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Cut literacy and sped programs...let's all get excited!

makes me ill.

"If you wanted to "sell" something that a number of people did not need, how would you do it? You might try setting up a contest where everyone competes for a significant financial prize. After all, Americans love to compete, especially when money goes to the winner"

Interesting findings- and considering our webinar had one female superintendent and the others male...hmmmm....

I read that article for this week:) Very profound.

Texas budget cuts - very similar to Virginia - cut programs that ultimately harm our children and their education.

The last line is very sad..."Lose the future"...yet I feel this way here in VA as well!

While occurring in New York, this back and forth between Cuomo and Bloomberg represents part of the larger debate about teacher evaluations.

I would LOVE to read about what this evaluation looks like!

link to articles about superintendents...kind of cool to browse through!

Well, if you steal $1.8 million, you SHOULD thank someone...read the related articles to the right of the article. There is alot of responsibility financially being a superintendent- #1 : don't steal the money!

Research syntheses r.e. a superintendent's role in education policy by REL-NEI

An interesting article if only because Bennett glosses over the fact that many of the ideas he supports are highly controversial.

Based on feedback from graduate students - most of whom are currently employed as full-time teachers; the stressors seem to be increasing in number and intensity

Political obstacles and governance discussed within this article which is a survey study of 46 superintendents.

If you are looking for a historical journal article to read that shows the evolution of the position within the nation, this one is fabulous! Look it up on VCU's e-journal.

Great video clip provides background and clarity r.e. NCLB, Gates et al.

A lovely look at teaching the whole child....and thusly, the whole community.

The article documents the financial and policy constraints that determine what kids eat.

A man with passion took a stand and shared our free public television and radio change the then, now and tomorrow. If we were as passionate about reforming free public education would we see a difference?

Those who can afford to pay for all private K-12 and college expenses for their children may not care if the Federal government is involved in our education system. All the rest of the country needs to take heed and acknowledge the need for continued and expanded federal involvement. Without sounding flippant... do you suppose that those who might be leading the charge to get the Federal government out of education and make draconian cuts in social programs under the guise that tax burdens are too high and individualism trumps social justice are the same millionaires and billionaires who fund the tea party et al.? Sadly, the "regular folk" who are falling for that rhetoric do not recognize that they are paving their own way to..... [let's just say poverty].

Article on the frustration of a lack of real data and the real repercussions of it....and protests...gotta love the protests.

how scary....every teacher given a pink slip....cruel and unusual punishment?

The former US Secetary of Education attempts to expose how the federal government engagement should have looked like.