Remainders: D.C. teachers’ union contract talks close to finished

by Maura Walz, at 8:14 pm

Teenagers who don’t remember 9/11 think of it like any other history lesson.
Parents sound off on the value of preschool gifted and talented programs.
Leonie Haimson elaborates on her call for the state to withhold funds until the city reduces class sizes.
The Ford Foundation is supporting a new education coalition critical of standardized testing.
Want higher reading test scores? Listening to music could help.
A Maryland policy group recommends letting teachers contract individually with school districts.
Washington, D.C.’s own teachers’ union contract negotiations may be near an end.
California’s state budget cuts will trickle down into the curriculum.
Checker Finn wonders if we should just give up on education reform altogether.
And several L.A. preschool teachers accidentally got stoned at school.

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re: parents sound off on g/t preschool:

The poll’s question “Since research shows…” is loaded and pretty crappy journalism. It’s one book, one excerpt, not all research. The way it’s worded, one would get the impression that it’s the definitive in research on gifted-and-talented programs.
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He's been frozen in that stoic position all night MT @lisafleisher: A protester speaks with his middle finger. http://t.co/xLar4NRU 4 hrs ago
Last of the occupy protesters just walked out together, shouting expletives and insults on their way out. #toughcrowd 4 hrs ago
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