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• Lake-Sumter Community College professor is a Professor of the Year finalist

  
  Sentinel School Zone — Authority: 440
  Lets give a shout out this morning to local professor Sybil Brown, who teaches math at Lake-Sumter Community College. Shes one of three finalists in the running to become the Florida Association of Community Colleges Professor of the Year. And...
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• This Should Definitely Work …

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 637
  After somehow managing to worsen what was already the worst system of public education in the entire nation, S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex has a brilliant idea that we’re sure will fix absolutely everything … Give ‘em guns … No, really . Reviving an old idea that he first championed this summer ...
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• The Other Side Plays Dirty

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  On the day that we honor veterans for defending our freedom, I read this : Community groups and Los Angeles Unified officials on Tuesday condemned an anonymous flyer handed to Latino parents that threatened them with deportation if they supported plans to convert their neighborhood school to a charter. Calling it ...
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• LGBT Visibility in the 2010 Census

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  This post is from Tom Sullivan, HRC’s family project deputy director: Yesterday marked the official launch of the OurFamiliesCount.org website which will promote LGBT visibility and participation in next year’s U.S. Census. This online public education campaign is a collaboration of LGBT community ...
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• Its NOT Ok.

  
  Homeschool and Etc. — Authority: 126
  Woodjie goes to preschool soon, and its going to be so special. Too bad it has to be in this district, and too bad for me that Im heavily invested in this house and didnt know back when I was house-hunting what I know now... I went to get testing results yesterday. To my mind, testing results and IEP drafting are ...
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• OurFamiliesCount.org Census Campaign Officially Launched

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Today, the Human Rights Campaign joined leaders and advocates among the LGBT community today in the launch of Our Families Count ( www.ourfamiliescount.org ) — a new voluntary public education initiative promoting LGBT visibility and participation in next year’s U.S. Census.  The new 2010 Census education ...
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• American Public Education !

  
  . . . With Both Hands — Authority: 431
  I doubt very much that the manager of this Gary Burger King was a graduate of Bishop Noll Institute, Andrean High School, or La Lumiere School in the Gary Diocese. That is too bad. Were School Choice a Reality, the Sign Might be less Amusing . . .yet Sad. Hat tip to Detective Shaved of the Chicago Police ...
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• DreamBox Teacher Presents at the Kentucky Center for Mathematics Conference

  
  Math Learning, Fun & Education Blog : Dreambox Learning — Authority: 117
  DreamBox recently presented at the Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) conference in Paris, Kentucky.  We were excited to be invited by our friends at the Kentucky Center of Mathematics (KCM) to present at and attend the conference, and it was wonderful to have a chance to meet personally with ...
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• Are You Smarter than an Eigth Grader… from 1954?

  
  AmeriCAN-DO Attitude — Authority: 421
  The U.S. Constitution Test from May 1954 for 8th Grade students in America. (via AoSHQ).I am proud to say that my private Catholic grammar school — St. Turibius in Chicago, IL — taught us all of this. In 7th grade (IIRC), we had to take the “Constitution Test”. It consisted of 100 questions. [...]
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• CHILDREN GROOMED TO SOW OUR FATHER’S PEACE

  
  "El Milagro Weblog" — Authority: 106
  My father was a  member  of the “greatest generation”.  Salt of the earth.  Bright.  Self-educated.  A patriot.  As an officer of the United States Navy he saw action in both World War II and Korea.  He was on the blockade in the Mediterranean when Krushchev’s missile-bearing fleet tested JFK’s ...
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• Meeting the School Turnaround Challenge

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  In recent months, the federal government has made it perfectly clear that one of its key education reform goals is to turn around the nation’s chronically underperforming schools. In fact, President Obama pledged to devote billions of dollars to fund a federal school turnaround program which would close 5,000 of ...
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  Math Learning, Fun & Education Blog : Dreambox Learning — Authority: 117
  DreamBox recently presented at the Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) conference in Paris, Kentucky.  We were excited to be invited by our friends at the Kentucky Center of Mathematics (KCM) to present at and attend the conference, and it was wonderful to have a chance to meet personally with ...
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• NJEA looks to thwart Chris Christies urban education agenda

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 486
  AFTER CORZINE LOSS, NJ EDUCATORS CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION Jennifer Husko ( jhusko@nbc40.net ) - 11/5/09 04:42 pm http://www.nbc40.net/view_story.php?id=11176 ATLANTIC CITY-- Thousands of New Jersey Education Association members from across the Garden State converged on the Atlantic City ...
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• Charter Schools: The Privatization Agenda Exposed

  
  The Frustrated Teacher — Authority: 135
  From Our Global Education comes this memo indicating Bushs agenda of privatizing the public schools: From the Vault This is part of an essay written in early 2008 by AEI/Fordhams Andy Smarick , a former Bush II Domestic Policy Council member tasked with K-12 and higher education issues (my ...
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• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 444
  This teacher would have been canned long ago because this student wasnt "learning" according to the dictates of the privatizers . Its a very good essay. Teachers can have a positive impact on students in a way that may not be readily apparent. _____
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• Wow!

  
  An Ol' Broad's Ramblings — Authority: 532
  Just…..wow! If there is anyone who is still of the mind that schools are not indoctrinating, click the link above, and watch the videos!  If schools had done this about Bush 2, you can bet your bottom dollar the left would be screaming bloody hell! There is NOTHING about this clown worthy of praise.  NOT A ...
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• So what did you kid today in school ?

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 486
  More Obama Propaganda videos surface More disturbing videos of young school children singing praises to President Obama, quite a shock. What seemed like an aberration now appears to be a troubling pattern. Maybe “epidemic” is a better word. Here is just a sample with each video creepier than the last. ...
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• Critical thinking is important…but thinking about what??

  
  NSBA BoardBuzz — Authority: 494
  We hear a lot about 21st century skills these days, but what does it really mean? Will teaching our kids critical thinking skills really help them to function better in the “real world?” NYU Education professor and former assistant secretary of education Diane Ravitch believes that without the knowledge behind it, ...
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• The Education Wars III

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 444
  Another teacher wins a case, and of course the asshole school board is going to appeal : A retired city school teacher who alleged she was forced to retire after blowing the whistle on testing improprieties at the elementary-middle school where she worked has been awarded $293,000 by a Baltimore Circuit Court jury. ...
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• Some thoughts on autodidactism, degrees and public education

  
  Libertarian Blog — Authority: 140
  Ive always admired autodidacts -- I even became one myself, although some might question the quality of the teacher and the education received so far. I say "so far" because a main trait of most autodidacts is continuous learning. Perhaps we feel the need to try harder since most people dont respect an education ...
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