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The Save Our Schools March: Why I Won't Be Marching
laststand4children.blogspot.com - By: Monica Caldwell In May, I was appointed as Last Stand for Children First's East Coast Director of Teacher Development. This has been a wonderful experience for me and I would have to say even ...
DianeRavitchJohn Thompson: On the Eve of the March, Phony Reforms are on the Ropes - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by John ThompsonOn the eve of our Save Our Schools March, we should look anew on the "reform" wars. The S.O.S. March will highlight educators' ideas for improving our schools. To save an...
DianeRavitchSchools Matter: The new tough FCAT writing test
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: The new tough FCAT writing testThe new tough FCAT writing testby skrashenThe new, tougher FCAT writing test based on incorrect assumptionsSent to the Orlando Sentinel, July 26, 2011...
coopmike48Can’t go to the SOS March? Here’s what you can do instead! « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Can’t go to the SOS March? Here’s what you can do instead! « Parents Across AmericaCan’t go to the SOS March? Here’s what you can do instead!by pureparentsThousands of people will be converging on ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 25, 2011 Generations of Americans with disabilities have improved our country in countless ways. Refusing to accept the worl...
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School District Won't Allow Black Valedictorian, Lawsuit Alleges
huffingtonpost.com - After four years of nearly straight-A's, Honor's and Advanced Placement classes, 18-year-old Kymberly Wimberly achieved the highest GPA at McGehee Secondary School in Little Rock, Arkansas, accordi...
mikeklonskyPlease help Rochester save its public schools
dailykos.com - All over this country, our public education system and our teachers are under attack. Some people have accepted the meme shoveled out by the public school privateers (Republicans and Democrats alik...
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NYC Public School Parents: Noah Gotbaum on the announcement of new head for OFIA
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Noah Gotbaum on the announcement of new head for OFIANoah Gotbaum on the announcement of new head for OFIAby Leonie HaimsonToday it was announced that Ojeda Hall was leav...
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Americans angry, fearful, and utterly engaged amid debt ceiling showdown
winnipegfreepress.com - The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION By: Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press Posted: 07/26/2011 4:30 PM | Comments: (including replies) | Last Modified: 07/26/2011 5:31 PM JIM WATSON / THE ASSOCIAT...
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Glenn Beck criticized for comparing Norway victims to "Hitler Youth" - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - Glenn Beck addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Feb. 20, 2010. (Credit: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) criticized ...
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Rep. Watt’s Disgraceful Attempt to Destroy the OCE | CREW
citizensforethics.org - July 21, 2011By CREW Staff As the House moves to consider the budget, the Rules Committee has approved for debate an amendment offered by Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC), cutting the budget of the Office of C...
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Gutierrez arrested during immigration march
abclocal.go.com - July 26, 2011 (WASHINGTON) (WLS) -- Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez was arrested during an immigration protest at the White House on Tuesday. The Democrat was one of about 10 protesters arres...
mikeklonskyChicago police use more deadly force as gang war heats up
csmonitor.com - Chicago police have already shot and killed more people this year than they did in 2010. Officials blame a 'wanton disregard for law,' but critics say police have been too aggressive against gangs....
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 26, 2011 On June 25, 1950, the Korean peninsula erupted in conflict, becoming the front line of an intensifying Cold War. F...
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Off grid « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - We are heading north today from Grand Teton National Park just a few miles to Yellowstone. What is almost impressive as the incredible beauty of this part of Wyoming is the people we have met who w...
fklonskyMoney Money Money « The Treehorn Express
treehornexpress.wordpress.com - The Treehorn Express If you have read Florence Patty’s The Shrinking of Treehorn you will know of Treehorn’s dilemma. As he shrunk, adults who cared for him, ignored his condition. Adult haughtines...
leoniehaimsonRemainders: ACS head is leaving, against Bloomberg’s wishes
gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer John Mattingly, head of the city’s embattled Administration for Children’s Services is resigning. (NBC NY) A London school is embracing old-fashioned tracking, replete with color...
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Child poverty statistics - countries compared
nationmaster.com - A report by the United Nations Children’s Fund has found that child poverty has risen over the past decade in three-quarters of the 25 richest countries in the world. According to the study, Denmar...
mikeklonskyIf Corporations And The Rich Paid Taxes At The Same Level As The 1960s, The Debt Would Disappear
thinkprogress.org - As congressional negotiators continue to debate the contents of a deficit reduction package, discussions are reportedly tilting toward a deal that will include spending cuts but no revenue increase...
mikeklonskyWealth gap widens between whites, minorities
syracuse.com - WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leav...
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Bill Gates To Reinvent The Toilet
mashable.com - The man who revolutionized the personal computer is putting his efforts — and foundation — to revolutionizing toilets. Microsoft founder Bill Gates said he will dedicate $42 million towards reinven...
mikeklonskySpare the rod and develop the child
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩStudy suggests non-corporal discipline aids children's executive-functioning abilityChildren in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving "executive f...
coopmike48Transcendental Meditation improves brain functioning in ADHD students
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - A non-drug approach to enhance students' ability to learnA random-assignment controlled study published today in Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry (Vol 2, No 1) found improved brain functioni...
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Our Think/Do Tank workshop at the SOS Conference in D.C.
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - American University Thursday, July 28 from 1:45 - 3:45 P.M. The national SOS action in Washington isn’t the end but hopefully the beginning of our organizing work in defense of public education a...
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Matt Damon Joins Other Supporters in the ‘Save Our Schools March’ | ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Matt Damon Joins Other Supporters in the ‘Save Our Schools March’ | ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossipMatt Damon Joins Other Supporters in the ‘Save Our Schools March’Filed under: events: D...
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This Week In Education: Events: Saving The SOS March #SOSMarch
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Events: Saving The SOS MarchEvents: Saving The SOS Marchby Alexander RussoThe upcoming Save Our Schools march in DC this week needs something more than angry frustration and...
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