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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: This is a stick-up. Your pension or your job.
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: This is a stick-up. Your pension or your job.This is a stick-up. Your pension or your job.by Mike KlonskyMugging in MilwaukeeSupt. Thornton just fired 519 city teache...
About a Bard
slate.com - ASPEN, Col. -- This isn't news, but neither is most of what people write about Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.* So: indulge me.That is a photo of some of America's leading public intellectuals dr...
Education Leaders Urge Assessment Innovation, Not Super Test - Michael Horn - Disrupting Class - Forbes
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education Leaders Urge Assessment Innovation, Not Super Test - Michael Horn - Disrupting Class - ForbesEducation Leaders Urge Assessment Innovation, Not Super TestJun. 30 2011 - 9:59 am | 1 views |...
How a CPS teacher went from 'excellent' to 'do-not-hire' in one year | Ben Joravsky on Politics
chicagoreader.com - On June 25, Mayor Rahm Emanuel invited a group of recent education-school graduates to help change the world by signing up with the Chicago Public Schools. "I hope you stay in the Chicago area beca...
Shame on you!” —-> US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shame on you!” —-> US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan labeled Detroit “ground zero” in education reform by video conference.” great article by Detroit attorney Tom Stephens « Continuing ChangeSh...
New N.J. bills could halt growth of charter schools in suburbs, expand in unwelcome areas
nj.com - TRENTON — The Assembly advanced a package of bills tonight that could stymie the growth of charter schools in the suburbs while dramatically expanding their portfolio statewide.One bill (A3852), sp...
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Diane Ravitch on the Teaching Profession
educationnation.com - Diane Ravitch is an education historian, a Brookings fellow, and a member of the faculty of New York University. She’s also a former drag car racer and something of an education rock star (how many...
Guest commentary: To improve schools, shift funds to proven programs | Detroit Free Press
freep.com - Detroit Public Schools is about to undergo its fourth makeover in 18 months under a plan to create a new governing body called the Education Achievement System. The state-controlled EAS would opera...
Commuting to the NEA RA. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - It’s a Windy City RA. Although there will not be much wind tomorrow as the temperature threatens to hit triple digits. Outside McCormick Place. Inside it might get hotter. Merit pay, teacher perfor...
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The Watson Institute for International Studies
watsoninstitute.org - June 28, 2011 Nearly 10 years after the declaration of the War on Terror, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have killed at least 225,000 people, including men and women in uniform, contr...
Minnesota Braces for Government Shutdown
democraticunderground.com - Source: NYTWith only hours remaining before most Minnesota services will shut down if the state does not approve a new budget, political leaders met behind closed doors on Thursday but emerged agai...
Geithner Read 14th Amendment Passage on Public Debt to Reporters Last Month
firedoglake.com - GW law professor Jonathan Turley seemed disinclined to want to push the Constitutional option on the debt limit, in an interview with Keith Olbermann last night. While acknowledging that “the langu...
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Mark Halperin Has Now Called Obama Both Types of Genitalia
gawker.com - Hamilton Nolan —In your pleasant Thursday media column: Mark Halperin's Obama's-a-pussy flashback, Ashton Kutcher vs. the Village Voice, Greta Van Susteren calls for more outrage, an angry subject ...
ART ON THE BORDER Do You Know English? Ron English?
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:06 pm, June 30, 2011 Photo Credits: Ron English's Border Art Ron English says he “liberates” the surfaces he does art on. Has the U.S.-Mexico border been liberated, then?Ron English ...
Latin American Summit Cancelled, Chávez Will Stay in Cuba
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 10:48 am, June 30, 2011 Photo Credits: CALC Summit Cancelled due to Chave'z Health The Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry announced the postponement of the Latin American Summit, due ...
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Hotel housekeeping: Do you tip?
articles.cnn.com - Survey data shows that about 30% of U.S. hotel guests leave tips for hotel housekeepers, according to Michael Lynn, a professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.Since housek...
Today's Verdict - Todays Verdict
bronxnet.org - BronxNet | Bronx Legal | Todays VerdictDo you know your rights? Do you know the law? You don't have to be an expert but in these difficult financial times, knowledge is power. Bronx Legal is a live...
NYC Educator: Getting Away With Murder
nyceducator.com - It must be great to be Dennis Walcott. You ride around the city in a limo and the New York Times writes puff pieces about what a great guy you are. You've changed the tone, apparently. People like ...
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This is a stick-up. Your pension or your job.
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Mugging in MilwaukeeSupt. Thornton just fired 519 city teachers. Now he is threatening massive lay-offs unless the 5,600 members of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association would agree to pay ...
Milwaukee Today: NAACP’s Report on the City’s African Americans « Larry Miller's Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Milwaukee Today: NAACP’s Report on the City’s African Americans « Larry Miller's BlogMilwaukee Today: NAACP’s Report on the City’s African Americansby millerlfBy Lisa Kaiser Express Milwaukee 5/29/...
Shanker Blog » What Do State And Local Governments Do?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shanker Blog » What Do State And Local Governments Do?What Do State And Local Governments Do?Posted by Matthew Di Carlo on June 30, 2011Those who wish to dismantle public services in the U.S. seem ...
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California Supreme Court rules in overtime case
latimesblogs.latimes.com - The California Supreme Court decided unanimously Thursday that out-of-state residents who work for California-based companies are protected by the state's overtime laws during business trips here. ...
Activist seeks to have Santa Monica High incident prosecuted as hate crime
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Civil rights activist Najee Ali said Wednesday that an alleged racial incident at Santa Monica High School last month involving an African American student and other members of the school’s wrestli...
Operation Fast and Furious Linked to Death of Mexican Attorney - E.D. Kain - American Times
blogs.forbes.com - EducationJun. 30 2011 - 1:49 pm | 86 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN The failed gun-running surveillance operation, code-named Fast and Furious by the ATF, has now been linked to the tortur...
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Governor Signs Budget, Makes No Vetoes of Education Funding « State of Emergency
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Governor Signs Budget, Makes No Vetoes of Education Funding « State of EmergencyGovernor Signs Budget; Makes No Vetoes of Education Fundingby Leonard Feldman(SACRAMENTO) 30 June 2011 — Gov. Jerry B...
Rick Scott and Michelle Rhee praise charter that just got an 'F'
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Rick Scott and Michelle Rhee praise charter that just got an 'F'Rick Scott and Michelle Rhee praise charter that just got an 'F'by adminPhoto Credit:AP Photo/Alan DiazWritten by Kathleen McGrory, f...
EJ DIonne: Supreme Court and privilege, perfect together - NorthJersey.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - EJ DIonne: Supreme Court and privilege, perfect together - NorthJersey.comEJ DIonne: Supreme Court and privilege, perfect togetherFRIDAY, JULY 1, 2011BY EJ DIONNETHE WASHINGTON POSTTHE RECORDPAGES:...
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Commuting to the NEA RA. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - It’s a Windy City RA. Although there will not be much wind tomorrow as the temperature threatens to hit triple digits. Outside McCormick Place. Inside it might get hotter. Merit pay, teacher perfor...
For those considering accountability, evaluation and assessment reforms. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - For those considering accountability, evaluation and assessment reforms, it might be worth taking a a look at this report from the National Education Policy Center on the case of Florida.Former Flo...
Hotel housekeeping: Do you tip?
articles.cnn.com - Survey data shows that about 30% of U.S. hotel guests leave tips for hotel housekeepers, according to Michael Lynn, a professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.Since housek...