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'The Acquisition of 16,905 Students'

huffingtonpost.com - Prior to my career in academia, I practiced law. I took my first job back in 1988 during a boom in so-called mergers and acquisitions. There were lots or reasons bandied about for why one corporati...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 09, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House today announced the establishment of the first White House Rural Council. While...
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Roosevelt’s turnaround pays off with higher grad rate

portlandtribune.com - By Jennifer Anderson The Portland Tribune, Jun 8, 2011, Updated 21.3 hours ago CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT / TRIBUNE PHOTO Roosevelt High School Principal Charlene Williams led the school through its first...
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Delayed notice threatens turnout for run-off CEC elections

gothamschools.org - Add one more snag to the list of woes plaguing this year’s community education council elections. Dozens of run-off elections happened this week with such scant notice that several parent leaders s...
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Yelena Siwinski confronts Walcott on class size

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Yelena Siwinski, teacher at PS 193 in Brooklyn showed up for a meeting in District 22. Here is her account, which shows that still, even after being asked at two different consecutive City Council...
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Summer lobby. Fall lobby. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Another morning, another pension meeting with teachers. This time with a large group in the Franklin school auditorium. Colleagues had lots of good ideas on how to make our unpaid hours of work mor...
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Reading, Writing, Breaking, Entering - Investors.com

investors.com - Limited Government: The Education Department in Washington apparently has its own SWAT team conducting dawn raids on people who bamboozle the federal bureaucracy. Call it big, dumb, dangerous gover...
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Today's Teamster News 06.10.11

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Top Republican National Committee official involved in Wisconsin GOP shenanigans Washington Post ...A current top RNC official may have played a key role in developing the plan when he was with ...
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Daily Kos: Afghanistan: We should declare victory and leave.

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Afghanistan: We should declare victory and leave.Afghanistan: We should declare victory and leave.by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)So says Eugene Robinson in a piece entitled A plan for A...
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Sign the petition in support of the NAACP, and MSBNC video

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Check out the General Counsel of the NAACP Kim Keenan on MSNBC on June 6th, explaining the inequities in NYC public schools and why the NAACP has filed a lawsuit against the unfair charter school ...
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Why They Oppose Background Checks

democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - The background check requirement only applies to Federal Firearms License holders. Private sellers are not required to screen their buyers in any way. Usually the question of background checks come...
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The status of students | Being Latino Online Magazine

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The status of students | Being Latino Online MagazineThe status of studentsby Cindy Tovarby Cindy TovarAll children, regardless of their legal status, are entitled to public education. Despite this...
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Is this the new face of corporate school reform?

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - From May 31, 2011 Business Insider:At the end of 2010, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp paid almost $400m in cash to purchase 90% of Wireless Generation, a company that bills itself as "the leading provi...
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"Reformer" Klein is a hustler supreme

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - He helps land Rupert Murdoch a $27 million no-bid contract from NY schools The money - part of the state's $700 million in Race to the Top winnings - will go to Wireless Generation, owned by Rupert...
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Home - Inside Higher Ed

insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...
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TEDxNYEd Talk | vivirlaeducacion

vivirlaeducacion.com - Publicado el 10 Junio 2011Archivado en Josep | Desde el departamento de autopromoción desvergonzada viene mi charla TEDxNYEd que di hace unas semanas. Es un verdadero honor. Resulta increíblemente ...
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India's Call Center Workers Rack Up Complaints

womensenews.org - Female workers are widespread in the low-paying jobs in India's $40 billion business process outsourcing industry. Workplace hazards, ranging from stress-induced ailments to social lives shattered ...
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School Tech Connect: Another Fax Won't Kill You...

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Another Fax Won't Kill You...Another Fax Won't Kill You...by effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)In for a penny, in for a pound...On good advice, I just faxed the governor regardin...
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Another Fax Won't Kill You...

schooltechconnect.com - In for a penny, in for a pound... On good advice, I just faxed the governor regarding SB 79, the bill sponsored by my own state senator that would in a nutshell provide an end-run around democrat...
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