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Original Technorati articles tagged “public education”

• in Politics
  Thinking in Shades of Gray
  Alabama's debate over immigration law is an opportunity to practice thinking
  by coachlorraine / on May 12, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems
  "Digital bootstraps" don't take the place of real-live mentorship and teaching — let's recommit time and resources from real human beings where kids can be found, in local public schools.
  by cynthialiu / on Dec 14, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  The Monsters Eating our Schools
  Emotionally explosive children are not necessarily emotionally disabled. Their families are chaotic and they need programs to match their needs.
  by marjoriehaun / on Apr 12, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “public education”

 

• Opinion: Nicholas Lemann on Michelle Rhee & radical classism

  
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  May 20, 2013: Below is an edited version of "How Michelle Rhee Misled Education Reform," an opinion piece written by Nicholas Lemann in todays New Republic. Rhees book, Radical: Fighting to Put Students First, has been recently published; Lemann is dean of the Columbia School of Journalism in New York. ...
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• LAltos SD & Bullis Charter: forum Tues. w/give lawsuit updates

  
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  UPDATE, May 20, 2013: A while back, we called the dispute over "reasonably equivalent facilities" (Prop 39 education code law) between th Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District the public ed version of the movie, "The War of the Roses." We were wrong. It more resembles Charles Dickenss Bleak House in ...
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• EdSource: lowest teacher layoffs in four years

  
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  May 20, 2013: According to a report posted today in EdSource by Jane Meredith Adams: Teacher layoffs shrank to the lowest number since the recession began in 2008, with about 1,300 teachers, librarians, counselors and other public school employees receiving final layoff notifications by the May 15 deadline, according ...
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• How America Can Be Saved | Hans-Hermann Hoppe

  
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  Lecture presented by Hans-Hermann Hoppe at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s “Freedom: The One Way Out” summit, held in San Francisco, California; February 9-10, 1996. http://mises.org
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• Rick Perry Goes To The Head Of The Class To Help Set Right-Wing Anti-Intellectual Higher Education Policy

  
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  Its been a very sad thing for any state that winds up with a GOP/Tea Party-controled legislature, especially when they also have the governors mansion. Most of them are the states with the worst economic results, worst education results, worst health results and worst environmental results. I dont want to get into a ...
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• The week in education: charters, vouchers, prayers…oh my!

  
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  Pre-K The week started off with somewhat good news: on its third reading, the bill that would limit access to the state’s award winning pre-K programs for at-risk students passed with slightly better terms than expected. Lawmakers modified HB 935 … Read More...
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• Education sharks continue to circle

  
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  The Wall Street sharks who want to buy up our public education system do not appear inclined to go away quietly. After being rebuffed by state education officials and failing thus far to get what they want in the courts, K-12, Inc. … Read More...
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• Assbly Dem Caucus: No on LCF formula; Yes on child dev/early ed

  
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  May 9, 2013: Assembly Speaker John Perez, at left, introduced the Democratic Caucuss "Blueprint for a Responsible Budget" yesterday, which takes aim at Governor Browns Local Control Funding Formula for public education in readiness for the Governors submission of the "May revise" of the 13-14 budget next week. The ...
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• A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give

  
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  By Findalis Monkey in the Middle America has lost its decency, manners, politeness……………soon without quick changes character! Listen to the young people, F-this, F-that, and nary anyone will step up and correct them- even with wife and kids in tow! New high school principal We watched high school ...
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• New Tea Party member of Buffalo Board of Education wants to destroy it, Replace School System with Boarding Schools

  
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  What exactly screams “liberty and freedom” when your’re talking about the tea party movement? They’re anything but what the founding fathers had envisioned. Remember this lunatic? There’s a draconian authoritarian edge to these people, that I think reflects the latter stages of a transforming ...
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• Michigan cuts off School Funding, District Closes Doors with One Month to Go.

  
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  This should dispel any notion Republicans are doing what they’re doing for the benefit of "our kids." Where the Buck Stops: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is in charge, and the following avoidable public school mess should give the Republican Party a black eye for a long time to come, when it comes to managing ...
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• LAUSD & sexual abuse allegations: what did they know & when did they know it?

  
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  May 8, 2013: Education reporter Howard Blume reported in yesterdays Los Angeles Times that the Los Angeles Unified School District "knew of sexual misconduct allegations in 2009 against a teacher at [George De La Torre, Jr. Elementary School in Wilmington] but failed to act," according to attorney Luis Carillo, who is ...
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• Less than 100 CA school districts are in dicey financial condition

  
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  May 7,2013: Joel Montero, at left, of the Bakersfield-based Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, told an Assembly budget subcommittee today that the number of districts in distress is half what it was a few years ago, when the state was routinely "deferring" billions of dollars in aid to local districts ...
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• S.B. 337 eliminates key requirements for education

  
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  RALEIGH, NC— As North Carolinians join today to reflect on the hard work and dedication put forth by our teachers, Republicans in Raleigh are celebrating National Teacher Day with their much-anticipated crusade to privatize public education in North Carolina. Their Trojan Horse, S.B. 337, will come to the floor ...
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• Public Educations War On Children & The Second Amendment

  
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  Yet another story is in the news about a child pretending to have a gun getting punished by teachers and school administrators: A Suffolk school suspended a second grader for pointing a pencil at another student and making gun noises. Seven-year-old Christopher Marshall says he was playing with another student ...
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• McClatchy HS debate team first public hs in CA to win natl debate tournament

  
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  May 7, 2013: John Spurlock and Keenan Harris, at left, of Sacramentos C. K. McClatchy High Schools debate team won the policy debate (also known as team debate) trophy at the national Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky in Lexington on April 27-29 defeating 71 other teams from high schools around the ...
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• Open Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Governor Rick Snyder on visit Ypsilanti Public Schools Perry Child Development Center

  
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  Photo Credit - MLive.comIU News & Talk - Open Letter Op/EdOpen letters have became popular of late so today Independent Underground News & Talk will pen the below open letter to U.S.... Visit "IU News & Talk" right now to read more of this story!
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• New frontiers for charters in 2013

  
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  Innovation is the theme of the  2013 Hopes, Fears & Reality report by the University of Washington’s Center on Reinventing Public Education. Are charter leads fully using their autonomy to experiment with new ways to teach? asks Robin Lake. It includes: Charters Branch Out: Do Moves Into Affluent Areas ...
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• School Choice Results Trend Positive in New Study

  
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  School choice programs empower parents to choose the schools their children attend―public or private―by allowing parents to direct a portion of public education funding for their child through tax credits, scholarships, vouchers, and education savings accounts. School choice programs are … Continue reading →
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• STARtrek: state & natl teams monitor social media to catch test photos

  
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  UPDATE, May 6, 2013: Its STAR test time in California and its game on! Teams of people from the state Dept. of Education and the national Education Testing Service are checking social media sites "every 15 minutes," according to a story in todays Los Angeles Times by Howard Blume. [Their] chief concern is that ...
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