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• With school aid fund cuts final, schools sharpen knives to carve budgets

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 649
  Schools across the state are making headlines as they prepare to ax millions of dollars half way through their 2009-2010 budget year. The cuts are necessitated by a state budget passed in Oct. which resulted in significant cuts to the school aid funding allowance, as well as a line item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm ...
  11 hours ago

• ACLU sues for student for right to wear anti-islamic t-shirts

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 610
  Has hell frozen over? Miami Herald GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a north Florida school district. The lawsuit claims the Alachua County School District violated students rights by not allowing them to wear T-shirts with an anti-Islamic message. The civil rights organization says ...
  11 hours ago

• Tuesday Morning Open Thread

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 142
  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. ...
  13 hours ago

• IP$ $alary $chedule

  
  Capitol Watchblog — Authority: 429
  As Indianapolis Public Schools look to cut  $12 million from their budget, I decided to take a look at the salaries of the district’s more than 5400 employees.  The highest paid salary was Dr. Eugene White who makes $240,640 in salary and benefits.  The lowest paid employee is Devonna Craig, a food service ...
  14 hours ago

• Brangelina ‘gave over $6.8mn to charity in 2008′

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly contributed a whopping 6.8 million dollars to charities in 2008.According to the Hollywood Reporter, which has obtained a 2008 tax return for their Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the amount is double of what they donated in 2007, reports Us magazine.It has ...
  19 hours ago

• Michelle Rhee in the Journal

  
  kitchen table math, the sequel — Authority: 429
  HOW TO LEAD: I often get in trouble for saying this, but I actually think its true—that collaboration and consensus-building and all those things are, quite frankly, overrated. None of you CEOs run your companies by committee. So why should we run a school district by committee? The bottom line is that in order to ...
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• Detroit school official: Board member must testify

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 831
  The financial manager of the Detroit Public Schools wants a judge to force two developers and a board member to testify at investigative hearings on district real estate deals.Robert Bobb names Anthony Adams and David and Andrew Farbman in a...
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• D.C. Schools Chief Michelle Rhee Targets ‘Sacred Cow’ of Tenure

  
  Big Government — Authority: 813
  If President Obama is really serious about education reform, he ought to consider putting D.C. school Chancellor Michelle Rhee in charge of the effort. This lady is not afraid of a major challenge, as evidenced by her latest brawl with the AFT. Rhee is courageously targeting the sacred cow of teachers unions – ...
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• Ted McLaughlin : The Backpacks of Moberly

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 562
  A quiet way of helping:The backbacks of Moblerly, Missouri...we began to realize that some of these children go home to houses where they literally may not eat over the weekend. And we couldnt just sit back and not do anything to help them.By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 23, 2009"Every Friday afternoon, ...
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• Educate to Innovate: White House and Education Dept. Announce New Science and Math Education Campaign

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 513
  President Obama has announced a campaign to enlist companies and nonprofit groups to spend money, time and volunteer effort to encourage students, especially in middle and high school , to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The campaign - "Educate to Innovate" will primarily focus on informal ...
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• Pittsburgh School Board Rated

  
  WDUQNews — Authority: 442
  A+ Schools, Pittsburghs education watchdog group released its first report card of the school year based on observations by its Board Watch volunteers. The school board got a B-, the same grade they got last school year but Carey Harris, the groups executive director says it is a stronger B- because the group showed ...
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• Police break up Overlea HS fight with pepper spray this morning

  
  Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog — Authority: 442
  WBAL.com Two students face possible misdemeanor charges after Baltimore County police broke up a fight in a hallway this past hour at Overlea High School. County police said two students were held and sent home after the disturbance in which officers used pepper spray to control the crowd. County school spokesman ...
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• GW’s Dynamic Relationship with School Without Walls

  
  The Daily Colonial — Authority: 127
  Some GW students sole interactions with high schoolers from the neighboring School Without Walls have consisted of long lunch lines in Ivory. But a new program that launched this year allows for mutual collaboration between GW and SWW and greater opportunity for charter students.
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• Teen U: Helping teens realize their dreams

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 513
  One of my biggest pet peeves these days is listening to adults talking about inner-city youth say, "Weve got to teach these kids to value education." Newsflash : Kids value education. They simply dont have the opportunities to get a good education from many of our schools... and they dont know what to do to progress ...
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• Rockstars Beaterator subbing for music teachers in some NYC public schools

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 798
  Despite a relatively low-key launch on the PSP this past Fall, Rockstar Games Beaterator is showing back up in the news this week for reasons that we couldnt have seen coming from a mile away. It turns out that kids in some NYC public schools are getting their music education by means of the beat making ...
  2 days ago

• No Child Left Behind. Because They ALL Need to Be Watching Television at School.

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 429
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Raven Theatre takes action again school violence

  
  Chicago Theater Blog — Authority: 137
  RAVEN THEATRE TAKES ACTION AGAINST SCHOOL VIOLENCE A Bird of Prey Written by Jim Grimsley Directed by Mechelle Moe and Sullivan High School teacher Stefanie Rivera Presented in coordination with students from Sullivan High School Wednesday, December 16 at 6:00 p.m. No ...
  3 days ago

• Weekly Parenting News Roundup

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 142
  Cross-posted at Daily Kos . Whats up all? My family is in the thick of the holiday season, which means back-to-back birthday parties for kids with November and December birthdays plus holiday parties. I am already burned out and we are not even in Thanksgiving! Ayayay! Anyways, some girlfriends and I are ...
  3 days ago

• Vincent High School: Violence, Injuries, Arrests

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 594
  Vincent High School has erupted in violence again. On October 12, 2009 , the school was the scene of a series of fights, utter pandemonium. The following day, there was more trouble at Vincent . A student was tased by police. Clearly, it was a rough October. The violence has spilled into November. From the ...
  3 days ago

• Include new board members in DPS decision

  
  eLetters — Authority: 438
  Based on our long-held position on good government, the board of the League of Women Voters of Denver would like to express our concern about the decision-making process being taken by the Denver Public Schools Board of Education regarding the future of certain low-performing schools. As we understand it, the final ...
  4 days ago

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