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School Plan to Engage Parents Arouses Skepticism

nytimes.com - The new leadership at Chicago Public Schools is taking another crack at one of the district’s thorniest problems: involving parents in their children’s education. Parents, administrators and critic...

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Education Can Be Reformed Before Poverty Is Eliminated

huffingtonpost.com - BOSTON -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates says success should not depend on the race or income of parents.Gates told the National Urban League on Thursday in Boston that education reformers must "end ...

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2007 Letter Clearing a Tabloid Comes Under Scrutiny

nytimes.com - LONDON — When a Parliamentary committee first confronted The News of the World with charges of phone hacking in 2007, the paper’s owners produced a reassuring, one-paragraph letter from a prominent...

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If the School Fits: Who’s Pounding the Drum?

editbarry.wordpress.com - This is what rapid growth looks like, in the world of stock images. Baltimore City is a case study in the push for school choice. In November 2004, with the benefit of pro bono services from global...

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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org

parentadvocates.org - July 29, 2011The Madoff Trustee’s Bad DayBy JOE NOCERA, NY TIMESJed Rakoff is one of the most respected federal judges in the country, so when he issues an opinion calling one side’s arguments ...

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Kinder and Happier Schools: Gaming to Improve our Jen ratio

connectedprincipals.com - Jen ratio: the total positive interactions among people in a shared environment divided by the negative interactions; a measurement of the social well being of any shared environment. (Dacher Kelt...

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Another Sign of Hard Times: Abandoned Pets

baycitizen.org - A Pit Bull puppy with Parvovirus and a Shih Tzu that had been hit by a car are just two examples of pets that have been abandoned by their owners at East Bay animal shelters in recent months. To th...

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Harry Belafonte: "Such a void in moral truth"

my.firedoglake.com - Harry Belafonte, promoting his HBO documentary “Sing Your Song” about his career-long work alongside civil rights activists, had some priceless comments on what’s gone wrong in the Obama Administra...

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Jersey Jazzman: At #SOSMarch ! Wrapping Up

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: At SOSMarch! Wrapping UpAt SOSMarch! Wrapping Upby DukeWell, the sun is just brutal, and that was a fairly long walk, so it looks like this is breaking up. Supposed to be some music...

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Bill Maher New Rules - Socialism - Video

mediaite.com - video Last night, a monologue on the virtues of socialism and the shame of not openly embracing it was received with hearty applause, exuberant cheers and the kind of laughter so loud it makes you ...

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Massachusetts texting ban requires education, enforcement

news.bostonherald.com - Massachusetts drivers are still sending and reading text messages, despite a statewide ban on texting behind the wheel. Between the Sept. 30 start of the ban and the end of May, 733 citations for s...

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Nearly Half of Mexican Population Lives in Poverty

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:00 pm, July 30, 2011 Photo Credits: Poverty in Mexico In a report released yesterday, the number of Mexicans living in poverty grew by 3 million in the past two years to 52 million p...

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One Year Later, States Draw Back from SB 1070 Legislation

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Photo Credits: Stop SB 1070 Type Legislation A year after SB 1070 took effect, states nationwide are turning away from similar bills, fearing the financial and political fallout seen in Arizona and...

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#SOSMarch Teachers march on Washington - The Washington Post

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachers march on Washington - The Washington PostTeachers march on WashingtonTracy A Woodward/THE WASHINGTON POST - Teachers march past the White House during a ”Save Our Schools“ rally. Text Siz...

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Actor Matt Damon rallies teachers in Washington

cnn.com - Damon said the things he values "came from the way that I was parented and taught," and that these qualities can't be tested. STORY HIGHLIGHTSDamon speaks out against standardized testingTeachers s...

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