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School colour-codes pupils by ability | Education

guardian.co.uk - Students with purple ties are gifted and talented. All the children at Crown Woods college in Greenwich, south London, know that. They are taught in separate colour-coordinated buildings, play in f...

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Why I'm Marching in DC This Weekend

anurbanteacherseducation.com - As I wait in the airport for my flight to Washington, it strikes me that it might be worth taking the time to flesh out some of the reasons I decided to blow nearly $600 on a weekend in DC. At firs...

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The Bane of My Existence

schooltechconnect.com - Actually there are several banes. However, lately it's been 2.0 video editing. With the recent transformation/demise/whatever of Jaycut, I've been trying to find a video editor that works reliably....

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Teachers set to rally in D.C. for education reforms

palmbeachpost.com - By Allison RossPalm Beach Post Staff WriterUpdated: 4:19 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Posted: 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011A Palm Beach County face will be sharing the stage with actor Matt D...

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Voucher Advocacy Shifting Focus, Report Says

edweek.org - Published Online: July 27, 2011Voucher proponents have shifted their advocacy efforts from extolling the academic achievement of voucher participants to focusing on the value of school choice as a ...

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Robert Reich (The Empty Bully Pulpit)

robertreich.org - How did we get into this mess? I thought I’d seen Washington at its worst. I was there just after Watergate. I was there when Jimmy Carter imploded. I was there during the government shut-down of 1...

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Sheila Jackson Lee | Radical Islam Hearing | Right Wing

mediaite.com - Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee raised some eyebrows today at Republican Congressman Peter King’s Muslim Radicalization hearings. While King and the other members of the House Committee...

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ansel adams' manzanar book: born free and equal

blog.angryasianman.com - Several people have sent this my way... Originally published in 1944, legendary photographer Ansel Adams' book Born Free and Equal is a collection of photographs taken at the Manzanar Relocation Ce...

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Movies for the Classroom: Culloden (1964)

mrdsneighborhood.com - Recently, as I was packing for the Save Our Schools March this weekend, I ran into some clips of a film I haven’t seen in many years. Looking at it now, the film still shocks and absorbs me, especi...

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Muddying the Waters | CREW

citizensforethics.org - July 26, 2011By Jeremy Miller Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on legislation that would, among other things, provide critically needed amendments to the federal crim...

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Kaiser Permanente Earns High Marks for LGBT Healthcare

baycitizen.org - For the third year in a row, 19 Bay Area Kaiser Foundation hospitals were ranked amongst the nation’s leaders in healthcare equality for their lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender patients, accord...

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The Willful Child

rickackerly.com - Janet Lansbury showed her stuff again this week with her post about parenting willful two-year-olds.A battle of wills with a child is one of the classic challenges of parents and teachers. In my fi...

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For Republicans Who Hate Taxes & Government

queensteacher2.blogspot.com - Found a great comment that I had to shareSo, you’re a Republican that hates taxes? Well, since you do not like taxes or government, please kindly do the following.1. Do not use Medicare.2. Do not u...

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Work Is A Debilitating Disease

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/07/work-is-debilitating-disease.html"; Image by GDS InfographicsI was visiting a friend recently and noticed a sphygmomanometer on his dining room...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 27, 2011 WORLD HEPATITIS DAY, 2011BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONAcross our Nation, millions ...

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Brown defends veto of adult day healthcare legislation

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday defended his veto of legislation that would have provided a replacement for an adult day healthcare program cut in the latest state budget, saying that alternative servi...

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