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BREAKING: Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith Resigns

nydailynews.com - One of Mayor Bloomberg’s top aides -- and the man many held responsible for the city’s botched response to the December blizzard -- announced his resignation Thursday after just more than a year on...

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The schools–and the deficits–we deserve

educationgadfly.net - The latest Education Next poll results are packed-full of interesting findings on topics ranging from choice to merit pay, from NCLB to tenure reform. But particularly timely, in this era of fiscal...

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'No' vote would repeal SB 5 | WTVN Local News

610wtvn.com - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio voters opposed to a new collective bargaining law that limits public employee unions will get to vote "no" at the ballot box this fall, following a decision Wednesday by...

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Review Aims to Avert Cheating on State Tests

nytimes.com - New York State education officials announced Monday that they had begun to review the way they detect and prevent cheating on standardized tests, taking a step to avoid the cheating scandals that h...

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The pragmatic Audrey Soglin. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - There are a couple of different narratives that emerged from L’affaire Edelman. One was Jonah Edelman’s video narrative. The one where he came swooping into Illinois and manipulated everyone from M...

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Bloomberg to Use Own Funds in Plan to Aid Minority Youth

nytimes.com - The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a blunt acknowledgment that thousands of young black and Latino men are cut off from New York’s civic, educational and economic life, plans to s...

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Bloomberg declares tenure is not needed in public schools

gothamschools.org - Less than two years after pledging that he did not want to end tenure, Mayor Bloomberg struck a different chord today. “Do I think it’s needed at the public school level? No,” he said today. The st...

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Obama gets a lucrative birthday gift

latimes.com - Reporting from Chicago— One day after wrapping up a tense budget deal that will impose severe spending cuts, President Obama returned home to Chicago on Wednesday night to pick up campaign cash and...

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“Ew Ew Toxic!” « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - “Eww Eww Toxic” That’s our new jingle for Campbell’s soup. No more “M’m M’m Good,” we now think “Eww Eww Toxic” is more appropriate. Why the “Eww” jingle? Because, according to experts, Campbell’...

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Hand Hygiene is "Elementary"

educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ฮฉHand washing programs among school children may have a lasting effect in reducing school absences, according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (...

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President! Obama Turns 50

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 11:50 am, August 4, 2011 Photo Credits: President Obama' turns 50 Obama began his birthday celebrations at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom Wednesday night, as supporters serenaded him with “...

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Meaningful Student Involvement in Education Reform

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Meaningful Student Involvement in Education ReformSTUDENT VOICE IN EDUCATION REFORM There are school systems where students are being engaged as leaders in education reform. Following are examples ...

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Robert Oakeshott | The Economist

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    Unionized Charter Teacher Speaks Out for Small Class Size | Edwize

    Unionized Charter Teacher Speaks Out for Small Class Size | Edwize

    Unionized Charter Teacher Speaks Out for Small Class Size

    The LA Times just published a powerful essay from a union member who teaches at a Green Dot Charter School in Los Angeles. She effectively captures the importance of small class sizes in building teacher-student relationships — and in ensuring that every student gets the personalized attention they need to successfully learn:

    I’m not sure what the breaking point is, but once you get much above 25 students, providing individual attention becomes difficult. To keep my English class of 31 under control, I have to rely on high-energy routines and structured group activities. In place of freewheeling discussion, I pepper the room with rapid-fire questions. To respond to their essays, I use a rubric emphasizing the four or five qualities I’m targeting for the whole class, and then write one or two short individualized sentences at the bottom of the page. With more than 150 students in my classes, I

    Public Financing Supports Growth of Online Charter Schools - ParentAdvocates.org

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    Public Financing Supports Growth of Online Charter Schools
    Linda Brown said her ninth-grade son, who is in special education, “is doing way better than he would have in public school.” But she added that for her fifth-grade daughter, “the social aspect is the thing we miss the most.” On their own, San Jose parents have organized and take turns teaching weekly art, music and science programs at a local church. Oversight for California public charter schools falls to the authorizing districts. Although the Jefferson Elementary School district reviews CAVA’s curriculum and its budget, it lacks the manpower to verify the records.

    June 4, 2010
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    Public Financing Supports Growth of Online Charter Schools

    By CAROL POGASH
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/us/04bccharter.html
    Laura Drews has converted a corner of her San Jose dining room into a public school. Every weekday, she guides her first-, fifth- and eighth-grade children through their class assignments, delivered through textbooks and desktop computers.

    The Drews’ unorthodox education is paid for by taxpayers,