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22 hours ago ago from 50skatekid's Blog
Discussing this topic with folks lately, I realize that my thinking has shifted. My wife and both attended public school, and I know a lot of great teachers in the system (including all of Logan's, last year), but I'm beginning to doubt the system itself. I'm realizing that education doesn't work for every kid, by definition. Yet, standards are what we reference when evaluating kids, teachers, principals, and schools. Beyond the ...
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12 hours ago ago from FOX News Radio
A New Jersey third-grader broke down in tears after a teacher told the girl her Bible was not appropriate reading material for a public school. After a public uproar, the principal of the school apologized to Mariah Jordat and told her it was all a misunderstanding. Download audio file (02105_20091216.mp3) Michelle Jordat told FOX her daughter loves the Bible and was hurt when the teacher told her to pack away her Bible during quiet ...
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9 hours ago ago from Life\'s Important Question: F.O.B.
Man I sure know how to pick them. Last year, I decided to apply to teach in the public school system here in Seoul, because I assumed since they have so many teachers, they would be better at communicating with at least each other and hopefully with their teachers. Ummmm. Yeah .no. Never mind that SMOE will not step in if one of their Native Speaking English Teachers (NSETs) is in a bad, abusive, racist situation unless it's the end ...
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11 hours ago ago from The Gumby Cave/La Grotte de Gumby
From The Sexist Margaret C. Hemenway , identifying herself as a D.C. Public Schools parent, claims to have filed a complaint with Chancellor Michelle Rhee over her seven-year-old child s sense of innocence. At what exact moment was the first-grader s innocence whisked away from her, never to be returned? The moment little Hemenway s teacher at Tenleytown s Horace Mann Elementary allegedly announced to her first-grade class that she was ...
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12 hours ago ago from Ren's Micro Diplomacy
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18 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Experts are beginning to notice that some of the most interesting examples of urban education reform anywhere in the nation are happening here in Los Angeles. One of these reforms, however, is receiving less attention than the rest, despite having possible national implications. Last week Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Gompers Middle School in South LA as part of his Listening and Learning tour . While at Gompers, a school that ...
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16 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Race to the Top strikes again! The mother of all grant programs has produced more reform than any grant program in history. And the feds haven't spent a dime yet. Three quarters of the states have indicated that they'll be applying for phase 1 grants in January and most have improved their plans, policies and laws in preparation. This week the New York State Board of Regents passed a wide ranging set of reforms that improve the state's odds ...
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6 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Lamar, Mayo High schools named to U.S. News ranking By Lisa Chalian-Rock | The Messenger Editor Published: December 16, 2009 For three years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked America's Best High Schools, and for all three years Mayo High School for ...
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