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Commentary: Who Are the Great Ones This Year?
Michael F. Shaughnessy – We feel that such leaders should be acknowledged and every year, we announce about ten winners of what we have termed UPTON SINCLAIR awards.
Animal Planet On-Air Host Dave Salmoni to Examine How the Everyday Actions of Humans Affect Wild Animals and their Habitats
Discovery Education’s Large Predator Expert Explores Human, Animal and Environmental Connections in Live Siemens STEM Academy Webinar WHAT: Dave Salmoni, Discovery Education’s large predator expert and host of several Animal… Read more
What “no excuses” model really teaches us about reform
By Matthew Di Carlo – In a previous post, I discussed “Apollo 20,” a Houston pilot program in which a group of low-performing regular public schools are implementing the so-called… Read more
Tulane students sign on as ‘Sugar Babies’ with dating website
Generally, a college trumpets the news when it is declared in the Top 20 of anything. The exception: When Tulane University was ranked 20th for the number of students —… Read more
Teachers on Facebook: Hot-button issue examined across N.J. in wake of teacher’s anti-gay posts
Bloomfield social studies teacher John Shanagher doesn’t accept “friend” requests from students who want to connect with him on his Facebook page. Shanagher says he does not know if his… Read more
School reform discussed at Bronx Education Summit
The Bronx became the city’s No.1 education destination over the weekend when the best and the brightest gathered to propel a strategy for school reform. The first annual… Read more
Bullying Q & A: How to break the cycle
When Minnesota educators gather at RiverCentre Thursday to kick off the annual two-day conference colloquially referred to as the MEAs, they will hear for the 10th year in… Read more
Shutting Down Open Resources
WASHINGTON — It’s been less than a month since the U.S. Labor Department announced $500 million in grants for community colleges to develop job-training programs and make them free for… Read more
Senate No Child Left Behind Proposal: Big Government for Schools
by Lindsey Burke – Last Tuesday, Senator Tom Harkin (D–IA) introduced a much-anticipated proposal to rewrite No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and has announced that committee markup on… Read more
Teacher Evaluation Scaled Back in Revised ESEA Draft
Legislation to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has garnered a bipartisan seal of approval, thanks to a last-minute change scaling back the teacher-evaluation mandate in the bill introduced… Read more
