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"Unbelievable progress"???

Duncan needs to deepen his apology Arne Duncan was right to apologize for his offensive (especially to the thousands who lost family members and homes) remark that Katrina was "the best thing that ever happened to the education system in New Orleans." But once again, I'm urging the Ed. Sec… Continue

Added by Michael Klonsky on February 4, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Tweet with Us!

Join the Illinois Protocol for Free and Responsible Student News Media Conference discussion over Twitter! We’ll be tweeting before, during, and after the conference at #studentnewsmedia so please post topics of discussion and ideas there. Our Freedom Project Twitterers, @jloo_mfp, and @freedom_project will be watching #studentnewsmedia and will also post questions, articles and other updates as activity happens. The tweets we share will be archived and could become part of the final conference… Continue

Added by Jamie Loo on February 3, 2010 at 5:04pm — No Comments

California dist. bans Webster's Dictionary

It's too dirty

After a parent complained about an elementary school student stumbling across "oral sex" in a classroom dictionary, Menifee Union School District officials decided to pull Merriam Webster's 10th edition from all school shelves earlier this week. School officials will review the dictio… Continue

Added by Michael Klonsky on January 24, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Good King quote

"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue

Added by Michael Klonsky on January 19, 2010 at 10:12am — No Comments

Mary Anne Rawid

January 18, 2010 I'm deeply saddened to hear of the death of my good friend, mentor, and colleague Mary Ann Raywid. Mary Anne was a brilliant scholar and professor emerita of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Hofstra University, well respected in her field and former president of the Society of Pr… Continue

Added by Michael Klonsky on January 18, 2010 at 4:48pm — No Comments

Daley/Duncan's Renaissance 2010 was a flop. More flops to follow

Monday, January 18, 2010 Daley/Duncan's reform failed says Trib They owe us all an apology A report in Sunday's Chicago Tribune confirms what I and others have been saying and writing about since 2006. Daley/Duncan's Renaissance 2010 plan is an ill-conceived, mismanaged, and expensive bust. Its focus on school closings and privately-managed charter schools has produced little besides "moribund test scores," the displacement of thousands of students "into other low-performing schools,"… Continue

Added by Michael Klonsky on January 18, 2010 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Clinton, Bush say saving lives is top goal in Haiti

Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say. In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Bush and Clinton said the new fund created by President Barack Obama also seeks to ensure that money keeps coming in af… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 17, 2010 at 6:42pm — No Comments

health care proposal

With all the talk about health care reform, Health Insurance, and adequate medical care, it seems that we should be looking at International Medical Insurance plans. Maybe we could learn from the way that other countries are handling health care. I am not sure how I feel about the proposed changes, but taking the time to learn from othe… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on January 12, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Google Embraces Partners to Straddle Desktop-Cloud Divide

Google has unveiled plans today to allow Google Docs to store any type of files, and revealed a new tool from Memeo to enable users to access, migrate, and synchronize files between their desktop and Google Docs. These announcements signify a broader strategy by Google to help business customers bridge the gap between the desktop and the cloud. Google has been aggressively vying… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 12, 2010 at 6:34pm — No Comments

Fiorina Lends Campaign $2.5 Million

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina loaned $2.5 million of her own money to her campaign for the U.S. Senate, an indication she's willing to invest significant personal resources to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. Fiorina also raised nearly $1.1 million in donations during her first two months in the race. After expenses, that gives her about $2.7 million going into 2010, according t… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 11, 2010 at 1:55pm — No Comments

China becomes world's biggest exporter

China completed a resurgent 2009 with a huge rise in exports establishing China as the world's biggest exporter, ahead of Germany, for the first time. The juggernaut Chinese economy also revealed record monthly imports of crude oil and a vast renewed appetite for iron ore and copper. Trade in December, according to figures from China's customs office, showed a massive 17.7% ye… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 11, 2010 at 1:56am — No Comments

George Galloway MP deported from Egypt, say activists

British MP George Galloway has been deported from Egypt, say activists working with him to take an aid convoy into Gaza. The Bow and Bethnal Green MP had been with international activists trying to take 200 aid trucks into the blockaded Gaza Strip. Egypt had refused some of the vehicles access and there have been protests and clashes on the Egypt-Gaza border. The st… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 8, 2010 at 8:55am — No Comments

House Democrats discuss health care priorities

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives briefed party members on Thursday on healthcare talks with the Senate, with competing approaches on taxes and the shape of new insurance exchanges topping the list of priorities. About 175 House Democrats participated in a conference call with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders designed to identify mem… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 8, 2010 at 7:16am — No Comments

8 people shot, 3 fatally, at St. Louis factory, police say

Three people were killed and five others wounded Thursday in a shooting at a St. Louis, Missouri, transformer manufacturing company, police said. It was unclear whether the suspect was among those killed at ABB Inc., St. Louis Metropolitan Police said in a statement. A law enforcement official identified the suspect to CNN as Timothy Hendron. Hendron is one of a gr… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 7, 2010 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Microsoft HP Tablet PC Draws Apple Fanboy Ire

Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), with a little help from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, showcased their much-ballyhooed tablet PC, dubbed Slate, at CES Wednesday night. But the device is being ridiculed hard by Apple fanboys in the blogosphere who say it has nothing on Steve Jobs' latest creation and is not so much a tablet as it is an attempt from Micro… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 7, 2010 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Google Nexus One Reveals Retail Ambitions

Google's Nexus One is a nice phone. It's fast, attractive, and can run some great software. The Android Market may currently offer less than a fifth as many apps as Apple's iTunes Store and the phone itself my lack the multitouch support that makes iPhone interaction so intuitive, but Nexus One users have access to Google Voice, Google Goggles, and syste… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 6, 2010 at 4:48pm — No Comments

007 bondage would be a bad move for Sam Mendes

No, this isn't an April Fool's prank. According to both The Times' Hero Complex blog and the Hollywood Reporter, Sam Mendes, the wonderfully cerebral and cultured filmmaker who once upon a time won an Oscar for directing "American Beauty," is in discussions to make the new James Bond film, which could go into production as early as this June. Daniel Craig would be… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 6, 2010 at 11:22am — No Comments

Obama promises security increases

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. officials had all the intelligence needed to keep Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding a Detroit-bound flight but "failed to connect the dots," putting at risk the lives of nearly 300 people on board in an alleged bombing attempt. Calling it a "potentially disastrous" failure, Obama delivered his sternest words y… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 6, 2010 at 4:43am — No Comments

Microsoft's Office 2010 Pricing, Explained

Microsoft's new Office 2010 suite is coming soon. The company says 2 million people are already using the beta (and claims 9 out of 10 beta users consider it "an improvement over their current productivity suite.") So it's time to find out just how much it'll cost you to get it. The new SKUs include: Office Professional, $499 boxed or $349 via Product Key Card… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 5, 2010 at 5:22pm — No Comments

Timbaland Wants An End To Gossip About Himself, Tiger Woods

Vanity Fair's new cover boy Eldrick "Tiger" Woods, Major League Baseball World Champion Alex Rodriguez and Timbaland. The last guy on that list says all three famous dudes have at least one thing in common: They've been the subject of frequent gossip on the Internet and tabloids. While the aforementioned jocks have seen their love lives become fodder for the rumor m… Continue

Added by Dmitry on January 5, 2010 at 2:53pm — No Comments