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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Afternoon Update: Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

L.A. OK's Corporate Sponsors in Schools, Shorter Summers\

December 15, 2010 - McClatchy-Tribune

Wash. Governor Proposes Deep Cuts to K-12
December 15, 2010 - AP
Ala. Republicans Shifting Power From Teachers
December 15, 2010 - AP
School Board Gunman Had Dec. 14 Marked on Calendar
December 15, 2010 - AP
Calif. to Face Shortage of Teachers, Study Says
California's fiscal crisis and its toll on classrooms has jeopardized the state's ability to prepare and retain teachers, according to a new report from the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning.
December 15, 2010 - Teacher
Defiant Burlington School Board Raises Budget
December 15, 2010 - AP
Birmingham, Ala. terminates diploma contract
December 15, 2010 - AP
NM arts school enters in dual credit pacts
December 15, 2010 - AP
Ala. House Passes Bill Cutting Off AEA Dues
December 15, 2010 - AP
Brown Warns Educators That Fiscal Woes Dog Calif.
December 15, 2010 - AP
PAWS settlement will wait for new officeholders
December 15, 2010 - AP
Feds Probe Civil Rights Complaint About N.C. Schools
December 15, 2010 - AP
Mexico's Drug Gangs Take Aim at New Target: Teachers
In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, mobsters are demanding that teachers hand over their Christmas bonuses or face the possibility of an armed attack on themselves—and even their students.
December 15, 2010 - Teacher
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Cathie Black’s school visits take her to the good, skip the bad | GothamSchools

Cathie Black’s school visits take her to the good, skip the bad | GothamSchools

Cathie Black’s school visits take her to the good, skip the bad

by Anna Phillips
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Chancellor-designate Cathie Black visited Medgar Evers College Preparatory School today.

More than a month after being named the next schools chancellor, Cathie Black has yet to see the system at its most troubled.

Black has been to 13 schools, making stops in each of the five boroughs and in schools at each grade level. The majority of schools she’s visited have earned either an A or a B on their annual progress report, meaning they are in no danger of being closed for poor performance. She has been to three “C” schools, none of which are on

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The Answer Sheet - What Rhee wrought

The Answer Sheet - What Rhee wrought

What Rhee wrought

Anyone who thinks that Michelle Rhee was a whiz as chancellor of D.C. public schools and should be heading a national "reform" movement ought to read about a high school she attempted to “transform” in the nation’s capital. Rhee recently announced that she is heading a new organization, created around her celebrity, called Students First, that is aiming to raise $1 billion to effectively lobby against teachers unions and in support of business-driven reforms.
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Rahm Emmanuel spells out his plan to destroy public education in his bid to become Mayor of Chicago | Dailycensored.com

Rahm Emmanuel spells out his plan to destroy public education in his bid to become Mayor of Chicago | Dailycensored.com

Rahm Emmanuel spells out his plan to destroy public education in his bid to become Mayor of Chicago

by Danny Weil

In his bid to become the next mayor of Chicago, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is attempting to get voters to focus on his education agenda instead of his lingering residency woes. Changing the subject is good for politics and Emmanuel’s support for vicious education policies mirror that of Arne Duncan, which is no surprise. Emmanuel is a fixer who has steered the liberal Democratic Party towards the right.

According to the newly released policy brief on his campaign website, Emanuel is, “guided by a single mission: to ensure that every child—in every school and every neighborhood—has access to a world-class learning experience from birth.” This is the same old rhetoric that is bandied about by those millionaire politicians who send their kids to private schools, attack teacher unions and look to pull the public carpet from under universal education in favor of privatization and points to the fact that Rahm Emmanuel is little more than a surrogate for his campaign contributors the majority of which are millionaires.

Take for example, Emmanuel’s call for teachers to be fired if they if they do not achieve academic performance

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SF DA springs battery charges on Regents’ meeting protesters « occupy california

SF DA springs battery charges on Regents’ meeting protesters « occupy california

SF DA springs battery charges on Regents’ meeting protesters

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from ThoseWhoUseIt:

As our comrades at Mobilize Berkeley have already publicized, a UC Berkeley undergrad was taken into custody today and remains locked up in a San Francisco jail.

This morning, the 13 protesters who were arrested at November’s UC Regents’ meeting had their day in court. Initial reports were optimistic, as the majority of the arrestees had no charges filed against them. Note that this is not the same as having their charges dropped; until next November 17, the DA has the option of filing these charges at any time.

Then came the bad news. Three current and former UC Berkeley students were charged with assault on an officer. This came as an utter shock, as none of the 13 people arrested on Nov. 17 were arrested on such charges. One of the three has since had her charges dropped, and a second has posted bail. However, a UC

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Hometown Station AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio - O'Connell Responds To Education Trends Report

Hometown Station AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio - O'Connell Responds To Education Trends Report
O'Connell Responds To Education Trends ReportPrintE-mail
Wednesday, 15 December 2010 09:00

jackoconnellState Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell released the following statement in response to the 12th annual report issued Tuesday by The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning: California’s Teaching Force 2010: Key Issues and Trends. The report will be posted on the CFTL Web site at http://www.cftl.org/.

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“I am pleased that the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning has delved into some of the most urgent issues facing education today, especially the pressure teachers are under to produce student achievement gains without adequate funding or classroom support. It has been extremely difficult for educators to survive these bleak economic times when thousands of teaching jobs didn’t.

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“Reductions in funding have touched every aspect of education: from teacher morale to enticing new teachers into the classroom to increased class sizes to reductions in subjects. To prepare all students for success in the global economy and to close the achievement gap, we need effective, well-trained teachers in every classroom.

“Unfortunately, as the report points out, the state budget crisis is ratcheting down the pipeline of prospective new teachers as just as we face the need to replace nearly a third of our teaching force

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Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.: Puerto Rico Student Strike Intensifies, Public Education and Civil Rights at Stake

Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.: Puerto Rico Student Strike Intensifies, Public Education and Civil Rights at Stake
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Coincident with massive, at times explosive, student protests in Rome and London, University of Puerto Rico has again become a flashpoint with a student strike beginning Tuesday that turned the main campus into a militarized zone of police, riot squad, and SWAT teams, complete with low-flying helicopters and snipers. What began as a conflict over a steep student fee hike is now seen as a larger struggle to preserve public education against privatization.

Resistance to the imposed $800 student fee has triggered repressive state measures: police have occupied the main campus for the first time in 31 years and Monday the local Supreme Court, recently stacked by the pro-Statehood political party in power, outlawed student strikes and campus protests. More than 500 students defied the ruling by demonstrating on campus Tuesday, brandishing the slogan "They fear us because we don't fear them" ("Nos tienen miedo porque no

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