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We Need Your Help! | ntcamp

ntcamp.org - Posted by Gerald Aungst on 7/27/11 • Categorized as Announcements,ntcamp 2011: Philly It is only a few short days until ntcamp Philly 2011! The planning team is busily pulling together the last few...

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The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? by Marcia Angell

nybooks.com - An advertisement for Prozac, from The American Journal of Psychiatry, 1995It seems that Americans are in the midst of a raging epidemic of mental illness, at least as judged by the increase in the ...

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teacherken on of Williamson's placements he was 5th teacher in class since beg of year and this was November #sosmarch#education38 seconds ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Jillian Michaels | Maria Shriver

mariashriver.com - Jillian Michaels 1. What is the one simple thing you do during the summer – your summer simplicity - that brings you joy every year? I love riding my bicycle to the farmers market. It makes me unen...

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Can’t Get Time Off? 5 Simple Ways to Relax and Refresh

mariashriver.com - Can’t Get Time Off? 5 Simple Ways to Relax and Refresh By Jean Chatzky Every time you turn around it seems like someone else is going on vacation. Your best friend is at Disney with the kids. Your ...

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5 Things Happy Campers Know

mariashriver.com - July 25, 2011 Creative Experts 5 Things Happy Campers Know By Dana Gray Could you successfully organize a group of 50 people in a massive game of capture the flag -- or would you at least seriously...

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The Centrist Cop-Out

nytimes.com - The facts of the crisis over the debt ceiling aren’t complicated. Republicans have, in effect, taken America hostage, threatening to undermine the economy and disrupt the essential business of gove...

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Remembering the Six Who Died « Student Activism

studentactivism.net - Today is the 47th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, in which four black girls were killed by white supremacists who planted dynamite at the steps of their church. The bombing is on...

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Colbert Challenges the Poverty Deniers

thenation.com - There’s little room to talk about jobs and the real economy in DC—where it’s debt and deficit every day, all the time. But what’s completely off the radar is poverty, despite record numbers that wi...

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Wisconsin Legislature: SB100: Bill Text

docs.legis.wisconsin.gov - LRB-1382/1SRM:sbb&kjf:ph2011 - 2012 LEGISLATUREMay 20, 2011 - Introduced by Senators Lazich and Darling, cosponsored by Representative Kerkman, by request of Mrs. Coley's 2010-11 4th Grade Class fr...

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5+ Google Products You Should Be Using Right Now

edudemic.com - With Google’s recent foray into social media with Google+, the search giant is closer than ever to dominating all forms of online media. The company has positioned itself as the god of the Internet...

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Finding Creative Commons Videos on YouTube

cain.blogspot.com - We are in the middle of helping faculty develop courses for a grant that requires that all of the content be openly licensed: Creative Commons or public domain. YouTube is making it easier to find ...

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Clive Thompson on The Breakthrough Myth

wired.com - Illustration: Dev Gupta Tech people love stories about breakthrough innovations—gadgets or technologies that emerge suddenly and take over, like the iPhone or Twitter. Indeed, there’s a whole indus...

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Save Our Schools March Responds to the White House, DOE

saveourschoolsmarch.org - You are here: Home » Blog » #wontbefooled » Save Our Schools March Responds to the White House, DOEFrom our e-mail exchange with a DOE staffer: “We sincerely appreciate the interest of the White Ho...

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The Power and Failure of Coercion

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    Live Audio Coverage of the #SOSMarch, 7/30

    Live Audio Coverage of the March, 7/30

    Live Audio Coverage of the March, 7/30

    by TeacherSabrina

    Follow along and listen to commentary during the SOS March events on Saturday!

    Can’t make it to DC? No local events in your area? Have no fear! You can still follow along as Alice Mercer, teacher and Tech-Diva hosts a live Webcast show starting a little before 9 am PDT/10 MDT/11 CDT and noon on the east coast. We’ll start with the events at the Ellipse, and move west with the sun and activities, capping things off at 2 pm PDT/3 MDT/4 CDT/5 EDT.

    Where can you find us? Go to http://edtechtalk.com/studio, click on the UStream player on the right, and type your name in on the left (no password is needed) if you’d like to join a text chat. We’ll be following the Twitter stream from events, and having folks on the ground call in and share.

    NOTE: This will be an audio only show so we can include folks from the events.

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    Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat — Joanne Jacobs

    Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat — Joanne Jacobs

    Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat

    by Joanne

    Nearly 30% of Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat on standardized exams, according to a survey by theDetroit Free Press. In addition, 34% of public school educators said administrators, parents or others pressure teachers to change grades.

    At schools that don’t meet federal standards, the tension is higher: About 50% say pressure to change grades is an issue, and 46% say pressure to cheat on the tests is a problem.

    Some cave in — about 8% say they changed grades within the last school year, and at least 8% admit to some form of cheating to improve a student’s standardized test score.

    Another 17% report cheating by a colleague.

    However, the most common cheating method — writing down vocabulary words to teach to next year’s classes

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    This Week In Education: AM News: Uncertainty Over SOS / White House Meeting

    This Week In Education: AM News: Uncertainty Over SOS / White House Meeting

    AM News: Uncertainty Over SOS / White House Meeting

    by Alexander Russo

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    'Save Our Schools' Leaders Decline White House Invitation EdWeek: Organizers instead say the White House can come to them, or they'll come to the White House on Sunday. Obama officials had no comment on the executive committee's response to their invitation.

    No area school districts meet annual progress goals Anderson Independent: The disparity led South Carolina Superintendent of Education Mick Zais to declare the federal “No Child Left Behind” law “broken.”

    Parent group files complaint over performance goals in Gwinnett schools AJC: While the No Child Left Behind Act requires 100 percent of schools in each state meet basic performance goals by 2013-14, the Gwinnett and Forsyth County school districts have promised contractually to do even better and increase the number of students.

    Dropping Out, A Life-Changing Decision NPR: Each year, nearly 1 million teenagers stop going to school, a decision that can hound them for decades.

    Schools Turn To Fees After Drop in State Aid NYT: Texas school districts are turning to fees so that parents will make up some of the money that previously came from the state.

    School Plan to Engage Parents Arouses Skepticism CNC: The new leadership at Chicago Public Schools is taking another crack at one of the district’s thorniest problems: involving parents in their children’s education.

    Cartoon: "It Could Be Worse"

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    Modern School: Carnegie, Steel and the Busting of Teachers Unions (Part II)

    Modern School: Carnegie, Steel and the Busting of Teachers Unions (Part II)

    Carnegie, Steel and the Busting of Teachers Unions (Part II)

    by Michael Dunn
    In Part I, I described how education reformers, taking a play out of the Andrew Carnegie union-busting playbook, have been working to deskill the teaching profession, thus weakening the power of teachers unions. When teachers become easily replaceable with semi-skilled workers, like Teach For America candidates, substitute teachers and proctors, the unions will find it much more difficult to win strikes, as administrators or politicians will be able to simply fire them all or lock them out. The problem is that the unions have not been using the strike much at all lately, perhaps in part because they believe they are not strong enough to win. This may be a tragic miscalculation, not only for teachers, but for the children who depend on their skill, expertise and passion.

    But first, what are the immediate lessons for teachers and their unions?

    Lessons for Teachers and Their Unions
    Carnegie was able to crush the AAISW through a combination of downsizing, speed ups, deskilling and military force. Teaching has not yet been deskilled to the point where teachers

    Today in Labor History—July 29

    by Michael Dunn

    July 29, 1900 – King Umberto of Italy was assassinated by Italian anarchist Gaetano Bresci, as revenge for the army's crushing of the worker's insurrection in Milan, May 1898, in which they killed hundreds of workers. Bresci was arrested and later found strangled in his cell at Santo Stefano Prison, on May 22nd, 1901.

    July 29, 1903 – The first delegation from Mother Jones’ March of the Mill Children arrived at Teddy Roosevelt's summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, to publicize the harsh conditions of child labor. They weren’t allowed through the gates. (From the Daily Bleed)

    July 29, 1970 – After five years on strike, the United Farm Workers finally won a contract with California grape growers. (From Workday Minnesota
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    All Education Matters: URGENT ACTION: Tell The GOP that Pell Grants Are NOT Welfare

    All Education Matters: URGENT ACTION: Tell The GOP that Pell Grants Are NOT Welfare

    URGENT ACTION: Tell The GOP that Pell Grants Are NOT Welfare

    by C. Cryn Johannsen
    AEM has been reporting about the threat to Pell Grants since mid-May. It is on the chopping block, and some members of the GOP have described the program as being akin to welfare. Pell has helped many low-income and minority students pay for college. In the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, politicians have no business trying to slash such an important program. With the wealth gap between whites and minorities at its worst in decades, this is not a smart move. It's un-American. Tell your representatives, the ones who wish to cut Pell, that they are being anti-American. And while you're at it, tell them that if they don't raise the damned debt ceiling, that they are acting like economic terrorists and inflicting pain upon their own consitutents. It's time
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    Save Our Schools #SOSMarch leaders answer White House invitation - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    Save Our Schools March leaders answer White House invitation - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    Save Our Schools March leaders answer White House invitation

    by Valerie Strauss

    Organizers of Saturday’s Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C., have declined an invitation to meet today at the White House with education advisers to President Obama, saying they would instead be available after the march.

    The march, to protest the Obama administration’s corporate-driven education-reform policies, has been in the planning stages for about a year. Some of its organizers have tried for months to get the attention of the White House through letters and blogposts. Suddenly, a few days before the march itself, an invitation was issued for a meeting today.

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    The battle cry of Tiger Mother ex-chancellor Rhee

    by Valerie Strauss

    Will someone please tell former D.C. Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee that she has already told us, over and over again, how much her two daughters “suck” at soccer and that she can stop disparaging their athletic abilities in public?

    Rhee, who quit as D.C. schools boss last October and took to the national stage as a proponent of test-based assessment systems, vouchers and charter schools, just gave yet another speech complaining that America has become one big, soft, anti-competitive marshmallow because parents keep telling their kids they are great when they aren’t.

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