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Washington Irving HS dubious graduation policies--Eeditorial - NYPOST.com - 0 views

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Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11

Mayor Bloomberg likes to boast of the "gains" made in city schools during his tenure, but the test scores and graduation rates he cites have long been suspect. Want to know why? As Susan Edelman reported in last Sunday's Post, the folks at struggling Washington Irving HS in Manhattan apply a major, um, fudge factor.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Mayor Bloomberg likes to boast of the "gains" made in city schools during his tenure, but the test scores and graduation rates he cites have long been suspect. Want to know why? As Susan Edelman reported in last Sunday's Post, the folks at struggling Washington Irving HS in Manhattan apply a major, um, fudge factor.</div>

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Bronx Charter School and the Teachers Union Sign a Contract - SchoolBook - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11

A Bronx charter school has reached an agreement with the city's teachers union, signing a contract that would grant the teachers and staff at the school modest wage increases and expanded job protection, but unlike their counterparts in unionized city schools, no provision for tenure.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A Bronx charter school has reached an agreement with the city's teachers union, signing a contract that would grant the teachers and staff at the school modest wage increases and expanded job protection, but unlike their counterparts in unionized city schools, no provision for tenure.</div>

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Baton Rouge billionaire Grigsby wants to take the "... - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11

Right-wing Baton Rouge businessman Lane Grigsby has decided that public education is the "root cause" of all the state's problems -- even "the traffic that strangles the interstate around Baton Rouge during the weekday commute." So while he opposes "throwing any more money" into public education, he's created his own PAC so he can put millions of tax-free dollars behind conservative, anti-union candidates for the state school board.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Right-wing Baton Rouge businessman Lane Grigsby has decided that public education is the "root cause" of all the state's problems -- even "the traffic that strangles the interstate around Baton Rouge during the weekday commute." So while he opposes "throwing any more money" into public education, he's created his own PAC so he can put millions of tax-free dollars behind conservative, anti-union candidates for the state school board.</div>

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Roundtable explores 'inflection point' in education | Stanford Daily - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 25 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 25 Oct 11

Over 1,000 attendees gathered Saturday morning in Maples Pavilion for the sixth annual Reunion Homecoming Roundtable at Stanford, titled this year "Education Nation 2.0: Redefining K-12 education in America before it redefines us." Topics explored included charter schools, finding and training good teachers, the role of teachers unions, the role of technology in the classroom and creating cultures of success in low-achieving districts.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Over 1,000 attendees gathered Saturday morning in Maples Pavilion for the sixth annual Reunion Homecoming Roundtable at Stanford, titled this year "Education Nation 2.0: Redefining K-12 education in America before it redefines us." Topics explored included charter schools, finding and training good teachers, the role of teachers unions, the role of technology in the classroom and creating cultures of success in low-achieving districts.</div>

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Senate ESEA Draft Bill Would Scrap Adequate Yearly Progress - Politics K-12 - Education... - 1 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 11 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 11 Oct 11

The accountability system at the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act would be completely reinvented under a draft reauthorization proposal released today by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The accountability system at the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act would be completely reinvented under a draft reauthorization proposal released today by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.</div>

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Built to Succeed? Ranking New Statewide Teacher Evaluation Practices - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 18 Oct 11

DFER report.

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Success Charter's Co-Location in District 15 Faces Hurdles - Carroll Gardens, NY Patch - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 21 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 21 Oct 11

Success Charter Network founder and former Councilmember Eva Moskowitz faces multiple hurdles in her attempt to open a K-8 charter school in the Cobble Hill/ Boerum Hill area next fall.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Success Charter Network founder and former Councilmember Eva Moskowitz faces multiple hurdles in her attempt to open a K-8 charter school in the Cobble Hill/ Boerum Hill area next fall.</div>

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High Teacher Turnover at a Success Network School - SchoolBook - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 19 Oct 11

More than a third of the staff members at a Harlem charter school run by the Success Charter Network have left the school within the last several months, challenging an organization that prides itself on the training and support it offers its teachers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">More than a third of the staff members at a Harlem charter school run by the Success Charter Network have left the school within the last several months, challenging an organization that prides itself on the training and support it offers its teachers.</div>

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City Reports Shine a Light on Charters - SchoolBook - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 21 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 21 Oct 11

All told, about 30 reports for the 2010-11 school year have been posted online so far, and they include material as varied as the most mundane of details and education jargon and the kind of small, qualitative insights into schools that cannot be found in test scores.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">All told, about 30 reports for the 2010-11 school year have been posted online so far, and they include material as varied as the most mundane of details and education jargon and the kind of small, qualitative insights into schools that cannot be found in test scores.</div>

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EPR - Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Earnings Trump Europe - 0 views

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Jeff Bernstein on 25 Oct 11

Brain also discussed his company's move into charter schools, a high-growth area that's seeing 12% growth. When asked about how state budget cuts will affect that growth, Brian said that most cuts come to higher education and charter schools have been largely unaffected. He called charter schools an excellent opportunity for Entertainment Properties to grow. Cramer agreed with Brain's analysis, saying that the company's dividend was safe and its growth prospects very solid.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Brain also discussed his company's move into charter schools, a high-growth area that's seeing 12% growth. When asked about how state budget cuts will affect that growth, Brian said that most cuts come to higher education and charter schools have been largely unaffected. He called charter schools an excellent opportunity for Entertainment Properties to grow. Cramer agreed with Brain's analysis, saying that the company's dividend was safe and its growth prospects very solid.</div>

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At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Jeff Bernstein on 25 Oct 11

The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. But the school's chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom, and the school even frowns on their use at home.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. But the school's chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom, and the school even frowns on their use at home.</div>

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Education Week: Controversial Charter School Bill OK'd By Mich. Senate - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached

Jeff Bernstein on 28 Oct 11

The Michigan Senate passed six bills Thursday that give parents more options for their children's education, including one that lifts restrictions on the number of cyber charter schools that can open and the number of students that can enroll in them.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Michigan Senate passed six bills Thursday that give parents more options for their children's education, including one that lifts restrictions on the number of cyber charter schools that can open and the number of students that can enroll in them.</div>

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City's playing teacher's pet? Bias against public school, cry parents - 0 views

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Jeff Bernstein on 28 Oct 11

Parents at a struggling Bedford-Stuyvesant public school say the city is playing favorites - pushing their children out so a charter school that's already in the building can expand.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Parents at a struggling Bedford-Stuyvesant public school say the city is playing favorites - pushing their children out so a charter school that's already in the building can expand.</div>

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A Growing Movement: America's Largest Charter School Communities - October 2011 - 0 views

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Annually, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools examines the growing student enrollment in public charter schools. This report describes which communities have the highest percentage and number of public school students enrolled in public charter schools

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Annually, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools examines the growing student enrollment in public charter schools. This report describes which communities have the highest percentage and number of public school students enrolled in public charter schools</div>

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Moskowitz, protesters clash over proposed Brooklyn charter | GothamSchools - 0 views

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Success Charter Network CEO Eva Moskowitz cut short a pitch to Brownstone Brooklyn parents Saturday after dozens of protesters interrupted her presentation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Success Charter Network CEO Eva Moskowitz cut short a pitch to Brownstone Brooklyn parents Saturday after dozens of protesters interrupted her presentation.</div>

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4,177 Students and One Principal: A Day in the Life at Francis Lewis High School - Scho... - 0 views

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Principals these days are expected to be a little bit of many different things: manager, educator, financial whiz, social worker, enforcer, data analyst, cheerleader and contortionist (figuratively, at least). They are the people with whom the buck stops. Fernanda Santos, who covers city schools for The Times, is tagging along with a city school principal all day. Follow along as she reports on her day with Musa Ali Shama, principal of the large and enduring Francis Lewis High School.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Principals these days are expected to be a little bit of many different things: manager, educator, financial whiz, social worker, enforcer, data analyst, cheerleader and contortionist (figuratively, at least). They are the people with whom the buck stops. Fernanda Santos, who covers city schools for The Times, is tagging along with a city school principal all day. Follow along as she reports on her day with Musa Ali Shama, principal of the large and enduring Francis Lewis High School.</div>

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No Big Changes in DC's NAEP Scores This Year « GFBrandenburg's Blog - 0 views

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As I predicted, there was no miracle in DC under Michelle Rhee's reign. At least not one you can see on the NAEP scores for fourth or eighth grade students in reading and math.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As I predicted, there was no miracle in DC under Michelle Rhee's reign. At least not one you can see on the NAEP scores for fourth or eighth grade students in reading and math.</div>

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Stan Karp's Speech at NWTSJ, October 2011 - 0 views

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I want to take a closer look at the corporate school reform movement because I think it can help expose where that movement is vulnerable to the most hopeful development of the past year, and that's the steady growth of a deep, broad and at times quite militant pushback against corporate reform.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I want to take a closer look at the corporate school reform movement because I think it can help expose where that movement is vulnerable to the most hopeful development of the past year, and that's the steady growth of a deep, broad and at times quite militant pushback against corporate reform.</div>

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Fall UFT Charter School Conference | United Federation of Teachers - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Bernstein on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached

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After an Oct. 14 evening panel featuring UFT President Michael Mulgrew, celebrated educator Deborah Meier, Green Dot founder Steve Barr and parent advocate Mona Davids, the more than 100 charter school educators in attendance returned to UFT headquarters on Oct. 15 for a full day of workshops and panels on "building a progressive charter school movement."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">After an Oct. 14 evening panel featuring UFT President Michael Mulgrew, celebrated educator Deborah Meier, Green Dot founder Steve Barr and parent advocate Mona Davids, the more than 100 charter school educators in attendance returned to UFT headquarters on Oct. 15 for a full day of workshops and panels on "building a progressive charter school movement."</div>

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Washington Irving HS dubious graduation policies--Eeditorial - NYPOST.com - 0 views

Bronx Charter School and the Teachers Union Sign a Contract - SchoolBook - 0 views

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Baton Rouge billionaire Grigsby wants to take the "... - 0 views

Roundtable explores 'inflection point' in education | Stanford Daily - 0 views

Senate ESEA Draft Bill Would Scrap Adequate Yearly Progress - Politics K-12 - Education... - 1 views

Built to Succeed? Ranking New Statewide Teacher Evaluation Practices - 0 views

Success Charter's Co-Location in District 15 Faces Hurdles - Carroll Gardens, NY Patch - 0 views

High Teacher Turnover at a Success Network School - SchoolBook - 0 views

City Reports Shine a Light on Charters - SchoolBook - 0 views

EPR - Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Earnings Trump Europe - 0 views

At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - NYTimes.com - 0 views

Education Week: Controversial Charter School Bill OK'd By Mich. Senate - 0 views

Similar Problems, Different Response: "We Are Public Education" - 0 views

City's playing teacher's pet? Bias against public school, cry parents - 0 views

A Growing Movement: America's Largest Charter School Communities - October 2011 - 0 views

Moskowitz, protesters clash over proposed Brooklyn charter | GothamSchools - 0 views

4,177 Students and One Principal: A Day in the Life at Francis Lewis High School - Scho... - 0 views

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