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Our charter school co-location lawsuit

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The press release below is pretty self-explanatory; we should have video soon. Here is the verified complaint ; here is a fact sheet showing where we got our estimates of the nearly $100 million i...

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Another Legal Challenge to N.Y.C. Charter Schools

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Department of Education officials went out for drinks on Friday to celebrate the city’s preliminary victory in a lawsuit that sought to block 15 charter schools from sharing space in traditional pu...

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Enemies Of The State: The Kochs | Fighting Democrats!

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Morning Briefing: July 25, 2011

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''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

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Emma Watson podría estudiar diseño

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96-year-old WI grandmother: 'I'm not Republican anymore'

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The Debt Ceiling Fiasco And Student Loans

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Oracle CEO-backed co eyes IB school space

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - TNN | Jul 25, 2011, 04.05PM IST MUMBAI: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison co-founded Knowledge Universe and UK's Knightsbridge are in the fray to float a joint venture with Mumbai-based Core Projects & ...

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Enemies Of The State: The Kochs | Fighting Democrats!

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''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

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    Los Angeles school teachers: High turnover reported among charter school teachers - latimes.com

    Los Angeles school teachers: High turnover reported among charter school teachers - latimes.com

    High turnover reported among charter school teachers

    Jose Castellanos Charter School

    With so many charter school teachers moving on each year, concerns arise about retaining quality educators and how stability affects student performance.

    By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times

    July 25, 2011

    In the instant of a job change, Joshua Cook went from being one of the youngest teachers at Crenshaw High, a traditional school in Hyde Park, to nearly the oldest at Animo Justice, a charter school south of downtown Los Angeles.

    He was 32, with two years of teaching experience.

    Three years later, he had another distinction: He became one of the astonishingly large numbers of teachers who left a Los Angeles charter school.

    Around 50% of teachers in charter middle and high schools left their jobs each year over a six-year period studied by UC Berkeley researchers, who released their findings last week.

    Charter schools are independently operated and free from some restrictions that govern traditional schools, including the need to abide by a school system's union contracts. Many charter schools can boast of committed families and enrollment waiting lists. And many produce high test scores compared with nearby traditional schools.

    The Berkeley study didn't track why teachers departed — it counts them whether they left on good terms or bad, content or burned out, leaving a school temporarily or permanently quitting the

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    Following one legal victory, city faces new battle on co-locations | GothamSchools

    Following one legal victory, city faces new battle on co-locations | GothamSchools

    Following one legal victory, city faces new battle on co-locations

    by Geoffrey Decker

    The lead plaintiffs on a new lawsuit against the Department of Education stand on steps of Tweed (from left: Arthur Schwartz, of Advocates for Justice; Mona Davids, of NYC Parents Union; Noah Gotbaum, District 3 Community Education Council President; and Leonie Haimson, of Class Size Matters

    Just days after the city received some good news in a lawsuit targeting its policy on charter school co-locations, another legal batter has arrived.

    A group of parent activists filed a long-threatened lawsuit against the Department of Education today, charging

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    ''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

    ''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

    ''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

    by admin

    Written by karoli for Crooks and Liars. Read the original post here.

    “When Rupert Murdoch gave his testimony earlier this week in London, former New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein was sitting directly behind him. After a stormy tenure in New York City where he fought teachers unions and closed schools according to the Michelle Rhee School Destruction Model, he left and took what looked to be a cushy job at News Corp helping Murdoch launch his for-profit education products.

    Getting in the middle of another public dustup was the last thing on his agenda when he joined Murdoch’s media empire last November as a $2 million-a-year executive vice president, leaving his

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    Remarks by the President to the National Council of La Raza | The White House

    Remarks by the President to the National Council of La Raza | The White House

    Remarks by the President to the National Council of La Raza

    Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C.

    12:50 P.M. EDT

    THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you so much. (Applause.) What an extraordinary crowd. Thank you. Please have a seat.
    It is good to be back with NCLR. (Applause.) It is good to see all of you.

    Right off the bat, I should thank you because I have poached quite a few of your alumni to work in my administration. (Laughter.) They're all doing outstanding work. Raul Yzaguirre, my ambassador to the Dominican Republic -- (applause) -- Latinos serving at every level of my administration. We've got young people right out of college in the White House. We've got the first Latina Cabinet Secretary in history, Hilda Solis. (Applause.) So we couldn't be prouder of the work that so many folks who've been engaged with La Raza before, the handiwork that they're doing with our administration. And as Janet mentioned, obviously we're extraordinarily proud of someone who is doing outstanding work on the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. (Applause.)

    Recently, 100 Latino officials from across the government met with Latino leaders from across the country at the White House. I know some of you were there. And I think all who attended would agree that we weren’t just paying lip service to the community. Our work together, not just that day but every day, has been more than just talk.

    What I told the gathering at the White House was we need your voice. Your country needs you. Our American family will only be as strong as our growing Latino community. (Applause.) And so we’re going to take these conversations on the road and keep working with you, because for more than four decades, NCLR has

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    ASCD Inservice: Common Core Curriculum Criteria: Welcome Guide or Pedagogical Intrusion?

    ASCD Inservice: Common Core Curriculum Criteria: Welcome Guide or Pedagogical Intrusion?

    Common Core Curriculum Criteria: Welcome Guide or Pedagogical Intrusion?

    Close analysis of text and deep reading will be hallmarks of the new English/language arts common core standards, and associated curriculum should reflect these priorities, according to new criteria issued by common core authors. The documents are meant to guide publishers and anyone developing curriculum to support common core teaching and learning.

    Aligned curriculum will require students to demonstrate complex understanding of text, not background knowledge or personal experience, by posing and responding to questions and developing arguments based on what they've read. Aside from the new criteria, there is—as yet—no formal panel or process to vet curriculum.

    Some say the criteria will help teachers better design performance-based tasks aligned with the common core but worry that it will be difficult to validate publisher's claims that materials reflect the criteria. Others add concern that the criteria

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    NYC Public School Parents: Our charter school co-location lawsuit

    NYC Public School Parents: Our charter school co-location lawsuit

    Our charter school co-location lawsuit

    by Leonie Haimson

    The press release below is pretty self-explanatory; we should have video soon. Here is the verified complaint ; here is a fact sheet showing where we got our estimates of the nearly $100 million in space and services that the co-located charter schools should be paying the NYC per year -- and would prevent most of the budget cuts to schools.
    After DOE found out about our press conference at Tweed at 1 PM, they programmed their own at a KIPP co-located charter at the exact same time to draw the media away; pretty sneaky! But we hope
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