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Question of Cheating at Taft High School

citybeat.com - In a Cincinnati neighborhood plagued by high rates of blight, poverty and crime, the new $18.4 million Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in the West End couldn’t offer a more contra...

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School closure fight continues at Board of Ed

wbez.org - The Chicago Board of Education heard impassioned comments from the public Wednesday.People began lining up at 4 a.m. to address board members before they vote on whether to close seven schools and ...

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Due to a generous grant, our school has a new Mac...

insidecolocation.tumblr.com - Due to a generous grant, our school has a new Mac lab. This room is being taken by Success Academy. There is no room upstairs that has the necessary wiring for our computer lab. According to the Bu...

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Wis. Republicans and ALEC Push Vouchers on Disabled Kids

progressive.org - By Ruth Conniff, February 21, 2012 It’s crunch time on school vouchers for disabled kids in Wisconsin. Last summer, I wrote about how Republicans and school choice groups are targeting kids in spec...

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Bankstreet - Occasional Papers

bankstreet.edu - Guest editors Gail Boldt and Bill Ayers have asked 13 leading educators to address the politics of the teacher accountability movement in America. Who benefits and who is hurt? What is gained and w...

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U.S. schools chief endorses release of teacher data

articles.latimes.com - August 16, 2010|By Jason Felch and Jason Song, Los Angeles TimesU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that parents have a right to know if their children's teachers are effective, end...

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California Will Not Be Fooled By Mitt Romney

huffingtonpost.com - I was two years old in 1988 when I left Guadalajara, Mexico with my mother to join my father in the United States. I don't remember the long car ride or when the world I was barely learning about d...

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Town says, "frack you" to Anschutz

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Phillip Anschutz, bankrolled the anti-public school propaganda film, Waiting for Superman. Now he's financing another film glorifying the so called, "parent trigger", a law which gives a group of ...

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Board Closes All 17 Schools!

teachersforjustice.org - Tonight, Feb 22, 2012, at about 6:15 PM, the appointed Board of Education of the city of Chicago closed, phased out, and turned around all 17 schools on their chopping block without a dissenting vo...

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Yard sale. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - When I walk out of school on June 8th it will be with lots of memories and hands free. The few personal belongs that I have in and on my desk will have been taken home by then. Everything else stay...

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Magisto Is A Lot Of Fun

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Magisto is an amazing video editor that is an app on its own and is also available as a YouTube editing tool. It was on The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 list. I’ve just started u...

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Conn. mom pleads guilty in school residency case

boston.com - NORWALK, Conn.—A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school district.Tonya McDowell entered her plea Wednesday in Norwalk Superior C...

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New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking

nytimes.com - In a victory for opponents of the drilling process known as hydrofracking, a New York State judge ruled on Tuesday that the upstate town of Dryden in Tompkins County can ban natural gas drilling wi...

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New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking

nytimes.com - In a victory for opponents of the drilling process known as hydrofracking, a New York State judge ruled on Tuesday that the upstate town of Dryden in Tompkins County can ban natural gas drilling wi...

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Modern School: Why Girls Don’t Go For STEM Careers

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Why Girls Don’t Go For STEM Careers:Why Girls Don’t Go For STEM Careersby Michael DunnGirl Scouts of Central Maryland host STEM event (Image from Flickr, by RDECOM)A new nationwide s...

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School Tech Connect: No Big Surprises

schooltechconnect.com - No big surprises at the CPS Board meeting tonight. If anyone thought they weren't going to vote in lockstep agreement on the "turnarounds," then that person was seriously deluded. Dissent is not t...

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The Prescience of Rev. Calvin Morris

schooltechconnect.com - Just to review... The administration came up with a plan to "turnaround" x number of neighborhood schools. They had a series of hearings marked by overwhelming opposition. Today, the board is going...

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