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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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blogs.sacbee.com - The state Senate will not confirm two people former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed to the state board of education, leaving room for Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint seven new people to the board ...

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dailykos.com - Well, then maybe I will have to offer some more.Bacevich rightly ties together two speeches by Eisenhowerfrom both of which I have quoted here in in that past. The better known is his farewell ad...

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toped.svefoundation.org - Full funding of Prop 98 depends on voters' consentBy The Sacramento Bee is reporting and sources are confirming to me that Gov. Jerry Brown will spare K-12 schools and community colleges further cu...

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zhaolearning.com - I was very impressed with John Richard Shrock‘s reaction to the NPR story on Chinese students PISA performance and asked if I could repost it here. He generously agreed. Thanks, John. What is most ...

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huffingtonpost.com - The superintendent of the school system in which I teach in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to the 2009 annual report, had a budget of $1.7 billion, serving more than 127,000 students, ...

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Kenneth Bernstein: Of Generals and School Superintendents

Kenneth Bernstein: Of Generals and School Superintendents
Kenneth Bernstein

Kenneth Bernstein

Maryland high school government teacher

Posted: January 5, 2011 03:57 PM


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The superintendent of the school system in which I teach in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to the 2009 annual report, had a budget of $1.7 billion, serving more than 127,000 students, with roughly 18,300 employees, of whom about 9,000 were teachers.

In the U.S. Army a Major General, with two stars, might well command a division with 10,000 - 15,000 employees. It may consist of two to five Brigades, each of which might be led by a one-star Brigadier General.

Does the span of control of our superintendent and the budget and number of employees for which he is responsible qualify him to lead an Army

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Upcoming Schedules: ISTE 2011 Schedule, Flat Classroom Conference

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Upcoming Schedules: ISTE 2011 Schedule, Flat Classroom Conference

Upcoming Schedules: ISTE 2011 Schedule, Flat Classroom Conference

by coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)
Flat Classroom Conference day 3Image by Julie Lindsay via FlickrISTE 2011
Just put in acceptances for the following items at ISTE 2011.

Julie and I will be teaching our DigiTeacher workshop again on Sunday morning, June 26th from 8:30-3:30. DigiTeacher: Digital Citizenship within a Project-Based Learning Environment. Registrations for that should be opening up pretty soon. It was a great class last year and you'll get a flavor of how we do project based learning in the workshop as well.

Bookmarks, PLN's and More: How to SuperCharge Your learning Network with Diigo founder Maggie Tsai - 12:15 - 1:15 pm Tuesday 6/28/2011 - this always fills up. Last year Julie and Maggie did the BYOL - this year Maggie and I will do it and I'm psyched. With Delicious "dying" or whatever is happening it will be one you want to join us for.

Wonderful World of Wikis for Intermediate and Advanced - Tuesday 6/28/2011 from 2-3 pm with Wikispaces co-founder Adam Frey. In this Adam and I will be sharing how to create scalable wikis and also the tips and tricks
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