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failingschools.wordpress.com - I recently wrote about and detailed the growing momentum, as the Rochester Teachers Association (RTA) moved ahead with a vote of no confidence in Rochester Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard. The r...
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orlandosentinel.com - 'How do you teach first-graders to read without books?' By Lauren Roth, Orlando Sentinel 4:41 p.m. EST, February 5, 2011os-charter-school-troubles-orange-20110205 Imani Elementary Charter Academy p...
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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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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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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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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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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Early last year, my colleague Robin Smiles and I published a report called Lowering Student Loan Default Rates. The report looked at the steps a consortium of six historically black colleges in Tex...
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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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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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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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 | 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...  mikeklonsky |
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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 | 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... coopmike48 |
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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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 2010 was a banner year for bunk, leading to a new record of 24 reviews. Yet our awards can recognize only the true crème de la crème of bunkiness. This year’s victors include contributions from per...
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siskelfilmcenter.org - Filmmakers Jacobs and Siskel find a stunning story in Chicago’s annual teen poetry slam, in which teams from more than 60 Chicago-area high schools compete. Winner of the Audience Choice Award and ...
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 | beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Felix Sanchez Last week, BBC UK’s top rated car show Top Gear aired an episode in Britain that savaged Mexicans, their food culture and national dignity. The Top Gear attack, positioned as “Bri... coopmike48 |
democraticunderground.com - Keith Olbermann to Announce Post-MSNBC Job Tuesday Source: The Hollywood ReporterKeith Olbermann's much-awaited next career step will be announced in a media conference call on Tuesday.The former M...
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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... coopmike48 |
 | guardian.co.uk - Arianna Huffington is to be editor-in-chief of both AOL and the Huffington Post. Photograph: Anna GordonWhat the hell is AOL doing?More to the point, what is Arianna Huffington doing, selling Huffi... coopmike48 |
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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yfrog.com - Talking at El Cuarto Ano Alternative School about my plan to reenroll students who drop out. #ChicagoMayor #edu Orientation: Horizontal (normal)©2003-2010 Imageshack Corp. All rights reserved.
