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Simmering discontent puts Stand for Children in hot water
portlandtribune.com - By Jennifer Anderson Pamplin Media Group, Jul 19, 2011 Thousands of people attended a February 2009 rally on the capitol steps in Salem organized by Stand for Children. The Portland group faces hea...
fklonskyTeachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents"I think we need to stop assuming we know what parents wantin our classroom...
coopmike48News Corp must now face greater scrutiny in the US | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk - James and Rupert Murdoch appear before the Commons culture, media and sport committee. Photograph: Parbul/Getty Images "People say that Australia has given two people to the world," Julian Assange ...
leoniehaimsonAfter early win, PS 9 parents lose bid to keep charter school out
gothamschools.org - A legal challenge that prompted city education officials to rewrite all of its co-location plans was denied today. Well before the co-location was approved in February, parents at Brooklyn’s PS 9 h...
coopmike48I'm In! Why I March
schooltechconnect.com - Let me just say that it has not been an easy season here at School TechConnect. On top of that, it's hard for me to travel for a variety of reasons. (Did you like the self-referencing link there? A...
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Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education
pearsonfoundation.org - Key facts Finland’s society is relatively homogeneous. Out of a population of 5.3 million, only 3.8% are foreign-born, against an OECD average of 12.9%. Finland spends 5.9% of its gross domestic pr...
DianeRavitchPutting the Principal’s Survey Into Perspective
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The National Education Association recently passed some kind of resolution to oppose TFA sending corps members to cities that are not suffering teacher shortages. This, of course, was the original ...
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Portland struggles with SFC scandal – Colorado braces for SFC invasion « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Jul 20, 2011 pureparents Posted by Julie Woestehoff – PURE, Chicago For a small city, Portland OR is dealing with a big dust-up – the Stand for Children scandal. SFC originated in Portland, and was...
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Incumbent Wins First Recall Election in Wisconsin - State EdWatch
blogs.edweek.org - An incumbent Democrat, state Sen. Dave Hansen, easily defeated his opponent Tuesday in the first of nine recall elections in Wisconsin being held in the aftermath of the state's divisive fight over...
coopmike48Durbin: Group's defict reduction plan not part of debt-ceiling talks
chicagotribune.com - By Rick Pearson Clout Street 2:57 p.m. CDT, July 20, 2011 The No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Illinois’ Dick Durbin, said today it’s unlikely that “any aspect” of deficit-reduction talks by a bi...
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Save Social Security
sanders.enews.senate.gov - Save Social Security The latest idea to emerge in negotiations over a deficit-reduction package came from a group of senators that calls itself the Gang of Six. The proposal would be a disaster, Se...
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LulzSec Hackers Make Enemies Online
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - Lulz Security, the hacking group that has been on a spree lately, might think its antics are hilarious. But some others in the hacker world are sick of its games. After six weeks of attacks — and h...
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Corporate union bashers, triangulating Democrats and the IEA leadership sing praises of SB7, do a “Kumbaya.” « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Jonah Edeleman wasn’t invited to the DC party. Senator Lightford is here. Oh, look! There’s Audrey Soglin. And Elliot Regenstein from the Clinton think tank, The Center for American Progress. The ...
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solidaridad: Open Letter to Danielle Katzir of Parent Revolution and Green Dot Charter Schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Open Letter to Danielle Katzir of Parent Revolution and Green Dot Charter SchoolsOpen Letter to Danielle Katzir of Parent Revolution and Green Dot Charter Schoolsby Robert D. Skeels * ...
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Summary of the "Gang of Six Plan"
sanders.senate.gov - July 20, 2011 Provides major tax cuts to the wealthy and large corporations. * The Gang of Six plan reduces the top marginal income tax rate for the wealthiest Americans and most profitabl...
mikeklonskyGang of Six Plan Gives Tax Breaks for Wealthy, Social Security Cuts for Ordinary Workers
truth-out.org - Washington, D.C.- The budget plan produced by the Senate’s “Gang of Six” offers the promise of huge tax breaks for some of the wealthiest people in the country, while lowering Social Security benef...
mikeklonskyNalco expected to be bought for $5 billion | Manufacturing
chicagobusiness.com - July 19, 2011 (Crain's) — Industrial water treatment firm Nalco Holding Co. is poised to be acquired for about $5 billion, according to a report.Ecolab Inc., a cleaning and sanitizing products comp...
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Farewell Google Labs, You've Been Good To Us - Technology
theatlanticwire.com - Today Google announced the end of Google Labs, the virtual workshop where users can tinker with prototypes of early Google developments. They attribute the closure to wanting to spend more time on ...
coopmike48OS X Lion Is Out Today: The Pros and Cons - Technology
theatlanticwire.com - Apple's new operating system OS X Lion is available for download today at the Mac App Store. For a modest $29.99 and the amount of time it takes for your Internet connection to digest a 4 gigabyte ...
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Happy trails. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - A few years back I was at the NEA RA in Dallas. No offense to the Dallas folks, but it’s not my favorite place. As someone once said, “There’s not much there there.” Some good barbecue. I stood on ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, and Merit Pay
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, and Merit PaySanta Claus, The Easter Bunny, and Merit Payby DukeIf we all close our eyes and WISH hard enough, all of our dreams will magically come t...
coopmike48Governor Quinn Announces New Law That Will Expand School Choice in Illinois
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Illinois.gov - Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) - Search the News ResultsGovernor Quinn Announces New Law That Will Expand School Choice in IllinoisNew Law Will Improve Quality of Illinois’ ...
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solidaridad: Open Letter to Danielle Katzir of Parent Revolution and Green Dot Charter Schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Open Letter to Danielle Katzir of Parent Revolution and Green Dot Charter SchoolsOpen Letter to Danielle Katzir of Parent Revolution and Green Dot Charter Schoolsby Robert D. Skeels * ...
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What makes us citizens? #bloggermarch #sosmarch « Cooperative Catalyst
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What makes us citizens? #bloggermarch #sosmarch « Cooperative CatalystWhat makes us citizens? #bloggermarch #sosmarchby Chad SansingUntitled by g_WalterThis is, perhaps, my favorite passage from th...
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