Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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Swanson turns positively Clintonian. Could Bill parse his words any better than this? « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Swanson turns positively Clintonian. Could Bill parse his words any better than this? « Fred Klonsky's blogSwanson turns positively Clintonian. Could Bill parse his words any better than this?by Fr...

coopmike48

School Tech Connect: School Policy Roadkill

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: School Policy RoadkillSchool Policy Roadkillby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)I keep meaning to write something about this beautiful post written from the trenches of a school ...

coopmike48

NYC Educator: In Good Company

nyceducator.com - Jonathan Alter of Newsweek, recently sold for a dollar, is now writing for Bloomberg. Unsurprisingly, he's written a hatchet job on Diane Ravitch. Ravitch, for the unforgivable offense of examinin...

fklonsky

Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Dawn Rhodes Tribune reporter 7:07 p.m. CDT, June 5, 2011 Chicago Public Schools parents will receive a letter from CEO Jean-Claude Brizard on Monday that outlines his administration's plans to a...

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Democrats raise new concerns about charter schools - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - A House education subcommittee held a hearing on public charter schools — but Republicans and Democrats issued such different takes on the session that it doesn’t sound like they were in the same r...

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EducationSee all

The return of Velderman. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Ben Velderman, my stalker, is back. Fred, If it’s any comfort, a colleague and fellow AFT union steward (NOT a teacher, he works in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights D...

fklonsky

In NYC Tomorrow: It's Broke So Fix It

earlyed.newamerica.net - How can we finally bring outstanding teaching to scale? What's at stake if we don't? And where do early childhood teachers -- those in preschool and the early grades of elementary schools -- fit in...

leoniehaimson

New Gates palace opens in Seattle

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Symbol of unchecked foundation powerNew Gates 900,000 sq. ft. "campus" cost $.5 billion in tax-exempt dollars.In order to keep its tax-exempt status, the Gates foundation has to give away about $3 ...

mikeklonsky

LivingSee all

Too slow. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - A memo from HR brought back a memory from 9 years ago. I was on our Local’s negotiating team, sitting at the table with representatives of the board and their lawyer. We have language in our contra...

fklonsky

Rogue page inspired by Arab uprising, wants Canadians to mobilize

thestar.com - A protester holding a sign reading "Stop Harper" is led from the room as Canada's Governor General David Johnston delivers the Speech from the Throne June 3, 2011. CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS Joanna Smith...

mikeklonsky

Why Don\'t They Just Come the Legal Way?, immigration news,

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Todays contribution is from UnDocumented.tv. Undocumented.tv is a media-driven, culture-shaping movement seeking to inspire and mobilize young Evangelical Christians towards championing the needs o...

coopmike48

PoliticsSee all

To Endorse Or Not Endorse

schooltechconnect.com - As we lurch closer to July, I see more people are taking up the question of whether or not the NEA should vote to endorse President Obama at its Representative Assembly here in bucolic Chicago. I c...

tbfurman

The Roundup for June 6, 2011

news.firedoglake.com - Today is the anniversary of D-Day, which back in my previous blogospheric life would cause a surge of traffic on my website, to the extent that I would have to put up a disclaimer about how this wa...

coopmike48

Today's Teamster News 06.07.11

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Connecticut Passes First-in-the-Nation Sick Days Bill Public News Service ...It requires certain businesses with 50 or more employees to allow workers to earn up to five sick days a year... Wisc...

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StoriesSee all

Women Atop Their Fields Dissect the Scientific Life

nytimes.com - Elena Aprile, Joy Hirsch, Mary-Claire King and Tal Rabin are members of a rare breed — women scientists at the top of their fields. Dr. Aprile, a professor of physics at Columbia Univer...

coopmike48

Library of Congress to train 2 teachers - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News

sacbee.com - Two Sacramento-area teachers have been selected to attend a summer training program in Washington, D.C., put on by the Library of Congress.Matt Cummings from Bridgeway Island K-8 Elementary in West...

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Sacramento schools compete in online video vote - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News

sacbee.com - Two Sacramento schools are vying for a share of $100,000 in cash prizes in the Lots2Give online video contest.David Reese Elementary and James Rutter Middle School, both in the Elk Grove Unified Sc...

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BusinessSee all

Bids To Have Lunch With Warren Buffett Already Reach $1.5 Million

huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK (Ben Berkowitz) - Double-dip recession or not, people will still pay any price to have lunch with Warren Buffett.The annual charity auction for lunch with the legendary 80-year-old investo...

mikeklonsky

Business tax break worth $128.7 million included in budget

defendwisconsin.org - Manufacturers and agricultural businesses would be allowed to shave as much as 7.5% off what they pay in state income taxes under a motion passed by a joint legislative committee Friday night. The ...

coopmike48

China stole $48B, 923K jobs from US in 2009

teamsternation.blogspot.com - "How stupid is the U.S.?" asks Robert Oak in a recent Economic Populist post. Pretty damn stupid. Oak cites a new U.S. government report that shows China brazenly stole $48 billion and 923,000 jo...

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SportsSee all

li na is china's first grand slam winner

blog.angryasianman.com - It was a historic moment in tennis. Over the weekend at the French Open, 29-year-old Li Na became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating defending champion Francesca Sc...

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