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Opt Out Chronicles: School Boards Opting Out?

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Long Island Principals, Pennsylvania, Opt Out, School Boards, Value Added Measurement, Corporate Education Reform, Education News
Timothy D. Slekar

What does it mean to opt out? The simple answer, in the context of the public school reform movement, is when a parent pulls their child from state mandated high-stakes testing.

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Contentious School Board Battle Fought Amid Big Money

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Raleigh Schools, Wake County Schools, North Carolina School Board Race, Raleigh North Carolina, School Busing, School Boards, Wake County School Board, Wake County School Board Race, North Carolina Schools, Kevin Hill, Schools, Heather Losurdo, Naacp, Education News

RALEIGH, N.C. — Intense national political forces were focused on a local school board runoff this week in North Carolina's capital as voters re...

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Education "Reformers" Next Target? "One-Size-Fits-All" Democracy

Julie Woestehoff | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: James Warren, Education Reform, Rahm Emanuel, Petrilli, Charter Schools, School Boards, Standardized Testing, Local School Councils, Education Funding, Chicago News
Julie Woestehoff

Now that they've had some success destroying public education, the school reform privateers are setting their sights on something even more precious and fundamental to our nation -- our democracy.

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Joy Resmovits

Kansas City Schools Chief's Departure Involves A Swirl Of Ethical Allegations, Profanity [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Education News, Kansas City Schools, Arne Duncan, School Boards, John Covington Departure, Ss, Contracts, School Closure, Education Achievement System, John Covington, School Turnaround, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, John Covington Resignation, School Construction, Chace Ramey, Education News

The abrupt departure of John Covington from his post as superintendent of Kansas City, Missouri's schools reveals how interpersonal disputes between s...

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Joy Resmovits

Phasing Out State Control of Post-Katrina Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Collective Bargaining, Loyola University, School Governance, Charter Schools, New Orleans Teachers, New Orleans Schools, School Boards, Katrina, Leslie Jacobs, Recovery School District, Education News

With 75% of New Orleans students slated to attend charter schools next year, some stakeholders say a management split between the far-away state capit...

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Required Reading: Six Education Titles Not to be Missed

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, The Influence of Teachers, Ronald Dietel, Pbs, School Boards, Locke High School, Education, Alexander Russo, Book Reviews, Gene Maeroff, John Merrow, Standardized Testing, Schools, Teaching, John Seely Brown, Richard Whitmire, Education News
John Merrow

February is a great month for books about education, with very readable releases from John Seely Brown, Richard Whitmire, Ron Dietel, Alexander Russo, and Gene Maeroff.

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Teachers Taking Charge Of School Administration

The New York Times | WINNIE HU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Public Schools, Teach for America, School Administration, Education, Principal, School Boards, Detroit, School Reform, Los Angeles, Brick Avon, Teachers, Denver, Home News

The Newark teachers are part of a growing experiment around the country to allow teachers to step up from the classroom and lead efforts to turn aroun...

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School Boards Don't Work

John M. Eger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oversight, Education Reform, Workplace, School Boards, Mayors, Public Schools, Education News
John M. Eger

Our schools across the United States have a number of problems and frankly, there is no silver bullet.

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How Are You Keeping Fear Alive? 3 Steps You Can Take to Build Self-Confidence

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Cara Barker

How about you? How do you and I defeat ourselves when we've only just begun? What is it that really makes us hesitate, beneath our cover story? And why do we hesitate to tell the truth about our fear?

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Creationism in Connecticut? Pushing Pseudoscience in the Name of Religion

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evolution/Creation Controversy, Creationism, Michael Zimmerman, The Clergy Letter Project, Science Literacy, Connecticut, School Boards, Evolution, Science News, Public Education, Science Education, Chester Harris, Religion News
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Chester Harris claims that proponents of evolution "haven't proven anything. It's all still theory and faith." Wrong! Wrong! And Wrong! It is amazing that Harris can make three significant errors in a mere nine words.

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D-Day for Public Schools in New York State

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, School-Board-Election, Tim Kremer, Westchester Putnam School Boards Association, School Budget Crisis, School Boards, Lisa Davis, Lois Winkler, New York News
David A. Singer

On Tuesday, most public school districts in New York will hold school board elections and school budget votes.

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Christian Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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Light a Fire Under Your Principal This Summer

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NETS.T, Superintendents, Education, School Boards, National Education Computing Conference, Technology, Iste, Knezek, Necc, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Everyday during the school year, 2,500 students drop out of high school in the U.S. -- We need to get our school principals hopping mad about this.

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