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Big Education Ape: 8-10-11 PM "the passion-driven school" EDition

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In Common Core, Little to Cheer About

edweek.org - Published Online: August 9, 2011Published in Print: August 10, 2011, as In Common Core, Little to Cheer AboutCommentary ByAndew C. PorterThe United States has long resisted a national curriculum, b...

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Put it into law - Timesonline.com: Editorials:

timesonline.com - Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:00 am | Updated: 4:20 pm, Tue Aug 9, 2011. Democrats in Harrisburg ought to make state Rep. Jim Christiana put his legislation where his mouth is. At a hearing ...

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The NEA’s Circus | Labor Notes

labornotes.org - Despite fewer delegates than previous years—just about 9,000, down from 10,000—the National Education Association’s annual convention is still the largest delegated decision-making body in the worl...

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PSBA | News Headlines

psba.org - 8/9/2011 Peter L. DeCoursey, Capitolwire Bureau ChiefREPRINTED WITH PERMISSIONHARRISBURG (Aug. 8) -- Education Secretary Ron Tomalis and Senate Education Committee Chairman Jeff Piccola, R-Dauphin,...

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My response to a proposed charter in RSU #3 Text of my talk on "the passion-driven school" Making the case.... To quit or not to quit? School Detox If I was a kid Rant

mindsofkids.blogspot.com - This blog post began life as a letter to my fellow board members in an effort to explain what I could barely understand myself: why I felt so firmly opposed to a proposed charter school, The Rural ...

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Following the Charter Dollars - News & Announcements

lsba.com - Following the Dollars Who benefits financially from the pro-market charter school movement? The charter school reform emerged in part out of a progressive effort to promote innovation that ...

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SOS March on Washington gives thousands a voice

substancenews.net - Sharon Schmidt - August 03, 2011'Fired' tee shirts told a dramatic story of the teacher bashing policies of the Obama administration. George and Annie Mclaughlin taught at Central Falls High School...

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Kate Walsh, the NCTQ and US World and World Report

seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - On the news wires this week, U.S. News & World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) announce today the launch of a landmark survey. The survey will consist of more than 1,000 ...

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HedgeFund.net: Public news from HedgeNews

hedgefund.net - Ever wonder how a hedge fund manager ended up on the board of directors of your local charter school? Thatâ€™s the question Don Whittinghill, a consultant to the Louisiana School Boards Association...

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New images of Britain

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Oppression breeds resistanceBut the riots also reflect the alienation and resentment of many young people in Britain, where one million people from the ages of 16 to 24 are officially unemployed,...

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There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored | Nina Power | Comment is free

guardian.co.uk - Police in riot gear in Enfield, north London, on Sunday night. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Since the coalition came to power just over a year ago, the country has seen multiple student prote...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 10, 2011 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:46 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Why don't we start? I don't have any anno...

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Delta Threat to Fly the Coop in Atlanta Sounds Like Political Hot Air | Flying Lessons

blog.seattlepi.com - In a fawning interview earlier this summer with anchorman, Neil Cavuto, Anderson sounded an awful lot like he was threatening to take his big ole Atlanta-based airline out of the country if those O...

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Murdoch-Owned Wireless Generation's $27M Contract Should Be Scratched, Teachers' Union Leaders Write

huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- New York should drop a $27 million contract with Wireless Generation, a Rupert Murdoch-owned student data tracking company, in light of News Corporation's alleged wrongdoings, teachers'...

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Our daily newpapers: four different takes on NYC test scores

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The Wall Street Journal says charter schools’ scores – especially those of Eva Moskowitz’s schools -- are so stellar that they should stop opponents in their tracks. Of course! Privatization is...

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What work is. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - What work is. by Philip Levine, the new US Poet Laureate We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You know what work is—if you’re old enough to read this you kno...

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A very sad day in the Co-op world

davisfoodcoop.blogspot.com - Last month I blogged about the good our Co-op is doing in our local community, but today I'd like to point out that we are also part of a national and even global community, which is to say, the Co...

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Chile: Protest in Santiago Grows Violent

nytimes.com - Violence erupted on the streets of Chile’s capital, Santiago, on Tuesday as tens of thousands of students staged another protest demanding increased financing for public education. Masked protester...

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BBC News - Parliament recalled to tackle riots

bbc.co.uk - 9 August 2011 Last updated at 06:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Amateur footage appears to show a gang of youths charging at police in south-east London Parliam...

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Bomb Package Explodes Mexican Campus, Injuring 2 Professors

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:05 pm, August 9, 2011 Photo Credits: Bomb Explodes on Monterrey Institute of Technology Campus Mexico City authorities are reporting a package bomb exploded at the Monterrey Institut...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Annie Sweeney Tribune reporter 10:57 p.m. CDT, August 9, 2011 A federal judge has ruled that former Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued for alleged police brutality conspiracies that happened und...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Annie Sweeney, Tribune reporter August 10, 2011 A federal judge has ruled that former Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued for alleged police brutality conspiracies that happened under former Chic...

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Principal found dead at Tenn. school; student held

boston.com - MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A school principal was killed Wednesday in an apparent homicide at a private school and a 17-year-old student was taken into custody, police said.Officers said the body Suzette York,...

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