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Cheating our children: Suspicious school test scores across the nation

ajc.com - By Heather Vogell, John Perry and Alan Judd and M.B. PellThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSuspicious test scores in roughly 200 school districts resemble those that entangled Atlanta in the biggest ...

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'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students

commondreams.org - Dear 8th Graders, I’m sorry.(llustration: David McLiman) I didn’t know. I spent last night perusing the 150-plus pages of grading materials provided by the state in anticipation of reading and eval...

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I Predict That The ATR Crises Will Really Explode In The 2012-13 School Year .

chaz11.blogspot.com - One of my friends told me that his Principal had informed the Assistant Principals in his "Turnaround School" that the Network Leader had notified him that Tweed is encouraging the Principals of "T...

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CT Gov proposes to take the public & parents out of public education « Parents Across America

parentsacrossamerica.org - by Wendy Lecker, cross-posted from the Stamford Advocate. The Connecticut Education Commissioner, Stefan Pryor, is a co-founder and former board member of Achievement First chain of charter schools...

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Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - What a nutcase:Publishing teachers' ratings in the newspaper in the way The New York Times and other outlets have done recently is not a good use of performance data, U.S. Secretary of Education Ar...

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‘There is no joy in education these days’ - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - This is an open letter written by Larry Lee after he sat through a meeting of the Alabama House Ways & Means Education Committee last week during a hearing on HB541, a bill known as the “Education ...

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"May God have mercy on us..."

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Lake Board votes on cuts I'm heading back to Ohio this week to speak at Kenyon College and then on to D.C. to speak at Occupy the DOE. While at Bowling Green last Thursday, I picked up a copy of th...

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WEEKEND QUOTABLES

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - President Obama "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. I can only imagine what his parents are going through. When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids." -- AP Wire Jesse Jackson ...

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CTA Proud to Join Growing Coalition in Support of New Compromise Tax Initiative

cta.org - Contact: Mike Myslinski at 408-921-5769 (cell); mmyslinski@cta.org LOS ANGELES – Dean E. Vogel, president of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association, released this statement regarding th...

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Gov. Scott signs school prayer law - Florida

miamiherald.com - TALLAHASSEE -- The burden is now on school districts to decide whether to allow students to pray or deliver “inspirational messages” during public events. Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Friday a c...

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House committee advances private school funding amendment: Legislature

adn.com - JUNEAU -- The House Finance Committee has advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow public money to be used for private schools. HJR16 is a companion to a bill that would allow ...

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Making Prom Happen for Foster Care Girls

lafiga.firedoglake.com - Pretty dresses, cute shoes, hair and make-up are all part of the prom experience for millions of American girls. But for many teenagers living in foster care, the prom is just one more thing out of...

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I just want her to be happy « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - I remember the moment I became a mother. It was like lightening and thunder inside my body, and then, suddenly and unexpectedly, a delightful soft and smooth swoosh. And there she was. Like every...

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Just Wondering

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: Just Wondering: Just Wonderingby Melissa WestbrookNow we know a few more things about the situation at Lowell and I just have to ask Dr. Enfield and Mr. Apostle a c...

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The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Fred, As a MI resident, I know all about the Mackinac Center, even did a point-counterpoint op-ed for them once. (Yes, I was counterpoint. Ha.) While they get Koch money, they have other usual-susp...

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Melissa Harris-Perry: Standing in solidarity with Trayvon Martin #trayvonmartin

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - msnbc video: Standing in solidarity with Trayvon Martin: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyMelissa Harris-Perry Mocks Geraldo Rivera For Trayvon Martin Hoodie...

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The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky: The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone.by Fred KlonskyFred,As a MI resident, I know all about the...

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Obama's disbelief after staring into N. Korea

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Two New Good Photo-Editing Sites

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects: PicMonkey joins the many other tools on the list by offering many different kinds of photo-editing features...

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Three Students Die Making \\\'Potatoe\\\' Bombs in Colombia

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 6:30 pm EST, March 25, 2012 Three Colombian university students, including a woman, died Sunday when the explosives they were handling went off at a house in Bogota, police and city of...

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Student shot to death on Mississippi State campus

nj.com - STARKVILLE, Miss. — A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late Saturday night, prompting campus-wide alerts as authorities searched for suspects who fled the ...

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Not Common. Not Core, Either. - Teacher in a Strange Land

blogs.edweek.org - My friend Claudia Swisher, an exceptional veteran teacher from Oklahoma, recently posted an update in Goodreads, a kind of virtual book club where we hang out together. We have challenged each othe...

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Melissa Harris-Perry: Standing in solidarity with Trayvon Martin #trayvonmartin

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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 3-25 #soschat #EDReform

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 12 minutes ago Jersey Jazzman: Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac: Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniacby...

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