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[|Cartoon - Budget Cuts - Stahler, The Columbus Dispatch, 2011]

[|Investigating Charter Schools Fraud In Philadelphia. NPR, 06-27-11] [|Changes At R.I. School Fail To Produce Results. NPR, 08/21/11]

[|Lookout, teacher union. Controversial Indiana ed boss could be Florida bound. MH, 06-06-11]

[|Collective bargaining law published despite court order blocking it. Wisconsin State Journal, 03-26-11]

[|Dilbert 05-29-11 - Satirizes rewards in the workplace (eg. Merit pay)]

[|One More Reason to Hate Wall Street (And Charter Schools). Modern School, 05-26-11]

[|Cashing in or selling out? Race to the Top plows ahead in Miami-Dade. Jennifer Smith, examiner.com, 05-28-11] [|Hillsborough's merit pay experiment benefits affluent schools. St. Pete Times, 02-24-08] [|Dade teachers may get merit pay this summer. MH, 05-27-11]

[|To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test By PAM BELLUCK Published: January 20, 2011, New York Times]

[|When standardized test scores soared in D.C., were the gains real? By Jack Gillum and Marisol Bello, USA TODAY Updated 3/30/2011] [|End the Test-Driven Culture of D.C. Public Schools. Petition, Change.org] [|Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal by Dana Goldstein. The Daily Beast, 03-29-11] [|Shame on Michelle Rhee by Diane Ravitch, The Daily Beast, 03-29-11] [|Rick Scott's Education Adviser Caught Up in Cheating Scandal By Michael Cohen, Fri., Apr. 8 2011, Broward/Palm Beach New Times] [|IQ Tests Measure Motivation - Not Just Intelligence. From BBC News Online, 04-25-11] http://www.rheefirst.com/ [|Mother hopes others will opt out of standardized testing. CNN.com, 3-21-11] [|Diane Ravitch blasts education reform star. The Daily Beast, 03-29-11] [|Former Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson on Governor Rick Scott. Democratic Underground, 04-30-11] [|Mas cambios a la educacion. El Nuevo Herald, 04-03-11] [|U.S. Schools Are Still Ahead—Way Ahead - BusinessWeek, 01-12-11] [|Virginia's largest school district says no to performance pay. Washington Post, 04/20/11] [|Teacher evaluations at the schools that Obama, Duncan picked for their kids. Washington Post, 04-17-11] [|Obama backs away from standardized testing. LJWorld, 03-29-11] [|Obama's war on schools. Diane Ravitch, Newsweek, 03-20-11] [|5 billion dollar question: how to cut that much from the Florida budget? Miami Herald, 02-05-11] [|What Ravitch told KIPP and Teach for America. Washington Post, 11-17-10] [|'Value-added' teacher evaluations: L.A. Unified tackles a tough formula. LA Times, March 2011] [|Teachers make handy scapegoats - Fred Grimm - MiamiHerald.com, 03-07-11] [|May 1933: Hitler Abolishes Unions. newsjunkiepost, 2-20-11] [|New merit pay bill gets a higher grade from teachers? Nobody asked me... Jennifer Smith, examiner.com, 12-28-11] [|America's education system perpetuates the gap between rich and poor? Jennifer Smith, examiner.com, 7-31-09] [|Obama's card in //Latin America//: Education - //Andres Oppenheimer// ... MH, 03-12-11] United States outpaces all other countries by a margin of 12 to 1 on patents. How does the standardized testing craze fit in? [|What the sign to Wisonsin will now say. Someecards, 03-13-11] [|The end of collaborative teaching. Patrick Masters, WordPress.com, 03-12-11] [|Wisconsin has what Florida hasn't: hope. Patrick Masters, Wordpress.com, 03-13-11] [|Is Walker right about teacher unions. EdVoices, 03-15-11] [|Recall Rick Scott. educatedrants, 03-08-11] [|Let Kids Rule the School. NY Times, 03-14-11] http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/content/michelle-rhee-praises-florida-senate-passing-teacher-bill [|'Star' educator Michelle Rhee sparks debate in Florida. MH, 02-14-11] [|Krop principal receives 30 day suspension - MH, 02-10-11] [|Rick Scott's vouchers-for-all plan: Jeb Bush's "devious plans" on steroids. 12-28-10 - Miami Dade County Education Policy | Examiner.com] [|17 REASONS WHY FOOTBALL IS BETTER THAN HIGH SCHOOL. northcoastjournal.com, 09-24-98] [|Public workers facing outrage as budget crises grow. NY Times, 1-1-11] [|High remediation rates cast doubt on reforms. Washington Post, 12-20-10] [|10 things charter schools won't tell you. Smart Money, 12-6-10] [|Rick Scott's horror show plan for Florida Education. Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, 12-15-10] [|The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Test Scorer. - truthout.org - Wednesday 01 December 2010] [|If this doesn't send a chill up your spine (News Corp. begins developing education-technology strategy). - DailyKos.com - 12-16-10] [|Teachers give higher grade to merit pay. MH, 12-25-10] [|So, what happens next? tampabay.com, 12-11-10] [|Gov.-elect Scott eyes cuts to employee pensions]. Herald Tribune, 12-10-10 [|Gov.-elect Rick Scott hints at school vouchers for all at St. Petersburg rally. tampabay.com, 12-9-10] [|NCLB outrages. susanohanian.org] [|The Test Chinese Schools Still Fail. Wall Street Journal Op-Ed By JIANG XUEQIN] [|Legislators to watch `Waiting for Superman'. Miami Herald, 12-6-10] [|Michelle Rhee test scores decline - Internet search] [|No Child Left Behind: One size can't teach all - Fortune, Dec. 1, 2010] [|Jeb Bush urges education leaders to follow Florida's lead. St. Pete Times, 12-1-10] [|Schools chief returns Race to the Top money -- for his teachers. Washington Post, 11/24/10] [|Murdoch buys education tech provider, 3 million-student audience. therawstory, 11-24-10] [|Jeb Bush urges action on NCLB. Washington Times, 11-30-10] [|Reframing the Education Debate. The Nation, 12-20-10] [|Florida Education Commissioner Michelle Rhee? The Buzz, tampabay.com, NOVEMBER 11, 2010] [|How one district fixed its failing schools. Newsweek, 10-12-10] [|Michelle Rhee resigns. Washington Post, 10-14-10] [|LA teacher Rigoberto Ruelas Jr.'s suicide sparks test score debate. AOL News, 09/28/10] [|Why Johnny Can't Read. Miami Herald, 09-19-10]

[|Teachers unions fighting accountability. Leonard Pitts, MH, 07-31-10]

[|Florida school dismisses teacher for 'fornication']. AOL News.

[|A mandate to reduce class size in Dade schools could mean the end of electives. MH, 05-13-10] [|Broward schools cut back on arts, P.E. MH, 05-13-10]

[|Worst paying college degrees. Yahoo!, 05-10-10] [|Ex-Schoolteacher Says Acquittal 'Wasn't a Victory'. AOL, 05-12-10]

[|Hundreds protest Broward school budget cuts. Sun Sentinel, 04-28-10] [|Broward arts, PE teachers are asked to take half pay. Sun Sentinel, 04-27-10]

[|Charter school proposed at Gables church meets resistance. MH, 05-08-10] [|Miami-Dade Superintendent gets earful on standardized tests. MH, 04-29-10]

[|First, Let's Fire All the Teachers! Diane Ravitch, Huffington Post, 03-02-10]

[|Hundreds protest possible arts cuts at Broward schools. MH, 03-24-10] [|Miami-Dade kids, parents oppose education cuts. MH, 03-23-10]

[|Bad News for School Budget Cuts] AOL, 03-21-10 [|Latin America leads in school laptops. MH, 03-21-10]

[|Audit finds Broward school building funds misspent. MH, 03-19-10] [|Rep. Detert proposes bills to help schools. MH, 02-27-10] [|Broward schools seek new teachers -- in New York. MH, 03-08-10]

[|Reforms will break mold for teachers' jobs. Orlando Sentinel, 03-06-10] [|Teachers under state's gun. Palm Beach Post, 03-05-10]

[|South Florida school districts dread cuts. MH, 03-01-10] [|Obama plan excites S. Florida educators. MH, 03-02-10]

[|What makes a great teacher? The Atlantic, January/February 2010] [|School Superintendent's Questionable Hiring Practices. MYFOXNY.COM, Feb. 10, 2010]

[|Broward Teachers Union sues School Board over blocked e-mails. MH, 02-19-10] [|Three aim to lead Miami-Dade teachers' union. MH, 02-21-10]

[|Politifact: Class-size claim misleading. MH, 02-07-10]

[|The Untouchable Mean Girls. The Boston Globe, 1-24-10] [|Obama's 'No Child' Overhaul Creates Anxiety, Hopes. AOL News, 02-01-10] [|Obama’s ‘Race to the Top’. Who’ll blink first: the unions, or the White House? - Wall Street Journal, JULY 30, 2009, 11:22 P.M. ET]

[|Magazine rates Florida's schools No. 8 in nation. MH, 01-15-10] [|Region's schools lose out on $11M. Orlando Sentinel, 12-30-09] [|Proposal for federal school funds is flawed. Andy Ford, Orlando Sentinel, 12-30-09] [|Teachers' unions balk at Florida's bid for federal education reform money. By Tom Marshall, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, December 18, 2009] [|For federal grants, teacher evaluations would be tied to student test performance. Leslie Postal and Denise-Marie Balona, Orlando Sentinel. December 10 2009] [|State in race for millions in federal school grants. Miami Herald, 11-12-09] [|75 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty. Andrea Stone, Sphere, 11-3-09] [|The New Untouchables. Friedman, NY Times, 10-21-09]

[|Vouchers a dirty word to Democrats], Beth Reinhard, Miami Herald, 10-17-09 [|Florida a leader in putting kids in jail for life]. Fred Grimm, Miami Herald, 10-13-09

[|Labor Beat - Secretary Of Education Duncan Pushing The Chicago Plan]

[|Class sizes likely to increase in OCPS. Orlando Sentinel, 03-02-09] [|Miami-Dade teachers agree to two-day pay deferral. MH, 05-19-09]

[|Schools escape worst budget cuts, but money worries remain. Orlando Sentinel, 05-05-09] [|Only painful options in no-harm budget. MH, 04-19-09] [|Florida lawmakers propose less money for upkeep of schools. MH, 4/18/09]

[|Florida lawmakers propose less money for upkeep of schools] Apr 19, 2009 **...** Should a //school// district take //money// from maintenance and technology needs to pay for teachers and //school// programs -- even if it means no one **...** www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1006665.html - 67k -

[|With many twists and turns, Florida lawmakers keep up per-student spending]. Tampabay.com, 04-02-09

[|Per-student spending held steady -- for a price - South Florida **...**] Apr 3, 2009 **...** //After back//-to-//back years of cuts to schools//, //lawmakers have figured out a way to hold per//-//student funding steady//. But it comes at a price. www.miamiherald.com/news/s**out**hflorida/story/981847.html - 68k -

[|Central Florida Political Pulse -- OrlandoSentinel.com] //House education budget//-//writers want to give a slight boost in per//-//pupil education funding to Florida school districts//.

[|Teachers need to redirect fight for raises to Tallahassee], MH, 03-29-09 [|Dade teachers alone in fight against district's budget plan], WSVN 7, March 26, 2009 [|Teachers deflect scrutiny over benefits. Florida Today, 03-22-09] [|Florida Republicans, Democrats offer education plans. MH, 3/18/09] [|Schools tap into student club money to operate. CBS4, 03-16-09. (Search may be required)] [|Ex-Broward coach sentenced to 30 years in student-sex case. MH, 03-10-09] [|Blame for School Achievement Gap Misplaced (Chris Spiliotis -- 03-13-09)]

**NEW YORK TIMES, OPINION** | October 07, 2008 **[|Lesson Plans: Well-Paid Teachers? I'm on Board]**

[|Miami-Dade Teachers Claim Censorship Over E-Mails. CBS4.com, 3-10-09] [|Miami-Dade, Broward schools may not get stimulus funds for construction. MH, 03-08-09] [|School on the brink: Miami Central High principal fights for turnaround. MH, 03-08-09]

[|High schools may see non-football sports pared. PNJ.com, 3/3/09] [|Rep. Detert proposes bills to help schools. BradentonHerald.com, 02-27-09]

[|Dade, Broward schools hope for breaks from lawmakers. MH, 3/1/09] [|Broward parents, students to rally for education money. MH, 02-26-09] [|Columbus High teacher gives important lessons after school. MH, 02-24-09] [|Broward schools' cutback possibilities are plentiful. MH, 02-23-09] [|A bilingual future: More parents are sending their kids to language classes, MH, 02-21-09]

[|Southwest Florida teachers rally to increase education funding. Marco News, Feb 19, 2009]

[|Kendall father urges other parents to get involved. MH, 2/12/09] [|North Region teacher still looks through child's eyes. MH, 2/12/09] [|Number of homeless students in South Florida soars. MH, 2/12/09] [|7-period schedule proposed from Broward high schools. MH, 2/11/09] [|With pigs as props, Broward Teachers Union pushes to save jobs. MH, 2/11/09] [|Dade teachers to confront board. MH, 2/10/09] [|FOXNews.com - School District Does Away With Grade Levels], Feb 11, 2009 [|Dade School Board OKs $56M cut to budget. MH, 2/11/09] [|South Florida housing prices becoming affordable again, Miami Herald, 02-08-09]

[|Seven Better Uses For $700 Billion - Forbes.com], Sep 23, 2008 [|Will The Recession Kill School Reform? - Forbes.com] Lack of funding could boost schools' productivity. [|www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/school-reform-educatio]

[|State Board of Education will examine funding crisis, Miami Herald, 01-22-09] [|Florida Legislature's budget cuts hit home - Today's Top Stories], Miami Herald, Jan 15, 2009

[|Teachers' union sues for Miami-Dade School Board minutes], Miami Herald, 02-06-09 [|Dade School Board considers freeze on worker raises to meet budget ..., Miami Herald, 1-31-09] [|State Board of Education will examine funding crisis - Florida], Miami Herald, Jan 22, 2009 [|Money flows in when you hire right lawmaker - Carl Hiaasen], MH, Jan 25, 2009 [|Retired Miami-Dade teacher schools the rookie - Education], MH, Jan 15, 2009 [|Troubled Miami-Dade reform school may be forced to close main campus], MH, 01-25-09

Miami Herald, 01-25-09 EDUCATION [|'Angry moms' speak up over school cuts] Outraged by statewide cuts in public-school funding, and fearing the loss of clubs, art classes and electives, parents across South Florida and across the state are starting to stir.
 * [|Doral mothers end hunger strike][[image:http://media.miamiherald.com/images/redesign/icons/video.gif caption="video" link="http://www.miamiherald.com/1349/story/679546.html?asset_id=Doral%20mothers%20end%20hunger%20strike&asset_type=html_module"]]
 * [|YouTube video of 'Florida Funding Funeral']

[|Herald Search: Doral hunger strike] [|Doral moms receive pledge on school cuts, end hunger strike], Miami Herald, Jan 19, 2009 [|Doral High parents protest cutbacks, launch hunger strike - Miami Herald, 01-13-09] [|Moms on Strike for Education], Dolce Miami, 01-17-09

[|Archdiocese of Miami may close several schools, Miami Herald, 01-16-08] [|Broward County teachers rally for raises, Miami Herald, January 16, 2009] [|Too much homework? Schools look at the load - Miami Herald,]Jan 13, 2009 [|Court: Give job back to Broward schools whistle-blower], Miami Herald, Jan 8, 2009

[|Superintendent salutes Hialeah's academic progress, Miami Herald, 01-06-09] [|Miami-Dade schools' finances draw state scrutiny], Miami Herald, 01-05-09 [|Key Biscayne manager's plan leaves out charter schools], Miami Herald, 01-01-09

[|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators, Education Week, September 12, 2007] [|No Cheers for New Education Secretary], Dec 29, 2008, waronyou.com

[|Vista to supply health insurance to Broward schools employees, Miami Herald, 12-29-08] [|Miami Art Machine, Written by Anne Tschida: One small school has had one huge impact (New World School of the Arts) - Biscayne Times] [|Florida seeks to cut ESOL teachers' training requirement, Miami Herald, 12-27-08] [|More naughty than nice on Santa's list], Miami Herald, 12-23-08 [|Broward School Board members seek change in No Child Left Behind law, Miami Herald, 12-22-08] [|Miami-Dade schools chief Alberto Carvalho off to strong start, Miami Herald, 12-21-08] [|Dade Schools chief Alberto Carvalho enlists Homestead High parents, Miami Herald, 12-21-08]

[|Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan Must Deal With Rhee, Unions, US News & World Report,] Dec 19, 2008


 * teachdade.com "1000 Years in the Classroom" project**
 * [|Norland Vet Wants Teacher Rule]
 * [|Two Krop Veterans Say Their Piece]
 * [|more]

[|Miami-Dade School Board lobbies Tallahassee over spending], Miami Herald, 12-18-08 [|Miami-Dade School Board lobbies state lawmakers over money, Miami Herald, 12-17-08] [|Longtime appraiser now Dade's first elected property appraiser], Miami Herald, Tue Dec 16, 2008

UTD.org, 12/16/08: Chief Financial Officer Testifies at Impasse Hearing //Giving Teachers Their Promised Salaries Would “Wreck the School System”// After nearly two hours of tedious testimony by M-DCPS, Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Richard Hinds concluded that, “Giving teachers their negotiated salaries would wreck the school system and might be unconstitutional.” [|Click here] for more information. [|Click here] for December 15th Impasse Information [|Click here] for CBS4 coverage.

[|Miami-Dade's 'Top Principal' Hopes To Rescue Failing School, Miami Herald, Dec 16, 2008] [|cbs4.com - Teacher Attacked By Family At Jackson Senior High]

[|American teens lie, steal, cheat at 'alarming' rates: study], Brietbart.com, December 1, 2008 [|Proposed Plan To Pay Students To Learn Gets Approval, justnews.com, 12-12-08]

[|Most Likely to Succeed, New Yorker, 12-15-08] [|Change may fail more schools, Miami Herald, 12-10-08] [|School Board votes to sue state over funding, Miami Herald, 12-11-08] [|Broward leads nation in certified teachers, Miami Herald, 12-10-08] [|Broward schools seek federal bailout, Miami Herald, 12-09-08] [|Raises OK'd for thousands of Broward schools workers] [|Teen sues over school's reaction to facebook postings, Miami Herald, 12-09-08] [|New plan would create more F schools] [|School Board Considers Abandoning $85M Computer Upgrade, local10.com, 12-4-08] [|Students' 'poof! papers' on FCAT exams concerns state educators] [|New Times Gives Thanks to Rudy Crew and the Florida Marlins, Miami New Times, 11-27-08] [|CREATIVE DESTRUCTION | teachdade.com, 11-25-08] [|Democracy Now!, June 20, 2006 | All New Orleans Public School Teachers Fired] [|Miami-Dade schools chief Alberto Carvalho: Schools deserve bailout, Miami Herald, Nov 25, 2008] [|Education gets another kick in the teeth - Fred Grimm, Miami Herald, 11-23-08] [|An authoritative word on academic freedom - NY Times, 11-23-08] [|Defining the good teacher By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times, In print: Sunday, November 23, 2008]

[|Leaving NCLB well behind. choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com, 7-12-07] [|More budget cuts could reverse Dade and Broward graduation gains] [|Miami-Dade approves 19 charter schools, closes four others, Miami Herald, 11-19-08] [|Miami-Dade School Board approves $89M budget cuts, Miami Herald, 11-18-08] [|Florida pension fund plummets - St. Petersburg Times] [|Union plans to start traditional teacher-run school - 9News.com, 11-15-08] [|Brian Peterson on MDCPS improvement, teachdade.com, Fall & Winter, 2008] [|Plan calls for axing 440 Miami-Dade school-system jobs, Miami Herald, 11-14-08] [|I won't close failing schools, Miami-Dade schools chief pledges] [|No child left to die, Riptide 2.0, Paul Moore, 11/10/08] [|Miami-Dade schools face another big cut, Miami Herald, 11-10-08] [|MDCPS, DELOITTE NOT SEEING EYE TO EYE, teachdade.com,] [|Schools facing another big cut, Miami Herald, Mon., Nov. 10, 2008] [|CITRUS GROVE TEACHERS PROTEST FROZEN SALARIES] [|Obama's Possible Candidates for Education Secretary - Chronicle.com] [|What Can We Learn From L.A. - Tracing the Rise-and-Fall Pattern of Urban School Reform] [|Crew, Notter wrangle at education-prize event | MiamiHerald.com] [|cbs4.com - Miami-Dade Schools May Not Be Able To Cover Costs]

[|Many Broward school district workers sign off on pay raises, Miami Herald, 10-08-08] [|Broward sees rise in free school meals as proverty level rises] [|"Dont shave" - Reporter on source, action gone wrong - Gawker.com, 09-25-08] [|Se necesita coraje para cambiar, enseñar y triunfar - El Nuevo Herald, 09-23-08] [|Broward teacher contract talks trip on `steps' - 09/10/2008 - Miami Herald] [|Broward teachers want raises, step increases - 09/12/2008 - Miami Herald] [|Broward teacher pay talks break down, protest planned - Topix - September 2, 2008] [|Opinion | Schools chief chosen way too quickly - 09/17/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Dade School Board delays vote on Carvalho's contract - 09/17/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|School Board must settle trust issue first - 09/16/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Maybe Rudy wasn't board's real problem - Miami Herald, September 16, 2008] [|Broward School Board members discuss legislative priorities - Miami Herald, September 16, 2008] [|Negotiations for teachers' pay breaking down in Broward]

[|Uneasy first day for new Dade schools chief - Miami Herald, 09-13-08]
 * [|E-mail exchanges between reporter, Carvalho raise ethical questions]
 * [|What the e-mails allegedly said]
 * [[image:http://media.miamiherald.com/images/pdf.gif width="16" height="13"]] [|Document | Alberto Carvalho recommendation letters for Pinellas County post]
 * [[image:http://media.miamiherald.com/images/pdf.gif width="16" height="13"]] [|Document | Alberto Carvalho's resume]
 * [[image:http://media.miamiherald.com/images/video.gif width="16" height="10" caption="Video from the Associated Press"]][|Associated Press Video | Carvalho visits his former school]

[|More problems with merit pay (Brevard County)] [|Miami-Dade School Board cuts 370 jobs to balance budget] - 03:02 AM EST, Miami Herald, 9-11-08

[|Next schools chief likely to be hired internally] Fri Sep 5, 2008

[|School Board might buy out Crew's contract - 09/04/2008, Miami Herald] [|The final act in Crew drama is playing out - Miami Herald, 09-05-08] [|Universities Enroll Fewer Blacks] [|MD School Board doesn't play nice - CBS4, August 29, 2008] [|Miami-Dade schools to dip $22 million into reserves, Miami Herald, 08-28-08] [|Miami-Dade school officials propose cuts] [|Rudy Crew: `Do not talk to me like a dog!'] [|Improving school accountability - 08/24/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Miami Ethnic Clash May Preview U.S. Where `Minorities' Dominate] [|Herald Blog: Bloomberg: Rudy Crew and the "Miami Ethnic Clash May Preview U.S. Where 'Minorities' Dominate"] [|Right call on Amendment 5 - 08/17/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Tax swap gaps make paranoia rational, Miami Herald, 08-17-08] [|Miami-Dade, Broward schools dealing with deep cuts, Miami Herald, 08-10-08] [|New Miami-Dade schools await thousands of students, Miami Herald, 08-10-08] [|Someone needs to bring Crew, board together, Miami Herald, 08-06-08] [|717 school district jobs spared; ballot idea out for now, Miami Herald, 08-05-08] [|School voucher issues stay on ballot, Miami Herald, 08-05-08] [|Bitter foes for Miami-Dade School Board trade charges, Miami Herald, 08-08-08] [|Vendors with millions in school district contracts contribute to School Board members’ campaigns, SunPost, 08-07-08]

[|Miami Central High’s ‘village’ is missing in action] [|Broward schools chief rated highly - Miami Herald, 08-07-08] [|Someone needs to bring Crew, Board together - Miami Herald, 08-06-08] [|School Board push to oust Crew fails by one vote - South Florida Times, 08-05-08] [|Superintendent Crew weighing whether to stay in job - Miami Herald, 08-06-08] [|717 school district jobs spared; ballot idea out for now - Miami Herald, 08-05-08] [|School voucher issues stay on ballot - Miami Herald, 08-05-08] [|Miami School Board Votes Down Crew Firing] [|Crist supports plan to cut property taxes in exchange for higher sales tax - Sun Sentinel, 08-04-08] [|South Florida teaching jobs harder to find - Miami Herald, 08-04-08] [|Candidate files complaint against Karp] [|Factory-model discipline leaves many troubled students behind] [|Broward schools chief finds harmony with board] [|Controversial Miami-Dade School Police Chief Offered MCS Job] [|Education Week: Career Academies Seen to Pay Off in Higher Earnings] [|TV's new hit: `School Board Soap Opera' - Miami Herald, 08-02-08] [|Crew losing members across his inner circle - Miami Herald, 08-01-08] [|Miami-Dade School Board Passes Tentative Budget] [|Magnet programs help Leon County Schools enrollment] [|Audit Charges $100 Million Fraud In Miami-Dade Schools] [|School Board passes budget with no teacher raises]

- Miami Herald, 07-31-08 [|Tempers flare at School Board meeting; one member storms out]

[|The Miami Herald recommends - For Miami-Dade School Board, District 9] [|Squabblers need a visit with Freud - Miami Herald, 07-30-08] [|Report: Dade School Board attorney was wrong - Miami Herald, 07-30-08] [|Dade schools' Crew hits back at chief critic] [|Cut-down Broward school budget advances - 07/29/2008 - Miami Herald] [|Ninoska Pérez radio show 07-29-08] [|The Miami Herald recommends, For Miami-Dade School Board, District 3] [|Board, superintendent headed for showdown] [|cbs4.com - Broward County Public Schools Face Their Own Cuts - 07-29-08] [|Broward makes progress in free tutoring - Miami Herald, 07-28-08 (Also discusses MDCPS tutoring expenses)] [|Crew facing sharp divide] [|Distrito escolar busca cortar otros 69 puestos] [|Rudy Crew facing the chopping block - Eye on Miami, 07-26-08] [|Hidden away in his bunker, Crew can't win]

[|Board member says school spending still too high - Keysnet.com, 07-25-08] [|Report Ranks States by How Well Black Males Fare in Their High Schools - Chronicle of Higher Education, 07-25-08] [|Support for the superintendent] [|Why the School Board is unhappy - Miami Herald, 07-26-08] [|Board showdown set over Crew's job - Miami Herald, 07-25-08] [|Florida educators take stock of state’s grim financial situation] - Sunpost, July 24, 2008 [|United Teachers of Dade endorses School Board candidates] - Sunpost, July 24, 2008

[|State says School Board candidate's vessel his home - 07/23/08, Miami Herald] [|State says School Board candidate's vessel his home - 07/23/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Los maestros apoyan cambios en la Junta Escolar - 07/23/2008, Miami Herald] [|Teachers union backs Dade Board challengers - 07/22/2008, Miami Herald] [|Broward schools budget has less cash for buses, teachers - Miami Herald, July 22, 2008] [|Palm Beach County: Schools chief aims to protect jobs despite budget constraints - July 14, 2008, Sun Sentinel] [|Candidate calls for elected superintendent - 07/19/2008, Miami Herald] [|Dr. Rudolph Crew: Miami-Dade school district acts in good faith - Miami Herald, 07-16-08] [|No Easy Answers - Sunpost, 07-17-08] [|Crew's grim budget forecast: layoffs and cuts to programs - 07/16/08, Miami Herald] [|Dade School Board gets look at budget - 07/15/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|E-mail usage under fire - 07/15/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Alegan que miembro de la Junta escolar violó ley electoral - 07/14/08, El Nuevo Herald] [|cbs4.com - Union Prez Warns Teachers Away From Miami Dade, July 14, 2008] [|Miami-Dade schools to take $31.5M from rainy-day fund - 07/11/2008, Miami Herald] [|Dade School Police Protest At Board Member's Home - CBS 4, July 12, 2008] [|Dr. Rudolph Crew in Baltimore - Blog entry - Rising Sun, July 11, 2008] [|Failure of the Zone, CBS 4] [|Message on 'Enough is Enough' Campaign, Carlos Franco] [|Making sense of the amendments, July 7, 2008, newsjournalonline.com] [|School House Bloc, SunPost, July 10, 2008] [|Teachers' Union Says It's At Impasse With District Over Raises, NBC 6] [|School district, UTD should compromise, Miami Herald, July 3, 2008] [|DISTRICT BUDGET UPDATE, MDCPS, 7-3-08]

[|United Teachers Of Dade To Continue Negotiations Over Raises] [|Miami-Dade Teachers Protest Outside United Way Luncheon] [|Putney: Members need to stop squabbling. Miami Herald, July 2, 2008] [|Superintendent: Bad tenured teachers hard to fire. AP, June 28, 2008] [|Dade teacher-pay contract talks get heated. Miami Herald, July 2, 2008] [|Let Superintendent Crew finish the job, Miami Herald, June 30, 2008] [|District, Dade teachers union spar on contract, Miami Herald, June 30, 2008] [|Dade schools attorney probed over relocation - 06/30/2008 - Miami Herald] [|Dade teachers to board: Don't slash our raises - 06/27/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Schools sit on powder keg, and superintendent has a match - Miami Today, 06-26-08] [|Dade schools may put off teacher raises] [|School Board vote may delay teacher raises]

[|Royal Flush - A gold-plated plumbing caper. Time Magazine, Monday, Mar. 10, 1980] [|Dade schools' tech upgrade is pushed back] [|Push to oust Rudy Crew stepped up - Miami Herald - 06/25/08] [|Dade schools attorney's vow to move questioned - 06/25/2008 - Miami Herald] [|Logros del distrito escolar de Miami-Dade, Miami Herald, 06-24-08] [|cbs4.com - Crew Takes Anger, Frustration In Stride, Jun 23, 2008]

[|Embattled Rudy Crew brushes off ouster talk - CBS4, June 22, 2008] http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/573979.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/578261.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/575715.htm http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/576790.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/575718.html http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/575487.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/573979.html http://www.miamiherald.com/457/v-print/story/575487.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/575715.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/v-print/story/575718.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/576864.html http://cbs4.com/video/?id=56941@wfor.dayport.com

[|School Board Member Wants Superintendent Fired, Local 10, 06-19-08] [|**Dade schools whack hundreds more jobs** - 06/19/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|$1-a-year **principal** to run for Miami-Dade School Board - 06/17/08 - Miami Herald] [|Maestro y sindicalista aspira a escaño en la Junta Escolar - 06/15/08 - El Nuevo Herald] [|cbs4.com - **Miami-Dade Struggles With School Budget Cuts**] [|Crew proposes even deeper cuts - 06/13/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|Click here: cbs4.com - Teachers & Parents Discuss School Budget Concerns] [|Click here: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/v-print/story/209740.html] [|School Board hears from concerned employees] [|Dr. Perez conference] [|MDCPS seek money saving ideas] [|MDCPS uses eminent domain to build another school] [|Graduation Disparities - SunPost - 06-05-08] [|Click here: Tres maestros cuestionan liderazgo de la UTD - 06/03/2008 - El Nuevo Herald] [|XETA Technologies selected to upgrade voice systems of Miami-Dade County Public Schools] [|**The Bush Brothers' Remaining Florida Battle: Publicly Funded Church Schools**, Schools Matter, June 3, 2008] http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/story/219394-a219528-t34.html [|**Dade** **teachers bicker among themselves** - 06/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com] [|NAACP blasts education cuts] [|Dade School Board votes not to cut top salaries] [|WPLG Editorial: Miami-Dade Public School Should Cut The Fat To Fund Quality Education (5/18/08)] [|School Employee Charged In Invoice Scam - Miami News Story] [|Florida teachers union to fight move to revive vouchers ...] [|**Buscan reducir el impacto de los recortes en Educación** - El Nuevo Herald, 05/17/08] [|**Miami-Dade Schools Don't Scrimp On Advertising** - Education News **...**] [|Plan to Close 11 Schools Reconsidered - Education - Miami Herald, May 13, 2008] [|Teachers outraged that Dade School Board pays $1 million a year to United Teachers of Dade officers. Miami SunPost, May 8, 2008]

[|FCAT essay scores improve in Miami-Dade] [|Reading scores for Dade eighth-graders on rise] [|Cover-up at school headquarters gets chairman's backing. Miami Today, Week of May 8, 2008] [|Board member offers money for budget ideas] [|Failed School: In Allapattah, kids threaten teachers, and bosses look the other way. By Francisco Alvarado Published: May 1, 2008] [|Doble salario en UTD levanta interrogantes] [|Pinellas may cut 147 school district jobs, close schools] [|House OKs school, FCAT changes, Palm Beach Post, 04-31-08] [|The Miami-Dade School Board wants to postpone teacher raises to save money]

[|Dade schools plan districtwide cuts] [|Dade schools plan targets feeder patterns] [|Dade School Board's records searches may be limited] [|Education Secretary Spellings: No Child Left Behind to Undergo Changes]

[|South Florida schools will bear the brunt of $298 million in state education budget cuts]

[|Miami-Dade Co. Students Protest School Budget Cuts - Local News Story - WTVJ | Miami] [|Retired & Rehired Principals Cost Dade Schools] [|Health for Teachers] [|The newspaper of record plays softball with the schools chief] [|Dade schools may face loss of more funds] [|Bonuses for nationally certified teachers could be cut] [|School vouchers could expand] [|State could jack up fees to cover budget shortfall] [|Miami-Dade, Broward school districts qualify for $500,000 award] [|Posibles recortes presupuestarios serían catastróficos para el Sur de la Florida] [|Deep budget cuts in store for S. Florida, Miami Herald, 4/04/08] [|Double Dipping Discovered In Miami-Dade Schools] [|Maligned tax proposal rising from the ashes] [|Miami-Dade voters may have to choose between lowering property taxes and education] [|Dade graduation rates among the worst, Miami Herald, 04/02/08] [|Rise of the 'rock star' school superintendent - Yahoo! News] [|Split health costs, schools, teachers told - 03/31/2008 ...] [|Schools' budgets take hit; Bright Futures whole] [|AFT Roundtable Highlights School-Improvement Essentials] [|Don't trust this gang with our state's future] [|Miami New Times - News - Kid Stuff] [|Francisco Alvarado]


 * Edison brawl, February 29, 2008**
 * [|Police, Miami Edison students dispute cause of melee]**


 * [|Community reacts to handling of Edison High brawl]**


 * [|27 arrested a Miami high school brawl]**


 * [|Students arrested, police injured after Miami school protest]**

Out of State
[|Local 10 - Suspended Teacher Defends Book Assignment - Education News Story - WPLG Miami]
 * School closings****See School closings**
 * Also:**
 * [|Protestan por el posible cierre de escuela primaria Emerson]**

**Health insurance proposal 2007**
//WPLG Channel 10// //Miami Herald// [|kmcgrory@...] http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/324804.html
 * [|WPLG Editorial: Miami-Dade Should Keep Teachers Covered (12/8/07)]**
 * Michael Putney and Glenna Milburg have graciously pushed for a streaming video copy of their story.**
 * [|This Week in South Florida coverage]**
 * Another Channel 10 link**
 * __[|__http://www.local10.com/betavideo/14714507/index.html?taf=ibs__]__**

Free speech & Agenda Item SP-1, 2007
[|Perez loses suit against Crew] [|Fallo judicial le otorga más poder a Rudolph Crew] __[|click here.]__ [|click here.] [|click here.]
 * Miami Herald, The (FL) - January 6, 2007 //length: 306 words// [|Judge: School Board member entitled to obtain information]
 * Miami Herald, The (FL) - January 4, 2007 //length: 379 words// [|Board member sues Crew]

Spending
[|WPLG Editorial: Miami-Dade Should Keep Teachers Covered (12/8/07)] [|This Week in South Florida coverage] __[|__http://www.local10.com/betavideo/14714507/index.html?taf=ibs__]__ [|http://]

[|www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI75740/&rnd=76246780] [|kmcgrory@...] http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/324804.html [|For many teachers, 2 jobs a prerequisite]

[|Audit: Dade schools must justify $27M in overtime]

[|Dade schools chief warns of layoffs] [|Dade teachers reject health cost increase] [|Crew aims to expand magnet-school access] [|Dade scraps proposal to close 10 schools]

[|Crew sugiere despidos por recortes de fondos] [|Crew presenta plan para mitigar recortes] [|Secundarias charter abren caminos a miles de jÃ³venes] [|Crew propone plan para facilitar educaciÃ³n a todos] [|La escuela primaria Emerson no cerrarÃ¡] [|La Junta Escolar se prepara para drÃ¡sticos cortes] [|Nueva iniciativa promete laptops a buenos estudiantes] [|La Junta Escolar aprueba fondos para el curso con un déficit de $43.7 millones] [|Pesimismo sobre futuro de escuelas en Miami] [|Malas notas a escuelas del sur de la Florida] [|Notas de escuelas afectan evaluaciÃ³n de Crew] [|Auguran aumento en escuelas con "D" y "F"] [|Escuelas de Miami pierden alumnos y millones] [|Impuestos enfrentan a los constructores y la Junta Escolar] [|La Junta Escolar preserva sus fondos] [|Buscan hacer pÃºblicos pagos del distrito escolar] [|Miami-Dade busca 1,500 maestros] [|Empeora Miami-Dade en el FCAT de Lectura]

State education budget 2007
[|Senate Dems: No support for budget cuts without tax break talks] [|House, Senate have few differences in budget cut bill] [|Schools told to brace for 4 percent budget cut]