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nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Yesterday, the DOE announced that there are over 3,000 children on waiting lists for Kindergarten next year; 42 percent more than last year. About a quarter of the city's elementary schools, or 15...
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gothamschools.org - The last two years have been disastrous for public opinion of Mayor Bloomberg’s school policies, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted last week by Marist, found that just 27 percent of New ...
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huffingtonpost.com - With the dread high-stakes No Child Left Behind reading and math tests looming, public schools across the country are in lock-down mode. School administrators fear being consigned to the hellish st...
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blogs.forbes.com - EducationMar. 30 2011 - 1:35 pm | 25 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN Here’s Rick Hess talking about the limits of policy on education reform, especially in regard to ‘turning around’ bad sc...
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dfer.org - March 30, 2011Creating A Winning Legislative Campaign: The Colorado StoryDear DFER friend:We get a lot of requests for advice and strategy from reform partners across the country. All of us in this...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fixing Open Enrollment | Thoughts on Public EducationNordic tracking in California schools - by Kathryn Baronby Kathryn BaronAn announcement is due any day now on whether Finland will take over Cal...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Huge bi-partisan support for taxing the rich to fix budget. Plan B? : SFGate: Politics BlogHuge bi-partisan support for taxing the rich to fix budget. Plan B?149Think the budget negotiations are de...
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news.firedoglake.com - Michelle Rhee has doubled back on her earlier smug dismissal of a very damaging story in USA Today about cheating on standardized tests in the DC public schools. Now she says that her initial react...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Helping homeless children by testing them more?Helping homeless children by testing them more?by skrashenSent to the NY Daily News, March 30"Schools put to the test as ranks of home...
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 | samadamsalliance.org - Winners will be announced Friday, April 8, 2011, at the event.ROOKIE OF THE YEARToby Marie Walker, of Waco, Texas, built and oversees the Waco Tea Party, one of the most thriving, creative, and imp...  mikeklonsky |
cbsnews.com - (CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress that lack of command and control among the Libya's rebels is a problem and described them as "disparate [and] scattered" with eac...
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huffingtonpost.com - I just left the New York State Capitol, where demonstrators were streaming into the building to protest Andrew Cuomo's state budget. The budget gives tax breaks to millionaires in a state loaded wi...
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 | toledoblade.com - Home » NewsLoading… Published: 3/31/2011 - Updated: 1 hour ago SENATE BILL 5 BY JIM PROVANCEBLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF Protesters gather in the rotunda at the Ohio statehouse after Senate Bill 5 p... mikeklonsky |
talk2action.org - I'm not going to go into all the lies that were included in Barton's presentation because Barton has been giving essentially the same presentation for years with almost no changes, which is why it ...
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 | wepartypatriots.com - Apr 2011 1 The New York Times has published a story about H-1B visas, generally used for foreign technology workers to be brought to the U.S. for three-year work terms. The visas are the topic of d... coopmike48 |
 | womensenews.org - Activist Egyptian women look forward to forming a voting bloc for the elections and celebrating newfound democratic freedoms. But an Amnesty International report of female protesters tortured by mi... coopmike48 |
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Yesterday’s press conference/rally was terrific; here is my account with some photos; more photos are available on our Facebook page. NY1 ran some video of the rally last night, and to my surpr...
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 | nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - March 31, 2011 (GBN News): With his approval ratings tanking, Mayor Bloomberg has been facing increasing displays of public displeasure at his policies. While he has tried to shake off such inciden... leoniehaimson |
mrsdbarron.blogspot.com - Dealing with the Problem Child- Part 2 by Mrs. Dorothy BarronIn Parents Taking Charge in Education Blog Post: Dealing with the Problem Child, Part 1, I concluded with the mention that in Part 2 of ...
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commondreams.org - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's slash-and-burn approach to public sector unions -- imitated by over a dozen Republican governors across the nation -- is the political equivalent of slamming women's l...
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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - CNBC Anchor Maria Bartiromo to Moderate a Panel Featuring Representatives from President Obama’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, The World Bank and the Chicago Federal Reserve BankWhat is...
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jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com - From Mike Klonsky's Small Talk Blog Disaster capitalists Gates, Buffett... Whenever there's an environmental disaster in the world, I always look to see how deeply Bill Gates, his partners, and his...
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good.is - 00:00/00:0000:00 It's been two weeks since UCLA political science student Alexandra Wallace's now infamous video rant against her Asian peers went viral. Although Wallace has left the school, her d...
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coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/04/daily-education-technology-news-for.html'; Not Your Grandma’s Conference | always learning Great post...
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gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer Budget cut protests roiled the State Capitol all night, despite an attempt to keep protesters out. (EdVox) Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says the new state budget isn’t so bad ...
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dekerivers.wordpress.com - Oh my! One can almost feel Prosser want to call someone a nasty name. Former Democratic Gov. Patrick Lucey is withdrawing his support for incumbent Justice David Prosser for Wisconsin Supreme Cour...
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Here are a few scary moments from Justice David Prosser's appearance on Upfront with Mike Gousha (goo-shay). Prosser ironically starts out by accusing voters of trying to influence upcoming case de...
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schoolsmatter.info - Exactly the number of signatures required in Ohio to get the the Koch/Kasich union killing bill onto a November referendum:Now that the Ohio state Legislature has passed legislation limiting the co...
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