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cato-at-liberty.org - Posted by Neal McCluskey Over the last few days the Fordham Institute’s Mike Petrilli has been blogging about one of his favorite topics: “tight-loose” coupling of education power. Basically, the f...
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fortgreene.patch.com - In the wake of reports revealing that the city's lone Arabic and English language middle school is failing to attract students, the school may now get a complete makeover that would transform it in...
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indystar.com - School reforms being pushed by Republicans in Indiana match President Obama's priorities and demonstrate that education can be a bipartisan issue, Gov. Mitch Daniels and U.S. Secretary of Education...
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nysun.com - The Bloomberg administration, having decided that the small school movement is the wave of the future, has opened nearly 100 small high schools and plans to open another 100 next year. Each of thes...
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chicagonewscoop.org - Paderewski Elementary third grade teacher Leticia Pineda helps Napoleon Nichols with a last minute homework question.
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Eye On Education New Product UpdatesHelping Students Motivate Themselves:Practical Answers to Classroom ChallengesBy Larry FerlazzoA comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book ...
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schooltechconnect.com - I got nuthin'.Traditional art teacher Fred has said it all here, and here, and here. It's a sad day in Illinois, but at least the Queen of Illinois Education, Robin Steans, is happy. Steans, who wa...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education Roundup for 4-15-11 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)Education Roundup for the Week Ending April 15, 2011SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issues this week's ...
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articles.latimes.com - Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. John Deasy at Quincy Jones Elementary… (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)April 12, 2011|By Jason Song and Jason Felch, Los Angeles TimesIn a dramatic turn fo...
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 | usatoday.com - By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY NEWARK — Six months after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Oprah to give $100 million to improve Newark's strapped and struggling schools, $99 million is s...  mikeklonsky |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - April 2011 Information Memoranda - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education)April 2011 Information MemorandaBackground information and updates on issues of interest to the State Board Members...
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nytimes.com - Richard A. Grasso, the former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, suggested on Thursday night that he would run for mayor of New York City in 2013 if his longtime nemesis, former Gov. Eliot L....
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insidebayarea.com - SACRAMENTO -- After working quietly for months with Gov. Jerry Brown, public employee labor groups are beginning to chart their own paths in seeking new taxes. Last week, the head of the California...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Not Playing Chicken - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog postLooking AheadNot Playing ChickenThe past month we have watched our elected leadership playing chicken - a staring contest that... coopmike48 |
 | democraticunderground.com - Source: Jason Linkins - 04/15/11 11:31 AM ET - Huffington PostLast week, Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) received a fusillade of criticism when he took to the Senate floor to declare that abortion was "w... coopmike48 |
 | hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:14 pm, April 15, 2011 Photo Credits: Black Slaves in Latin America Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th an... coopmike48 |
 | womensenews.org - (WOMENSENEWS)-- CheersThe Senate voted down the bill to defund Planned Parenthood with a vote of 53 to 47 along party lines, reported the Los Angeles Times April 14. The bill was not expected to pa... coopmike48 |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Alexander Russo’s New Book | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Alexander Russo’s New Bookby Larry FerlazzoAlexander Russo’s one of my favorite education bloggers. He’s just published a book ti... coopmike48 |
gothamschools.org - by Anna Phillips The city is planning a major rezoning of downtown schools to address overcrowding. (DNAinfo) Commissioner David Steiner said he wasn’t up for the “grinding implementation” of RttT....
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 | mediaite.com - videoAfter the financial crisis hit, there was a lot of talk about how it would affect both Wall Street and Main Street. However, no one was paying attention to Sesame Street. The New York Times ha... coopmike48 |
news.firedoglake.com - Yesterday, Carl Levin introduced his long and relatively effective report on the financial crisis. It focused on four major aspects: mortgage fraud, weak and deferential regulation, the credit rati...
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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - Thanks to many loopholes in our tax code–the carried interest loophole being the most important–the richest people in American are likely paying a lower tax rate than you are. From Businessweek: Fo...
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democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters(Reuters) - The New York State court system will lay-off as many as 500 workers in the coming weeks, according to a union memo released on Friday, as the state works to close a $10 b...
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gothamschools.org - Dennis Walcott officially becomes the new schools chancellor on Monday, but today he had to be content with playing chef. Walcott stopped by a Brooklyn elementary school this morning to make good o...
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nydailynews.com - Adams IV for News NYC Chancellor Dennis Walcott serves students waffles made from his personal recipe. Incoming chancellor Dennis Walcott had the kids at PS 10 eating out of his hands Friday, as he...
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