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An Interesting Few Days - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah, I had planned to write about an important new report from the National Research Council that shows the risks and ineffectiveness of high-stakes testing, but I have to put that off unt...

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coopmike48 N.Y. group that got billions for poor schools in talks to merge with Newark-based Education Law Center | NJ.com -http://goo.gl/ntjeb9 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Xenophobia Behind NYT Charter Schools Story?

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - June 8, 2011 | Posted At: 12:09 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Media Watch Substitute "Canadian" for "Turkish" and "Christian" for "Islam" and.... no one would care. -- An email response ...

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Higher [Hedge)ucation

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Harvard and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of African farmland in deals, some of which may...

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Angry Homeowners 'Foreclose' on Lenders

bucks.blogs.nytimes.com - Owners of a house in Florida have engineered a reverse foreclosure against a bank. That makes two so far this year. Just one more, and it’s officially a trend, right? Earlier this year, Patrick Rod...

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Higher [Hedge)ucation

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Harvard and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of African farmland in deals, some of which may...

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Sikh man in US punched by man who called him "Osama's brother"

articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com - In a "bias" attack, a Sikh man in US lost 3 teeth after being punched by a man, who accused him of being related to slain al-Qaida chief.PTI, Jun 7, 2011, 04.40pm ISTNEW YORK: In a "bias" attack, a...

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We are not a monolith…well…sort of..

beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Nancy Sepulveda Individualism (and its variations) are a part of the American fabric; the idea that YOU are unique, YOU are your own person, YOU control your destiny, is an integral part of the ...

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Pending Alabama Immigration Law Violates Federal Law

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:09 am, June 9, 2011 Photo Credits: Alabama Immigration Law The Alabama legislature passed a bill last week that requires schools to collect citizenship information on students. The b...

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"he's chinese... he's got squinty eyes and yellow skin."

blog.angryasianman.com - Saw this one on Gawker... Oh, Australia. You've been giving us some of the best stuff lately. On a recent newscast, they were reporting on a Chinese lottery winner who showed up to collect his priz...

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Questions surround feds' raid of Stockton home

news10.net - STOCKTON, CA - A federal education official Wednesday morning offered little information as to why federal agents raided a Stockton man's home Tuesday morning. The resident, Kenneth Wright, does no...

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In Ackerman’s Hands « City School Stories

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Notes from the Field « City School StoriesIn Ackerman’s HandsSubmitted by Frank Murphy, June 8, 2011Last Thursday I published a post in which I requested that Arlene Ackerman listen to the voice of...

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