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thewashingtonteacher.blogspot.com - by Candi Peterson, WTU General Vice PresidentLet’s take a trip down memory lane. Remember back in 2008, OSSE (Office of the State Superintendent of Education in DC) requested that McGraw Hill Testi...

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propublica.org - Excerpt from Hope Academy Broadway Campus's lawsuit against White Hat Management. Inset: Screenshot from a White Hat Management promotional video.Contrary to the idea of charters as small, locally ...

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nytimes.com - Few would argue that she was a good choice. But as you watched the almost giddy reception that greeted the departure of the New York City schools chancellor, Cathleen P. Black, last week — “She was...

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washingtonpost.com - The spending deal agreed to Friday night to avert a government shutdown includes a provision banning the District from spending its own funds to provide abortions to low-income women as well as fun...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - McDonald’s Wage For Nuclear Job Shows Some Japan Towns May Fade - BloombergMcDonald’s Wage For Nuclear Job Shows Some Japan Towns May FadeBy John Brinsley and Aki Ito - Apr 10, 2011 9:01 AM PTinSha...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Charter Schools Outsource Education to Management Firms, With Mixed Results - ProPublicaCharter Schools Outsource Education to Management Firms, With Mixed ResultsExcerpt from Hope Academy Broadway...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Different Figureheads, Same Boss | The Jose VilsonDifferent Figureheads, Same Bossby JoseMayor Michael Bloomberg, Dennis Walcott, and Cathleen Black“YES! Cathie Black is out! Woo! Congratulations!”...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Educational Transformation? It’s the Governance, Stupid! | Lefty ParentEducational Transformation? It’s the Governance, Stupid!by Cooper ZaleIn my most recent piece “Schools: Trying to Balance Coer...

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online.wsj.com - Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A new superintendent for the Recovery School District, which oversees schools taken over by the state for poor performance, will begin his job May 1, after the s...

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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Saturday's We Are One march & Rally in Chicago"This is no longer a state movement. This is an international movement on behalf of working families," said Betsy Kippers, vice president of the Wisc...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: "I’m going to fire somebody in a little while. Do you want to see that?""I’m going to fire somebody in a little while. Do you want to see that?"by NYC EducatorSo speaks uber-"reformer...

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mdn.mainichi.jp - In this March 13, 2011 file photo, Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. speaks during the press conference in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo ...

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presstvmobile.com - Published: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:55:24 More than 5,000 Union members from 3 states attended a rally at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago to show their solidarity in the midst of what they say is an inc...

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news.in.msn.com - Himani Kumar Chicago, Apr 9 (PTI) Thousands of Illinois teachers, carpenters and other public service workers gathered here in support of union employees against the proposal of limiting collective...

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thenation.com - NPR Station in LA Suspends Planned Parenthood Spots April 10, 2011 Share | || Recommended by 0|One of two NPR stations in the Los Angeles area, KPCC-FM, suspended its regularly-scheduled Planned P...

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insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Join Me At An Ed Week Live Online Chat On Tuesday (Plus, Info On Getting A Discount On My Book) | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...“Hot Spot” Interview — Teaching In The Midst Of Drug War I r...

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nytimes.com - The founder and chief executive of Teach for America, Wendy Kopp, 43, is also the author, most recently, of “A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Educatio...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Rothko, and Red HerringsRothko, and Red Herringsby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Ok, we're back. In the aftermath of the burglary and the exhausting week, I've tried to stay blissfu...

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bluecheddar.wordpress.com - Maher: “If I had to pick a phrase that encapsulates the American economy in the last decade, it surely would be, “I’ve already got your money dude.”“I’ve already got your money dude.” That’s what C...

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host.madison.com - STEVEN VERBURG | sverburg@madison.com | 608-252-6118 madison.com | | Posted: Saturday, April 9, 2011 1:01 pm On the heels of a shocking reversal in a critical Supreme Court race, union members and ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA (in 338 words or less),DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA (in 338 words or less), By Bill Ivey, Bill Ivey’s blog/Independent School Educators Net...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:31 pm, April 10, 2011 Photo Credits: Map of Mexico The United States Consulates General in Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Monterrey advise American citizens that the U.S. government ha...

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nytimes.com - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to extend the evacuation zone around its crippled nuclear plant because of high radiation levels, local media reported Monday, with engineers no closer to regaining co...

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online.wsj.com - BY DAVID J. BRENNER As the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant drags on, how worried should people living near the plant, further away in Japan, or here in America be about the radiat...

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nytimes.com - While the countries that have historically led the world in scientific research — the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan — continue to dominate the global playing field, emerging powers like...

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