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SchoolBook: Release of Teacher Data Is Widely Denounced - Outside the doors of the Tweed Courthouse, the headquarters of the city's Education Department, there were few champions on Friday of the release of indivi...42 minutes ago
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Schools Matter: Diane Ravitch Pt. 2 in New York Review of Books - Schools Matter: Diane Ravitch Pt. 2 in New York Review of Books: Diane Ravitch Pt. 2 in New York Review of Books by Jim Horn Last week the New York State Ed...2 hours ago
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NYC releases teachers’ value-added scores — unfortunately - This takes some kind of special nerve: New York City’s Education Department publicly released the rankings of 18,000 public school teachers based entirel...4 hours ago
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Market Forces and Public Education….A Dicey Mix - A recent article in the *Kappan*, a publication of Phi Delta Kappa International, a member organization of the Learning First Alliance (LFA), chronicles ...7 hours ago
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People vs. 'Personalization' - Schools need to retain the human element of learning in their use of new technologies, Susan Sandler writes.8 hours ago
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In the News for Feb. 24, 2012 - Quinn: Cut retired teacher program funds SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn wants to slash state spending on a health insurance program for more than 65,000 reti...9 hours ago
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Parental Involvement Cuts Both Ways - Involvement of parents in the education of their children has long been a goal of school districts. But even when the objective is achieved, there's no guara...15 hours ago
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How I will judge reporting of the value-added scores in NYC - I am firmly of the belief that you lay out grading expectations for students with as much notice as possible, and so here is my grading scale for reporters...21 hours ago
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ASCD, CoSN Partner for New Professional Development Course - ASCD and the Consortium for School Networking have launched a new PD Online course called From Vision to Action: The 21st Century Teaching and Learning Plan.1 day ago
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PURE/VOYCE op ed on Noble - The Tribune agreed to allow PURE and VOYCE to submit our own op ed in response to what amounted to the Ttrib’s personal attack on me last week over the Nob...1 day ago
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Board votes unanimously to close, restaff schools - Listen to Linda Lutton discussing Wednesday's meeting on *...*2 days ago
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Geezer Teachers - How did we get so many new teachers and what happened to the old ones? And when did spending a couple of decades or more in the classroom become an anachroni...2 days ago
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Texas Lives Up to Moniker as Lone STARR State - In March, the STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) will replace the TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) test, which Texan s...4 days ago
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The Contraception Controversy Again Raises the Separation of Church and State Question - Today’s news coverage over an individual’s religious liberty rights and the right of equal protection to a social benefit in a democratic community, i.e., ...6 days ago
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