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preaprez.wordpress.com - Rahm Emanuel’s choice for new CPS boss. In February, Rochester teachers voted no confidence in their superintendent. Now he has come to Chicago.An overwhelming number of Rochester teachers take a s...
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schoolsmatter.info - The NY Daily News ran a pro-NCLB piece written by Sandy Kress, but they neglected a good deal of relevant information. Nowhere does the DN mention that Kress is a lobbyist for Pearson (a beneficiar...
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dailykos.com - That is what Michael Winerip writes about in today's New York Times in a piece titled In Public School Efforts, a Common Background: Private Education Let me list those whom he mentions: Three o...
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nytimes.com - (Page 2 of 2) ¶Chester E. Finn Jr. (Phillips Exeter) is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, two of the country’s leading conservative res...
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blogs.edweek.org - In my recent exchange with the Department of Education regarding President Obama's remarks critical of our obsession with testing, it became clear that there is a vast expansion of testing on the h...
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news.firedoglake.com - The only thing wrong with Paul Krugman’s column today is that he doesn’t mention David Brooks by name. But you can see Brooks in every inch of this critique of whiny Republicans who, when challenge...
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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - A rare day. Three interesting articles in today's Sun-Times 1.. "Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically"The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearl...
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newjerseynewsroom.com - BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Five days after Gov. Chris Christie urged the news media to “take a bat out on her,” meaning Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) for taking a $36,000 annual pub...
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 | evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com - The children assembled first, of course. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before ... DianeRavitch |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Open Letter to LAUSD Board Regarding Grave Issues with CNCA's Charter for CRES #14Open Letter to LAUSD Board Regarding Grave Issues with CNCA's Charter for CRES #14by Robert D. Skeels ... coopmike48 |
13wham.com - Rochester, N.Y.- Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has named Rochester City School District Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard to head Chicago's public schools.Brizard replaces Ron Huberman, who res...
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huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- Today, as Americans submit their tax returns, the wealthiest earners will each reap hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax savings.As part of a law passed late last year, the Bush-era ...
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 | detnews.com - Last Updated: April 18. 2011 5:32PM Robert Snell / The Detroit News Detroit— The city's two pension funds sued Gov. Rick Snyder and state Treasurer Andy Dillon in federal court today to block part ... coopmike48 |
 | mediaite.com - The White House has released tax returns for the President and Vice President, and clearly, President Obama–financially–had a far better year. According to the Obamas’ joint return, the First Coupl... coopmike48 |
articles.boston.com - “It’s a difficult time to be Chinese,” says Wong, a scientist who develops medical therapies. “There’s a lot of jealousy out there, because the Chinese do very well. And some people see that as a t...
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 | hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:12 pm, April 18, 2011 Photo Credits: Senate Pres. Pearce and Gov. Brewer say SB 1070 was a success Controversy, protests, marches of solidarity, anger, and applause. Arizona’s immigr... coopmike48 |
 | hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:35 pm, April 18, 2011 Photo Credits: Republic Waste v Martinez Earlier this year the First Court of Appeals in Houston handed down a historic opinion guaranteeing undocumented worker... coopmike48 |
huffingtonpost.com - From Brad Johnson, The Wonk Room:In a passionate keynote address, green jobs leader Van Jones exhorted the 10,000 youth climate activists at the Power Shift conference in Washington DC to “shift th...
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 | hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:03 pm, April 18, 2011 Photo Credits: Penguin population is dropping Chilean scientists are studying the decline in the Antartic penguin population and are attributing the fall to the... coopmike48 |
 | uppitywis.org - This video, "Water Wake-Up Call: America’s Conservation Crisis,” alerts Americans to the growing need to save water. It also gives an update of how far we’ve come as a nation since the first Earth ... coopmike48 |
theatlanticwire.com - Twitter is looking to buy Tweetdeck, one of the most popular tweeting programs and the one supposedly preferred by "power users." The microblogging site offered $50 million for the desktop client t...
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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Apr 18 2011 Larry Ferlazzo I’ve written several times about the power of touch in the classroom, and they’ve all received a lot of feedback. I’ve just read some additional studies that say a light ...
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democraticunderground.com - Borders execs to get big bonuses after laying off 6,000 Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators Important N...
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