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nytimes.com - From the debates in Wisconsin and elsewhere about public sector unions, you might get the impression that we’re going bust because teachers are overpaid. That’s a pernicious fallacy. A ...
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freep.com - The embattled Detroit Public Schools could suffer even more financial setbacks if education plans proposed by the governor Wednesday are put into action, local leaders say.They specifically fear pr...
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nydailynews.com - A city computer consultant was charged Thursday with bilking the Department of Education out of $3.6 million earmarked for wiring public schools for the Internet.Willard "Ross" Lanham had been hire...
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politico.com - ExxonMobil's first quarter earnings of $10.7 billion put it in the center of the debate over record high gasoline prices, offshore drilling and the fate of billions of dollars in federal tax incent...
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nytimes.com - When the Chicago Board of Education meeting changed into a mutual admiration society on Wednesday, the members resembled fatigued relief workers celebrating after slightly diverting a flood. ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - San Mateo students to protest cuts « State of EmergencyThis afternoon, students from San Mateo’s Hillsdale High School plan to march and rally in protest of statewide budget cuts to public educatio...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dear Friend:A very important election will take place on Tuesday, May 17th that will determine the future direction of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).California Democrats for Educa...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - My Plea to Citizen Trump | Lefty ParentMy Plea to Citizen Trumpby Cooper ZaleNot quite sure why Donald Trump is suddenly pushing all my buttons. I mean he’s always been ridiculously full of himself...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Splitting HairsSplitting Hairsby DukeI'll get back to this article by Al Doblin later, but let me just weigh in on this:Last week, Governor Christie and I went back-and-forth on pub...
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 | michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Urban prep get lots of money from Oprah. Urban Prep is the most over-hyped charter school in Chicago. It's not that Tim King's all-boys charter school isn't doing some good things or having some su...  mikeklonsky |
suntimes.com - Help for charter schools By ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter Apr 29, 2011 11:16AM A lameduck school board prepared to pass the baton to a new leadership team Wednesday, approving policies that hel...
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 | sfgate.com - Half a dozen protesters said they paid $76,000 for tickets to a high-priced San Francisco fundraiser starring President Barack Obama Thursday to air their concerns regarding the treatment of Privat... mikeklonsky |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We Party Patriots » Blog Archive » Ayn Rand vs. ChristianityAyn Rand vs. Christianityby Elliot Banfield We know that the Atlas Shrugged premiere was two weeks ago and that the film’s producers have... coopmike48 |
 | univision34.univision.com - LéaLA es totalmente gratis Por primera vez tenemos una gran feria del libro en español, LéaLA, aprovecha este momento. AFP VIDEO Buscan mejorar la calidad de educac... - KMEX Ver videos VIDEO Oport... coopmike48 |
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (R) says that she's seen "a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them." The remarks came during a debate o...
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mercurynews.com - LANSING, Mich.—A longshot effort to recall Republican Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder can begin collecting signatures aimed at getting the measure on the ballot. Election officials approved the recall pe...
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blogs.forbes.com - EducationApr. 29 2011 - 6:19 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN Adam Serwer has a smart response up to my latest piece on Gary Johnson. He writes: I’m not so interested in progressive l...
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 | uft.org - Anti-union lithograph from Harper’s Weekly depicts the homemade bomb going off at Chicago’s Haymarket Square rally on May 4, 1886. For generations, May Day, the International Workers Day celebrated... mikeklonsky |
nj.com - TRENTON — The federal government is ordering New Jersey to pay back $271 million after Gov. Chris Christie backpedaled on a plan to build a new commuter tunnel under the Hudson River. "The law is c...
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baycitizen.org - In its first statement on the cyber attacks this week against San Francisco startup Change.org, the State Department said Friday that it regards defending against such activities as part of the "to...
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 | nydailynews.com - Jefferson Siegel for News Prosecutors say Ross Lanham bilked more than $3.6 million from taxpayers. Another top city computer consultant has been arrested by federal prosecutors on corruption charg... leoniehaimson |
sfgate.com - California regulators questioned Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s gas record-keeping practices as early as 2007, when they discovered that vital documents were apparently being written in erasable in...
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online.wsj.com - BY TAMER EL-GHOBASHY A former consultant hired to manage a large-scale project aimed at bringing Internet access to all New York City public schools was charged Thursday with stealing $3.6 million ...
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ourschoolsnyc.org - Originally posted in the Wall Street Journal, Apr 29, 2011. pg. A.17 The stickers bear a city Department of Environmental Protection logo, the words “Safe to drink” in capital letters and a drawi...
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democracynow.org - Web Exclusive Democracy Now! hosts a conversation between Palestinian author Rula Jebreal and Egyptian journalist Issandr El Amrani about the continued uprisings in the Middle East and Arab attitud...
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coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/04/thank-you-to-everyone-who-voted-for.html'; tweetmeme_source = 'coolcatteacher'; Image by Terry Freedman via FlickrJulie with our dear ...
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