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ALEC Exposed: Now Tell the IRS to InvestigateCommon Cause
commoncause.org - ALEC – the American Legislative Exchange Council – is a secretive and powerful front group of corporations that are investing millions of dollars a year to write business-friendly legislation at th...
leoniehaimsonCenter for Education Reform - D.C. Rally Seeks to Save Our Status Quo
edreform.com - Participating groups fight to end school reform and parental choice WASHINGTON - This Saturday's Save Our Schools rally is holding itself out to be an effort to restore parent and student influence...
DianeRavitchWorking Toward "Wow": A Vision for a New Teaching Profession
ed.gov - Thanks for having me. It's a real honor to be addressing an organization that has done so much to strengthen America's most important profession.I don't look at newspaper cartoons much, but someone...
arneduncanDuncan: Teacher Salaries Should Be $60,000 to $150,000 - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for a radical upending of the nation's teaching pipeline—higher salaries, improved performance-based teacher accountability, and a higher bar for pros...
leoniehaimsonAlfie Kohn: We Have to Take Back Our Schools - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Alfie Kohn has been at the forefront of the resistance to test-based reforms for more than a decade. As we approach the Save Our Schools March this Saturday, I asked him to share some thoughts abou...
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Rally to save schools Saturday at statehouse - KSNT.com - News, Weather, Sports
ksnt.com - Kansas Families for Education, Kansas National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers-Kansas are sponsoring the Kansas observance of the Save Our Schools March & National Call t...
mikeklonskySave Our Schools March leaders answer White House invitation - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - Organizers of Saturday’s Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C., have declined an invitation to meet today at the White House with education advisers to President Obama, saying they would inste...
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Haute 100 Update: Matt Damon Joins the Save Our Schools March in D.C.
hauteliving.com - Haute 100 Update: Matt Damon Joins the Save Our Schools March in D.C. As the kiddos gear up to go back to school, Haute 100 Miami member Matt Damon is getting ready to defend them by joining the Sa...
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Obama and His Discontents
nytimes.com - The administration of President Obama has never held much regard for its left flank. Admonished by the vice president to “stop whining,” inveighed against by the president himself for “griping and ...
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Daily Show Clip Banned In UK | UK Anti-Satire Law | Daily Show Satire
mediaite.com - video One of the nice things about having a Bill of Rights is that it specifically lays out freedoms given to the people and the press. The U.S. Constitution declares that freedom of speech and fre...
coopmike48MA Radio: Scott Brown Says He'll Support Harry Reid's Debt Plan - Politics
theatlanticwire.com - Sen. Scott Brown is reportedly ready to back the debt ceiling plan proposed by Harry Reid. What's more, the Massachusetts Republican apparently made the decision before the president needled him on...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 29, 2011 Cabinet Room 4:13 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I just wanted to publicly welcome four very distinguishe...
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Abortion Rule Blocked; Violence Up in Kenya's Camps
womensenews.org - (WOMENSENEWS)-- CheersU.S. District Judge Karen Schreier upheld Planned Parenthood of South Dakota's request to block the implementation of a law that would require women seeking abortions to go th...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 29, 2011 A year ago today, I was proud to sign the Tribal Law and Order Act into law. American Indians and Alaska Natives ...
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Angel flying too close to the ground. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - The eighty mile drive from Cody to Thermopolis covers the kind of territory you remember from old western movies. It is wide open sage brush land, with snow covered mountains in the far distance. I...
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DC Comics: Not One Penny This Fan Until You Hire More Women Writers
news.change.org - I'm a 20-year-old queer Canadian woman who has been reading comics since I was a kid. Comics mean a lot to me: the characters, the legacy, the expression through word and image -- graphic storytel...
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Apple Has More Money Than USA | Apple Stocks | Mac Lion
mediaite.com - Unfortunately, the country is now so broke that I believe they’re now only serving ramen in the House cafeterias (they’re calling it Freedom Ramen to keep up appearances). You know who’s not having...
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Grassley Questions Education Agency's Ties to Wall Street
dealbook.nytimes.com - Senator Charles E. Grassley is examining whether Department of Education officials disclosed secret government information to hedge fund managers, including Steve Eisman.The inquiry stems from the ...
leoniehaimsonDetails of rival plans on spending and debt
boston.com - WASHINGTON—House Republicans and Senate Democrats are pressing competing plans to pair an increase in the nation's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit with spending cuts and to create a special committe...
coopmike48For every H-1B visa, US technology companies hire 5 workers: NASDAQ
democraticunderground.com - Source: Economic Times of India29 Jul, 2011, 11.30AM IST, PTI WASHINGTON: Refuting the allegations of US lawmakers and certain quarters here that H-1B visas take away jobs from Americans, NASDAQ's ...
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Things We Could Do With Electronic Skin - Technology
theatlanticwire.com - Somewhere in between "cool invention" and "creepy thing that should go back to the Philip K. Dick novel it came from" are nanowire electronics. Nanowires are sort of like flexible, transparent micr...
coopmike48Dissecting Dyslexia: Linking Reading to Voice Recognition
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩResearch shows dyslexia involves difficulty processing language sounds in dyslexic brainsNew research: Dyslexic individuals have significant difficulty recognizing voices.Credit and Larger Version...
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The California Majority Report // For Sacramento-Area Seniors, Saving Medicare is a Life-or-Death Matter
camajorityreport.com - By Rebecca Greenberg Band It's tough to decipher political rhetoric from reality, especially when it comes to the Medicare debate. But for seniors who rely on Medicare as a lifeline, the concerns a...
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#SOSMarch Kohn: Why we have to save our schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Kohn: Why we have to save our schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostKohn: Why we have to save our schoolsby Valerie StraussThese are questions that veteran educator and blogger Anthony Co...
coopmike48#SOSMARCH What Side Am I On? « Outside the Cave
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Side Am I On? « Outside the CaveWhat Side Am I On?by Stephen LazarWith a summer off for the first time in my career, and a transition to a new school on the horizon, I’ve been thinking a lot r...
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'Save Our Schools' Rally Turns Up the Heat - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - From guest blogger Nirvi Shah:The Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action is now in full swing, a day and a half into the four days of seminars, speeches, and marching.All that activity ...
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Duncan Pushes for Maximum Pell; Obama Listens to Students - College Bound
blogs.edweek.org - As federal funding for financial aid remains uncertain, more activity took place on the advocacy front following Save Pell Day day on Monday.On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan te...
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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 ...
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