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Obama tweet gets Australian researcher 31.5 million followers on Twitter

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 3)  
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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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 39, Clicks: 3)  
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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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 4)  
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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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 3)  
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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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 4)  
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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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 48, Clicks: 4)  
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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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Gates gives $150 million in grants for Common Core Standards

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 4)  
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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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The charter future of D.C. public schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 4)  
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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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 21, Clicks: 4)  
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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?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 5)  
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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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Louisiana Supreme Court rules voucher funding unconstitutional

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 31, Clicks: 4)  
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Valerie Strauss -- The Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled today 6-1 that the way the state funds its school voucher program is unconstitutional.

3 comments | Tags: valerie strauss louisiana school vouchers supreme court of louisiana indiana | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Leave no unwealthy child behind

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 63, Clicks: 6)  
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Valerie Strauss -- The relation between income and academic success cannot be comprehensively addressed through a childhood inoculation alone, the author argues.

3 comments | Tags: valerie strauss mike rose sean reardon opportunity gap zip code | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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What schools need and what they don’t need

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)  
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Valerie Strauss -- What motivates students and teachers, and what kills motivation.

0 comments | Tags: valerie strauss daniel pink anthony cody randi weingarten motivation | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Severe technical problems raise concerns over online tests

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 59, Clicks: 5)  
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Valerie Strauss -- Add this to the list of problems with high-stakes standardized tests: Technical glitches in several states during the online administration of new exams have been so severe in recent weeks that officials suspended testing in some places, students cried and educators worried about how scores would be affected.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma ctb/mcgraw-hill tech readiness valerie strauss common core state standards | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Questions about the questions on new Common Core tests

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 31, Clicks: 4)  
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Valerie Strauss -- Critics say there are problems with some of the questions on the new tests just given to students in New York.

3 comments | Tags: valerie strauss common core state standards controversy new york | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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