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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

preaprez.wordpress.com - This past weekend, following days in which Chicago’s public workers busted their asses cleaning up the city following a historic snow storm, Rahm Emanuel began running an attack ad. Who did he atta...

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chicagobreakingnews.com - By Ryan Haggerty Tribune reporter 11:54 a.m. CST, February 7, 2011chibrknews-madigan-sues-to-block-burge-pension-20110207 Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued today to block disgraced former Chicago ...

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forumforeducation.org - (CNN) -- President Obama should be applauded for keeping education at the top of the nation's policy agenda at a time when so many other important issues -- the ongoing recession, two wars, health ...

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suntimes.com - More unions endorse Chico, bash Emanuel BY FRAN SPIELMAN AND ABDON M. PALLASCH Staff reporters Feb 7, 2011 04:42PM . Labor leaders criticized this ad by Rahm Emanuel, accusing it of demonizing city...

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forumforeducation.org - Smokey Daniels, a well-known literacy guru, was talking about schools at a meeting my staff and I were attending. He stood up and said, “I think we need to put the “F” word back in schools. I mea...

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coopmike48 Top state lawmaker wants to limit use of union dues for politics - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com -http://goo.gl/VEZ0u7 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Researchers fault L.A. Times methods in analysis of California teachers -http://goo.gl/UxAmP7 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Regent says it’s time that K-12 shares in budget sacrifice - Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 | 2 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun -http://goo.gl/GHZt26 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Charter school board limiting involvement of parents | thespectrum.com | The Spectrum http://bit.ly/g7yG3B #Edu6 minutes ago · reply

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Plan will pay for itself as schools re-enroll more studentsFebruary 7, 2011 (CHICAGO)--City Clerk and mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle visited the school he helped found more than 25 years ago to...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Julia Steiny worries that Common Core State Standards “will require students to read considerably less fiction.” The education columnist for the Providence Journal tells of being assigned James Age...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Chancellor Cathie Black is on the cover of this week’s New York Magazine, which carries an evenhanded-yet-damning profile of the Hearst magazine executive-turned-public schools chief.Though...

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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Here's the latest Rahm bomb He promises even more arbitrary school closings in black and Latino communities, turning them over to private management companies under the failed Race To The Top polic...

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huffingtonpost.com - Relative to his opponents in the Chicago mayoral race, Miguel del Valle is shy on cash, lacking in clout and clearly the underdog. But that's never stopped him before.In 1986, he ran against incumb...

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nymag.com - Cathie Black is lost in Queens. Her day had started well, with the Pledge of Allegiance at a Coney Island elementary school, then a brisk walking tour of one of the city’s best middle schools, Mark...

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mayoraltutorial.com - Every once and a while reporters sneak something through the editing screen that makes you feel like you are either developing a healthy case of schizophrenia or are watching a news agency that for...

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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Cheney, Mubarak BFF 'I think President Mubarak needs to be treated as he deserved over the years, because he has been a good friend." -- Former V.P. Dick Cheney at event commemorating the Reagan ce...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters (via Yahoo)U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday talks to resolve Egypt's crisis were making progress, but the main Islamist opposition in Cairo said it could quit the process ...

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democraticunderground.com - Two El Paso students among 9 killed in Juárez over weekend Source: El Paso TimesTwo El Paso students were gunned down in Juárez this weekend, officials from the Chihuahua state attorney general's o...

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ihealth.co.cc - A Blue Shield patron from San Diego emailed Consumer Watchdog not long ago to protest about a 59 percent rate hike. his comment, according to Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie Court:There is no marketplace...

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pol.moveon.org - We Won't Go Back to the Back AlleyAfter a huge public outcry, Republicans are back-pedaling from an outrageous attempt to redefine rape.But the GOP attacks on women's health continue—including a bi...

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teachbad.com - To be honest, Phil Collins doesn’t actually teach at my school. I’m sure his day-to-day life is much more dignified and leisurely. He probably gets up at…nevermind. I’m just going to get angry. I b...

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theatlanticwire.com - Here's a tough pill for Huffington Post readers to swallow. The parent company that just acquired HuffPo is run by "one of the most conservative people around." That's according to Business Insider...

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beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Eileen Rivera de la Hoz Recently, on a nightly entertainment show, I heard Martin Sheen talking about his son’s battle with substance abuse. We’ve all heard the stories about Charlie Sheen’s see...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 6:45 pm, February 7, 2011 Living in a connected community may protect poor teens from health risks such as smoking or obesity, researchers have found.In a study of low-income and middl...

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news.change.org - As much as our country fawns over babies and the unborn, pregnant women are often treated like second-class citizens, at least by the insurance industry. For those women not covered in an employer ...

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news.change.org - In Arizona, the situation for transplant patients has gotten so dire that students are holding benefit concerts to help pay for life-saving treatments denied by the state. Recently, students at Set...

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huffingtonpost.com - Last month, Chicago's Police Board voted to allow convicted police lieutenant Jon Burge to keep his $3,000-a-month pension. The news outraged everyone from community members to civil rights leader ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Irvine 11, a group of students accused of disrupting a campus speech by the Israeli ambassador to the US at the University of California at Irvine a year ago, have been indicted on misdemeanor ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Irvine 11, a group of students accused of disrupting a campus speech by the Israeli ambassador to the US at the University of California at Irvine a year ago, have been indicted on misdemeanor ...

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elections.chicagotribune.com - News and in-depth information about the 2010 Illinois primary elections, including race and candidate details, polls, a ballot builder and election night results -- from the Chicago Tribune.

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