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Publicopoly Exposed -- In These Times

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Publicopoly Exposed -- In These TimesThis article is permanently archived at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/main/article/11603/Publicopoly ExposedHow ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allie...

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APS cheating scandal reflects U.S. trend | ajc.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - APS cheating scandal reflects U.S. trend | ajc.comAPS cheating scandal reflects U.S. trendShareThisPrintE-mailBy Robert A. SchaefferThe Atlanta cheating scandal is likely the largest in scope in U...

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This Week In Education: Cheating: Is NAEP Next?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Cheating: Is NAEP Next?Cheating: Is NAEP Next?by Alexander RussoIncreasingly, NAEP scores are being used by big-city district leaders like former ATL head Beverly Hall as a ...

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That early morning phone call telling you that school has been canceled today! « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Here is what a lot of people don’t understand about a teacher’s contract and the work year. I work a per diem contract. 185 days. No paid vacations. No paid holidays. If the state legislature decid...

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The Shelters That Clinton Built

thenation.com - When Demosthene Lubert heard that Bill Clinton's foundation was going to rebuild his collapsed school at the epicenter of Haiti's January 12, 2010, earthquake, in the coastal city of Léogâne, the a...

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EducationSee all

Studies highlight troubles low-wage workers face, the effects on their children

washingtonindependent.com - Education reformers who maintain poverty is often a major hurdle in teaching students received a much needed boost last Thursday. Paul Tough wrote in New York Times Magazine that school reformers r...

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Koldyke's Chicago 'turnaround' investment

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schooling in the Ownership Society: Koldyke's Chicago 'turnaround' investmentKoldyke's Chicago 'turnaround' investmentby Mike KlonskyKoldykeIt all began when venture capitalist and Mayor Daley golf...

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Krugman to Teachers' Union: You're Not to Blame for the Economic Crisis

danagoldstein.net - Paul Krugman just finished speaking to an annual American Federation of Teachers conference in Washington, D.C. Unlike many of his fellow Times columnists--most notably David Brooks and Thomas Frie...

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Collinsville Illinois Bans Baggy Pants, Mayor 'Very Disappointed'

huffingtonpost.com - Despite the fact that laws banning baggy pants have been ruled unconstitutional by judges across the country, Collinsville, Illinois is the latest town to ban sagging trousers--and their mayor is n...

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Cyberbullies, beware | The Education Report

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Cyberbullies, beware | The Education ReportCyberbullies, bewareBy Katy MurphyMonday, July 11th, 2011 at 4:51 pm in politics, safety and discipline, violence.Bullying is grounds for suspension or ex...

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State worker unions protest blocked raises

chicagotribune.com - By Monique Garcia Clout Street 2:18 p.m. CDT, July 12, 2011 Several dozen union workers gathered at a downtown state office building this afternoon to protest Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to block rai...

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StoriesSee all

School Tech Connect: Scrub Completed

schooltechconnect.com - Crazy busy day here--- don't even get me started. My only observation is that the Aspen Ideas tech people have apparently had a talking-to about the persistence of the embed code for the Edelman Mo...

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Shadowboxing [To 50K and Beyond] | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shadowboxing [To 50K and Beyond] | The Jose VilsonShadowboxing [To 50K and Beyond]by JoseGolden Gloves Boxer, Shadow BoxingWriting these days has been an exercise in shadowboxing, fighting myself o...

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Confessions of a Partially Proficient Parent: Summer junk food

ednewsparent.org - I pulled my raincoat hood over my head as my daughter dangled a sugar-coated, multi-colored, chemical-laden gummy worm in front of her mouth as we sat down for her first ever outdoor Shakespeare ex...

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PoliticsSee all

Obama's Offer To Raise Medicare Age In Debt Deal Goes Over With Dems Like A 'Lead Balloon'

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - House Democrats, it turns out, aren't big on President Barack Obama offering to work with Republicans to raise the Medicare eligibility age up a couple years as part of a larger debt-reduction pack...

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Wisconsin Voters Head to Polls in Next Step to Recall the ‘Walker 6′ | AFL

blog.aflcio.org - Today, Wisconsin working family voters are taking another step to take back their government from Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) radical, anti-family, anti-community, pro-Koch Brothers agenda. And they ha...

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WI recall: It's about saving the middle class

teamsternation.blogspot.com - The first reports are in on turnout from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Apparently it's slow in River Forest and Shorewood. The Democratic candidates are Rep. Sandy Pasch (D-Whitefish Bay) and Gla...

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BusinessSee all

Eying 2013 Mayoral Race, Stringer Raises $655,000

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Demonstrating continued fund-raising strength as he eyes a likely bid for mayor in 2013, the Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer, is expected to report this week that he raised $655,000 ...

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Part II « Small Farmers. Big Change.

smallfarmersbigchange.coop - July 12, 2011 by Phyllis Robinson Part II: Reflections from the South, by Santiago Paz, Co-Manager, Cepicafe The following is an English translation of a video interview with Santiago Paz which fir...

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Robert Reich (The President's Jobs Plan (Not))

robertreich.org - What did the President do in response to last week’s horrendous job report — unemployment rising to 9.2 percent in June, with only 18,000 new jobs (125,000 are needed each month just to keep up wit...

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SportsSee all

Special Olympics softball competition - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - Roberto Guzman of Harrison Park takes a swing at the 13th annual Special Olympics softball skills competition, Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Grant Park. | Jean Lachat~Sun-Times Teammates from Harrison ...

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