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NEA Standing Strong #NEARA11 #SEE11 #LearnNEA

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Standing Strong #NEARA11 Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011NEA Standing Strong #NEARA11 Published by Coopmike48 – 14 contributors todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONART & EN...
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elc-pa.org - Pennsylvania's Best Investment? Public Education, says new report Investing in public eduation initiatives, from quality pre-kindergarten programs to lowering class size in elementary schools, pa...
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New York prepares for surge of gays seeking to wed

sfgate.com - Albany, N.Y. -- From City Hall in Manhattan to rural hamlets upstate, New York officials began to prepare Saturday for a surge in gay couples expected to flood clerks' offices next month seeking to...
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Love a Local Business - Intuit

lovealocalbusiness.intuit.com - Vote to Help Your Favorite Local Businesses Win Big There’s over $1 Million in grants at stake; your votes help decide who gets them.Voting is easy, and fast. Just share a few brief thoughts about ...
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Young D.C. principal quits and tells why

washingtonpost.com - Bill Kerlina won a plum assignment when he was hired away from Montgomery County in July 2009 to become a principal in Northwest Washington. Phoebe Hearst Elementary was a small, high-performing sc...
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NCLB and the Ways of Leaving a Sinking Ship

nepc.colorado.edu - When the captain says she’s going down, it should not be surprising to see the ship’s officers checking the davits and taking the lifeboat covers off. So here we are, watching the crew react now th...
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - As the 9,000 delegates to the NEA RA arrive in Chicago this week, some might want to head over to Whittier School at 23rd and Damen to show support for the parents, teachers and students who are fi...
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Brown solidified credibility with veto

contracostatimes.com - SACRAMENTO -- In vetoing the Legislature's budget 10 days ago, Gov. Jerry Brown took some sharp jabs from members of his own party, who accused him of betraying their trust, among other things. But...
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Political wrestling match likely over N.J. budget

northjersey.com - TRENTON — Republicans and Democrats will be at it again this week as details on New Jersey's state budget will be hammered out. RECORD FILE PHOTO The Legislature will hammer out New Jersey's budge...
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Today in Labor History—June 26

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/06/today-in-labor-historyjune-26.html"; June 26, 1894 - The American Railway Union launched a boycott of all trains carrying Pullman cars, turning...
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Why Is He Bi? (Sigh)

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON HE was born this way. Bi. Not bisexual. Not even bipartisan. Just binary. Our president likes to be on both sides at once. In Afghanistan, he ...
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Twin Peaks' pink triangle unfurled

sfgate.com - Susana Bates / Special to The Chronicle A pink triangle will remain on Twin Peaks through this evening to mark Gay Pride Weekend. San Francisco -- A huge pink triangle was raised Saturday on Twin P...
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Custody Disputes Now Tougher for Battered Moms

womensenews.org - It's been 25 years since Phyllis Chesler wrote "Mothers on Trial" to help women fight their child-custody battles. In this excerpt from her revised book, she reviews what's changed, for better and ...
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Our Hearts Were Young And Gay

tbogg.firedoglake.com - Someday, long after most of us are dead and gone and then reincarnated and then dead again and then maybe reincarnated once more, someone is going to have to explain to future generations why there...
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Two teens arrested in shooting of five in San Francisco

contracostatimes.com - San Francisco police arrested two teenagers after a Saturday evening shooting near Seventh and Market streets that sent five victims, including four bystanders, to the hospital, a police lieutenant...
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Schools Matter: Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better Tests

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better TestsBitter Lessons from Chasing Better Testsby P. L. ThomasIn a New York Times Op-Ed (22 March 2009), E. D. Hirsch Jr. argued, "We do not need to...
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Do We Respect Seattle Teachers? | Seattle Education

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Do We Respect Seattle Teachers? | Seattle EducationDo We Respect Seattle Teachers?by KristinSeattle’s public schools sure have been through a lot in the 2010-2011 school year. On top of the multimi...
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