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nypost.com - Mayor Bloomberg has helped land a job for a state senator who lost his re-election bid last year after coming out in support of charter schools -- a post at Bloomberg LP. Craig Johnson told friends...

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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 |...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Quest to build a better data system lands teacher in hot water

gothamschools.org - A teacher who left the system to peddle a program he created to make up for shortcomings in the education department’s data system was fined this month by the city’s ethics board. In 2009, Jesse Ol...

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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...

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solidaridad: Alicia Brossy de Dios Reports Back from First Save Clay MS Community Meeting

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Alicia Brossy de Dios Reports Back from First Save Clay MS Community MeetingAlicia Brossy de Dios Reports Back from First Save Clay MS Community Meetingby Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"...

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Shared Sacrifice: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

sanders.senate.gov - Dear Mr. President, This is a pivotal moment in the history of our country. Decisions are being made about the national budget that will impact the lives of virtually every American for decades to ...

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Fmr. GOP Sen. Alan Simpson Calls Republican Refusal To Raise Revenue ‘Absolute Bullshit’

thinkprogress.org - NEWS FLASH Fmr. GOP Sen. Alan Simpson Calls Republican Refusal To Raise Revenue ‘Absolute Bullshit’ | Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson blasted his intransigent GOP colleagues on the hill today for fail...

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City of Milwaukee gets nasty fast with two public union locals

uppitywis.org - OutrageousBuried in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story today on local reaction to Scott Walker's new union-busting law: Two of 17 other union locals were without contracts as of Wednesday, so those...

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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 ...

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This is a stick-up. Your pension or your job.

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Western Supported Lynching of Black Africans in Libya…‏

dailycensored.com - Click the link below to listen to the show.Please join us this episode as we were joined by Dr. Randy Short and Mr. Navid Nasr for an important dialogue on the continued destructive US government, ...

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"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation." - Plato - THE DAILY RIFF

thedailyriff.com - Play TimeIs there a play deficit in this country?Perfect weekend story. In this TODAY video below, Darell Hammond and KaBOOM! are featured. His background and "giving back" story is good news, i...

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Grand jury report critical of Twin Rivers school district - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News

sacbee.com - A Sacramento County Grand Jury report released today accuses Twin Rivers Unified School District of administrative and financial mismanagement.Twin Rivers school district officials quickly fired ba...

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'No On SB 5': How we got 1.3 million signatures

my.firedoglake.com - One at a time, that’s how. I know that’s a flippant way to put it, but all the big picture stuff risks losing sight of the most important thing of all: This happened because passionately committed ...

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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 ...

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Remainders: New data tool reveals a wide ‘opportunity gap’

gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer A new data tool allows comparisons of opportunities offered from school to school. (ProPublica) The data comes from the U.S. DOE’s civil rights office and show great disparities....

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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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Mongols can keep name, logo after judge rejects government's effort to seize gang's insignia

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The Mongols motorcycle gang will be allowed to keep its name and trademark logo after a federal court judge rejected the government’s attempts to seize control of their use. In an eight-page ruling...

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solidaridad: Alicia Brossy de Dios Reports Back from First Save Clay MS Community Meeting

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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...

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Save Our Schools March @ the Capitol | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools March @ the Capitol | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public EducationSave Our Schools March @ the Capitolby adminDate: Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 11:00am - 3:00pmCA Rally & MarchS...

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