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• Sources: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, and Trial

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 571
  More than just as tribute to the victims, more than just a disaster story, the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire, and the following events including the trial of the company owners, lay out issues students can see clearly.  I think the event is extremely well documented and adapted for student projects.  In general ...
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• New Lunchbox for the Homeschooling Dad!

  
  Homeschool and Etc. — Authority: 129
  Weve been looking in thrift stores about *forever* for a new lunchbox for D. We refuse to pay the $20 for a new one, but just hadnt seen any adequately-sized lunchboxes in good condition... until now. D wasnt sure if he should get it or not. I told him he should get this $1.98 bargain, because it not only holds his ...
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• Yowie!

  
  Homeschool and Etc. — Authority: 129
  This is the sort of thing that Id be afraid of happening if I brought my older kids home. No... not to that degree (LOL!) but the jumping right into geometry before figuring out the parameters of "this is schooltime" and "this is the time to eat cereal" that my younger children have down pretty naturally. I would ...
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• The Education Wars III

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 149
  Nevada teacher unions are signing their death warrants now that they are working with the governor to try and change the law regarding teacher evaluations so the state can get that "Race to the Top" money . I wonder if these unions even understand the strings attached to Arnes "Race to the Top." Duncan is virulently ...
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• Public School Indoctrination

  
  Tai-Chi Policy — Authority: 148
  Yet again . Hmm, what are the chances that anyone involved in that story doesn’t vote Democratic? Posted in Anti-Americanism Tagged: Indoctrination, Minnesota, Public Education
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• Assorted Education Post

  
  Homeschool and Etc. — Authority: 129
  ... full of notes too small to be posted separately. Its a Teacher! Dont you just love all the little baby things at showers? Isnt it fun to plan gift ideas and see some of the silly games the hosts will come up with? Im thinking giving a tiny prize to the random person with the "raisin" in her napkin diaper ...
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• Tuesday Morning Open Thread

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 143
  Whats up? Sorry for the very paltry post, but today is a hectic day. I am trying to tie some loose ends before our 6-hour road trip to Orange County. DH, the kids and I will be spending Thanksgiving with Erikas family. We cant wait! In the meantime, here is a news item from the Lonestar state that caught my eye. ...
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• "Give me night, or give me Blucher"

  
  California Greening — Authority: 426
  The failure of state government is that it failed to govern, failed to administrate and failed to establish sound budgetary principles underlying each and every budget for the last thirty years. Greens for our part need to address these fundamental issues of accountability, fiscal responsibility and ...
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• Neighborhood Schools a Corporate Option! Bottom Line Decides Whether they Stay or Go.

  
  Democurmudgeon — Authority: 509
  Lets start with the premise that privatizing public education will reap huge profits while serving up a substandard corporate menu of subjects parents will have no choice but to except. Their kids will have to get an education. No options. The conversion is happening now. From thenewsstar.com: DePaul University ...
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• Student protesters and armed police as fees top $10,000

  
  The AnswerLady — Authority: 124
  Yeah its California, but as the president of the UC American Federation of Teachers, Bob Samuels describes how the State and public education are broken, NYS/SUNY frequently comes to mind ; overpaid administrators, unsustainable athletics spending, research driven by corporate self interests... Democracy Now Nov ...
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• Californication, Part 2

  
  chtodelat news — Authority: 467
  We got this through the grapevine. Thanks to the comrade who sent it. This week, 2000 students and workers from across the state converged on UCLA’s campus to demonstrate against 32% tuition increases imposed by the UC Regents. Students and workers from at least 8 UC schools, various Cal State universities, ...
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• CA State Education Budget Cuts and the Governors Race

  
  California Greening — Authority: 426
  The recent upsurge of student strikes and rallies surrounding the CA budget cuts and education cutbacks are significant in their scale and scope. Our task as Greens is to focus their political impact and develop campaign strategies, such as the one in Orange County that increased voter support for Greens. The ...
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• California Dreamin’

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 458
  John and Michelle Phillips wrote “California Dreamin’ ” in the middle of one night in New York when presumably all the leaves were brown and the skies were grey and Mackenzie was still too young for that papa to hit on.  I have no clue as to what the Phillpses had been smoking but their dream centered on ...
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• No Child Left Behind. Because They ALL Need to Be Watching Television at School.

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 130
  This article is from Michelle Mitchell’s blog Scribbit . Check it out. It has a lot of interesting items. My daughter came home from high school on Friday. “How was your day?” I asked. “Fine. We had another substitute so we didn’t do anything.” “What do you mean?” “Whenever we have a ...
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• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 149
  The Obama administrations "Race to the Top" bribery program, which is from the bottom of the barrel and dealt with from the bottom of the deck, is designed to completely ruin public education , once a jewel in the crown of our democracy: These blackmail tactics are already having the desired effect. A number of ...
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• We’re All Right-Wing Bastards Now (Please pardon the old NEA’s top lawyers French)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  We’re All Right-Wing Bastards Now—that is, if the NEA’s logic is to be believed. 20 November 2009 On the last day of the National Education Association’s convention this summer, its outgoing general counsel, Bob Chanin, gave a speech for the ages. After sharing fond recollections of his 41 years as the NEA’s top ...
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• Design Competition Launching for New Dunbar High School Building

  
  (Obsolete Feed) — Authority: 567
  View Larger Map Dunbar Senior High School in Shaw has always been one of the best examples of the worst in D.C. public school architecture. Built in 1977, it has that geometric, jailhouse-type look, much like the recently destroyed Bruce Monroe Elementary on Georgia Ave. This morning, the D.C. Office of Public ...
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• Could an IEP be What Your Child Needs?

  
  EmpoweringParents.com — Authority: 120
  As a parent of a special needs child, one often does not know where to begin. It all can depend on how old the child is when he or she is diagnosed. If a child is age 3 or older, one of the first things a parent should do is to request his or her child to have an individualized education plan (IEP) . Even if a ...
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• University of Calif. OKs 32 percent hike

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  University of California leaders approve a 32 percent hike in undergraduate fees, arguing the increase is crucial because of the state’s budget crisis. Excerpt from:  University of Calif. OKs 32 percent hike
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• Who Are The U.C. Regents and Why Are They Billing Me 32 Per Cent More Than Last Year?

  
  ::Broadcatching:: — Authority: 131
  CNNLos Angeles, California (CNN) — Despite intense student protests, the California Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 32 percent undergraduate tuition increase over the next two years.Hundreds of students marched and chanted outside UCLA, where university officials were meeting. School officials argued that a ...
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