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Some State Officials Worried About Race to Top Cut - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Some State Officials Worried About Race to Top Cut - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Some State Officials Worried About Race to Top Cut Imagine that you are a state education official who has spent months and months on Race to the Top, coaxing districts to sign memorandums of understanding and negotiating with union officials, tracking down data, and convincing the Gates Foundation ...
White House Threatens Edujobs Veto if Cuts to Race to Top Remain The Obama administration has signaled that it will veto the entire education jobs bill if the $800 million in cuts to its reform priorities remain. Here is what the administration told Congress in a statement on the edujobs bill, which the U.S. ...
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NorthJersey.com: N.J. Gov. Chris Christie calls on Dems in special session to put tax cap on November ballot

NorthJersey.com: N.J. Gov. Chris Christie calls on Dems in special session to put tax cap on November ballot

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie calls on Dems in special session to put tax cap on November ballot
Thursday, July 1, 2010
LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY JULY 1, 2010, 5:18 PM
BY JOSH MARGOLIN
STATE HOUSE BUREAU
State House Bureau
Live updates from property tax reform special session
Governor Christie
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Governor Christie
TRENTON — Governor Christie opened a special legislative session this afternoon with a brief speech calling on Democrats to bring skyrocketing property taxes under control either through a constitutional amendment limiting tax hikes or a statutory cap that would do roughly the same thing.

Christie, a Republican, said he was offering a compromise to the Democrat-controlled Legislature in order to make the state more affordable.

"Before we leave for the summer, let us finish the job," Christie said after thanking the Democrats for joining with him in passing an austere state budget on Tuesday. "We must act and we must act now...We must help the citizens take back their state."

The governor spoke for just over 13 minutes. The speech marked the culmination of a chaotic 20 hours during which it was unclear whether the Legislature would convene or let Christie make an address. At one point, it was thought the governor
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Eduflack: Around the Edu-Horn, July 1, 2010

Eduflack: Around the Edu-Horn, July 1, 2010

Around the Edu-Horn, July 1, 2010

by Eduflack
Playing games with for-profit education stocks? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/39186.html

Can Michelle Rhee and ed reform tilt the DC mayor's election? http://tinyurl.com/27qm649

RT @TeacherBeat Weingarten Accuses ED of Protecting "Pet Programs": http://bit.ly/bhUoUr

Four new appointments to National Board of Education Sciences -- http://tinyurl.com/2avm9q8

RT @ED_Outreach - no reason why we can't continue to encourage ed reform and also prevent mindless ed cutbacks http://bit.ly/90cBiR

Woo hoo! @Eduflack elected vice chair of Falls Church City School Board -- http://tinyurl.com/28s9vbj
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We know things are tough. But how about some fightin’ words? � Fred Klonsky's blog

We know things are tough. But how about some fightin’ words? � Fred Klonsky's blog

We know things are tough. But how about some fightin’ words.

by preaprez

“Klonsky…where we get seated is the luck of the draw.”
That’s what my Region chair told me when I walked into the Illinois caucus meeting and saw that we we’re seated in the second to the last row. I hadn’t even said anything. She just knew I was going to say some smart
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Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)

Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)
INVESTING IN INNOVATION FUND (I3)


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  • View the Summary of i3 Applications Received here download files PDF [381KB]

  • Department of Education announces launch of data.ed.gov, which makes detailed information about i3 applications received available.

  • Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) FAQs(revised June 18, 2010) download files MS Word(398KB) | PDF (500KB)

  • Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) FAQs Addendum 5 (June 18, 2010) download files MS Word(59.0KB) | PDF (113KB)

  • Securing the i3 Private-Sector Match: A Resource for Applicants (May 7, 2010)
    download files PDF (96KB) | MS Word (48KB)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Program Office: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
CFDA Number: 84.396A (Scale-up grants); 84.396B (Validation grants); 84.396C (Development grants)
Program Type: Cooperative agreements (for Scale-up grants) and discretionary grants (for Validation grants and Development grants)
Program Description: The Investing in Innovation Fund, established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.
These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovative practices that can serve as models of best practices, (2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and (3) identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success.

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Much-vindicated Michael Mann and Hockey Stick get final exoneration from Penn State — time for some major media apologies and retractions � Climate Progress

Much-vindicated Michael Mann and Hockey Stick get final exoneration from Penn State — time for some major media apologies and retractions � Climate Progress
Much-vindicated Michael Mann and Hockey Stick get final exoneration from Penn State — time for some major media apologies and retractions

"An Investigatory Committee of faculty members with impeccable credentials" has unanimously "determined that Dr. Michael E. Mann did not engage in, nor did he participate in, directly or indirectly, any actions that seriously deviated from accepted practices within the academic community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research, or other scholarly activities."


July 1, 2010


PANEL STICKS UP FOR AN INNOCENT MANN
His work “clearly places Dr. Mann among the most respected scientists in his field…. Dr. Mann’s work, from the beginning of his career, has been recognized as outstanding.“
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Oakland’s Small Businesses Brace for Oscar Grant Verdict | California Progress Report

Oakland’s Small Businesses Brace for Oscar Grant Verdict | California Progress Report

Oakland’s Small Businesses Brace for Oscar Grant Verdict

by kaldveer
By Poornima Weerasekara
New America Media

Black-and-white posters of Oscar Grant’s smiling face are plastered on many downtown shop windows, especially on 17th Street, which suffered the most damage after riots broke out to protest the deadly police shooting that killed the 22-year-old butcher’s apprentice on New Year’s Day last year.
As the trial of former police officer Johannes Mehserle, accused of killing Oscar Grant, draws to an end, with a verdict anticipated as early as this week, city authorities advised small businesses to stock up on plywood, board their windows, and follow Twitter updates from the Oakland police in anticipation of more civil unrest.
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Southeastern PA Budget Coalition protests budget (cuts) | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Southeastern PA Budget Coalition protests budget (cuts) | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Southeastern PA Budget Coalition protests budget (cuts)

by Rajiv Venkataramanan on Jul 01 2010

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If legislators in Harrisburg expect to come home to an electorate satisfied with a passed budget, they are going to be in for a surprise. Thursday afternoon, the Southeastern PA Budget Coalition, a motley group of social service providers, unions, community organizations, and advocacy groups, staged a rally outside Philadelphia's City Hall to protest the various cuts the state budget entails.
Passions ran high as the group of around 400 people, armed with bull horns and signs, chanted and testified about what they thought was unjust about the state. budget. Katie Sipp, Executive VP of SEIU Health Care PA, declared that "budgets are political documents," and that this state budget reflected the political priorities of Harrisburg legislators. She went on to say that the budget serves "corporate greed, but not the peoples' need."
This was the overarching theme of those who spoke: that the legislature did little, if anything, to make corporations pay their fair share of taxes and instead slashed programs critical to the lives of vulnerable populations in PA. One after another, spokespersons from various groups expressed shock at how Harrisburg politicians
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Michigan Legislature approves school budget

Michigan Legislature approves school budget

Michigan Legislature approves school budget

By TIM MARTIN, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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(07-01) 13:37 PDT Lansing, Mich. (AP) --
Michigan's public schools won't get all of their financial problems fixed with a budget bill that sailed through the state Legislature on Thursday, but at least they're safe from state aid cuts in the upcoming year.
Public schools will get a small $11 per student increase by the end of September, raising the minimum per student foundation grant received from the state to $7,162 a year but still leaving schools below 2009 funding levels. The new funding levels will remain intact for the state fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, meaning school districts will fare much better than most state programs in a budget plan that likely will be full of cuts.
Lawmakers wrapped up the $12.8 billion school aid budget before leaving town for a break expected to last at least two weeks. The Republican-led Senate passed the school aid bill 37-1, while the Democratic-led state House passed it 98-6. Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm will sign the bill, spokeswoman Liz Boyd said.
"It takes care of education in a difficult year," said Sen. Ron Jelinek, a Republican from Three Oaks.
Tougher budget decisions — including those affecting prisons, social services and
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/01/financial/f133704D43.DTL&type=education#ixzz0sT0SFTc1


UCSF head has millions in medical, drug stocks

UCSF head has millions in medical, drug stocks
Days after selling her tobacco stock and donating the proceeds to an anti-smoking program at UCSF, Dr...




Iron Science Teacher: Exploratorium contest

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There's no wild-eyed master of ceremonies brandishing a bell pepper, but all the fun and madcap antics...









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