Dropout Nation on Twitter for 2010-03-10

• RT @Eduflack: RT @bigswifty Jay Mathews notes @DianeRav's contradictions and outright fabrications. http://tinyurl.com/y9ycufv #edreform #
• Public pensions add even more risk to make up trillion-dollar deficits. http://nyti.ms/bMqyW5 #TQ #edreform #publicpensions #
• The implications for #edreform #TQ if these investments go bust (many will) is enormous. Expect even more acceleration of stronger evals #
• and end of teacher tenure/defined-benefit pensions #edreform #TQ #publicpensions #
• RT @tvanderark: I like schools standing for somethg, parents eating dinner w/kids, & teachers trying to reach every kid http://bit.ly/c4vHud #
• Mathews argues that @DianeRav is the best education historian. Personally, I'd go for Jeffrey Mirel; a lot more masterful. #
• Mirel's "Rise and Fall of An Urban School System" may be the most-thorough look at traditional public school systems still in print… #
• and his "The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995" offers a thorough look at why comprehensive high schools haven't worked. #
• RT @rhapsodybooks: P. Tough on "Whatever It Takes" about charter schools and techniques that raise scores: http://bit.ly/bcxj1o #edreform #
• RT @MarcSean86: Michelle Rhee and Randi Weingarten square off over teacher #tenure #Newsweek http://bit.ly/cuVWEt #edreform #DCPS #
• RT @RobertTalbert: Example from Functions and Models for tomorrow: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgvfp6m7_409cw7x63hn #math #
• RT @sgermeraad: Newsweek cover: "In no other profession are workers so insulated from accountability." http://bit.ly/bzHZjj #edreform #
• RT @MarcSean86: Major props to Avery Himes, #Morehouse Class '08, working with the kids in #NewOrleans ! http://bit.ly/bT0Ied #
• RT @CharterInsights: http://ow.ly/1fTKR The error of using generalities instead of specifics when talking about charter schools. #edreform #
• RT @dangillmor: if you work for a govt agency, you should assume that its pension promises are absolute BS http://nyti.ms/bwjdG1 #
• RT @AndresHenriquez: USDOE's 'Open Innovation Portal' Marketplace for ideas: http://bit.ly/aaPZxh #i3 #edreform #education #
• RT @edreform: #edreform Headlines 3/9: What makes an effective tchr? – Kids shld B only special interest in WV schools http://bit.ly/9Dg9Q2 #
• RT @WICharters: NYC charter schools forcing traditional schools into marketing. Quite a switcheroo! http://nyti.ms/9K6Oin #edreform #
• Of course, let's hope the charters do more than that. #
• RT @charteralliance: Senate kicks off its #NoChild #ESEA reauthorization hearings: http://bit.ly/9PRiBk #edreform #
• RT @dgblankinship: In Wash., Gov. Gregoire says special session a possibility. And #edreform is required. http://bit.ly/b20AHH #waleg #RttT #
• At Dropout Nation headquarters, my new bluetooth headset is on its fourth hour of charging. It better last two years. #yeahright #
• #headshaker Ala #NEA affiliate's "Say No to Charter Schools" ad: RT @LibertyCommon: xlnt display of… prevarication: http://bit.ly/b8eSZG #
• Speaking of #NEA #AFT: My report on their efforts to organize teaching staffs at charter schools (PDF) http://bit.ly/cw3LyS #edreform #
• RT @MEDixon215: @charteralliance helps debunk misinformation in AEA smear campaign http://is.gd/a40aU #ALpolitics #edreform #RttT #
• Afgreed: RT @dangillmor: News orgs: Do you really trust Apple? http://bit.ly/bjYrdy anyone answering yes deserves to be extinct #
• RT @Trace_Urdan @charteralliance: Americans w/o H.S/. diplomas, unemployment is >15% , says John Castellani at Senate #NoChild #ESEA hearing #
• RT @JoeNBC: For too long, students who were poor and black received a separate and unequal education. This has to stop and in Harlem it is. #
• RT @dynarski: Sobering statistic. RT @gothamschools: New York City's 4-year #gradrate in '09 was 59%, up from 56% in '08. #edreform #
• Dear Best Buy: Stop with the crapware on laptops. I am more than capable of installing software w/o your help. And I'm not saying 'please'. #

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