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nybooks.com - Mark Lennihan/AP Photo Cathie Black speaking with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a groundbreaking ceremony in New York on April 6. She resigned as Schools Chancellor the following day.Apri...
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blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,It would be interesting to know what influenced the change of heart among those civil rights organizations, Diane. I've been exploring in my head—while I do my daily laps in the pond—wha...
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washingtonpost.com - After briefly trying to brush off suggestions that recent test score gains are fraudulent, the D.C. public schools have adopted the right attitude about massive and mysterious wrong-to-right erasur...
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prospect.org - On exam day in Sabina Trombetta's Colorado Springs first-grade art class, the 6-year-olds were shown a slide of Picasso's "Weeping Woman," a 1937 cubist portrait of the artist's lover, Dora Maar, w...
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blogs.forbes.com - EducationApr. 12 2011 - 3:56 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN I’m not sure if this means that Obama is going to endorse the entirety of the Bowles-Simpson plan, or a version of the pl...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: No Waiver for WalcottGobsmackedby NYC EducatorThat's how this post at NYC Public School Parents blog left me. Nice as it is to read stuff Bill Gates doesn't veto, when you read things...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shanker Blog » Straight Up, Between The LinesStraight Up, Between The Linesby Eugenia KembleRead carefully between the lines in Rick Hess’ recent blog post, “Can the Common Core Coalition Keeps [si...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Gates pushes district-charter compacts | Thoughts on Public EducationGates pushes district-charter compacts - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guessby John Fensterwald - Educated GuessThe Gates Found...
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blog.coreknowledge.org - In a recent head-scratcher of an article in Education Next, economist Eric A. Hanushek puts forth the argument that effective teachers produce higher salaries in their students. The logic? Well, ac...
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pittsburghlive.com - Nearly two-thirds of Pennsylvanians oppose creating a voucher system that would use tax dollars to pay private-school tuition, according to a public opinion poll released yesterday. The poll, commi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Budget Deal Eliminates Summer Pell Grants « Student ActivismBudget Deal Eliminates Summer Pell Grantsby Angus JohnstonNews reports this morning suggest that summer Pell Grants will be eliminated un...
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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- One of the thorniest progressive groups in the side of the Obama administration is launching a new campaign against the president on Tuesday, this time targeting the president’s vaunt...
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commondreams.org - When liberals and progressives have nowhere to go, New York’s new Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo can move toward the corporatist-right of the political spectrum with impunity. Brandishing an inhe...
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teamsternation.blogspot.com - Scott Walker heads to Hill Politico ...Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif)...is slated to host Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Capitol Hill Thursday for a hearing on “State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choi...
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 | beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Ulises Silva Image by Robert Valadez. I consider myself lucky to have been raised by a strong-willed woman who was a Mexican feminist when “Mexican feminist” seemed like an oxymoron. While the c... coopmike48 |
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - The American Immigration Council applauds yesterday’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding a preliminary injunction against the key provisions of Arizona’s SB 1070....
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - According to Wispolitics: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke on the floor for the first time Tuesday, telling his colleagues that the size of government in the country is nearing a "tipping point."But wha...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Even More On The Civil War | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Even More On The Civil War Here are some more new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The American Civil War: Photo Es...
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 | bluecheddar.wordpress.com - by bluecheddar Walker is publicly confronted by a member of the press. What?!? The press never confronts Walker on his hypocrisy. If they do, they get dragged into the tunnel that leads to the Riss... coopmike48 |
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/04/daily-education-technology-news-for_13.html'; New Research Center Stands Up to Bullies - UB NewsCenter ...
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 | beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Karina Vasquez If you were to see my fiance and I walking hand in hand against a New York City backdrop, you probably would not assume we were an interracial couple. We both have lighter complex... coopmike48 |
 | stephenlazar.com - By Stephen Lazar, on April 13th, 2011 I was recently asked by someone what three words my students would use to describe me. While I feel I have a pretty good idea of how my students feel about me ... coopmike48 |
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Most of us learned to read as a child. For some it was quite easy and for others it was more difficult, but eventually we learned this skill so that we can function or even enhance our daily lives....
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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Un estudio halla que el sangrado y las infecciones son más probables en las mujeres obesas y las que están por debajo de su pesoUn estudio reciente indica que en comparación con las mujeres de peso...
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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - On his blog, Paul Krugman has suggested one “really radical” proposal to fixing our health care cost problem is to modestly expand socialized medicine in this country. But if you want a really radi...
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tomhayden.com - Roadside Bombs Blow Off Legs, Testicles An unexploded IED, discovered by an Army task force. The death toll of American soldiers in Afghanistan has jumped to 1,516 since 2001. 886 of the deaths hav...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: #CUT_THIS ; List of Budget Cut Suggestions#CUT_THIS <> List of Budget Cut SuggestionsbyWar on ErrorShare12 12 PERMALINK16 COMMENTSWell, it's been a while since I posted a Diary. You ha...
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