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dailycensored.com - “When you are basing the effectiveness of teachers on lots of softer things, whether the kids feel good, whether the classroom is happy, whether we’re creative (don’t get me wrong, those things are...

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nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - May 6, 2011 (GBN News): An alarming document recovered during the Sunday night raid on Osama Bin Laden’s hideout suggests that the terrorist leader might have been planning to undermine the NY City...

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cordeliers.tumblr.com - Recent headlines touted a “shocking new study” revealing that 47% of adults in Detroit are functionally illiterate. The story got big play in both the traditional press and the blogosphere (see thi...

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dailykos.com - Now hopefully I have your attention. I apologize for the seeming rudeness, and also to those who do in fact wrestle with a bipolar condition. I do not mean to make light of such a condition, nor ...

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commonwealthmagazine.org - July 27, 2010 in the past few months, President Obama, Gov. Deval Patrick, and the press have practically made “education reform” synonymous with “firing teachers.” The president praised a Rhode Is...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: CNN on press suppression in Turkey, Fethullah Gulen, and the Gulen movementCNN on press suppression in Turkey, Fethullah Gulen, and the Gulen movementby The Perimeter Primate...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Information on Business Roundtable Plan to Demolish Massachusetts TeachersSchools MatterThis space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to a...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - The following is the joint statement by the leadership of the IEA and the IFT in response to the overwhelming vote and strong rejection by the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates of Senate Bi...

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huffingtonpost.com - Reiterating many of the themes that won over voters in February, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel spoke before a group of educators, politicians and business leaders Thursday night, pledging to fix Chicago...

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jsonline.com - May 6, 2011 5:12 p.m. | Madison — If Gov. Scott Walker's union bargaining measure becomes law and forces do-or-die recertification votes for public employee unions, some large public unions may sim...

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Monica Goodling, a key figure in the politicization of the Justice Department during the Bush administration, has received a public reprimand from the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Lawyers Weekly re...

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suntimes.com - “There’s been threats all through my career. … The safety of my family comes first,” said Daley, who leaves office on May 16. “I’ve been mayor for 22 years, and my wife has made a commitment [to th...

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tomhayden.com - Peace and justice advocates should be pleased with last week’s election of Rabbi Richard Jacobs as president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the largest branch of American Judaism. The new leaders...

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colorlines.com - The Oklahoma House of Representatives publicly reprimanded Rep. Sally Kern for comments she made during a debate on the House floor last week. Lawmakers were discussing a proposed constitutional am...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Federal Civil Rights Investigators Come to Wake County and Hear PlentyFederal Civil Rights Investigators Come to Wake County and Hear Plentyby Jim HornThe Tea Party Five and their B...

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news.firedoglake.com - The Justice Department has been enforcing the laws on abortion access with more frequency in recent years than its predecessors. The shift from an anti-choice to a pro-choice executive branch shoul...

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nytimes.com - Heeding calls from members of the City Council and advocates for children from low-income families, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans on Friday to retreat from his initial budget proposal to elimina...

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firedoglake.com - we’re baaack! (photo: titanium22) For years, corporations and rich people have been hiding their money Off Shore* to avoid taxation. Their big problem is that they can’t bring the money back to the...

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online.barrons.com - Even in the face of massive declines in the newspaper business, strong performance at Washington Post Co.'s Kaplan education unit has long buoyed shares. But in recent years, Kaplan has been having...

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blogtalkradio.com - On April 18, 2011 Leonie Haimson, President of Class Size Matters (http://www.classsizematters.org/), and Parents Across America (http://parentsacrossamerica.org/) wrote a stunning and spot on trea...

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vidayfamilia.univision.com - Entre las personas con al menos 25 años, hay 10,6 millones de mujeres estadounidenses con al menos el grado de maestría, contra los 10,5 millones de varones. - Thinkstock LLC/Picture Quest FOTO Tyr...

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danagoldstein.net - Tina Brown and Harry Evans at the New York Public Library Lions Gala. Via New York Social Diary The final draft of my book proposal is due Monday, so I'm not blogging about all sorts of important e...

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nyc.gov - Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Presents Fiscal Year 2012 Executive BudgetFriday, May 6, 2011 Blue Room, City Hall Press Conference is scheduled to begin at approximately 9:30 AM. Note: High bandwidt...

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democraticunderground.com - Ex-Bush official reprimanded by bar (Monica Goodling for actions in Bush DOJ) This thread has been combined with another thread.Click here to read this message in its new location. Powered by DCFor...

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wepartypatriots.com - May 2011 6 The above image isn’t actually Photoshop’d. No, the folks driving this truck went the old school route, creating with their bare hands what has become the labor movement’s union art proj...

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