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Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Email - The Education Gadfly: Is the charter
support.edexcellence.net - Opinion and News AnalysisOpinion: Is the charter-school movement stuck in a rut?By Chester E. Finn, Jr.As the U.S. charter fleet sails past the 5,000-school and two-decade markers, there is reason ...
Fewer than 9,000 NYC public school parents respond to communication survey, DOE ok with turnout
nydailynews.com - Fewer than 9,000 parents completed a $2 million Department of Education survey designed to boost communication with families. But Education Department officials said they were satisfied with the re...
Obama administration reaches out to education activists before march - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - Two days before thousands of teachers, parents and education activists are staging a march in Washington to protest the Obama administration’s education reform policies, U.S. officials have invited...
Schools march won’t unite us, but so what? - Class Struggle
washingtonpost.com - Thousands of educators and supporters are expected to be marching, rallying and talking in Washington this week in support of public schools. If I were at the “Save Our Schools” march around the Wh...
'Save our Schools' Leaders Decline White House Invitation - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - The organizers of the Save our Schools March and National Call to Action are saying "no thanks" to a White House invitation to meet with education advisers to President Barack Obama tomorrow.Organi...
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Can’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 ...
Blogger Fred Klonsky's crusade against public education reform | Ben Joravsky on Politics
chicagoreader.com - In the last few weeks, Fred Klonsky has been the Paul Revere of the school blogging world, writing post after post on his education blog warning readers that, in as many words, "The reformers are c...
Good For The SOS Marchers
schooltechconnect.com - I'm so proud of the March organizers; you really can't get the attention of this administration unless you're a hedge fund manager, a person who wants to eliminate Medicare and Social Security, or ...
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Marty Castro First Latino Chairperson Civil Rights Commission
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 6:28 pm, July 28, 2011 Photo Credits: Hispanic Standout Marty Castro As political pundits try to figure out what if any influence the Latino community is having on the President’s agen...
Texas Planned Parenthood Clinic Attacked With Molotov Cocktail
democraticunderground.com - Source: Huffington PostA McKinney, Texas, Planned Parenthood clinic that does not provide abortions was attacked with a Molotov cocktail late Tuesday night, causing a small fire at the entrance of ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release July 28, 2011 It is with great sorrow and sense of loss that I learned of the passing of the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States...
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ED Wraps Up its Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Summer Series | ED.gov Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ED Wraps Up its Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Summer Series | ED.gov BlogED Wraps Up its Let’s Read! Let’s Move! Summer SeriesPosted on July 28, 2011 by Guest BloggerSpecial guest Dora the Explorer joine...
Confession of a cheating teacher | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Confession of a cheating teacher | Philadelphia Public School NotebookConfession of a cheating teacherby Benjamin Heroldby Benjamin Heroldfor the Notebook/NewsWorksShe said she knows she's a good t...
Near-riot in Hollywood: Video from Electric Daisy premiere
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Numerous videos have emerged on YouTube showing Wednesday night's disturbance on Hollywood Boulevard involving the premiere of a movie about the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival. Crowds spill...
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Children's flash mob takes over Cesar Chavez park - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News
sacbee.com - Cesar Chavez Plaza looked pretty normal at 11 a.m. Thursday. People were sitting in the park across the street from Sacramento City Hall, eating their lunches under trees in the shade.But out of th...
Sacramento Press / Sacramento participates in National Night Out
sacramentopress.com - More than 50 neighborhood parties will be held Tuesday as Sacramento participates in the 28th annual National Night Out. It’s about crime prevention, said Sacramento Police Department spokesman Sgt...
Happy Blogiversary To Me!
oldschoolteach.wordpress.com - It’s been a year! It’s been a year since I sat down at my husband’s PC, (He eventually bought me a laptop), and decided to blog. I have never regretted it, ok, maybe once or twice, but that’s all! ...
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Pay to Play | MyFDL
my.firedoglake.com - Please Pay Here by stevendepolo on flickr Two interesting pieces here regarding the influence the private prison industry wield in its political affiliations and activities. Most of the reason the...
Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date
tomhayden.com - As the Kabul-based report by Gareth Porter reveals, peace talks with the Taliban are a live option for a U.S. government beset by a worsening situation from Kandahar to Kabul. All that appears nece...
gary locke confirmed as ambassador to china
blog.angryasianman.com - Yesterday, the Senate unanimously confirmed outgoing Commerce Secretary and former Washington governor Gary Locke as the next U.S. ambassador to China: Gary Locke confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Ch...
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California Supreme Court to hear Proposition 8 case Sept. 6
latimesblogs.latimes.com - The legal battle over Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that reinstated a ban on same-sex marriage, will go before the California Supreme Court on Sept. 6, when the justices will hear argumen...
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Good For The SOS Marchers
schooltechconnect.com - I'm so proud of the March organizers; you really can't get the attention of this administration unless you're a hedge fund manager, a person who wants to eliminate Medicare and Social Security, or ...
#SOSMarch 'Save our Schools' Leaders Decline White House Invitation - Politics K-12 - Education Week
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 'Save our Schools' Leaders Decline White House Invitation - Politics K-12 - Education Week'Save our Schools' Leaders Decline White House Invitationby Michele McNeilThe organizers of the Save our Sc...
Save Our Schools #SOSMarch Responds to the White House, DOE
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools March Responds to the White House, DOESave Our Schools March Responds to the White House, DOEby TeacherSabrinaFrom our e-mail exchange with a DOE staffer:“We sincerely appreciate t...
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Can’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 ...