Issues+in+Education

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= WHY? WHY? WHY? = = Analysis of the Nationwide Attack on Education =

=Republicans seek less federal involvement in schools= =Questions to consider before eliminating the Education Department= =Rapid school reforms fuel tension between teachers, districts= =Under Corbett PA Drops from Top 10 in Job Growth to Bottom 10= =States Grading Teachers More Stringently, Using Numerous Measurements= =George W. Bush enters my wife’s schoolboard race= =Obama Jobs Plan Voted Down By Senate= =Education positions represent most job losses in local government= =K-12 Education Funding - Most States At Levels Lower Than Pre-Recession, Cut Spending This Year= =Federal debt committee decisions could result in education cuts= =Recession Upended Teachers' Dreams, Created A 'Triple Tragedy' In Schools And Education= =Year-long employment gains wiped out by recent losses= =GOP Senators Introduce Own NCLB Renewal Bills= =SAT Reading Scores Fall To Lowest Level On Record= =Michele Bachmann Suggests Axing The Department Of Education= =Dems decry ‘assault’ on education= =Out of class - Putting a face on teachers who are victims of budget cuts= =Education's future caught in web of finances= =Will Rick Perry Unravel the Strange Consensus on Public Education?= =Rick Perry Sought State Profits From Teacher Life Insurance Scheme= =Texas Teachers Blame Rick Perry For Increased Class Sizes= =Newark Sued For Refusing To Release Records Of 100 Million Facebook Gift= =Changing The Teacher Reputation= =Schools Reopen to Face Tough Budget Choices= =South Dakota School Districts Eliminate Friday Classes To Save Money= =Duquesne University cuts tuition for future teachers= =1 In 5 U.S. Children Live In Poverty, National Child Welfare Survey Shows= =Unions Face Difficulties in Driving Education Reform= =Judge blocks Colorado school voucher program= =Will the Federal Debt Committee Cut K-12 Funding?= =A CONTRACT FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM= =American Millionaires - 1,400 Paid No U.S. Income Taxes In 2009= =What the Debt Deal Means for Kids in School= =[|Labor's Discontent With Obama Surfaces Yet Again with Debt Deal]= =[|Debt Ceiling Deal A Major Setback For American Labor Market]= =Debt Ceiling Deal - Big Questions for K-12= =[|Debt Ceiling Deal: What It Means for Pell Grants]= =Cuts Nationwide Take a Toll on Education= =Education Cuts Squeeze N.C. Teachers= =Once Nearly 100%, Teacher Tenure Rate Drops to 58% as Rules Tighten= =[|Why Do Politicians Blow Up When Asked Where They Send Their Own Kids to School?]= =Why One Good Teacher Decided to Quit= =[|States Continue Push to Toughen Teacher Policies]= =Our Nation is Losing the War of the Words= =As Budgets Are Trimmed, Time in Class Is Shortened= =Reading, writing, rollbacks as stimulus ends= =Pa. Bill would Use Student Performance to Rate Teachers= =Who's Responsible for Improving Student Achievement?= =The Time for Term Limits for Teachers Is Now= =How 'Bad Teacher' Harms Good Teachers=

=What is 'Bad Teacher' Saying About American Education?= =Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance= =In Teaching, Pink Slips Are A Way Of Life= =How Socrates would fare on new teacher evaluation plan= =What Value-Added Assessments Won't Tell You About Effective Teachers= =Charter School Backlash?= =In What Other Profession...= =Pennsylvania is 'Selectively Dismantling' Public Education= =A Test Question -- Can You Spell 'Blackmail'?= =Three Lessons From Brown v. Board of Education= =Investing in Prisons Over Education is Not Being Smart on Crime= =Educational Budget Cuts are Unconscionable -- and Unconstitutional= =Schools Struggle To Recover Amid Years Of Education Budget Cuts= =Last In, I'm Out - a Special Ed Teachers Story of Losing Job to Budget Cuts= =Why I'm Marching= =Experts Say School buildings affect learning= =The International Education Divide= =Charter schools and for-profit colleges on rise= =Taking Back the Teaching Profession= =Five Myths about America's Schools= =Reaction to Duncan Letter Highlights Strains with Teachers= =Survey Says Severe School Cuts Coming= =What's Being Done to Keep Teachers= =[|When Did Teachers Become the Enemy?]= = The Problem of the Disappearing Teacher and How to Solve It = = = =Is Free Education a Fundamental Right?= = How Should Teachers Be Fired? = =Laying-Off Teachers to Demonstrate How Much They Are Appreciated= = = = Are Public School Teachers an Endangered Species? = = What Do Teachers Want? = = = = Improving Teacher Quality by Treating Them as Individuals =

= Shock Doctrine Case Study - PA Public Schools = = Why the Black-White Gap Was Closing When It Was = = Teachers Feeling Unappreciated by Secretary Duncan = = = = Teachers Deserve More Than a Week = = [|Teacher Appreciation Week - 7 Ways to Say Thanks] =

= Does America's Education Secretary Respect Teachers? = = Jon Stewart and the Sheer Hypocrisy of Fox News on Teachers = = Education Cuts Affecting Business, Gym, Music Classes = = Legislators Seek to Cap School Tax Increases = = The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries = = Teaching is Not Charity Work =

= Open Letter From Arne Duncan to America's Teachers = = Open Letter from an American Teacher to Secretary Duncan =

= Have Our Schools Reached Their Limits? = = Unemployment Benefits - As Some States Cut Back, Oregon Gives More = = Scott Walker Admits Union-Busting Provision Doesn't Save Any Money = = Educating for Democracy - the Power of Self-Deception = = Teachers Aren't the Enemy = = I Am a Bad Teacher = = Ignorance Today = = Education and the National Debt = =How Far Should Students Go to Protect Their Teachers?= = Teachers Have Not Unbalanced Our Budgets: Our Wars Have = = It's All My Fault = = Teachers, We Need to Stick Together =

= Sorry I Became a Teacher = = 'The Hunger Games' of Education = = Who Will Teach the Children? = = = = = = = = Why the US is Destroying Its Education System = = Kick Me, I'm a Public School Teacher = =Linda Croushore - Cut Education, Cut Growth= = = =Teacher Morale Hits Rock Bottom= = Letter to Students From a Torn Teacher = =Why Do Politicians Blame Teachers and Students for Their Busted Budgets?= =Teaching, the Most Important Profession= =Teaching About Teachers= =National Slide Into Pink Slip Purgatory Has Consequences= =Ten Most Painful Education Budget Cuts= =As Sweeping Layoffs Loom, Schools Gird For Turmoil= =What I Learned at School=

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= CORPORATE EDUCATION "REFORM" = = Why It Doesn't Work =

=[|How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools]= =NCLB bill clears Senate committee= =[|Harkin's NCLB plan raises objections from top education groups]= =Nearly 40 states plan to submit NCLB waiver applications= =No Child Left Behind Overhaul Plan Released= =Proposal for NCLB Reauthorization Expected This Week= =What should — and shouldn’t — be in Senate No Child Left Behind bill= =Should Obama's NCLB Waivers Really be Quid Pro Quo?= =No Child Left Behind Reform - Will Obama's Waiver Plan Really Diminish 'Teaching To The Test'?= =States to Learn More About NCLB Waivers This Week= =Why do Teachers Need Tenure? Because All It Takes Is ONE= =Moving beyond 'blame the teacher'= =Uncertainty Surrounds Jobs Plan, but Schools Eager for Cash= =School - It's way more boring than when you were there= =Merit Pay Loses Luster as Budgets Shrink= =Schools with high poverty level negatively impacts student performance= =Fantasies Our Culture Feeds Us - Education Reform Is Going Great!= =Race To The Top - Preschool Edition= =New York Teacher Evaluations Unfairly Weigh Test Scores, State Supreme Court Says= =Eager for Spotlight, but Not if It Is on a Testing Scandal= =Most Pa. schools flagged for possible cheating likely to be cleared= =State Challenges Seen as Whittling Away Federal Education Law= =Is Student Creativity Being Discouraged in the Age of NCLB?= =Schools say No evidence of cheating on Pennsylvania standardized tests= =Study Finds Pa. students again at mid-level on PSSA= =Standardized Tests' Measures Of Student Performance Vary Widely Study Finds= =Why Obama’s New Plan to Reform Education Is Likely Illegal= =Why states should refuse Duncan’s NCLB waivers= =Say No to Duncan Dollars - Rookie Reform has Run its Course= =Why Test-Driven Accountability Is Grasping at Straws= =Rick Santorum Appealing to Radical Right Says 'Schools Indoctrinate Our Children'= =Texas Gov. and Education Reformer Rick Perry's College Transcript has A Lot Of Cs And Ds= =If non-educators continue to treat students like widgets and teachers like factory robots, we'll have cheating scandals in all 50 states= =Bloomberg declares tenure is not needed in public schools= =Pa. Joins States Facing a School Cheating Scandal= =Arne Duncan Boosts Merit Pay At Teaching Conference= =[|U.S. Students Bad at History? Error Filled Textbooks May be Why!]= =[|The 2012 Republican Candidates on Education Policy]= =Arne Duncan Defends Education Funding, Policies To Senate Committee= =With No Child Left Behind Overhaul Stalled, More Schools 'Failing'= =Wealth Gap Between Whites, Minorities Widens To Greatest Level In A Quarter Century= =As Best Schools Compete for Best Performers, Students May Be Left Behind= =Complex Thinking is not Tested and Won't be Taught= =Chicago Mayor Emanuel's Temper Flares Over Question About Kids' Schooling= =Want to stop teachers from cheating? A history lesson from corporate America= =Will NYC's Decision on Merit-Pay Become a Trend?= =States Consider Alternatives to NCLB= =The Real Cheating Scandal of Our Public Schools= =Merit-Based Teacher Bonuses Have Little Effect On Student Performance, New York Ends Incentives Program= =New York City Abandons Teacher Bonus Program Because It Was Ineffective= =New Details Emerge on Duncan's NCLB Waiver Plan= =Cheating scandal adds fuel to debate over high-stakes tests= =No Child Left Behind - Frustrated Educators, Advocates Call For Overhaul= =Union Chief Faults School Reform From ‘On High’= =Standardized testing for preschoolers= =Testing in Schools Isn't Working= =Teacher Pay Policy Shift By National Education Association= =Illinois Drops Writing From Standardized Tests, Worrying Educators= =Arne Duncan's Authority Over No Child Left Behind Questioned= =NEA's Delegates Approve Obama Endorsement, Dues Increase= =NEA Endorses Obama's Bid for Second Term= =Biden To NEA - Policy Disagreements Are 'A Fight Within The Family'= =13 Things the NEA Hates About Arne Duncan= =Walmart Family Rewards Education Reformers= =Why the School Voucher System in Washington, D.C., has been a Failure= =China No Longer Test-Obsessed; Do We Follow Suit to Compete?= =Education Is Not a Consumer Product= =Privitization of Public Education Turns Students into Corporate Assets= ='Trigger Law' Would Allow New York Parents to Fire Teachers, Principals= =NCLB Could Include 'Parent Trigger' Provisions to Shut Down Schools, Fire Teachers= =Is the Gates Foundation Bad for Teachers?= =Andre Agassi Launches Charter School Building Fund= =Teacher - Of 8,892 data points, which ones matter in evaluation?= =The Problem With Our Testing System= =Where's the Evidence? Serious Inadequacy of 'Race To The Top' School Turnaround Models= =Report Finds National Testing Push Yielded Few Learning Advances= =A Sensible Way to Rewrite NCLB= =Report Finds That High-Stakes Tests Have Not Improved Learning= =The Hijacking of Innovation in Education= =Michelle Rhee Faces Firestorm For Role in Controversial Ohio Bill= =NYC Teachers Counter 'Waiting For Superman' With Film Of Their Own= =Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates= =Obama Pushes for Support on Revamp of NCLB= =Letter Offers a Warning on the Unreliability of Value-Added Evaluations= =Two Teachers and a Microphone Rap About Standardized Testing= =Why We Shouldn't Link Teacher Evaluation to Test Scores= =To Understand the Impact of Teacher-Focused Reforms, Pay Attention to Teachers= =What DO Teachers Really Think about Education Reform?= =Rewrite of NCLB Will Not Be Done By Summer, Lawmaker Says= =Event Seeks to Challenge Test-Driven Education Reform= =Class Bias, Class Size and Online Learning= =Hope for a Better No Child Left Behind Law= = Should the Federal Government Have a Reduced Role in Education? = =The Obituaries for Data-Driven Reform are Being Written= =Back to School for Billionaires= == = Conservative group criticizes common standards, tests = = = = The Myth of 'Throwing Money at the Problem' = = Apple Co-Founder - 'A Computer Could Possibly Be A Teacher' = = How Diane Ravitch Became My Intellectual Hero = = Should States be able to Opt Out of NCLB? = = Spellings - Politics, Lack of Knowledge Hurting School Reform = = When Will the Testing Bubble Burst? = = Court Measures in NYC Over Release Of Teachers' Ratings =

= Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching = = More Schools Fall Short of AYP Standards =

= NCLB Amended? What? = = Unanswered Questions About Standardized Tests = = Jeb Bush Pushes 'Florida Formula' for Education Changes = = Why Bill Gates' Proposal on Class Size is Flawed = = Why Teaching is Not Like Making Motorcars = = Resistance to Test-Based School Reform is Growing = = In Public School Efforts, a Common Background - Private Education = = How Standardized Testing Harms Instruction = = What is a 21st Century Job? = = Pennsylvania Mom Opts Her Children Out of Standardized Testing = = Obama, Duncan Want Better Tests? We Need Better Answers = = Bad Month for Corporate Education Reform = = Reclaiming 'Reform' = = Deadlocked Debate Over Education Reform = = Study Shows Wide Variation in Success of PA Charter Schools = = Educators Urge Reduced Federal Role in Schools = =Trouble With 'Innovation' In Schools= = = = = = Why Michelle Rhee Remains at Core of Controversies = =Misleading Data About Class Size= =Thoughts on the Failure of Merit Pay= = When Standarized Test Scores Soared in D.C., Were the Gains Real? =

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=School Districts Fear Slashed Budgets After Supercommittee Fails= =$1.1 billion in Title I funds at risk with supercommittee inaction= =Who was the ‘best’ education president?= =Poor Students With Poorly Educated Parents More Disadvantaged In U.S. Than Other Countries= =Facing Budget Crisis, Schools Sell Ads On Report Cards, Buses= ='Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month Anniversary= =Long-stagnant teacher compensation needs to be upgraded= =A Win for Workers, and for Us All= =The GOP's 'Uncertainty' Talking Point, Debunked= =Indiana Voucher Program Leads To Reverse Transfers From Private Schools= =Piccola retiring at the end of term= =Ohio Turns Back a Law Limiting Unions’ Rights= =Seattle Voters Pass 232 Million Dollar School Levy, Doubling Taxes= =[|Mississippi 'Personhood' Amendment Vote Fails]= =[|Progressives Win Big In Ballot Measures Nationwide]= =The Problem With Paying Teachers Less= =Pa. Senate rejects proposal for parent-trigger law= =Who's Accountable for Disabled Students in Voucher Schools?= =United Federation of Teachers Finds Budget Cuts Hobble Schools Across The Country= =State Senate approves tuition vouchers= =Pa. Senate to consider bill on school vouchers= =School Voucher Bill Nearing a Senate Vote= =Occupy Wall Street Spills Into Classrooms= =Educators Fear Deepest School Budget Cuts Are Still Ahead= =Senate rejects consideration of funds for teaching jobs= =Report - School closures might not be a budget cure-all= =Occupy Pittsburgh Protests BNY Mellon= =Occupy Pittsburgh demands Pa. check claims on BNY Mellon= =While Schools Decay, We Can’t Turn Away= =To balance budgets, Philly schools allow ads= =Texas Schools Sue State, Say Funding Is Unfair= =As jobs plan stalls, Democrats regroup to save teachers' jobs= =Occupy Pittsburgh seeks permit for a parade, rally Saturday= =Unions Empower Parents to Push for Real Education Reform= =Senator Introduces Legislation Limiting Class Size= =Class Size Fight - Debate Looms During A Year Of Overcrowding= =Why Teacher Tenure Should Be Strengthened= =Texas District Seeks Remedy for Overworked Teachers= =[|Cell Phone Video of Teacher Stopping a Fight Before It Starts]= =Education, Not Gender Or Race, Now Largest Factor In Worker Earnings= =New Groups Giving Teachers Alternative Voice= =Too Important to Fail= =Teachers Union Leaders Pleased With $60 Billion For Education In Obama's Jobs Plan= =Good Teachers (the Movie You Will Never See)= =Poor investment in education will hurt later= =Congress Returns to Face ESEA, Ed. Funding Issues= =Labor Unions Adjust To New Reality Under Obama= =Bring Teachers' Pay Into This Century= =Teacher Pay - U.S. Ranks 22nd Out Of 27 Countries= ='Poverty Is the Problem' With our Public Schools, Not Teachers' Unions= =There are more successful schools than you think (see for yourself)= =Should Teachers Avoid Social Media?= =Survey - What Americans Want from Public Schools= =Why Teachers Keep Leaving the Classroom= =Top 5 Reasons Why Teacher Turnover Is Rising= =Teachers Feeling 'Beat Down' As School Year Starts= =Public-school losses - private schools' gain= =In the Hong Kong cut-throat world of Chinese education, star tutors drive Ferraris and earn $1.5-million salaries= =Let's Educate Ourselves on the Field of Education= =Why even the best teachers cannot overcome crowded classrooms= =School Culture Shakeup - New Report Has Interesting Findings= =Confessions of a Cheating Teacher= =The Misunderstanding of Teaching and Why We Must Advocate For Our Profession= =D.C. Teacher Says Teachers Are Overpaid - a Modest Proposal= =How teachers can influence policymakers= =How to Increase Teacher Motivation= =Blogger Fred Klonsky's crusade against public education reform= =Hillsborough school chief urges new teachers - join the union= =Survey - Nearly 30% of Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat= =How to Turn Around Schools Without Replacing Staff= =Making Cheating Irrelevant= =Unions Go After Gang Of Six Deficit-Cutting Plan= =To improve U.S. education, it’s time to treat teachers as professionals= =Half of Texas' Students Have Been Suspended, Study Finds= =School Discipline Study Raises Fresh Questions= =Obama Meets With Corporate CEOs To Fundraise For U.S. Education= =Pennsylvania Considers Allowing Teachers to Wear Religious Symbols= =[|Who is the Most Influential Tweeter in Education?]= =102 Things NOT To Do If You Hate Taxes= =Preach a Crusade Against Ignorance -- Don't Sacrifice the Future!= =It's Not Cheating. It's Sabotage.= =The Broken Escalator of Education in America= =Innovation Starts With Having Autonomy= =Elections Have Consequences= =D.C. Schools Fires More Than 400 Teachers= =State and Local Funding Flexibility Act - Shrewd Shuffling or a Shell Game?= =Dr. Fluoride= =Teachers Prepare For March On DC, Hoping For A Lasting Movement= =New Bill Aims to Maintain Diversity in Charter Schools= =Making the Case for Teachers' Right to Strike= =Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them= =Parents Help Prevent Layoffs in Connecticut District= =Study questions state's charter school system= =[|States With The Highest and Lowest Per Pupil Spending]= =The Three Most Important Questions in Education= =Frustrated Educators Aim to Build Grassroots Movement= =Preschool Leads To Better Jobs And Fewer Arrests, New Study Says= =Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Education I Learned from a Public School Teacher= =Are Teachers Paid What They are Worth?= =Are We Testing Too Much?= =Pennsylvania State Education Association backs use of test scores in evaluating teachers= =Pennsylvania Teachers’ Strikes Have Had No Negative Impacts on Academic Performance= =The Future of Teaching= =Teachers to Lead a School in Maine= =Cooperation, Not Competition - the Finish Model= =Are Magnet Schools Perpetuating Segregation?= =What if Teachers Designed Teacher Evaluation?= =Is Public Education Still Free if it Costs Money?= =Please Make My School a Prison= =Do School Cuts Lead to Stressed Students?= =Teachers' Work Goes Beyond the School Day= =Don't Know Much About -- History, Geography, or Civics= =Would a Longer School Day or Year Help Student Learning?= =How Will Growing Class Sizes Affect Students in the Middle?= =Are Classroom Observations an Effective Way to Evaluate Teachers?= = School Teaches by Ability, Not Grade Level = =High School Student - Why Music Education is Important= =NEA Says Tenure Should be Earned= =Study says It's not the Teacher but the Method That Matters= = = = 5 Ideas to Prepare Students for Success Without Standardized Testing = = Is 'Accountability' Only For Teachers? = = NEA Endorsement of Obama is a Suicide Pact for Education = = Public School Teachers to be Shared With Private Schools in Mich. District = = = = White House Study - Art Raises Math and Reading Achievement = = National Education Association Endorses Obama in 2012 Election = = States, districts consider Four-Day School Weeks = = Excercise Plus Academics May Boost Brain Power = = Swapping Your Books for Public Schools = = How to Redefine Teacher Tenure = = Duncan Issues Far More NCLB Waivers Than Predecessors = = Why Lecture-Style Teaching Might Work = = More Schools Assess Fee to Play Sports = = Overcrowded Classrooms Take Toll = = Merit Pay System in Ohio First in the Country = = New Hampshire Senate Approves Bill Curbing Unions = = The Joys of Educational Jargon = = Seeking a Teacher Pay System That Works = = Alabama District Experiments with On-line Learning Day = = = = What Teachers Have Control of - And What They Don't = = Study Touts Benefits of Full-Day Kindergarten = = More Schools Offer AP On-line Courses to Keep Costs Low = = My Approach to School Reform = = A Pep Rally for Tests? =

= On-line Learning - The Pros and Cons of K-12 Computer Courses = =//Less Testing, Respecting Teachers Spells Success in Finland's Schools//= = Pittsburgh Teachers Accept Plan for Extra Pay With Extra Responsibilities = = Standardized Testing - a Decade in Review = = = = Preschool Education Issue in America = =Public Schools Recruit Tuition-Paying International Students to Boost Revenue= = = = = =Schools Explore Advertising For Extra Revenue= =McGraw Hill Research - U.S. Should Raise Teacher Status=

=About 15 Percent of Charter Schools Shut Down= =[|PA Attorney General Tom Corbett’s office was obstacle preventing ‘VIP’ sex ring investigation]= =Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center - Midyear budget briefing statement is Wrong strategy for building a strong economy= =Sen. Jim Ferlo - Republican majority in Harrisburg failed Pennsylvanians this year.= =Corbett administration has fabricated 'revenue shortfall' to pursue needlessly painful cuts next year.= =OFF THE FLOOR - Waiting for GovCo, Part Deux. Vouchers, education reform.= =The push stops here - Turzai says vouchers and Shale “never our issue”= =State House rejects school-voucher proposal= =Pa. lawmakers try to wrap up, tie ribbons on bills= =Why Are the Rich So Interested in Public-School Reform?= =[|Online Schools Score Better on Wallstreet Than in Classrooms]= =Steel Valley Teachers are Worried About Feb. Payroll= =Texas groups study the effects of school budget cuts= =There Is Only One Issue In America= =Education Run by the States? A Bad Idea= =Public-Sector Workers Under Attack= =Has Teacher Quality Really Declined Over Time?= =Does education spending benefit the economy?= =Number Of Students Attending Charter Schools Soars= =Is Unequal Opportunity Created By Students Themselves?= =When Test Scores Become a Commodity= =Does class size matter?= =California Governor Jerry Brown Asks Voters For Tax Increases To Support Education= =On the Eighth Day, God Created Billionaires= =The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011= =Bolder, Broader Strategy to Ending Poverty's Influence on Education= =The War on Education= =Student Achievement - Should Schools Alone Be Held Accountable?= =Teachers at disadvantaged schools often earn less= =California's Rejection of NCLB Waivers Sends a Message= =Diocese Says Private School Tuition Not Contingent on Lobbying of Legislators - But It Sure Helps= =Who's Unemployed?= = =

= Duquesne schools session becomes heated = = Laid-off men fight perceptions arising from 'mancession' = = [|It's Your Money: Some Charter Schools Get Failing Grades] = = DUNMIRE - TOOMEY STANDS WITH THE 1 PERCENT AGAINST THE MIDDLE CLASS = = Higher education proposal termed nation's most onerous = =Governor proposes lean budget, with big higher ed cuts= =Public School Students Need State Support, Not Accounting Tricks= =Senate Passes FAA Bill With Anti-Union Measure= =NEA Letter Against Anti-Union Bill= =DePasquale wants 30 million for struggling school districts= =PSEA president supports bill to invest in struggling schools= =Pennsylvania Teacher Working For Free, Gets Surprise On Ellen Degeneres Show= =GOP Legislator says Keeping Teacher Pay Low 'A Biblical Principle'= =Steel Valley-based TEACH group’s video wins award= =Not concerned about budget cuts to public education? Then you are NOT paying attention= =Sen. Piccola says leadership from Corbett administration needed for fiscally distressed schools= =Corbett asked to aid poor schools= =TEACH Meets With Toomey= = Activist Group Disappointed with Senator Toomey Following Face-to-Face Meeting = = Gov. Corbett’s message to Chester Upland comes through loud and clear = =Crisis In Chester Upland - Putting Private Profits Above Student Success= =Band-aid keeps Chester Upland afloat for two weeks, state budget cuts put it on the brink= =Both sides reportedly frustrated with Steel Valley teacher talks= =The Evil Economics Of Judging Teachers= =Money Matters, Affects Student Performance, Outcomes= =School funding crisis is getting worse= =Instead of Complaining About Teachers, Become One= =Gov. Christie to continue battle against court-ordered school funding= =No Child Left Behind Failed= =Education 'Reform' -- Garbage In, Garbage Out= =[|Education Reform: Where's the Debate?]= ='National Opt Out Day' Rejects Standardized Tests= =Five Thoughts About No Child Left Behind on Its 10th Anniversary= =No Child Left Behind Turns 10 Facing Mixed Results And Uncertain Future= =School districts wrestle with uncertainty= =Traditional schools outperform privately run virtual schools= =Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain= =Has the NEA warmed up to Teach for America?= =For public schools, the year brought big cuts= =Governor Corbett orders freeze of nearly $160 million in state spending= =Chester Upland teachers, support staff pledge to work for delayed pay during school district’s financial crisis= =Education-Related Predictions for 2012= =TEACH still advocating for more education funds, teacher recalls= =Gingrich, Romney, Obama--education triplets=

=Public schools crisis makes my blood boil= =Delozier says GOP leaders will push to restore 100 million in K-12 education block grants= =Pennsylvania records second-straight month of above-estimate tax revenue collections= =Occupy movement targets education-reform efforts= =Schools Report - Failing To Prepare Students Hurts National Security, Prosperity= =There Goes 11-million for Our Schools= =Enough with the Spreadsheet Debates= =Pennsylvania State Education Association's report says schools are at risk of bankruptcy= =Higher Education did best job of making budget case. Others better get going= =PA House leadership bill falls short of closing Delaware loophole= =Pa. teachers union calls for funding from taxes, drilling= =Is the Corbett administration proposing education cuts or increases?= =The Devil’s in the Details= =Corbett adds pension money to K-12 total, to combat critics of his cuts= =Yes, Education Advocacy is Working! (and here’s how we know)= =[|PDE Launches Website to Counter Funding Concerns]= =Teachers Survey - Job Satisfaction, Security Take A Dive= =Education pension increases outpace state funding cuts in Corbett budgets= =DEP's Krancer, House Democrats clash during budget hearing= =Bill to alter superintendent contracts clears Senate committee= =Pa. Senate Education Committee approves bill to overhaul special education funding distribution formula= =Tomalis testimony ignores impact of nearly 1 billion in public school cuts= =Tomalis, lawmakers debate whether state is cutting or hiking education funding= =‘Hold harmless’ state education funding agreements on the way out, Tomalis said.= =Public education supporters ramp up rallies with call-ins= =Parents decry state education cuts= =Legislators join forum calling for action on public school cuts= =Chemistry elective too expensive, Peters students told= =No Student Left Untested= =State-related universities decry proposed state subsidy cuts= =Rick Santorum Slams Education System, Will Home-School Children At White House= =School funding cuts clear with new online calculator= =PSEA Testimony on Budget Cuts to House Democratic Policy Committee= =Wagner requests budget increase, more oversight of cyber charter school funding= =The more Pennsylvanians learn about Gov. Corbett's budget, the less they like it.= =City students ask governor to make education a priority= =Corbett says 'We reduced education funding if you look at it as a whole'= = Parents, students brave cold, protest education funding =

= = =Protesters denounce Gov. Corbett's Pittsburgh Opera lifetime achievement award= =Protesters pan opera's black-tie affair to honor Corbett= =[|KDKA News Covergae of the Opera Protest]= =Steve's Opera Rally Speech= =[|Group protests opera award for Corbett]= =Sour note - The opera makes an ill-timed bow to the governor= =Let Them Eat Opera - Pennsylvania Governor Corbett Gets Honored for Supporting the Arts While Slashing the Arts= =The Pennsylvania Senate voted 39-8 to pass its $27.65 billion budget proposal= =[|Voices rise against Pittsburgh Opera's award for Gov. Corbett]= =Why Pittsburgh Opera May Be Honoring Corbett= =Senate GOP proposes $27.65 billion budget, restores almost all higher ed cuts= =Corbett wants to confront pension costs 'tapeworm.'= =5 ways teacher unions advocate for students, educators= =1,000 gather to protest proposed school cuts in Upper Darby School= =Charter Schools Are…= =Sending Teacher Bashing Out of Style= =The Missing Teachers= =April revenues above estimate, PA revenue shortfall dwindling= =What You Need To Know About ALEC= =Union says teachers won't give up seniority= =MOCK BAKE SALE SENDS MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR= =Pittsburgh City School board wants end to seniority-based layoffs= =64 Schools To Close Amid Impending Dissolution Of Philadelphia District= =Primary Results Mixed for Education= =Mock bake sale helps TEACH raise awareness of education cuts= =Fear of cuts in state funding stalling teacher negotiations=

=Teacher launches petition drive against voter ID law= =Voter I.D. Petition Delivery= =[|Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Opponents Regroup After Judge Refuses To Block New Election Rules]= =Election Division head says he won’t denounce Voter ID law= =Steve's 2012-13 Budget Analysis= =Report - Natural Gas Industry Has Spent More Than 23 Million to Influence PA Elected Officials= =Gergely takes issue with new education law= =Kortz - Budget fails Pa. children, students, working families= =Brewster critical of new state spend plan= =Why Did Any Democrats Vote for GOP Budget?= =Budget enacted - A mixed bag of spending meets the deadline= =Local legislators take party line on state budget= =Governor Corbett signs new state budget= =State Budget a Step in the Right Direction For Public School Funding= =Turzai tells state GOP that voter ID law boosts party in prez race= =Pitt, Penn State and Temple funding would be restored to this year's level in agreement being negotiated= =Senate GOP impatient with House progress on education reform= =We Don’t Need No Education= =Pink Slips= =Governor Giveaway - Tom Corbett keeps shoveling our money to the oil and gas companies= =Teachers union chief confident block grant budget objectives will be reached= =East Allegheny Education Association members protest= =East Allegheny board rejects fact-finder’s report, approves budget with no tax hike= =Corbett seeking $1.675 billion tax break deal for Shell= =Corbett faces budget attack= =Pa. school districts brace for more fiscal cuts= =11 arrested in Pittsburgh protesting Gov. Corbett's planned education cuts= =Pa. Senate panel offers recovery plan for troubled school districts= =Humphrey resigns post over honor to Corbett= =PROTESTERS CRASH CORBETT'S OPERA HONOR=

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