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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

AM EDITION Feb. 15, 2011: Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - See the report below from Kate Lenox of the Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education, a new affiliate of Parents Across America.Sacramento parents and concerned citizens, please join their Fac...

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labornotes.org - The billionaires lost this round.A billionaire gang headed by Bill Gates and Eli Broad wants to capture the billions spent on America’s public schools and convert them into a corporate-owned test-s...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Today as I read Fred Klonsky’s blog (see his link in the first table below), it inspired me to write a quick post so you’d know about Fred’s tribulations – and it also inspired me to add a new feat...

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huffingtonpost.com - There has been much publicity in recent years about how Finnish students have excelled in the international comparisons called the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), given each th...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Nowkline.congressnewsletter.net - Tell Me What to Cut in the Budget I suspect you, like most Minnesotans I me...

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coopmike48 Universities Withholding Public Information? You Flunk - voiceofsandiego.org: Schooled: The Education Blog - http://goo.gl/nZROg9 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Obama budget would mean more cuts for California - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com - http://goo.gl/8mWWX9 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Editorial: More choice, and less cost : News-Record.com :http://goo.gl/gWqMv7 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Districts, charter schools face off - Education - TheState.com -http://goo.gl/eUvKG7 minutes ago · reply

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHICAGO (February 14, 2011)--Parent PAC, an organization of public school parents, today announced its endorsement of Miguel del Valle for Mayor of Chicago.“Education is one of the few issues being...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Interim Chicago schools chief executive Terry Mazany has appointed Charles Payne, a University of Chicago sociology professor and author of So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Fail...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - "The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible." - Vladimir Nabokov"Writing is easy. All you do is ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - I promised to report back when Ed Harris, a frequent and thoughtful commenter to this blog, known here as edlharris, told me how he managed to unearth the University of Maryland-Baltimore County re...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - Posted at 10:43 PM ET, 02/13/2011By Jay MathewsRichard Whitmire’s deft and revealing book about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee chronicles a difficult time in the history of the cit...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan talk a lot about using “what works” in helping to improve public schools, but their proposed $77.4 billion education budget for 2012 unfortunatel...

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mayoraltutorial.com - To steal a phrase, past behavior is the best predictor of future performance. Rahm Emanuel is running an ad implying that President Barack Hussein Obama has endorsed him. Has the President endorsed...

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huffingtonpost.com - Tonight, we bring you an extra late (and extra long) mayor's race roundup. With just one week until election day (!!!), things are getting wild. Today, the Chicago Tea Party's endorsement was rejec...

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chicagotribune.com - By Tom Hamburger, Kathleen Hennessey and Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times February 6, 2011la-na-koch-brothers-20110206 Reporting from Washington — The billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch n...

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guardian.co.uk - Sofia Lockwood wants to wear her slippers all day at school. Photograph: Joni LockwoodCalling all classes: tell us about your dream school!Sofia Lockwood, six, who goes to Hautes Capelles primary, ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The problem that the Education Action Group in Michigan has is that the head of it, Kyle Olsen, doesn’t have much. A couple of people staff his office. Their website in rarely updated. Olsen has a ...

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ideasandthoughts.org - That's a joke that many of us who know Alec Couros use to describe a number of experiences he shares as part of being a network learner and crowd sourcing. That become the intro to this video I pu...

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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- An Arizona anti-illegal immigration activist was convicted on Monday of killing two Latinos during a 2009 raid: nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul Flores. The killer, ...

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democraticunderground.com - Common Cause Asks Court About (Clarence) Thomas Speech Source: The New York TImesWASHINGTON — Discrepancies in reports about an appearance by Justice Clarence Thomas at a political retreat for weal...

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democraticunderground.com - Dorel recalls 800,000 child safety seats Source: cnnDorel Juvenile Group has recalled nearly 800,000 child safety seats because they do not always lock properly, the government said Monday.The reca...

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wttw.com - Tune in: Tonight at 7:00 pm, tune in to the live stream as mayoral candidates Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle and Rahm Emanuel answer tough questions in a forum hosted by Carol Ma...

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beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Libby Juliá Vázquez When I was a little girl in Puerto Rico, I would climb out of bed, sneak into the living room and sit behind the recliner where my mom sat to watch her novelas. She would pre...

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lightandcomposition.com - “The Worshippers” is a simple photograph, by Waseef Akhtar. It is rather simple in composition, but it became our photograph of the month due to its popularity with viewers. The key reason lies in ...

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washingtonpost.com - For time beyond remembering, the people of Senegal have lost a battle with malaria, surrendering a portion of their children to fever, organ failure and death, until this terrible sacrifice seemed ...

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sacramentopress.com - Before you weigh in on either side of the great Sacramento chicken debate it’s worth considering the effort and cost that goes into the creation of a city poultry ordinance. The City’s Law and Legi...

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news.change.org - Last October, I wrote that the IRS seemed to be a wee bit confused about breastfeeding. In refusing tax exemptions for equipment such as breast pumps, which can cost up to $1000 a year, the IRS exp...

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delvalleformayor.com - Press Contactpress@delvalleformayor.comDel Valle for Mayor Office1325 W. Grand Ave.Chicago, IL60642General Inquiries(312) 733-8083info@delvalleformayor.com

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