Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2011
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failingschools.wordpress.com - Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. – Russell BakerI keep a note on my computer. It reads, “...
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education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, January 31, 2011The ducks are lining up for an Elementary and Secondary Education Act rewrite. President Obama devoted a big chunk of his State of the Union address to education, asking for...
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online.wsj.com - New York City could lose $1 billion in education aid from the state, forcing the nation's largest school system to cut more than 21,000 teachers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday. As Gov. Andrew...
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zhaolearning.com - You must be joking, Professor Chua: An open letter to the Chinese Tiger Mom Dear Professor Chua, By now, your Wall Street Journal article Why Chinese Mothers are Superior has circled around the glo...
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voices.washingtonpost.com - My guest is Diana Senechal, who taught for four years in the New York City public schools and is writing a book about the loss of solitude in schools and culture. Her education writing has appeared...
myfoxchicago.com - Chicago - Carol Moseley Braun quickly exited a mayoral candidate forum at a South Side church Sunday, after lashing out at her opponent with language many in the audience found shocking. Braun and ...
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bloomberg.com - Christopher Whittle, the education entrepreneur whose company lost more than $300 million running public schools, is opening a for-profit private school in New York City headed by veterans of Phill...
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nbcnewyork.com - If you’re an experienced teacher in the New York City school system, you have reason to worry. Mayor Bloomberg on Sunday told an audience at a black church in Brooklyn that it was time to give him ...
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 | ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. Two dozen demonstrators, including two City Coun... leoniehaimson |
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - Posted by Kristen Mack at 1:40 p.m.Mayoral candidates Rahm Emanuel and Miguel del Valle kicked off the first day of early voting by casting ballots for themselves. Emanuel voted at the West Chicago...
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wbez.org - "The Illinois Senate has approved civil unions, putting Illinois on the verge of granting official recognition to gay and lesbian couples." - Associated Press So how did your representative vote? A...
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mercurynews.com - 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman's campaign spent $178.5 million, of which $144.2 million was from her own pocket, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday.The Whitman ca...
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citylimits.org - Late last year five New York media organization filed a Freedom of Information request with the city's Department of Education demanding internal teacher evaluation records. The DOE was set to comp...
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 | infowars.com - Washington’s Blog January 29, 2011 Egyptian, Tunisian and Yemeni protesters all say that inequality is one of the main reasons they’re protesting. However, the U.S. actually has much greater inequa... mikeklonsky |
nbcchicago.com - Miguel del Valle had a briefing book for last Thursday’s WGN debate, but he set it on the floor and decided to “just talk about what I was feeling people are talking about instead.” When the candid...
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colorlines.com - It was a peculiar feeling last week to lean on my unremarkable upbringing while Amy Chua’s parenting memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” became a national pseudo-controversy. I grew up the you...
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blogs.wsj.com - By Nour Malas and Amir Efrati An executive for Google Inc. is missing in the wake of Egypt’s tumultuous protests, according to his brother. Wael Ghonim, whose LinkedIn profile says he is head of ma...
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 | northjersey.com - Hundreds of lit candles are held during prayers for those suffering, by more than 250 visitors in The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation in Cedar Grove celebrating the Lunar New Year last weekend. Ann Meg... coopmike48 |
 | womensenews.org - When women suffering anorexia stop having their menstrual periods many think they no longer have to worry about birth control. But the recent discovery of a higher rate of unplanned pregnancies amo... coopmike48 |
democraticunderground.com - People from the U.S. who have met him, including ALL the U.S. politicians who've made the trip, all say in in fantastically well-informed on world affairs, history, etc., etc., etc., and that he un...
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theatlanticwire.com - By Deb Weinstein | January 31, 2011 3:05pm Delivering its first nutritional guidance since 2005, the USDA's latest (and slightly delayed) 2010 Dietary Guidelines were released Monday. In short: eat...
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