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• Twelve policies that undermine civil society

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 421
  I noticed this “web memo” on the Heritage Foundation web site. Basically, they just list the twelve policies and then write a couple of short paragraphs on how each policy negatively impacts civil society. This is a good introduction to Christians who want to think through whether some government policies that ...
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• Focus | The next step in Saxman’s political career?

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 419
  Story by Chris Graham Chris Saxman’s career in the House of Delegates is winding down. Could a new avenue be opening up with a possible job in the McDonnell administration? “Obviously that’s natural speculation,” said Saxman, who this week confirmed that he is co-chairing the Bob McDonnell transition ...
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• Acorn phone-y: Probers eye 500G ed.-bill rip-off

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  A former education organizer at the scandal-scarred activist group ACORN fraudulently used Department of Education phone-bill accounts to cash in on more than $500,000 in lavish Verizon customer rewards, city investigators charged yesterday. Donnett Davis, 31, of Brooklyn, allegedly obtained spa retreats, Yankees and ...
  6 hours ago

• Another Superintendent Speaks Out Against Evidence-Based Funding

  
  State of Ohio Education Blog — Authority: 126
  Yes, its true. Yesterday Columbus NBC Channel 4 ran this story. Dont forget to scroll down to watch the video. UPPER SANDUSKY—The governor’s evidence-based funding model isn’t yet fully implemented, but Upper Sandusky Schools Supt. Ken Doseck says when it is, his district could go bankrupt. ...
  20 hours ago

• City’s Schools Share Their Space, and Bitterness by Jennifer Medina - NYTimes.com

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 141
  Read original... Public school parents protested the proposed expansion of a charter school in New York City. As charters take up more space in public school buildings, resentment is growing. Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times Suzanne Tecza had spent a year redesigning the library at Middle School 126 ...
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• Social Marxist Indoctrination coming to the University of Minnesota Education Department?

  
  Minnesota Family Council — Authority: 419
  Marxist ideology under the guise of multi-culturalism is being pushed at the University of Minnesotas Education Department. Katherine Kersten in a column in last weeks Star Tribune highlights this latest attack on Western values. Kersten notes that In a report compiled last summer, the Race, Culture, Class ...
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• Interpreting 101: To mouth or not to mouth?

  
  Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person — Authority: 115
  Seated from Left: ASP Head Nilo Sorongon, MCCIDs Jerome Marzan, Me, Akap Pinoys Daylin Taleon, Liliane Philippines Tess Dela Cruz, NCDA Director Geraldine Ruiz and Nova Foundations Noli Agcaoili Two Saturdays ago, I was privileged to be invited in a workshop on disability in the Philippines sponsored by the ...
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• 12 Percent of OC School Children Living in Poverty

  
  The Liberal OC — Authority: 504
  The Orange County Register’s Scott Martindale reports that Poverty figures are on the rise among O.C. schoolchildren . The number of impoverished children ages 5 to 17 jumped by 6,188 in a single year, to an estimated 67,062 now in Orange County. Meanwhile, a much larger portion of the county’s students – 43 ...
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• PCBs still present in public schools

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 588
  From the Queens Chronicle : ...Naomi Gonzalez, a Bronx mother of two, has instilled in her 7-year-old daughter advice that may seem unorthodox at first. “I don’t let her drink the water in school, and she knows to ask not to sit by the window,” Gonzalez said. Her daughter’s school, P.S. 178, is one of 85 ...
  2 days ago

• New Action: solidarity against Bloomberg on tenure

  
  JD2718 — Authority: 467
  Reacting to Mayor Bloomberg’s stated intention to unilaterally tie tenure to test scores, starting this year, New Action called for a “united stand” and for extending “our hands to all to join us in this fight.” About the mayor:  His goal is “to tie student test scores to teacher evaluation, to attack ...
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• Pushing To Be Free In School From PCBs by Hashim Rahman - City Limits

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 141
  Read original... Parents and pols seek state-of-the-art evaluations of school toxicity, and ways to address a potentially huge health threat. PCBs are resilient; their legacy is permanency. Thirty years after their ban, these hardy chemical compounds persist in our lakes, our rivers, our bodies, and a broad ...
  4 days ago

• School Windows Still Contain Toxic PCBs by Lisa Fogarty - Queens Chronicle

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 141
  Read original... By the time they’re in school, most children grow accustomed to hearing their parents echo cautionary instructions so common they’ve become part of the fabric of our society: wash your hands before eating and look both ways before crossing, to name a few. But Naomi Gonzalez, a Bronx mother ...
  5 days ago

• Bloomberg declares war on tenure

  
  JD2718 — Authority: 467
  And also declares war on discussing policy with the UFT. “As it turns out our lawyers now tell us after a very close reading of New York’s law, the current law does not actually stop us from using student data to evaluate teachers who are up for tenure this particular school year, because the way it was written ...
  1 week ago

• 3 Queens public high schools may close

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 588
  From the Daily News : Several Queens schools may be in hot water after failing to make the grade on the citys annual progress reports. The city is considering closing Beach Channel High School in Rockaway Park; the Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship High School in Cambria Heights and Jamaica High ...
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• Nearing charter cap, DOE says it won’t approve any more schools

  
  GothamSchools Newsroom — Authority: 603
  The city’s Department of Education has nearly hit the ceiling on the number of charter schools it is allowed to authorize and will not approve any more until the state cap is lifted. On Monday, the DOE sent a list of 15 approved charter schools to the State Education Department for final authorization, leaving it ...
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• Leonie Haimson: Our Children are More Than Test Scores - The Huffington Post

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 141
  Read original... On the front page of todays Times is one of those iconic stories that epitomizes the system under Bloomberg and Klein: Francisco Hernandez Jr., a 13-year-old Brooklyn boy with Aspergers wandered alone in the New York subway system for days, after he had been scolded at school for not ...
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• School is Cool

  
  Words of Wisdom — Authority: 133
  It’s no secret that I am a huge supporter of the public school system in this country and I believe, with few exceptions, that parents do a terrible disservice by keeping their children out of the real world situations afforded by public school. My oldest daughter, Rachel, is in 2nd grade this year and next year ...
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• Barack Obama Challenges BDPA: Educate to Innovate

  
  BDPA Foundation — Authority: 133
  President Obama has launched an “ Educate to Innovate ” campaign to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This campaign will include efforts not only from the Federal Government but also from leading companies, foundations ( ...
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• Imagine a Banana Peel, Only Its a Condom

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  I dont know, something about a condom! Karen Hollander, a teacher from the High School of Art & Design in New York City, is suing the Department of Education after slipping on condoms and hurting her head.Nasty! Oh dear god in the suit she claims school officials failed to maintain safety in the cafeteria. Say ...
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• Negotiations: What Matters Most

  
  JD2718 — Authority: 467
  A raise, and no harm. Read here .
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