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parentsacrossamerica.org - Apr 16, 2011 leoniehaimson Last week, a report was released by the Center for American Progress by Matthew Chingos, who previously wrote a highly-flawed critique of Florida’s class size reduction p...
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schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - I’ll admit from the start that I’m recycling some arguments here (okay… all of the arguments) … but this stuff needs to be reinforced, over and over again. Quite honestly, to me, from a school fina...
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gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com - Is there any doubt our education system is a mess? I recently heard that only 12% of 8 th graders in DC read at the 8th grade level. If that isn't a disgrace and a crisis, what is? Below is an OpEd...
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thescotsman.scotsman.com - Publishing group Pearson believes its fast-growing education business will help it build on last year's stronger-than-expected earnings, the company said yesterday. Unveiling full year results, chi...
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myfoxdetroit.com - DETROIT (WJBK) - Protesters gathered outside the Catherine Ferguson Academy Friday afternoon chanting, picketing and holding signs -- a show of solidarity against the proposed closing of the school...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 7-minute video: redefining “public apathy” to poised but blocked public power | Dailycensored.com7-minute video: redefining “public apathy” to poised but blocked public powerWritten by Carl_HermanP...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Board Expansion Plan Steps Toward Ballot - voiceofsandiego.org: Schooled: The Education BlogSchool Board Expansion Plan Steps Toward BallotComments (1) | 10:45 am Backers of a campaign to re...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4 decades after a college president's death, have we learned anything? | OregonLive.com4 decades after a college president's death, have we learned anything?Published: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 9:3...
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thesouthend.wayne.edu - Students of Catherine Ferguson Academy began April 15 what they hope will be a week-long occupation of their school, protesting its potential conversion to a charter school.“I was scared at first b...
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mets2006.wordpress.com - What a difference a third term makes. When Marist last asked this question in July 2009, a majority — 53% — approved of how Bloomberg was doing while 38% disapproved. 67% of voters with children ...
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blogs.metrotimes.com - (Posted by Heron, written by Simone Landon) About eight students, several faculty members and supporters have taken over Catherine Ferguson Academy in a attempt to save the Detroit public school fr...
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 | nytimes.com - Corporations are roaring. Wall Street is rolling in cash. C.E.O. bonuses are going gangbusters. It’s a really good time to be rich! If you’re poor, not so much. The pall of the recessio... DianeRavitch |
reuters.com - Editorial Editions:AfricaArabicArgentinaBrazilCanadaChinaFranceGermanyIndiaItalyJapanLatin AmericaMexicoRussiaSpainUnited KingdomUnited StatesThomson Reuters is the world's largest international mu... mikeklonsky |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - On the morning of Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a group of cyber-activists from US Uncut working in collaboration with the Yes Lab sent out the following press release (http://yeslab.org/archive/pr-ge...
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 | salon.com - AP / Cover of the Selected Poems of Langston Hughes Rick Santorum and his uncredited (and unwanted) campaign contributor Long-ago Sen. Rick Santorum is running for president, despite his "Google pr... mikeklonsky |
democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters AfricaBy Mohammed Ghobari | Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:37pm GMTSANAA - Thousands of Yemeni women protested in Sanaa and other cities on Saturday, enraged by President Ali Abdullah Saleh's r...
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 | wepartypatriots.com - Apr 2011 16 This weekend’s must-see Congressional video comes from Joseph Crowley (D-NY), who chose to use a series of posters instead of speaking on the House Floor to express his discontent with ... coopmike48 |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blogSaturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyTechnically, Dan Kotowski is not my State Senator. I don’t live in his senate district. I teach there. And I’m the political go-... coopmike48 |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Pissed Off: Stop Blaming UnionsStop Blaming Unionsby Pissed OffIn my over 35 years of teaching, I can remember three really bad teachers. Were there more? Of course, but isn't it true that every ... coopmike48 |
theuptake.org - Susan from Rochester (New York) Indie Media talked to The UpTake’s Mike McIntee at last weekend’s National Conference for Media Reform in Boston about why she got involved with indie media. “Especi...
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 | disinfo.com - View Comments Posted by JacobSloan on February 7, 2011 The U.S. military continues to experience a disturbingly high suicide rate, arguably the deadliest hazard that troops now face. Via Congress.o... mikeklonsky |
theuptake.org - At the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston last weekend, Tim Karr of Free Speech told The UpTake’s Sam Mayfield that we should start looking at cell phones as political devices. “You nee...
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history.com - In Basel, Switzerland, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, a synthetic drug he had created in 1938 as part of his...
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washingtonpost.com - Now offered at lunch at a Japanese government restaurant: a rich curry and rice, topped with Fukushima vegetables fresh from the nuclear-emergency zone. Graphic Graphic: Japan’s nuclear emergency I...
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nyceducator.com - by guest blogger Krista Peterson For the past decade, it seems like the number of schools, companies, and construction practices have all swayed towards more “green” materials and practices. Even w...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRankHide7.8SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Staying Power (Statement on Friday evening from the Sac State student protesters)2011-Apr-15SACRAMENTO ...
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