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The Fatal Distraction

nytimes.com - Friday brought two numbers that should have everyone in Washington saying, “My God, what have we done?” One of these numbers was zero — the number of jobs created in August. The other w...

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Daily Kos: American Schools in Crisis

dailykos.com - A couple of quick notes before returning to the piece. Diane Ravitch may be as qualified as anyone in the US to write a piece about the status of American public schools. She was an Assistant Sec...

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Schooling for Ruling

deborahmeier.blogspot.com - This is my speech at the Save Our Schools Rally, Saturday, July 30, 2011, on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. One thing that is interesting is that only mad dogs, Englishmen and teachers could imagi...

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Labor Day. Stand Up Chicago! « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Monday, September 5, 2011 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Rally in Grant Park Near Congress and Columbus Rally to be followed by a march to the site of negotiations. Stand Up! Chicago is working with a gr...

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But Will Secretary Duncan Listen To Her?

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Sep 04 2011 Larry FerlazzoThe New York Times has published a major article on technology use in schools titled In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores. I’ll be adding it to The Best Research Availa...

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US different if Hillary Clinton president

sfgate.com - Richard Drew / AP Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, is interviewed on the "Fox & friends" television program, about his book "in My Time," in New York Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (09-04) 08:38...

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Bloomberg Defends His Misleading the Public on Aide

nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg acknowledged on Sunday that he concealed the arrest of former deputy mayor Stephen Goldsmith, but steadfastly refused to apologize for his actions, even as Mr. Goldsmith ...

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The Fatal Distraction

nytimes.com - Friday brought two numbers that should have everyone in Washington saying, “My God, what have we done?” One of these numbers was zero — the number of jobs created in August. The other w...

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Daily Kos: I don't belong here

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: I don't belong here: I don't belong hereby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)this is a reposting of a diary from more than 4 years ago that I just encountered while looking for something else...

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For A Better Model on Jobs, Look to Argentina, Not Europe

news.firedoglake.com - Howard Schneider is not just right to if austerity has killed Europe’s economy, but to apply that lesson to the US. After all, the continuing misery in the job market is uniquely tied to the decay ...

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Two students wounded at party near USC campus

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Two USC students were wounded, one critically, when gunshots were fired at a party near the campus early Sunday. The shooting occurred about 2 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 1200 block of West...

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Inequity & Injustice in DPS? | DeFENSE

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Inequity & Injustice in DPS? | DeFENSE: Inequity & Injustice in DPS?by defensedenverby Ed Augden (community activist and retired DPS teacher)According to the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitutio...

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Autism And The Inhumanity Of The Right Wing | Addicting Info

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Autism And The Inhumanity Of The Right Wing | Addicting Info: Autism And The Inhumanity Of The Right WingSeptember 4, 2011By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" RosarioI didn't even know it existed until ...

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      Ohio to Retest Teachers Under New Law - High School Notes (usnews.com)

      Ohio to Retest Teachers Under New Law - High School Notes (usnews.com):

      Ohio to Retest Teachers Under New Law

      By JASON KOEBLER

      September 5, 2011 RSS Feed Print

      As soon as next year, approximately 7,000 educators in Ohio's poorest-performing public schools may be required to retake teaching exams under a new law passed by the state.

      Math and English teachers who work at schools ranked in the lowest 10 percent of the state will be required to retake and pass Ohio's teacher licensure exams. If the teachers pass, they will be exempt from retaking the test for three years. Each district's school board will have the option to fire teachers who don't pass the test.

      Patrick Galloway, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Education, says the earliest the changes will be implemented is prior to the 2012-2013 school year, and that the criteria for

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      Guest Post: Politics Driving Math Classes « The Core Knowledge Blog

      Guest Post: Politics Driving Math Classes « The Core Knowledge Blog:

      Guest Post: Politics Driving Math Classes

      by Robert Pondiscio
      September 5th, 2011

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      Today’s post is by Laurie H. Rogers, a member of the executive committee for Where’s the Math? and author of “Betrayed: How the Education Establishment Has Betrayed America and What You Can Do About It.” She blogs at Betrayed (http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/) where this post also appears.

      Several days ago, someone sent me an article on “teaching math for social justice.” I actually hit my desk while reading it, narrowly missing the cat. I shouldn’t read things like that first thing in the morning. It raises my blood pressure and gets the next 12 hours off to a bad start.

      In the article, teaching math for social justice isn’t about math or justice; it’s about

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      Sacramento Press / United Farm Workers & Union March: Soles for SB 126

      Sacramento Press / United Farm Workers & Union March: Soles for SB 126:


      United Farm Workers & Union March: Soles for SB 126

      by Amabelle Ocampo

      Reminiscent of Cesar Chavez's 300 mile pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento in 1966, more than 5,000 farmworkers, their families, and supporters marched the final steps of a 13-day, 167 miles pilgrimage through California’s Central Valley, to the north steps of the capitol on Sunday, September 4, 2011. The farmworker's call to action is for Governor Jerry Brown to sign SB 126, a bill that would make it easier for farm workers to join unions and speak up for fair labor rights.

      The last leg of the walk for civil liberties in Sacramento began at Southside Park at 10am and ended with an urging of support for Governor Brown to sign the bill that is making its way through the California Legislature.

      SB 126 penned by Senator Darrell Steinberg includes a revised version of the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act (SB 104), a bill that would have made it easier for farm workers to join a union and speak up for their rights,

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      Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - August’s “The Best…” Lists (There Are Now 763 Of Them)

      Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - August’s “The Best…” Lists (There Are Now 763 Of Them):

      Email Newsletter Sent-Out I just sent out my free monthly email newsletter. It has about 1,500 subscribers. If you’d like to subscribe, you can complete the subscription form in less than ten seconds.
      August’s Best Posts I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous ...
      August’s “The Best…” Lists (There Are Now 763 Of Them) Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted in August (you can see all 763 of them categorized here): The Best “Fun” Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too — 2011 (So Far) — August, 2011 The Best Websites For English Language Learner ...
      The Best Resources On Teaching Multilevel ESL/EFL Classes I’ve been doing some research on teaching multilevel ESL/EFL classes, and thought I’d share the most useful resources I’ve found online. I hope readers can contribute more… Here are my choices for The Best Resources On Teaching Multilevel ESL/EFL ...
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      Catholic School Teachers Wrestle With Obedience in Contract Talks - NYTimes.com

      Catholic School Teachers Wrestle With Obedience in Contract Talks - NYTimes.com:

      Catholic School Teachers Wrestle With Faith and Obedience in Negotiating a Contract

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      Rosemarie Beitz, a teacher at a parochial school in Manhattan, handed out leaflets last week.

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      Published: September 4, 2011

      Wednesday morning, on the first day of the new school year at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic School in East Harlem, Gertrude Zagarella expects to arrive, as always, at 7:05. By 7:45, the children — mostly Hispanic, black and poor — will be done with breakfast, and then it is Ms. Zagarella’s responsibility to lead all the students, from kindergartners to eighth graders, into the gym for morning prayers.

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      The rest of Wednesday she will spend in Room 11, teaching the new first graders where to find the bathroom, when to wash their hands and how to properly stand in a lunch line. That first day, they feel smaller than they expected, but lucky for them, no one is more experienced at calming first-grade jitters than Ms. Zagarella.

      Of the 56 years she has taught in Catholic schools, 55 have been in first grade. At 77, she can think of little that she does not love about it. First graders learn to read. First

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