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President Obama's Plan to Train 2 Million Workers for Jobs in High-Demand Industries
whitehouse.gov - Megan SlackFebruary 13, 2012 at 04:26 PM ESTToday, President Obama announced the Community College to Career Fund, an $8 billion investment in his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget that would train two milli...
CMS scraps controversial tests, teacher ratings
charlotteobserver.com - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is scrapping 52 controversial year-end exams, including one-on-one testing for children as young as kindergarten, and the "value-added" test-score ratings that had tea...
A Case of Misplaced Blame- How The REAL Culprits in America’s Decline are Shifting Responsibility to Schools and Teachers
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- After the publication of my first book, in 1983, I went on a lecture tour that had stops in several Northeastern industrial cities. My travels tool me to Buffalo, Youngstown, Bridgeport, Newark, D...
Shanker Blog » Guessing About NAEP Results
shankerblog.org - Every two years, the release of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) generates a wave of research and commentary trying to explain short- and long-term trends. For insta...
Why the release of the Teacher data reports and adoption of a new statewide evaluation system will be bad for teachers and bad for kids
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The UFT has lost its lawsuit and the DOE says it will release the teacher data reports to the media within weeks, with all the major newspapers expected to print them. These reports, which rate 12...
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Guest Commentary: Opting out of CSAPs
denverpost.com - Policymakers may convince themselves it's so. School administrators, hired to sing from a state-issue hymnal, will say it's so.Any parent who pays attention will know it's not. "School accountabili...
The Teaching Profession as a Service Industry
dailycensored.com - Walt Gardner, writing in his EdWeek blog, concluded recently: “The latest reminder that freedom of speech for teachers in K-12 is an illusion came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit...
Texas Republican Blows the Whistle on the Techno-Scholastic Complex - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - In 1961, a Republican president, Dwight Eisenhower, closed his term with a speech that carried a prophetic warning. He said: Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armame...
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Ald. Munoz' Plan To Protect Free Speech During G8, NATO Summits
progressillinois.com - Chicago Alderman Rick Munoz said Tuesday legislation he plans to introduce on Wednesday prohibiting police from blocking access to social media and cell phone networks during the G8 and NATO summit...
Rick Santorum's Pincer Movement - New York Times (blog)
campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com - New York Times (blog)Rick Santorum's Pincer MovementNew York Times (blog)It's been clear since Iowa that Rick Santorum, of all the Republican contenders, posed the most serious challenge to Mitt Ro...
That Old Black Magic
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON As though Bill Donohue didn’t have enough to be cranky about. The perpetually apoplectic Catholic League president is on the rampage about President Obama trying to m...
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Pro-Emanuel education groups organized by mayoral ally - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - A political consulting firm with close ties to Mayor Rahm Emanuel has funded and helped organize community groups and faith leaders on behalf of the mayor's contentious education agenda as a counte...
ActBlue — Contribute now to Elizabeth Warren
secure.actblue.com - In an era of politicians who pander to the corporations and Wall Street banks, Elizabeth Warren will be a tireless champion for the 99%.She's the best candidate that money can't buy.Please stand wi...
actress lisa chan apologizes for hoekstra ad
blog.angryasianman.com - An update on Lisa Chan, the 21-year-old actress who appeared in Michigan Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra's godawful racist campaign ad... When the ad hit the airwaves (and for the rest of us, the in...
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D.C. Circuit Wants Answers From Trial Judge On Denial Of Anti-SLAPP Motion
legaltimes.typepad.com - In July, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a series of two-sentence orders denying blogger Andrew Breitbart's motions to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him in Washington federal court. ...
Joggers hit road for Occupy Chicago at 4 a.m. to highlight parks access
abclocal.go.com - February 15, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- It's shaping up to be a busy day for members of the Occupy Chicago movement. Some were out jogging around 4 a.m. Wednesday. They want to bring attention to or...
Report: Queens teacher had fifth-graders send cards to a felon
gothamschools.org - A city teacher is in trouble after she required her students to craft holiday cards for a prisoner in an upstate jail. Melissa Dean had her fifth-grade class at P.S. 143 in Queens decorate cards fo...
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School Lunch Guidelines: Preschooler Told Homemade Turkey Sandwich Not Nutritious Enough, Given Nuggets Instead
huffingtonpost.com - A preschool student at West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina ended up eating three chicken nuggets for lunch two weeks ago -- because a state inspector declared that the 4-year-old's lunch ...
Ridgeland High School art teacher wins ring, plans to sell it to buy classroom kiln
timesfreepress.com - Erika Couey, a Ridgeland High School art teacher, wears a ring she won and intends to sell so her students can fire their ceramics in a new kiln. NEED A RING?Couey's ring has three solitaire diamon...
Editorial: School kids show the state why parks should be open to all - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial
sacbee.com - Slowly but surely, nonprofits and local communities are exploring what they can do to keep open the 70 state parks slated to close on July 1.So far, 10 parks have been removed from the closure list...
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washingtonsblog.com - Over 400 Degrees Celsius Pretending that the Fukushima reactors achieved a state of “cold shutdown” was a political – rather than scientific - decision. Tepco itself said the state of cold shutdown...
Pay Effective Teachers Salaries They Deserve
thepetitionsite.com - signatures: deadline: ongoing signature goal: 50,000 In February, President Obama said, "Education is an investment that we need to win the future." He's right. In order to invest in our kids' futu...
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Big Education Ape: 2-14-12 PM Now we’ve got Mayor Rahm upset EDition #2013BUDGET #REALREFORM
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Big Education Ape: 2-13-12 PM U.S. Department of Education 2013 Budget #2013BUDGET #edchat
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Tuesday is Virtual Lobby Day. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - It’s Tuesday. Wear Red. Email your legislators. “Don’t mess with our TRS.” At our Local’s Governing Board meeting last night we made plans for our back-home lobbying efforts. In past years, this wo...
Student protests hit Rahm's favorite charter chain
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Julie Woestehoff, of Parents United for Responsible Education, speaks at a rally and march to call for an end to what they call “appalling” disciplinary policies at some schools. | Brian Jackson...
