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This is What Democracy Looks Like - Lily's Blackboard – #NEARA11

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This is What Democracy Looks Like - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's BlackboardThis is What Democracy Looks LikeJul 3rd, 2011 by Lily.I’m at the annual Representative Assembly of my National Education As...

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A Failing School? Not to These Students

nytimes.com - Everyone knows Jamaica High is a bad school. The past two years, it has received D’s on its report card from the city and been labeled persistently dangerous by the state. In February, ...

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A fight within the family? « Fred Klonsky's blog #NEARA11

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A fight within the family? « Fred Klonsky's blogA fight within the family?by Fred KlonskyI waited in a security line to get into the RA for almost three hours this morning.To hear VP Joe Biden.I kn...

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A fight within the family? « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - I waited in a security line to get into the RA for almost three hours this morning. To hear VP Joe Biden. I know. Crazy. But not so crazy. President Dennis Van Roekel’s speech yesterday and Joe Bid...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Associated Press 3:15 a.m. CDT, July 3, 2011 CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation's top education union in Chicago this morning.He's giving a speech at the Nati...

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Test Results Raise Questions About Extending Days

nytimes.com - Mayor Rahm Emanuel and new leaders of Chicago Public Schools have been pushing for a longer school day and school year to help raise student performance. But last week’s state test results show tha...

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Lies, Damn Lies, and David Brooks

schoolsmatter.info - David Brooks was the latest Diane Ravitch corporate savager until the New Republic's senior dolt, Jonathan Chait, strode in yesterday in the flyweight division of clueless corporate ed deformer com...

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An Urban Teacher's Education: The Georgia Charter Schools Association says Charter Schools ARE Public Schools

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - An Urban Teacher's Education: The Georgia Charter Schools Association says Charter Schools ARE Public SchoolsThe Georgia Charter Schools Association says Charter Schools ARE Public Schoolsby James ...

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Diane Ravitch: Obama and No Child Left Behnid

newsweek.com - Because of the punitive character of the federal law, educators struggle to meet their testing targets. Many districts have reduced time for the arts, history, science, civics, foreign languages, p...

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'A Fight Within the Family': VP Biden's Speech to the NEA - Teacher Beat

blogs.edweek.org - In a speech to the National Education Association's delegate assembly, Vice President Joe Biden sought to downplay areas of disagreement with the union, using the metaphor of a squabble in an other...

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Update from brother Fred at NEA RA

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Seated with me are my followers.Well my brother, I am home from another session of the NEA RA. This is a marathon. This goes on and on until Tuesday.But tomorrow, Monday, the story in the media wi...

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Biden Rips Republican Attacks On Labor Unions « CBS Chicago

chicago.cbslocal.com - Vice President Joe Biden (Credit: Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)CHICAGO (CBS) – Vice President Joe Biden has been in Chicago, speaking to a nationwide teachers union, saying Republicans are attemptin...

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This Is Such A Good Article On So Many Levels: “A Failing School? Not to These Students” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Is Such A Good Article On So Many Levels: “A Failing School? Not to These Students” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...“Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip” Is On HBO On July 4th “Citiz...

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Ponch, Erik Estrada in LA Bilingual Traffic Videos (VIDEO)

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:27 pm, July 3, 2011 Worry not my CHiPs - Ponch Poncherello loving fans: Erik Estrada is alive and well. He is even somewhat reprising his beloved character from the TV show that mad...

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NASA's Final 4: Fate grants them farewell flight

northjersey.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America's longest space-flying streak ends this week with the smallest crew in decades — three men and a woman who were in high school and college when the first space shutt...

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Thousands Rally In Atlanta Against Immigration Law : NPR

npr.org - Enlarge Erik S. Lesser/AP Tomas Martinez shouts slogans while leading thousands of people in a march through downtown Atlanta in protest against Georgia's strict new immigration law on Saturday. Er...

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Schools Matter: Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance by Students in Tucson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance by Students in TucsonCivil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance by Students in Tucsonby Jim HornPhoenix has the only high school Eth...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Attorney General Lisa Madigan has used her broad new authority over public records disputes to whittle at Illinois' long-standing culture of secrecy, but lax enforcement and a suffocating backlog o...

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HealthSee all

Obese Mexican-Americans Lack Diet, Exercise Advice from Doctors

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 9:27 am, July 3, 2011 Only half of obese Mexican-American adults receive diet and exercise advice from their physicians, although obesity is on the rise for this group.“Among this obes...

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Correlation does not imply causation « Cooperative Catalyst

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Correlation does not imply causation « Cooperative CatalystCorrelation does not imply causationby stevemirandaI had a conversation today with a friend who recently took a job working for a terrific...

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TragicSee all

ExxonMobil attempts to limit oil spill on Yellowstone River

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Workers on Sunday attempted to limit the spread of an oil spill from an ExxonMobil pipeline in Montana's Yellowstone River, as state officials promised outraged residents more government oversight ...

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An Urban Teacher's Education: The Georgia Charter Schools Association says Charter Schools ARE Public Schools

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#NEARA11 Delegates Reject Call to Oust Arne Duncan - Teacher Beat - Education Week

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Delegates Reject Call to Oust Arne Duncan - Teacher Beat - Education WeekNEA Delegates Reject Call to Oust Arne Duncanby Stephen SawchukWell, the National Education Association's delegates may ...

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Update from brother Fred at #NEARA11

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Update from brother Fred at NEA RAUpdate from brother Fred at NEA RAby Mike KlonskySeated with me are my followers.Well my brother, I am home from another session of ...

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