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Showing posts with label School Reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School Reform. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Passing the Buck, Or Robbing Peter and Paul?

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The California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and th...
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Zero-Tolerance Policies Increasing Suspension and Drop-Out Rates

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The National Education Policy Center has found that suspension rates across the country are increasing due to “zero tolerance” policies, ...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Bipartisan (and Union) Assault on Tenure

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Last year, President Obama called for teachers to be rewarded for their “effectiveness,” a call he repeated last week in his State of the U...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Indiana’s Failing Charter Schools

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Indiana has 62 free, public charter schools, enrolling nearly 23,000 students. Nearly 40 of these schools are authorized by Ball State Un...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Student Written Play on School Reform Banned in New York

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Students in New York were prevented from staging a satirical musical, based on Antigone, that was critical of  Joel Klein, Mayor Bloomberg a...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Boston Teachers Union Sells Out Members

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Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), the state’s largest educators union, has agreed to tie tea...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

First McDonalds, Then Starbucks, Now Education Deform Hits England

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English School Girls, Photo by Ken De-Professionalizing Teachers, English Style The “ Education White Paper ,” published on Novemb...