies only to Windows users, so if you have an Apple computer, you’re fine.

An all-too-true parody on ed reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

An all-too-true parody on ed reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

An all-too-true parody on ed reform

By Valerie Strauss

When I first started reading the piece below, I wasn’t sure if it was real or if it was parody. I was relieved to find that it was the latter, though in these crazy days of education reform, it could have been the work of a real education department.

So here is a parody written by Fred Smith, a retired analyst New York City public school system. He has written before on this blog about the crazy testing scheme; you can see a piece he did on Pearson here and another piece on standardized tests here.

Here’s the parody by Fred Smith:

The New York State Education Department just issued the following press release:

State Education Commissioner Dr. John King, Jr. announces that all 

All Education Matters: Interview with Host Michael Castner, Wall Street Journal's Dail Wrap

All Education Matters: Interview with Host Michael Castner, Wall Street Journal's Dail Wrap:

Interview with Host Michael Castner, Wall Street Journal's Dail Wrap

by Cryn Johannsen

The Economic Hardship and Reporting Project provided me with a grant to write an in-depth article about suicide and its relationship to student loan debt. The piece was also published by the Huffington Post, AOL, and Alternet.org. Thanks again to authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Gary Rivlin for being editors on this important project.

Michael Caster, host of the Wall Street Journal's Daily Wrap, interviewed me last week to discuss the severity of 

Judge gives Creative Approach Schools MOU the kabosh | Seattle Education

Judge gives Creative Approach Schools MOU the kabosh | Seattle Education:

Judge gives Creative Approach Schools MOU the kabosh

by seattleducation2011

Per a recent post titled Innovation Schools/Creative Approach Schools and ALEC:

…our district’s union leadership decided to take this on to show that we could have innovative schools in Seattle and therefore didn’t need charter schools even though we have “Option Schools”, which are progressive alternative schools(option schools), Montessori, STEM, the IB program and other schools and programs that could be considered “innovative schools”. There were objections to the term “Innovation Schools” because that was too close to what charter schools were so the leadership renamed it “Creative Approach Schools”. Same difference. It’s still a charter school in sheep’s clothing.
According to the, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Seattle Education Association (SEA) and the Seattle School District, there is to be no oversight by the school board 

Mother Crusader: We Can't Allow NJDOE To Deflect Blame For Regis Fiasco!

Mother Crusader: We Can't Allow NJDOE To Deflect Blame For Regis Fiasco!:

Let's Not Let NJDOE Deflect Blame For Regis Fiasco!

by darciecima

ONE,

TWO,

THREE...

FOUR!
Regis Decision

I hate to say I told ya so, but...

District officials and community members have been alerting the Office of Charter Schools for months that eviction proceedings were underway.  How that office saw fit to move forward with a preparedness visit on a facility that seems to have materialized out of thin air, is beyond me.  

Amir Khan and the NJDOE need to release the terms of Amir Khan's "deal" with the owners of the former Living Faith Christian Academy, and they need to release 

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:

Saturday coffee.

by Fred Klonsky

My buddy Steve at the NEA RA.
The reports are that a front will come through about noon today and the four days of 100 degree temperatures will end.
Poor Ulysses will be able to put his paws on the sidewalk again.
Maybe next Saturday Anne and I can have our Saturday Coffee outside at Letizia’s. But not today. It was still too muggy and hot.
We were back at Peet’s. The news is that Emma is back from Argentina. Laura is having a baby. And Kerry 

Education Petition: Reject Destructive Changes to New Jersey's Charter School Regulations | Change.org

Education Petition: Reject Destructive Changes to New Jersey's Charter School Regulations | Change.org:

Reject Destructive Changes to New Jersey's Charter School Regulations

TAKE 2 SECONDS TO PROTECT NJ PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Please sign this petition

         TO STOP VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS & OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES TO CHARTER REGULATIONS

TO STOP VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS & OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES TO CHARTER REGULATIONS

We need as many signatures as possible before Wednesday'sState Board of Education meeting to let them know that we want local, democratic control of our public schools.

Each signature generates letters to State Board of Education members and New Jersey Legislators, reminding them that New Jersey residents do not support these proposals.
The more signatures on the petition, the more policy makers pay attention.

The signatures to date have helped build significant Legislative support for taking action, as described below.

Virtual Charter Schools and Other Destructive Charter Law Changes 

New Jersey’s Acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf proposedto use the regulatory process to open the door to virtual charter schools, which are not allowed under New Jersey’s charter school law.  Virtual charter schools in other states have dramatically underperformed brick-and-mortar schools, while making tremendous profits for the companies and individuals that run them.

The Commissioner’s proposed regulations also would  give him virtually unlimited ability to open, close, expand or change the mission and management of charter schools, with no concern for community wishes. 

Giving the Commissioner this much power would significantly undermine local democratic control of public education and would be devastating for traditional public schools and charter schools alike.
 Save Our Schools NJ  brought more than two dozen New Jersey residents to testify against the regulations in front of The State Board of Education, which is being asked to approve the new regulations.

We also launched this petition to oppose the changes, which has generated more than 4,250 signatures so far, letting the State Board of Education members and the Legislature know that the residents of New Jersey opposed these changes.  

In response, the New Jersey Assembly passed a bill placing a moratorium on virtual charter schools.  Similar legislation will be considered by the New Jersey Senate this fall.

Additional legislation (SCR 122) also has been introduced and will be considered this fall, which would override the Acting Commissioner's proposed changes to New Jersey charter school regulations.

The State Board of Education is meeting on Wednesday, July 11th and is expected to vote on these proposed regulations.

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Teachers await selections of charter operators - SFGate

Teachers await selections of charter operators - SFGate:

Teachers await selections of charter operators

COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press

Updated 06:03 a.m., Saturday, July 7, 2012

DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of laid-off Michigan public school teachers don't know if they will have jobs waiting for them when classes resume this fall in their state-run districts.

Detroit is expected to slice 800 teachers from its ranks by recalling only 3,300 of 4,100 teachers who received layoff notices earlier this year. Meanwhile, their counterparts in Muskegon Heights and Highland Park must wait until companies are selected to run them as charter systems.

Who and how many get hired is up to the charter operators.

"Right now, they're just laid off," Michigan Education Association spokesman Doug Prattsaid of teachers in the cash-strapped districts. "This is creating huge uncertainties for