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If you sit at the table with dogs, don’t complain when you get up with fleas. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement from the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the Illinois Education Association, and the Chicago Teachers Union, regarding the comments by Stand for Children’s CEO, Jon...
fklonskyAPS 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...
coopmike48Publicopoly 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...
coopmike48NYC Educator: Gee Mister, Can I Have My Ball Back?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: Gee Mister, Can I Have My Ball Back?Gee Mister, Can I Have My Ball Back?by NYC EducatorYou hear the most remarkable things about the "Children First" crowd. For the last few days the ...
coopmike48This 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 ...
coopmike48Schooling 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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L.A. officials unexpectedly move to shut down charters implicated in cheating
latimesblogs.latimes.com - In an unexpected action, Los Angeles school officials Tuesday voted against renewing the operating agreements of two charter schools involved in a cheating scandal last year. The decision could lea...
DianeRavitchNew York City has found the recipe for school failure
dailykos.com - New York City has plans to close 22 "failing" schools, taking the view that if those schools can't do right by their students, they shouldn't continue to exist. Because students deserve better, and...
DianeRavitchStudents in Milwaukee voucher program didn't perform better in state tests
host.madison.com - MATTHEW DeFOUR | mdefour@madison.com | 608-252-6144 madison.com | | Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:40 am As Republican lawmakers push for expansion of Milwaukee's 20-year-old voucher program, st...
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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...
mikeklonskyKimble's Corner: Transcript of First Ever Twitter Town Hall
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Kimble's Corner: Transcript of First Ever Twitter Town HallTranscript of First Ever Twitter Town Hallby Representative KimbleHere is the log of our historic first ever Twitter Town Hall. To make se...
coopmike48School 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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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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Court of Appeals Strikes Down Michigan Ballot Initiative Blocking Equal Opportunity in University Admissions | The Defenders Online
thedefendersonline.com - (New York, NY) – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down a Michigan ballot initiative that unconstitutionally limited access to opportunity at the state’s public universi...
coopmike48Judge upholds Lancaster's policy on prayer before meetings
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Lancaster officials have the right to pray to Jesus before council meetings, a U.S. district judge ruled this week. According to information released by the city Tuesday, the judgment allows Lancas...
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The Wonkster » Blog Archive » Publisher Runs for Mayor
gothamgazette.com - With Mayor Michael Bloomberg set to exit the city’s political scene in 2013, another wealthy
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Carl Bernstein - Rupert Murdoch Hacking Scandal - Lawrence O'Donnell
mediaite.com - video It’s been quite the week or so for journalistic ethics given the end of News of the World and the continuing corruption scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp/News International enterpr...
coopmike48WI Dems: Time for a fist bump
teamsternation.blogspot.com - (Thanks to Blue Cheddar for the headline) Things are looking very, very good for the real Dems. Nancy Nusbaum and Jennifer Shilling have been declared winners by the Associated Press. Yay! All of o...
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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...
fklonskyWisconsin 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...
mikeklonskyWalker Ushers in Anything Goes Politics! Now we have to fight the Primary Fake Voters...
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - The idea that the Wisconsin 14 did anything outrageous or wrong is GOP spin. It gave everyone time to find out what Walker and the Fitzgerald brothers were up to. It also takes everyone's eyes off ...
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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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The World’s Biggest Givers - Luisa Kroll - Bounty Hunter - Forbes
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The World’s Biggest Givers - Luisa Kroll - Bounty Hunter - ForbesThe World’s Biggest GiversMay. 19 2011 - 9:59 pm | 5,791 views | 2 recommendations | 2 commentsAt Forbes we spend a lot of time calc...
coopmike48Part 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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Urban, Low SES & Black Male – The single story of African-American & Latino kids in US schools. « Happy Teacher LA
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Urban, Low SES & Black Male – The single story of African-American & Latino kids in US schools. « Happy Teacher LAUrban, Low SES & Black Male – The single story of African-American & Latino kids in...
coopmike48L.A. officials unexpectedly move to shut down charters implicated in cheating - latimes.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - L.A. officials unexpectedly move to shut down charters implicated in cheating - latimes.comL.A. officials unexpectedly move to shut down charters implicated in cheatingIn an unexpected action, Los ...
coopmike48Kimble's Corner: Transcript of First Ever Twitter Town Hall
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Kimble's Corner: Transcript of First Ever Twitter Town HallTranscript of First Ever Twitter Town Hallby Representative KimbleHere is the log of our historic first ever Twitter Town Hall. To make se...
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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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