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Simmering discontent puts Stand for Children in hot water

portlandtribune.com - By Jennifer Anderson Pamplin Media Group, Jul 19, 2011 Thousands of people attended a February 2009 rally on the capitol steps in Salem organized by Stand for Children. The Portland group faces hea...

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Kozol: ‘I’m sick of begging’ Congress to do the right thing - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Kozol: ‘I’m sick of begging’ Congress to do the right thing - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostKozol: ‘I’m sick of begging’ Congress to do the right thingby Valerie StraussThis is an interview...

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Wire Tapping and Phone hacking the Same thing?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - "Can We Tape?"A Practical Guide to Taping Phone Calls and In-Person Conversations in the 50 States and D.C.IntroductionState-by-state guideTape-recording lawsat a glanceConsent and its limitsInters...

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Why does saying, “I’m sorry,” get you out of being indicted? « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - It seems that Rupert Murdoch took a page out of the Jonah Edelman playbook. He took out advertisements in various papers the other day and said, “I’m sorry.” Will that save him. It mght. It seems t...

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Teacher Stability and Turnover in Los Angeles: Policy Analysis for California Education

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Policy Analysis for California EducationThe Influence of Teacher and School CharacteristicsJuly 13, 2011 by Corinne ArraezIn a new PACE Working Paper, Xiaoxia A. Newton, Rosario Rivero, Bruce Fulle...

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Who Should Be ‘The Decider’ for Our Public Schools? « Parents Across America

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Who Should Be ‘The Decider’ for Our Public Schools? « Parents Across AmericaWho Should Be ‘The Decider’ for Our Public Schools?by leoniehaimsonby Julia Sass Rubin of Save our Schools NJ, an affilia...

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The DOE-invented credit recovery scam and how it infected my school

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - For more on how credit recovery has led to accelerated rates of credit accumulation, especially at the new small schools, see Jackie Bennett at EdWize. But the practice of passing students, regard...

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Bedbug invasions continue unabated in 2010-2011 school year

gothamschools.org - Bedbugs, the parasitic insects whose infestation levels have reached near epidemic proportions in New York City, were discovered in schools at an unprecedented rate this year, according to totals r...

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LulzSec Hackers Make Enemies Online

bits.blogs.nytimes.com - Lulz Security, the hacking group that has been on a spree lately, might think its antics are hilarious. But some others in the hacker world are sick of its games. After six weeks of attacks — and h...

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Murdoch: Public ed is a "near monopoly"

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Gates & MurdochLast year, Rupert Murdoch, owner of the world's second largest communications conglomerate, went on a tirade against U.S. public education, calling it a "near monopoly." It wasn't cl...

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Last Stand for Children First: A Future Educator Talks About Changes She'd Like to See in Education

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Stand for Children First: A Future Educator Talks About Changes She'd Like to See in EducationA Future Educator Talks About Changes She'd Like to See in Educationby Last Stand for ChildrenKati...

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SIGN THE PETITION – Sign the form below and join Bernie Sanders and Daily Kos in saying no to any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

services.myngp.com - Sign the form below to join Bernie Sanders and Daily Kos in saying no to any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Dear Friend, In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great ...

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Obama endorses Feinstein bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act

latimes.com - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.(Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images) By Christine Mai-Duc July 19, 2011, 12:29 p.m. President ...

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SIGN THE PETITION – Sign the form below and join Bernie Sanders and Daily Kos in saying no to any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

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Gang of Six plan looks to health for savings - Jennifer Haberkorn and Matt DoBias

politico.com - “My staff got a call from [CBO Director] Doug Elmendorf,” Reid told reporters Tuesday. “He said, ‘I understand Sen. Reid is talking about putting a couple of hundred billion dollars of cuts in mand...

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Gang of Six plan looks to health for savings - Jennifer Haberkorn and Matt DoBias

politico.com - The bipartisan proposal to end the debt-limit crisis that was seemingly gaining traction on Capitol Hill and at the White House Tuesday would look to cuts and reforms in health care spending to sav...

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Chicago Tribune to print Sun-Times newspapers

northjersey.com - CHICAGO— A Chicago Tribune printing facility will soon turn out editions of its longtime newspaper rival the Chicago Sun-Times. The Chicago Tribune Media Group announced the agreement Tuesday. The ...

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Nalco expected to be bought for $5 billion | Manufacturing

chicagobusiness.com - July 19, 2011 (Crain's) — Industrial water treatment firm Nalco Holding Co. is poised to be acquired for about $5 billion, according to a report.Ecolab Inc., a cleaning and sanitizing products comp...

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News Corp's independent directors hire own legal team over phone hacking | Media

guardian.co.uk - Rod Eddington is among News Corp's nine independent directors. Photograph: Str/EPA The independent directors of News Corp have appointed their own legal team as the company faces shareholder law su...

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Murdoch Selects Advisers Carefully - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com - BY RUSSELL ADAMS AND JESSICA E. VASCELLARO With two top executives departed and the political stakes of every move at an all-time high, News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has turned to an in...

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Mexico, Volkswagen\'s 50 Year History Growing, New Investment

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 7:23 pm, July 19, 2011 Photo Credits: New Beetle Plant, Puebla Mexico At the launching of the production of the New Beetle, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon said that he was pleased ...

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We Party Patriots » Blog Archive » CA Co. Wants to Outsource Green Energy Production to Mexico, Squander $550M in Wages

wepartypatriots.com - Jul 2011 19 “There is a tradeoff between building renewable energy in California and building it in Mexico to import into California. In the case of Sempra’s proposed Energia Sierra Juarez transmis...

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