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usatoday.com - By Jack Gillum and Marisol Bello, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — In just two years, Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus went from a school deemed in need of improvement to a place that the District of Columbi...

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washingtonpost.com - Nearly all of us have taken bubble tests. We mark the spaces with a soft pencil. Occasionally we make a mistake, erase the mark and fill in the right bubble. On average we make no more than two or ...

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huffingtonpost.com - Okay, you've won! Tenure has been abolished. There are no limits on charters, and vouchers are available to all takers. Collective bargaining is a thing of the past. The dreaded fire-breathing drag...

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jsonline.com - March 29, 2011 | Students in Milwaukee's school choice program performed worse than or about the same as students in Milwaukee Public Schools in math and reading on the latest statewide test, accor...

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education.ohio.com - By John Higgins Beacon Journal staff writerIn the coming debate over education policy in Ohio, the argument will probably be raised that we’ve been throwing tons of money at education and it doesn’...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities « Student ActivismOccupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Citiesby Angus JohnstonA morning rally at the Univer...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News | www.kochwatch.orgKoch Brothers Continue Their Canadian Takeover *-By Emma Pullman at DeSmogBlog* *March 27, 2011-* On Friday, the Canadian government fell to a vote of non-confidence. As Can...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: thinking about retirement. . .thinking about retirement. . .by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)In less than two months I turn 65. In a normal world, and were I a normal person, I might wel...

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - Editor Russ Stanton announced the following honors from the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards: Jason Felch, Jason Song, Doug Smith, Sandra Poindexter and Ken Schwencke on Friday were named ...

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techcrunch.com - Editor’s note: The following guest post is by bestselling author and former venture capitalist Peter Sims. His next book isLittle Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. In hi...

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guardian.co.uk - Red Ed Miliband and Balls showed complete lack of judgement in attending a demonstration so steeped in falsehoods, lies, gross violence, anarchy and vandalism. Yesterday's demo proved how deceitful...

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history.com - Mar 29, 1973: Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietn...

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northjersey.com - MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker's administration took steps Monday to adjust state workers' paychecks to reflect a new collective bargaining law, while the state Justice Department asked a court ...

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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Here's his value-added formula Want to know how L.A.'s incoming supt. John Deasy (the man from Gates) is going to sort good teachers from bad? How he's going to decide who get fired and who stays? ...

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blog.angryasianman.com - Check out this weird-ass reading passage that was recently spotted in a third grade standardized (MAP) test in Missouri. In this educational essay, the author explains that rock-paper-scissors -- a...

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blog.angryasianman.com - Writers! Time to put pen to parchment and prepare your submissions to Hyphen and the Asian American Writers' Workshop's 2011 Asian American Short Story Contest, a unique nationwide competition high...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stop the Anti-Union “Auto-No!” Urge Congress to support fair union elections for workers! | Reverend Manny and the Twilight Empire - "the Secular, Humanist Revival"Stop the Anti-Union “Auto-No!” Ur...

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uppitywis.org - Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's office just released this absurd statement, ratationalizing the unrationable:The LRB has the mandatory ministerial duty to publish laws within ten work...

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defendwisconsin.org - Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is no longer collecting dues on behalf of state unions and as of Sunday began charging employees more for health care and their pensions, even though nonpartisan ...

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gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer Schools are at the center of Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo’s budget deal squabbling. (WSJ, Post) Bloomberg says the budget requires layoffs; Cuomo says there’s actually a school...

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womensenews.org - Right smack dab in the middle of Women's History Month we've been treated to the spectacle of Wisconsin's new GOP Gov. Scott Walker taking apart public-sector workers' bargaining rights and women's...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut - Yahoo! NewsJapan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cutEmailPrintPlay VideoEarthquakes Video:Tsunami fears surge on US coast, ...

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grittv.org - Embed by admin was published on March 29th, 2011 "I do see flickers of hope, I see that there's an organic movement going on in Wisconsin, across the country," said Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, "It...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: The Uncoolest Cool Kid in SchoolThe Uncoolest Cool Kid in Schoolby Miss EyreI went to one of our school's baseball games recently to cheer on the team. A few of my students and a few ...

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bluecheddar.wordpress.com - by bluecheddar Conservatives Leaning Against Persons of interest You probably heard. UW-Madison Professor William Cronon wrote about the right wing bill mill ALEC. Following he wrote this New York ...

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uppitywis.org - From WisPolitics.com ...-- Supreme Court Justice David Prosser warned Monday his defeat next week would “destroy judicial independence” in Wisconsin if the millions of dollars being spent to help h...

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bluecheddar.wordpress.com - by bluecheddar This is a guest post: Wisconsin is part of a bigger battle. We know this is not just speculation because Gov. Walker’s candid conversation on the phone when he thought he was talking...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - I thought it was strange, after all the national media coverage regarding Scott Walker’s attack on middle class workers, that there were so few polls done here. Since March 4th. The wait is over:...

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