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flaglerlive.com - FlaglerLive | May 7, 2011 Ideally, anyway. (© Bryson Travieso) A new statewide charter boarding school for troubled youth was quietly passed by Florida lawmakers amidst a crush of bills dealing wit...
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blogs.ajc.com - I am delighted to present a wonderful piece from the superintendent of Pelham City Schools, Jim Arnold. (Dr. Arnold wrote a great piece a while back for the blog on the so-called good old days of e...
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dailykos.com - at Alternet this morning. It is by Rachel Tabachnick, and is titled The DeVos Family: Meet the Super-Wealthy Right-Wingers Working With the Religious Right to Kill Public Education The piece is v...
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preaprez.wordpress.com - Jim Cavallero writes: As a CPS teacher and CTU delegate I am proud that we took a stand last Wednesday night. I hope IFT, IEA and CTU stand together to get amendments put in. My real issue is this ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: A disaster in the making: what will happen to class size if the mayor's cuts go through?A disaster in the making: what will happen to class size if the mayor's cuts go th...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Reasons #6 & #7 that I’m marching « Failing SchoolsReasons #6 & #7 that I’m marchingMAY 7, 2011by SabrinaI just shared a quick top 5 over at the Save Our Schools March Blog. But here are a couple m...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why Is It Important For Students To Learn About Bloom’s Taxonomy? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Why Is It Important For Students To Learn About Bloom’s Taxonomy?by Larry Ferlazzo1 person...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Permanent War, Permanent RecessionPermanent War, Permanent Recessionby Michael DunnThe British economy grew by only 0.5% in the first quarter of 2011 and contracted by 0.5% the quart...
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nytimes.com - The 11-year-olds in Richard Nokes's history class are not having an easy time. They are trying to figure out how ancient Roman roads were built, and their only sources are translations of descripti...
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 | nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - There's a good quote from Ann Kjellberg in today's NY Times about the mayor's proposed slash and burn budget cuts to schools: "We feel like pawns in his political struggles,” said Ann Kjellberg, a... leoniehaimson |
catalyst-chicago.org - CTU pulls support from education reform bill: analysisPosted By Jim Broadway On Friday, May 6, 2011 In Teachers “Bargaining in good faith appears to be a bar set too high for these so-called educat...
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huffingtonpost.com - Last week, I received an email message from the Ploughshares Fund, a nuclear disarmament advocacy foundation, asking, "What does Mother's Day Mean to You?" Suspecting that the correct answer was so...
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schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Amway, Blackwater all part of the DeVos empireBy now you've surely heard of the Kochs. Meanwhile, the powerful, wealthy DeVos family has remained largely under the radar, while leading a stealth ...
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baycitizen.org - Tucked amid the greenery of the Presidio is George Lucas’ sprawling Letterman Digital Arts Center. In front of Building D is a statue commemorating Philo T. Farnsworth. Though not a household name,...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SB 830 Died! « Tangerine, FloridaSB 830 Died!by 5redherringsJust had to share the news put out this morning by FEA. It’s not all good but better than it could be.FEA Frontline Report – Day 61 of th... coopmike48 |
my.firedoglake.com - It happens like clockwork: Another election cycle, another bill aimed at creating a ballot measure using fear of gayness to herd “values voters” into the voting booth and the Republican fold, anoth...
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democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters AfricaSat May 7, 2011 3:01pm GMTTUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police used teargas on Saturday to disperse protesters demanding the departure of the government and angry at a heavy hand...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s DeathNoam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Deathby Paul BWe might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if ... coopmike48 |
 | hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 11:38 am, May 7, 2011 Photo Credits: Manhunters on A&E Viewers across the country can catch U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in action today, Saturday, May 7 dur... coopmike48 |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bullying grabs global attention - CNN.comBullying grabs global attentionBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNNMay 6, 2011 6:05 a.m. EDTPhoebe Prince, 15, committed suicide in January 2010 after weeks of rid... coopmike48 |
schooltechconnect.com - I've been taking a couple of days off here, but I've also been trying to keep up with the CTU House of Delegates' heroic ixnaying of SB7. In fact it is this particular comment over at Fred's that h...
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hispanicize.com - Mother’s Day is just around the corner so three leading Latino parenting bloggers PapiBlogger, Mamá Contemporánea and Momma Findings, have joined forces to help you find the best gifts this season ...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Calling Things What They Really AreCalling Things What They Really Areby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)I've been taking a couple of days off here, but I've also been trying to... coopmike48 |
chinapost.com.tw - Braving spring drizzle, thousands of demonstrators gathered at a park in Tokyo's Shibuya district, many holding handmade banners reading: “Nuclear is old!” and “We want a shift in energy policy!” T...
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democraticunderground.com - We began the nuclear age by destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- must have beenquite some salesman who talked them into this -- !!PLUS, as has been made clear, the nuclear reactors at Fukushima wer...
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politicolnews.com - April 15, 2011 Koch Brothers Paper Congress Who says corporations aren’t people and who says you can’t buy an election in the United States if you have the kind of money the Koch Brothers possess ...
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