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"I probably won't be able to see the changes that it brings, but I didn't do this just for myself. I did it for all the kids who attend public schools in California."

—Eli Williams, 16, on settlement of Williams vs. California, et al

NCLB Outrages

Standard Deviation
Ohanian Comment: This is the Obama, AKA George 3 iteration of NCLB. American Prospect, longtime Standardistos, just performs its usual role of providing a platfo...
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INDEX OF NCLB OUTRAGES

The Eggplant

Duncan Announces Think Outside the Book Incentive
Another in the list of news items you will see nowhere else. U. S. Department of Education For Immediate Release: U. S. Secretary of Ed...
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NCLB In Your Face

Feds Hijacking Local Schools!
Susan Ohanian is wearing this sandwich board in the 4th of July parade in Warren and in a solitary vigil in the popular Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, Vermont....
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Yahoo, Good News!

Vermont’s juvenile justice teaches kids community can help
This is the third of four columns in a series about the nation’s oldest and most mature restorative juvenile justice system.

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INDEX OF YAHOO, GOOD NEWS!

Outrage of the Day

An Inside Look at Diplomas Count 2009

Warning to those who are not feeling in shipshape. . . proceed at your own risk.

by Susan Ohanian

Two friends advised me not to look at E...
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INDEX OF OUTRAGES OF THE DAY

Commentaries

Portraits of Thinking: The Manual and Mental in General Surgery
This is from Mike Rose's blog, June 23, 2009:
http://www.mikerosebooks.blogspot.com/

Mike muses on the notice given to Shop Class as Soulcraft and...
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INDEX OF COMMENTARIES

Educator Roundtable
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In The News

Scholars Boycott Annual Meeting of National Communication Association
by Robin Wilson More than 300 members of the National Communication Association are boycotting the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, in San Diego, where the assoc...
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INDEX OF NEWS ITEMS

Resisters' Letters

Dear Jonathan Alter
I watch your interviews on Countdown with Keith Olberman regularly, and I am usually quite pleased with your intelligent assessment of whatever it is Olberman has you on for, but for the life of me, I...
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INDEX OF LETTERS

Outrages

Duncan Promotes Charter School Debate: With Stimulus Money on the Line, Education Secretary Urges States to Embrace the Charter Movement
We can be glad that the Bracey quote about Duncan blackmail made it into this news item. How long will it take the media to cover Duncan's actual record in Chicago? ...
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INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES

Sarah's Notes

Baaaaccckkkk To School
Ohanian Comment: For a glorious combination of sound and sight and wonderful teaching, read A Day in the Life for Septemb...
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INDEX OF SARAH'S NOTES

Stupid Test Items

California History-Social Science Standards Test
A student teacher comments: The correct answer was a). That the word relocated in a question could possibly be paired with an answer that has freedom in it is a...
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MORE TESTITEMS

Research that Counts

The MDRC Policy Brief, Reading First, and An Allergy to Reading
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INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS

Special Needs Commentary

More about Murray's Articles

Charles Murray's articles have provoked numerous responses most of which state that measuring IQ is not an exa...
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INDEX OF SPECIAL NEEDS COMMENTARIES

Special Needs News

Students, teachers weigh in, as 'Left Behind' up for renewal

Kay's Comment: So many issues to debate and so little agreement on any of them ... Perhaps NCLB should not be reauthorized just because it has raised so many questi...
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INDEX OF SPECIAL NEEDS NEWS

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Phi Delta Kappan

Phi Delta Kappan is the the most important professional journal for education, bar none. It addresses policy issues for educators at all levels, providing a forum for debate on controvers...
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WOO News

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Ohanian Comment: The hometown newspaper that has studiously ignored the WOO finally pays tribute to accomplishment. On July 29, The WOO held its 2006 GED Graduation & St...
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