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huffingtonpost.com - Gaddafi Speaks: 'We Will Win This Battle' The Telegraph reports:“We will win this battle,” Gaddafi told a crowd of supporters. “The most powerful air defence, the most powerful air defence is the p...
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blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,In an earlier post, I questioned whether we live in an age of national insanity. I did so because it seems insane to think that we can improve our nation's schools by attacking teacher...
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gothamschools.org - Joel Rose, founder of the School of One, is leaving the New York City Department of Education The founder of the School of One, one of the city’s most touted educational innovations, will expand th...
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nymag.com - Photo-illustration by Dienstelle 75 (Photo: George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images) The traditional, patronizing view of teachers, that they are to be treated like saints and paid as if they’d taken ...
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washingtonpost.com - Dear Deborah, In an earlier post, I questioned whether we live in an age of national insanity. I did so because it seems insane to think that we can improve our nation’s schools by attacking teache...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Twitter Strategies « My Island ViewTwitter Strategiesby tomwhitbyWhenever it comes to writing about Twitter in a blog post, I never know how basic to go in my descriptions. I guess I must assume th...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now, #wiunionBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursBack to front pageHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSART...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: "Ignoramitocracy""Ignoramitocracy" Paul Krugman made a new word! Part of what’s going on here is simply opposition for the sake of opposition. But as Pollack says, the underlying pr...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Pandora’s top 6 reasons for supporting the Easley recall « Failing SchoolsPandora’s top 6 reasons for supporting the Easley recallMARCH 23, 2011by mariasalleePandora is not a malicious bird but som...
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journalgazette.net - INDIANAPOLIS – Senate Democrats and education officials on Tuesday questioned whether now is the time for major education change that threatens to leave traditional public schools with fewer dollar...
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 | thinkprogress.org - New Jersey has one of the most progressive education laws in the country — the Abbott v. Burke case produced several rulings requiring the state to equalize public education funding for all student... coopmike48 |
huffingtonpost.com - "There's a bully pulpit there that the president has, and it needs to be used, I don't think you can turn the cheek on this one." -- Rep. Raul Grijalva (D., Ariz.), a co-chairman of the House Progr...
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 | nydailynews.com - Bloomberg's ads come in response to a $3 million union campaign advocating a 'millionaire's tax.' It's like 2009 all over again: Mayor Bloomberg is buying almost $1 million worth of campaign-style ...  leoniehaimson |
 | boston.com - NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A Republican-supported proposal to restrict the collective bargaining rights of Tennessee teachers advanced in the House on Tuesday despite laments from Democrats and educators tha... coopmike48 |
parentsacrossamerica.org - « Back to Events iCal Import The Alternative Schools’ Coalition along with Parents Across America and Parents Across America-Seattle are sponsoring a forum and discussion on student testing: MAP? ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News | www.kochwatch.orgRichard D. Wolff: "The Tax Cut Bill" WATCH ON BLIPTV:Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" WATCH ON BLIPTV:Truthout: Attacks on Public-Employee Unions Undermine the Middle Clas...
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history.com - On this day in 1839, the initials "O.K." are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for "oll correct," a popular slang misspelling of "all correct" at the time, OK ste...
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saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Lynne Varner of the Times wrote what is probably one of the least clear editorial columns I have ever read. I just don't know what to make of it so I leave it to you to decipher it. (She does use...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why does a teacher like me support my union? « JD2718Why does a teacher like me support my union?by jd27181 person liked thisI will answer, at greater length, as the sun rises. But for now:1. I ans...
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cityschoolstories.com - by Frank Murphy This book provides a first hand account of the life of an urban elementary school principal in the era of No Child Left Behind. On Monday and Wednesday, I post an installment of the...
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firedoglake.com - We probably would have not made the change in future plants either, it would have costs money better used to lobby for more tax breaks. Japanese regulators discussed in recent months the use of new...
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 | mediaite.com - VideoAs the concerns over Fukushima’s Daiichi plant continue to make headlines, one has to wonder: How do you explain a possible nuclear crisis to young, impressionable children? It’s a daunting ta... coopmike48 |
my.firedoglake.com - The New York Times today has an interesting article about how Japanese nuclear plant regulators only a month before the quake extended the operating license for the destroyed Unit 1 reactor at Fuku...
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - If the paragraph below isn’t Republican rationing, I don’t know what is:WSJ: The state should curb the cost of the most expensive people on Medicaid by paying flat fees for more elderly and disable...
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Seniors were largely the reason Republican were voted into office in 2010. They believed health care reform was bad and wanted it repealed. They also believed Republicans would prevent the Democrat...
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ednewsparent.org - Q. My son is a very strong high school student, always getting great grades and pushing himself to take the most challenging classes – including a Japanese class at the university. He seems to be h...
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northjersey.com - A state Superior Court judge has ruled that “the state has failed to carry its burden” in funding the public schools. FILE PHOTO / AMY NEWMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPER Piscataway Superintendent Robert Co...
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