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Today concludes the 2009-10 school year for Philadelphia teachers. What are you doing this summer? Do you have summer school duty? Curriculum prep? What do you hope to get a head start on for the fall?Don't worry about us--we'll be here all summer. Image:  Image Caption:  Will you
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Crucial Competition For West Philly Hybrid Auto Team KYWThe team is in Michigan for more than a week of make or break tests in advance of the next stage of the competition.See also: Cover Story: Back to the Future GridPhiladelphia high school student wins scholarship after parents' death The InquirerHeirl He, a rising senior at Central, won a full scholarship from the Leonore Annenberg Colle
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Consideration of a proposed exemption from Los Angeles’ boycott of Arizona to allow continuation of the city’s red light camera program has been postponed until Wednesday. The City Council had been scheduled to consider a onetime, 10-month extension of a...
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A Long Beach man convicted of orchestrating an attempted political coup in his native Cambodia that resulted in the deaths of at least six people was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to life in prison. Yasith Chhun, former president of...
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In the rarified atmosphere of a full federal appeals court hearing Tuesday, 11 black-robed judges debated whether an activist's Nazi salute to the mayor of Santa Cruz was an act of free speech or an illegal disruption of public order....
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Education Pioneers is an exciting organization dedicated to building capacity in the education field by attracting, cultivating, and supporting talent.  If you haven’t checked them out you should do so, quietly revolutionary.  I’m on the DC-area board but Ed Pioneers also operates in five other cities.   Bellwether has a Pioneer this summer to work on a few projects and, of course, sh
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?So I guess when Michelle Rhee writes a piece like this it’s bound to spark a response.  But, Randi Weingarten’s NY Daily News op-ed about the DC contract is surprising.  Weingarten is in an earned place where she can rightly claim credit for helping forge a few genuine accomplishments over the last few months – Colorado where the AFT cou
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The text messages to the 22-year-old Virginia woman arrived during the day and night, sometimes 20 or 30 at once. Her ex-boyfriend wanted her back. He would not be refused. He texted and called 758 times. Women - People - Violence and Abuse - Domestic violence - Dating Violence
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Bill Turque’s Washington Post write-up of a new study of KIPP begins as follows:Middle school students in the Knowledge Is Power Program, a charter school network with a major footprint in the District and other cities, significantly outperform their public school peers on reading and math tests, according to a new study.But the report, from Mathematica Policy [...]
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At 3:30pm today, IES released results from the final evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, a.k.a DC vouchers. And in the grand tradition of education research, the results are “mixed”.Researchers found no statistically significant evidence that receiving a voucher increased students’ achievement on reading and math tests. But, there was evidence that receiving a
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Mayor Bloomberg and UFT chief Michael Mulgrew plan to lobby in D.C. for the teacher job bill. (WSJ)Four teacher-bloggers will discuss teacher evaluation and professional development. (Quick and the Ed)Nineteen states are still waiting for the feds to greenlight their turnaround plans. (State EdWatch)Study: Middle school music classes also help boost algebra scores. (Curriculum Matters)How [...]
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KIPP middle schools across the country enroll more low-income, minority students than their district school peers, yet their students have higher test scores, according to a report out today.The report, from Mathematica Policy Research and commissioned by the KIPP Foundation, studies 22 middle schools in the KIPP charter network, four of which are in New York City. [...]
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The other day, while I was delivering the latest edition at a school, the secretary in the office told me how much they loved the Notebook and looked forward to each edition. All of us involved with producing the Notebook naturally appreciate this kind of feedback. Let me share a few thoughts triggered by that loving response. Featured Title:  Thank yo
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Yet another battle over the future of West Philadelphia High School broke out Tuesday morning in the school’s auditorium.But for the moment, at least, the latest struggle didn’t involve any accusations against parents, dire predictions by teachers, District denials, or behind-the-scenes posturing by community groups and consultants - all of which have come to define West’s stran
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At its meeting on Wednesday May 26, the School Reform Commission suddenly and without voting withdrew a prepared and printed resolution on pairing West Philadelphia High School with Johns Hopkins/Diplomas Now as a Renaissance School. Chairman Robert Archie said only that "certain facts" had come up that needed to be checked out.read more
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In West non-vote, did the SRC violate the Sunshine Act? The Notebook blogThe Sunshine Act requires that decision-making take place in public, but it's unclear where the decision was made to delay the vote on West's Renaissance Schools provider.See also: While controversy swirls, life goes on for many at West The Notebook blogTurmoil at West Philadelphia High could leave 50% teaching posts empty W
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