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Big Education Ape: 7-19-11 PM ‘I’m sick of begging’: Congress do the right thing EDition

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Wire Tapping and Phone hacking the Same thing?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - "Can We Tape?"A Practical Guide to Taping Phone Calls and In-Person Conversations in the 50 States and D.C.IntroductionState-by-state guideTape-recording lawsat a glanceConsent and its limitsInters...

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Kozol: ‘I’m sick of begging’ Congress to do the right thing - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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The DOE-invented credit recovery scam and how it infected my school

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - For more on how credit recovery has led to accelerated rates of credit accumulation, especially at the new small schools, see Jackie Bennett at EdWize. But the practice of passing students, regard...

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Priminent National Education Reformer Making a Home in Nashville

missouri-news.org - One of Tennesssee’s newest residents, who happens to be a rock star of education reform, told an attentive group of southern legislators in Memphis Sunday it’s time to bring back a culture of compe...

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Why does saying, “I’m sorry,” get you out of being indicted? « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - It seems that Rupert Murdoch took a page out of the Jonah Edelman playbook. He took out advertisements in various papers the other day and said, “I’m sorry.” Will that save him. It mght. It seems t...

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Teacher Stability and Turnover in Los Angeles: Policy Analysis for California Education

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Policy Analysis for California EducationThe Influence of Teacher and School CharacteristicsJuly 13, 2011 by Corinne ArraezIn a new PACE Working Paper, Xiaoxia A. Newton, Rosario Rivero, Bruce Fulle...

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New York City Abandons Teacher Bonus Program

nytimes.com - A New York City program that distributed $56 million in performance bonuses to teachers and other school staff members over the last three years will be permanently discontinued, the city Departmen...

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Shanker Blog » Teacher Evaluations: Don't Begin Assembly Until You Have All The Parts

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Last Stand for Children First: A Future Educator Talks About Changes She'd Like to See in Education

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Murdoch: Public ed is a "near monopoly"

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Gates & MurdochLast year, Rupert Murdoch, owner of the world's second largest communications conglomerate, went on a tirade against U.S. public education, calling it a "near monopoly." It wasn't cl...

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Rep. Miller and Musician Eleanor Friedberger join Arne for Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Part II

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SIGN THE PETITION – Sign the form below and join Bernie Sanders and Daily Kos in saying no to any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

services.myngp.com - Sign the form below to join Bernie Sanders and Daily Kos in saying no to any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Dear Friend, In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great ...

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Obama endorses Feinstein bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act

latimes.com - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.(Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images) By Christine Mai-Duc July 19, 2011, 12:29 p.m. President ...

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SIGN THE PETITION – Sign the form below and join Bernie Sanders and Daily Kos in saying no to any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

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News Corp's independent directors hire own legal team over phone hacking | Media

guardian.co.uk - Rod Eddington is among News Corp's nine independent directors. Photograph: Str/EPA The independent directors of News Corp have appointed their own legal team as the company faces shareholder law su...

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Murdoch Selects Advisers Carefully - WSJ.com

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Education Petition: Ask the NYS & NYC Comptrollers to cancel no-bid Wireless Gen contracts!

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California urges student whooping cough vaccinations

insidebayarea.com - LOS ANGELES -- As the peak of whooping cough season and the school year approach, California public health officials are pushing parents to get middle and high school students vaccinated against th...

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Time for Obama Admin to Show Some Spine on Reproductive Health Care

danagoldstein.net - Good news! An Institue of Medicine panel has recommended that, under health reform, insurance companies be required to provide women with co-pay-free birth control. Read: FREE birth control if you...

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Hispanics Need to Practice Sun Safety Regardless of Skin Color

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 10:13 am, July 19, 2011 Photo Credits: Skin Cancer and Latinos Many Hispanics especially those that have not been in the U.S. for long periods of time tend to ignore sun-safety procedu...

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Cómo superar la crisis de la escuela media y estar listo para la universidad

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All Edublogs Are Now Ad-Free (& The Blogs Are Free, Too!)

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jul 18 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Edublogs has announced that all their blogs are now free of advertisements. In the past, you had a pay a few extra bucks for that feature. I think it’s still worth paying...

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