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Problem vs. Solution: A Response - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Sun May 19 03:56:49 +0000 2013

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Michelle Rhee and the Washington Post | Taking Note

Thu May 16 13:47:15 +0000 2013

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How do Finnish kids excel without rote learning and standardized testing? - The Globe and Mail

Thu May 16 01:26:35 +0000 2013

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Special report: Born in hope, Newark charter school now embroiled in controversy | NJ.com

Mon May 06 03:44:57 +0000 2013

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Tuttle SVC: Taylorism, Again

Mon May 06 02:36:06 +0000 2013

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Tuttle SVC: You Can't Have He Said/She Said Coverage if Only One Side Puts Out a Press Release

Sun May 05 17:52:19 +0000 2013

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California DFER to National DFER: Butt Out of Our CORE Waiver - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Sun May 05 17:37:49 +0000 2013

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Tuttle SVC: Choice Quotes on the NYS ELA Exam

Sun May 05 17:31:57 +0000 2013

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Why I'm not opting my kids out of standardized tests

Fri May 03 23:02:01 +0000 2013

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The First Testing Race to the Top - NYTimes.com

Wed May 01 03:55:07 +0000 2013

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Educator Excellence Task Force - Initiatives & Programs (CA Dept of Education)

Wed May 01 02:56:45 +0000 2013

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No Rich Child Left Behind - NYTimes.com

Tue Apr 30 01:19:40 +0000 2013

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Obama’s big second-term education problem

Mon Apr 29 04:00:52 +0000 2013

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Nearly 12% of Sac City students chronically absent, UC Davis study finds - Education - The Sacramento Bee

Mon Apr 29 03:53:18 +0000 2013

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Connecting test scores to teacher evaluations: Why not? | Dangerously Irrelevant

Sun Apr 28 19:58:25 +0000 2013

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Sacramento News & Review - Is Sacramento still indomitable? - Bites - Opinions - April 25, 2013

Fri Apr 26 17:19:26 +0000 2013

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Sac city school board member Patrick Kennedy usually throws a big political fundraiser every St. Patrick’s Day. But this year, after he and several board colleagues right-sized several low-income areas out of their neighborhood schools, Kennedy decided it was best to hold off a bit on the money-grubbing politician routine. “I feel it would be inappropriate to the affected families for me to hold a celebration so closely on the heels of the school closures,” he said in an email to supporters back in March.

It’s much classier that Kennedy is holding a “San Patricio,” Mexican-Irish themed fundraiser next month instead. It’s on May 14, at Track 7 Brewing Co., and just $35 to get in, $500 to be a “friend” and $1,500 to be a “sponsor.” Everyone who’s anyone in Democrat circles will be there. Well, not everyone. And probably not many people from the neighborhoods whose schools were shut down. They’ll be too busy trying to figure out where the hell their kids are going to go to school next year.

It’s not entirely clear to Bites that Kennedy actually needs to raise campaign money. He had no opposition to speak of when he ran for re-election last summer, no opposition at all the first time he ran, and he’s not up for election again until 2016. That’s more than three years away. And it’s a school board, not Congress.

But, hey, at least Kennedy waited a respectful period of time between closing those schools and sucking up those campaign dollars. Otherwise, it would have been sort of crass.

The Secret Sixty Prepare to Write Standards for 50 Million - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Fri Apr 26 00:25:55 +0000 2013

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Boston union officials: Black and Hispanic teachers disproportionately targeted under new evaluation system - Metro - The Boston Globe

Thu Apr 25 03:26:05 +0000 2013

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List of Science Fair Ideas - Science Bob

Thu Apr 25 02:04:47 +0000 2013

This list is best for getting ideas. It lists potential questions to ask, but the list is there to get you thinking up ideas of your own and does not tell you "how-to" do the projects.

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Science Fair Project Ideas

Thu Apr 25 02:02:55 +0000 2013

This is a comprehensive list by category, and will tell you what to do from start to finish