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njspotlight.com - Acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf How much should local school districts have a say about the presence of charter schools in their midst? It was a topic that dominated the Senate budget h...

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blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah, We have had fun as a traveling team, debating the issues and engaging in free-flowing conversation about the current state of school reform. People call it "live blogging" and seem to...

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blogs.app.com - Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf TRENTON — The state’s acting education commissioner, Christopher Cerf, told a panel today that he wants to revamp teacher certification so that the pr...

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suntimes.com - BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com May 9, 2011 07:18PM The federal investigation of the Newark Police Department is an ill-timed embarrassment to Chicago’s next police super...

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forbes.com - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Students graduating from the growing ranks of online high schools are running into a hurdle if their goal is to join the military: The Pentagon doesn't want many recruits with non...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: So Perky, So EffectiveSo Perky, So Effectiveby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)This was so me back in the early 80's, except that I had an education degree. RIF'd by Mesa Unifie...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Joint - Dear Colleague LetterParents’ Bulletin On May 6, 2011 the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division issued a joint “...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: HUNTINGTON PARK HIGH SCHOOL 'RECONSTITUTION' AND STUDENT WALKOUTWHITE HOUSE PROGRAM AIMS TO BOOST ARTS EDUCATION WHILE LAUSD'S PROGRAMS FACE AX + Presid...

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crooksandliars.com - Yesterday 'liberal school reform crusader' Michelle Rhee went to Washington DC alongside Wisconsin governor Scott Walker to accept accolades for their joint crusade against public schools from righ...

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schooltechconnect.com - This was so me back in the early 80's, except that I had an education degree. RIF'd by Mesa Unified. I was so perky, so much better than people with more experience. So popular, so effective, so al...

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washingtonpost.com - Read the following fundraising letter, which was sent to, of all people, education historian Diane Ravitch by Michelle Rhee’s organization. Ravitch recognized the name of the group sending out the ...

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online.wsj.com - CHICAGO—A sweeping state education bill that passed the Illinois state Senate unanimously and had the support of teachers unions and education-advocacy groups could be derailed by claims it was alt...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:04 am, May 11, 2011 Photo Credits: Dream Act Coming Again to Senate Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Robert Men...

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slate.com - By Eliot SpitzerPosted Monday, May 9, 2011, at 1:59 PM ETIs there less recourse now for the little people?Three recent Republican efforts, each one critical to the conservative agenda: 1) the attem...

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npr.org - Enlarge Jose Luis Magana/AP Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a bill Tuesday to prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving any government funding. Jose Luis Magana/AP Indiana Republican G...

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english.aljazeera.net - Secret filming conducted by Al Jazeera has revealed shocking evidence of the brutal crackdown against anti-democracy protesters in the Gulf state of Bahrain. An undercover investigation conducted b...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:25 am, May 11, 2011 Photo Credits: No English only The MO state legislature has less than a week before they adjourn, but House Bill 167—the bill that would make it next to impossibl...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - En educación, los últimos deben ser los primeros - El Diario La Prensa NY - noticias de Nueva York - impre.comEn educación, los últimos deben ser los primerosJosé Vilson / es maestro de escuela púb...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: Get Out Your ShovelGet Out Your Shovelby NYC EducatorJoel Klein has a piece in Atlantic magazine that reeks to high heaven. I'm not linking to it as I think it's bad enough that I had...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: The New York TimesPHOENIX — Christopher S. Linder has had many monikers over the years: Big Slim was his gang nickname, 151011 was his inmate number, and he has been mayor-elect since voter...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - A comment to my blog post this morning included a reference to an article by Rebecca Solnit. I hadn’t read it before, although it was published in 2008. Wrote my reader, “I agree. All these yahoos ...

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blog.angryasianman.com - A couple of weeks ago, I posted about fundraising for American Revolutionary, Grace Lee's documentary on legendary Detroit activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs. I'm happy to relay the news that...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - To the barricades and to the mall | Thoughts on Public EducationUpcoming forums on state budget - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Perplexed over how California finances its schools? Exasperate...

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blogs.forbes.com - InnovationMay. 10 2011 - 3:34 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By OSHA GRAY DAVIDSON Japanese PM Naoto Kan "Back to the drawing board" on energy policy. (Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)Jap...

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theonion.com - RICHMOND, VA—Executives at Philip Morris USA this week unveiled Marlboro Earth, a new eco-friendly cigarette that gradually eliminates the causes of global warming and environmental destruction at ...

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