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Obama tweet gets Australian researcher 31.5 million followers on Twitter

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Valerie Strauss -- One tweet from President Obama is a gift to an Australian researcher on climate change.

1 comments | Tags: valerie strauss president obama climate change university of queensland john cook | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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The revolution is here

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The revolution is against corporate-based education reform.

2 comments | Tags: valerie strauss jeff bryant school reform community involvement john tierny | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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School rankings: Why even the better ones are questionable

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Valerie Strauss -- Here are some of the serious problems affecting even the better school rankings.

0 comments | Tags: high schools albert shanker institute matthew di carlo valerie strauss best high schools | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Seattle teachers boycotting test score a victory

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Valerie Strauss -- Test scores will no longer be a graduation requirement.

2 comments | Tags: seattle washington valerie strauss measures of academy progress student performance garfield high school | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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The most important problem facing American children today

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Valerie Strauss -- What is it? According to the Academic Pediatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is the effects on poverty on health and well being.

1 comments | Tags: valerie strauss american academy of pediatrics academic pediatric association poverty native americans | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Why we need a moratorium on the high stakes of testing

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Valerie Strauss -- Randi Weingarten just called for a moratorium on the high stakes attached to new Common Core-aligned standardized tests. Here's why we should do it.

3 comments | Tags: valerie strauss common core state standards controversy randi weingarten jeff bryant | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools? (Not what you think)

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Valerie Strauss -- Why the U.S. emphasis on "teacher effectiveness" won't by itself really improve schools.

3 comments | Tags: colleges of education teacher performance pasi sahlberg finland poverty | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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The IRS was wrong to target the tea party. They should’ve gone after all 501(c)4s.

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Ezra Klein -- Let’s be very clear: because the Internal Revenue Service holds so much private data, and because it can make people’s lives absolutely miserable, it is of paramount importance in our political system that it both is, and is perceived as, an apolitical entity. If it discriminated against tea party groups that attempted to register as 501(c)4 social welfare organizations, then that’s a grave offense, and it needs to be investigated thoroughly and dealt with severely.

0 comments | Tags: studentsfirst heritage foundation ezra klein internal revenue service nonprofit organizations | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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Another name for Ezra Klein's 401c4 list: Rhee's StudentsFirst

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Why should Michelle Rhee get to push public policy through her tax-subsidized organization that receives private money from secret donors?

2 comments | Tags: studentsfirst michelle rhee ezra klein internal revenue service nonprofit organizations | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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Gates gives $150 million in grants for Common Core Standards

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Valerie Strauss -- For a supposedly public initiative, the Common Core States Initiative has benefited enormously from the generosity of Bill and Melinda Gates.

1 comments | Tags: bill and melinda gates foundation common core state standards valerie strauss community involvement common core states initiative | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Richwine resigns, but will others follow?

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Jason Richwine, the co-author of a controversial Heritage study that has invited an avalanche of blistering criticism, has resigned from Heritage, the first step in what will be an effort to contain the damage arising from the report.

3 comments | Tags: pew research center college enrollment hispanic students jason richwine heritage foundation | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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Hispanic high school graduates pass whites in college enrollment rate

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Valerie Strauss -- A new analysis showd that Hispanic high school graduates have passed whites in the rate of college enrollment.

3 comments | Tags: pew research center college enrollment hispanic students opportunity gap high school dropouts | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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The charter future of D.C. public schools

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Valerie Strauss -- With one decision about one elementary school, D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson is filling in the picture of the future for the city's long troubled school system.

2 comments | Tags: valerie strauss kaya henderson washington d.c. charter schools achievement prep public charter school | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Second-graders suspended for pointing pencils at each other

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Valerie Strauss -- Have you heard about the two 7- year-old boys who were suspended from school for pointing pencils at each other while making shooting sounds?

0 comments | Tags: valerie strauss student behavior zero tolerance policy suffolk county virginia | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<

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Poverty and student achievement: Are we comparing the wrong groups?

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Valerie Strauss -- Many impoverished students succeed academically every day. Why do some make it and others don't?

3 comments | Tags: valerie strauss mike rose robert bligh opportunity gap poverty | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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