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Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

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harvinmoore.com - How do you get in there? And how can they see out? This provocative editorial from Chester Finn of the Fordham Foundation. Think about it – how does tenure help children? Opinion: Nobody deserves ...

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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. Hundred of parents, students and teachers swarme...

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thefightback.org - At the height of their power, former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee closed 23 schools. The Fenty/Rhee goal had been 24. The parents at John Burroughs Elementary School...

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huffingtonpost.com - CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — The teachers at Central Falls High School struck a deal to get their jobs back last year after the entire staff was fired in a radical, last-ditch attempt to raise student per...

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ednotesonline.blogspot.com - It is our only form of expression, the only place victims can tell their side of the story. It is a charade, it is a rubber stamp for pre-made decisions by faceless powerful bureaucrats, but it is ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Report cards that detail test scores, expulsion rates, teacher salaries and other information on San Diego Unified schools are tardy once again, making it harder for them to serve their supposed pu...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Several groups, including the Los Angeles public schools teachers union, are expressing concern that the L.A. Unified School District has postponed a decision on who will run three low-performing s...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Compton, Calif.A Los Angeles judge issued a temporary injunction Thursday against the Compton Unified School District after six parents and their children sued, alleging that district officials wer...

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nydailynews.com - Lanzilote for News A protest against proposed school closings outside Brooklyn Technical High School gathers Thursday night. Hundreds of parents, teachers and students turned up Thursday night for ...

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nepc.colorado.edu - While the Heritage Foundation receives this award for publishing Closing the Racial Achievement Gap, byMatthew Ladner and Lindsey Burke, it should really share this award with the think tanks in Co...

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chicagomag.com - Feb 2, 2011 By Carol Felsenthal Miguel del Valle doesn’t have much money—peanuts compared to Rahm Emanuel and Gery Chico, and way less even than Patricia Watkins and Carol Moseley Braun. When I ask...

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gothamschools.org - A Marist College poll released this evening shows that new Schools Chancellor Cathie Black has less public support than her predecessor, Joel Klein, did when he took the job eight years ago. Curren...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The federal budget is $3.8 trillion.The Republicans have just come up with their plan to cut the federal budget. They’ve found $32 billion of cuts.Their fiery campaign rhetoric, fierce determinatio...

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suntimes.com - Del Valle links rivals to convicted ex-Streets and San boss By Abdon M. Pallasch Political Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com Feb 3, 2011 07:12PM City Clerk Miguel del Valle on Thursday tried to conne...

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modeducation.blogspot.com - Duane Campbell, from the Sacramento Progressive Alliance, and the Choosing Democracy blog, sent California Gov. Jerry Brown an alternative budget proposal, in response to the request for budget sug...

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dailynews.com - Galpin Ford in North Hills and three other local car dealerships will provide paid internships for automotive-technician students at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and Pierce College under an ...

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blogs.wsj.com - By Sara MurrayNearly a year and a half into the economic recovery, some 43.6 million Americans continued to rely on food stamps in November. More than 14% of the population drew food stamps in Nove...

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latimes.com - By Hector Tobar February 4, 2011 Some bright lights in Washington have come up with another solution to the problem of illegal immigration. This one won't ever become law, because it involves tinke...

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suntimes.com - Ex-Streets and Sanitation boss Sanchez gets 2 1/2 years in prison By NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter / nkorecki@suntimes.com Feb 3, 2011 05:49PM Al Sanchez at Dirksen Federal Building, 219 ...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 6:26 pm, February 3, 2011 Two Haitian children found inside a church in Puerto Plata did not die of cholera Dominican Republic authorities are saying. The two deceased children were fo...

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nybooks.com - Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush in The King's SpeechThere is nothing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loves more than movies about people with physical or mental disabilities (or addic...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - It’s probably the first test for many going off to college, and they take it without setting foot inside a classroom. Unfortunately for some, they don’t always get an A.The “test” is filling out Th...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This was written by Rebecca Levey, a writer who maintains a blog called Beccarama. She has written for the Silicon Valley Moms Group, and her posts have been nationally syndicated by McClatchy/Trib...

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