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nypost.com - A test-run of a new teacher evaluation system set to be phased in this fall rated a whopping 18 percent of participating teachers as "ineffective" -- a designation that can get even tenured teacher...

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Gotham shorts « JD2718

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Gotham shorts « JD2718Gotham shortsby jd2718I’ve been more or less off-line for a month, and haven’t looked closely at Gotham Schools in even longer. A hot day is a good time for A/C and a return.1...

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Klein's DC, NYC Work Prep For News Corp Scandal : NPR

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Klein's DC, NYC Work Prep For News Corp Scandal : NPRKlein's DC, NYC Work Prep For News Corp Scandalby THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWhen Joel Klein left his post as head of New York City schools to join Rup...

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Report: US preps subpoenas for News Corp. - TODAY News

today.msnbc.msn.com - The Justice Department is readying subpoenas as part of a probe into allegations that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. attempted to hack into phones of Sept. 11 victims, the Wall Street Journal reported...

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Jonah?

schooltechconnect.com - How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? So, I went for a long ride through the Loop tonight, after posting that last Edelman subclip, and I guess I need help resolving some questions. Here's what ...

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School Tech Connect: Your Moment of Zinn

schooltechconnect.com - Just messing with Youtube's video editor. I'm liking it better than Jaycut. I've decided to work with the lovely and charming Jonah Edelman while discovering the limits of Youtube. All I've done h...

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Hyatt -- 'It was the manager's fault'

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Some guy named Farley says, "Hyatt is sorry."CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hyatt hotels apologized Friday for an incident in which heat lamps were turned on above workers on strike at a Chicago hotel, when...

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Troubles That Money Can’t Dispel

nytimes.com - “Bury your mistakes,” Rupert Murdoch is fond of saying. But some mistakes don’t stay buried, no matter how much money you throw at them. Time and again in the United States and elsewher...

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Raising the Ceiling on Income Subject to It)

robertreich.org - The very idea that Social Security might be on the chopping block in order to pay the ransom Republicans are demanding reveals both the cravenness of their demands and the callowness of the opposit...

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Chicago Hyatt turns heat lamps on picketing workers

dailykos.com - In winter, it can be awfully nice to walk by a luxury hotel that has heat lamps over its entryway. It would be less nice on a day with temperatures over 90 degrees and a heat index over 100 degrees...

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The perfect formula for toast

wildaboutmath.com - From the BBC:Food scientists at the UK’s University of Leeds have developed a formula for making the perfect piece of toast. The equation – which details butter and toast temperature – took three m...

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Daytrips for Davisites: Citrus, Sangria & Wine in Winters

davis.patch.com - Even when there’s nothing in particular going on in Winters, many Davisites spend time there on weekends. Whether it be breakfast at the Putah Creek Café or live music at the Palms, it’s an easy dr...

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Gotham shorts « JD2718

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Gotham shorts « JD2718Gotham shortsby jd2718I’ve been more or less off-line for a month, and haven’t looked closely at Gotham Schools in even longer. A hot day is a good time for A/C and a return.1...

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Jonah?

schooltechconnect.com - How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? So, I went for a long ride through the Loop tonight, after posting that last Edelman subclip, and I guess I need help resolving some questions. Here's what ...

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School Tech Connect: Your Moment of Zinn

schooltechconnect.com - Just messing with Youtube's video editor. I'm liking it better than Jaycut. I've decided to work with the lovely and charming Jonah Edelman while discovering the limits of Youtube. All I've done h...

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