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Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students’ standardized-test scores seem to have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students’ lives beyond acad...

DianeRavitch

Know Your Rights

ed.gov - OCR enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Education. These laws prohibit discrimination...

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06 | January | 2012

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Last year, I began a new regular interview series. There are always lots of “hot spots” around the world — places where there are natural disasters, political upheavals, etc. And English teachers c...

DianeRavitch

Book Reveals Friction Between Rahm Emanuel, Michelle Obama

huffingtonpost.com - Then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in February 2010 after a series of columns appeared depicting him as the lone element keeping the Obam...

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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?

huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...

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Shanker Blog » New Report: Does Money Matter?

shankerblog.org - Over the past few years, due to massive budget deficits, governors, legislators and other elected officials are having to slash education spending. As a result, incredibly, there are at least 30 st...

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Clergymen Are Among Arrested Protesters

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Updated, 6:26 p.m. | Four pastors, including a member of City Council, were among seven men arrested Thursday morning in front of the city Law Department during a protest of the city’s ban on allow...

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Chicago mayor stars in right-wing, anti-public school video

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Thanks to brother Fred I came upon this right-wing propaganda video targeting public school and teachers unions staring none other than Rahm Emanuel. "A Tale of Two Missions," co-stars the head of ...

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I'm With Michelle On This One

schooltechconnect.com - I was going to skip this story about Michelle Obama until I realized it's pretty much the story of how she can't stand Rahm Emanuel.The first lady never confronted the advisers directly — that was ...

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The Education Gadfly Show Podcast

edexcellence.net - Michael J. Petrilli, Chris Tessone / December 22, 2011 This last 2011 installment of the Gadfly Show won’t disappoint, with Mike joined by Chris Tessone (formerly of Dollars and Sen$e fame). The tw...

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Why I Am A Liberal | Addicting Info

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why I Am A Liberal | Addicting Info:Why I Am A Liberalby Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" RosarioWhy I Am A LiberalJanuary 6, 2012By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario“A society grows great when old ...

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Louder Than A Bomb - Trailer

oprah.com - Hello. To view this content, JavaScript must be enabled and you need the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player. Click here to get the latest Flash player. Louder Than A Bomb chronicles four teams...

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Van Halen sets Oakland, San Jose concert dates

mercurynews.com - By Tony HicksContra Costa Times Click photo to enlarge Van Halen member David Lee Roth performs at Cafe Wha? in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) Behind its first new album...

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Ruling in Alex Sanchez Case Expected Soon

tomhayden.com - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is close to ruling on key portions of the Alex Sanchez case involving prosecution conflicts-of-interest and double jeopardy issues. Meanwhile, two-and-one-half y...

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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?

huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...

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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?

huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...

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