Jean Arrington, an informative architectural historian, is leading a walk tomorrow (Saturday) for the NYC chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club which will...
RichardEdBarr@...
Feb 1, 2008 4:35 pm
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posted at http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/ ************** Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. ...
I posted an announcement earlier today about a tour tomorrow of historic Lower East-Side/East Village public schools which identified the meeting place (Tweed...
RichardEdBarr@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:16 pm
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Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein Testifies at Joint Legislative Budget Hearing        Date: Monday, February 4, 2008   Time:  11:30 a.m. ...
I assume everyone is getting the same response. "As we work with our principals to make adjustments to their budgets, we are finding that this reduction is...
************** Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002 548) ...
In a message dated 2/3/2008 4:36:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joanselin@... writes: was wondering, was PS63 (my school) one of the schools? on E. 3rd...
RichardEdBarr@...
Feb 3, 2008 9:39 pm
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Yes, 121 E 3rd St. The school opened in Dec, 1904 or 05 ... (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 ... ...
Wash post pushes the Bush agenda for DC schools- which fits in nicely w/ Michele Rhee's, the new superintendent: more vouchers, more charter schools, and...
The Washington Post editorial shows how liberals (the Washington Post) have adopted the conservative agenda. ... The Washington Post editorial shows how...
Diane Ravitch
gardendr@...
Feb 4, 2008 5:34 am
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I don't think anyone would describe the editorial board of the Washington Post as liberal; they were strongly supportive of the Bush administration's ...
What is today's definition of a "liberal?" We may need a new vocabulary. In some circles "liberals" are now termed "neo-liberals" who hold a lot of values in...
An interesting debate between and early childhood edicator and the AFT: This article appeared in the CCW/AFTEF January Newsletter (American Federation of...
How I Joined Teach for America — and Got Sued for $20 Million An old article about a TFA in the Washington DC school system illustrating the dangers teachers...
ELL Advocates: Blog of the Institute for Language and Education Policy Responding to Garrison Keillor: Phonics, Reading First, and a failure to communicate ...
Luisoreyes@...
Feb 4, 2008 4:14 pm
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I know of one Queens Elementary School that was planning on canceling school for students due to space utilization for voting.? (I believe it involved the use...
MrrandleAAS@...
Feb 4, 2008 9:46 pm
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Thanks Norm for passing along the ednotesonline link from George Schmidt.? From what we've seen being played out in?NYC public education,...
SusanCNYC@...
Feb 4, 2008 11:21 pm
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Sorry, but this is absurd. Anyone who thinks that Obama's support is "Republicans crossing over" hasn't been paying attention, to what he says, to who is...
Elena Mora
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Feb 5, 2008 1:25 am
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I would add just one thing to Elena's eloquent statement. Though this list serv is about education, there a lot of other issues out there just as important to...
Susan I forwarded your questions to George. While George focused on Obama, a reading of all the other candidates still puts them on pretty much the same side...
From: Klein Joel I. Sent: Mon 2/4/2008 11:03 AM To: &All Principals Subject: School Budgets Dear Colleagues, For decades, our schools received far less...
Follow the Money The following edited and formatted version has been posted at http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2008/02/politics-are-us.html I am pretty...
This issue was raised at our school's SLT in the context of its homework policy. Googleing the issue brings forth references to a number of studies; the...
Another problem w/ the school grades.. Teachers see bias in school ranking http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2008/02/04/2008-02-04_teachers ...
See letter below from Joel Klein to principals, in veiled terms telling them to be quiet about the cuts and not to get parents riled up. Many principals are...
Tomorrow Wed. Feb. 6 -- at the Appellate Division, 27 Madison Avenue (at 25th Street), conveniently located near numerous subways lines (N, R, W, 6 and F...
The 2008 FIRST Robotics Competition is now well underway and the teams are busy building their robots! So it is time to start thinking about the upcoming 2008...