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edutechmusings.blogspot.com - "A grassroots effort to help create and support education reform." That's what they said it would be - this day of National Blogging for Real Education Reform. In this time of financial crisis we...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg likely did not anticipate the heavy pushback he would get against his decision to tap a media executive with no experience in public education as the next chan...

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washingtonpost.com - Three years into the mortgage crisis, the public debate over how to stem the unprecedented tide of foreclosures and the damage they are doing to the housing market has largely overshadowed any disc...

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nydailynews.com - Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo could dramatically advance the cause of school reform with a bold move after he takes office: He could back tuition tax credits to help working-class families send their chi...

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nbcnewyork.com - On Monday a petition will be submitted to New York Education Commissioner David Steiner opposing the Mayor?s choice for School Chancellor. Since the announcement, there has been a fair amount of co...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - Today is the Day of National Blogging for Real Education Reform. I think this is a good idea, although for me it is a little like a Day of National Having Two Cups of Coffee in the Morning Because ...

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State releases Black’s college coursework, but not her grades | GothamSchools

State releases Black’s college coursework, but not her grades | GothamSchools

State releases Black’s college coursework, but not her grades

by Maura Walz

We now know what classes Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s schools chancellor appointee Cathleen Black took in college, but how well she did in them remains a mystery.

Black took mainly English and theology classes as an undergraduate at Trinity College in the 1960s. She spent her junior year studying in Rome, learning to speak Italian and studying European and art history.

But Black’s academic record there is still unknown. The state education department released Black’s transcript today, but redacted her grades, citing privacy concerns. The city also declined to release Black’s grades.

At her all-girls Catholic high school in Chicago, Black has been described as a hard worker but not a standout student.

Outgoing chancellor Joel Klein’s grades were made public last week by the New York Times. Klein had a stellar academic record, though he did receive B’s in “Philosophy of Education” and “Guidance in Human Learning.”

Black’s transcript, with grades redacted, is below.

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Megan Allen: Teachers Must be Part of the Conversation on Education Policy

Megan Allen: Teachers Must be Part of the Conversation on Education Policy
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President Obama's advisors have signaled that education reform will be one of the administration's main policy thrusts between the midterm elections and 2012.

No matter how the reshuffled Congress shapes what the new version of the No Child Left Behind Act looks like, we already know who it will be implemented by: Teachers. So shouldn't we be part of the national policy conversation?

Unfortunately, that's rarely the case when it comes to public discourse on public education. Consider all the talk on NBC News' recent "Education Nation."

For hours, we heard from governors, mayors, TV anchors, software kings, and others as they lamented the state of education and pondered what could be done to fix it. Superstar superintendents were there, as was the U.S. Secretary of Education. Even the teacher union heads

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