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Posts in category "When Washington Attacks"

Arne Duncan & Gay Marriage

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I am perhaps alone in believing that Arne Duncan’s candid admission that he agreed same sex marriage should be legal contributed to President Obama’s decision to announce his support publicly last week.  Pretty much everyone else credits Joe Biden, who came out in support of gay marriage the day before. I am also perhaps alone... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 15, 2012 at 10:25 am
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Obama Reads "Wild Things"

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Here’s some cute video from Sunday’s White House easter egg event. He’s reading Where The Wild Things Are, doing voices and everything.  It’s a couple of minutes long... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 10, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Reduce Fighting With Biweekly Food Stamps

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You don’t care because you’re on Spring Break and it’s the beginning of the month, or maybe you knew this already, but researchers have found that kids get in more trouble towards the ends of months, especially kids on Food Stamps (ie, SNAP):  ”Among students from SNAP families, disciplinary problems such as fighting, vandalism or... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 4, 2012 at 4:35 pm
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Talking Turnaround

In case you’re interested there’s an education writers conference on SIG, the federal turnaround initiative, going on at the Gleacher Center today.  The hashtag is #ewasig or just follow below.  Among Chicago folks, so far UofC’s Tim Knowles has spoken, and later on I’m doing a panel with Xian Barrett, Jennifer Husbands, Don Fraynd, Jesse... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
March 24, 2012 at 10:45 am
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National Education News One Click Away

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See the new “National Ed News” box at the top of this page?  It shows you how to get national school reform news and commentary via Facebook, Twitter, or the old fashioned World Wide Web.  The new button joins the other permanent information pages up there, which include showing how to comment anonymously, ask questions... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
February 28, 2012 at 6:48 pm
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Duncan On "The Daily Show"

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Last week Arne Duncan was on” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” talking about Race To The Top, teaching to the test, and the President’s $5 billion proposed RESPECT initiative to transform the teaching profession: It seemed clear to me that Stewart — who’s mother is an educator — didn’t really believe what Duncan was... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
February 20, 2012 at 9:46 am
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Liberals & Conservatives Hate Waivers

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At a White House event this afternoon President Obama will announce that 10 of 11 states that applied for NCLB waivers are getting them — sort of (Ten states given No Child Left Behind waiver AP).  A dozen states applied for the waivers, but the initial review of their applications by the USDE was scathing and... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
February 9, 2012 at 7:54 am
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Sick Day Giveback For Arne?

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Today’s education news includes more on longer school days, teacher pensions, a call from the Tribune editorial page for Arne  (and others, too, right?) to pay back the $50,000, speeding cameras get green light, and proposals to slow down the closing process. Plus violence in Englewood and junk food in schools.  Oh, and Quinn and Brizard... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
February 7, 2012 at 7:29 am
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IL Improves On EdWeek Report

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You might be surprised to find that IL moved from 40th to 29th on EdWeek’s annual report card for states (Quality Counts 2012).  But it’s true.  That’s a C (76.3 points), just below the US average for states.    ... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
January 23, 2012 at 9:00 am
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Update On Race "Winners"

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Lots of folks really wanted Illinois to win the big Race to the Top money — and perhaps it should have — but many of those states that won are struggling to make good on what they promised to do, as you can see from the state reports profiling first-year progress.  Nine of the 12 are behind... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
January 18, 2012 at 7:00 am
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