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Murdoch And Klein Game The System
nyceducator.com - The NY Daily News reports that News Corporation, the media and news conglomerate owned and run by Rupert Murdoch, has gamed the political system to get a no-bid contract for its educational divisio...
No Administrator Left Behind - Finding Common Ground
blogs.edweek.org - "When the principal sneezes, the whole school catches a cold. This is neither good nor bad; it is just the truth. Our impact is significant; our focus becomes the school's focus" (Whitaker, 2003, p...
Pennsylvania Joins the List of States Facing a School Cheating Scandal
nytimes.com - PHILADELPHIA — In April, Dale Mezzacappa attended a panel discussion on cheating sponsored by the Education Writers Association. At the time, she was one of three staff reporters for The Notebook, ...
When You Lose Your Base, You Lose Elections : Stager-to-Go
stager.tv - Here is my wobbly video of NYU Professor and Obama advisor Pedro Noguera’s steadfast address at the Save Our Schools March on Washington D.C., July 30, 2011.Pedro Noguera at SOS March from Gary Sta...
Pennsylvania Joins the List of States Facing a School Cheating Scandal
nytimes.com - PHILADELPHIA — In April, Dale Mezzacappa attended a panel discussion on cheating sponsored by the Education Writers Association. At the time, she was one of three staff reporters for The Notebook, ...
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Should Think Tanks be Licensed to Think? (and when should a license be revoked?) « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - We all have our flaws. As social science researchers, writers, reviewers, etc. dealing with highly political and politicized topics, we all let our personal biases creep inappropriately into our wo...
Inexcusable Inequalities! This is NOT the post funding equity era! « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - I’ve heard it over and over again from reformy pundits. Funding equity? Been there done that. It doesn’t make a damn bit of difference. It’s all about teacher quality! (which of course has little o...
John Kuhn at the SOS March
schooltechconnect.com - Here's the remarkable John Kuhn, superintendent of Perrin-Whitt School District in Perrin, Texas, just down the road from where I was born. During the course of my career, I spent a lot of time bei...
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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org
parentadvocates.org - From Betsy Combier:Here is the link to Wikipedia's post on the DoddâFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActAugust 1, 2011, 2:33 pmWall Street Continues to Spend Big on LobbyingBy BEN...
N.J. Sens. Lautenberg, Menendez critical of debt deal
northjersey.com - Sen. Bob Menendez blasted the deal Monday that President Obama negotiated with House and Senate leaders to raise the debt limit and cut future spending. AP Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., arrives at...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 01, 2011 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room11:54 A.M. EDTMR. CARNEY: Good afternoon. Welcome to the White House. You may h...
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Poverty Rising in Mexico, Govt Blames Global Financial Crisis
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:19 pm, August 1, 2011 Photo Credits: Poverty Rising in Mexico, Govt Blames Global Financial Crisis Friday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s administration received word that despi...
House Debate Protest | Debt Crisis Debate Protestors | VIdeo
mediaite.com - video weekend agreement on raising the debt ceiling. Reports are still coming in, but it appears that roughly twenty or so protestors were arrested by Capitol police. While being led away, they wer...
A DREAM come true - The Daily Californian
dailycal.org - California’s government has at times proven unfriendly to students, with drastic cuts to public education resulting in continuously rising student fees at all of California’s public universities. B...
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Rep. Lamborn: Working With Obama Is like 'Touching a Tar Baby'
blogs.abcnews.com - « Previous | Main August 01, 2011 5:35 PM ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) reports: In the midst of the contentious debt-ceiling stalemate last week, Republican Representative Doug Lamborn of Col...
Chris Hayes - MSNBC - Chris Hayes MSNBC Show
mediaite.com - MSNBC contributor Chris Hayes, who’s been a regular fill-in host for both Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell, will begin his own show, to air live on Saturdays between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and on S...
Chicago Shopping
chicagotribune.com - Chicago Public Schools this week announced a restructuring of middle managers or the "mini-superintendents" who now will be called chiefs of schools.Their names, roles and boundaries for the school...
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Being raised by a gay couple was hard in the 80s & 90s
nydailynews.com - Opinions – Guest Contributor Mark Lennihan/AP Jennifer Melendez, left, and her wife Juliza, standing, prepare for the annual Gay Pride parade with their daughters Natalia, left, Mahlani, center, an...
A New Girls and Women's Literacy Empowerment Movement
huffingtonpost.com - My LitWorld team has just returned from a trip to work with the girls and women leading our Girls LitClub initiative in Kenya. Join me on this journey:We traveled many hours on rocky roads to reach...
The Packer - Local produce boosts college, institutional foodservice programs
thepacker.com - Local produce boosts college, institutional foodservice programs 08/01/2011 10:09:59 AMJim Offner Foodservice is doing its part in generating momentum for locally grown fruits and vegetables, accor...
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Unbanning Clotheslines « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Elizabeth Morris and her family bought their house in the High Point neighborhood for a reason. “High Point is the City of Seattle’s premier ‘Green Community,’ having been touted internationally as...
Koch tentacles reach deep into Iowa
teamsternation.blogspot.com - ...and they reveal the so-called "libertarian" brothers don't mind owning businesses that are heavily subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. The DesMoines Register, reporting on the Kochtopus' influence, l...
Rainbow toad: Found after 87 years, first photo ever
csmonitor.com - Rainbow toads, more precisely, the Bornean rainbow toad, has not been seen since 1924. It was one of the world's top 10 most wanted lost amphibians. After months of scouring remote forests in Borne...
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John Kuhn at the SOS March
schooltechconnect.com - Here's the remarkable John Kuhn, superintendent of Perrin-Whitt School District in Perrin, Texas, just down the road from where I was born. During the course of my career, I spent a lot of time bei...
Thank the Teacher Who Changed Your Life! #sosmarch
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - GreaterGood Network Petitions on Facebook (27)Thank the Teacher Who Changed Your Life!Sign the pledge thanking a teacher who has helped you become who you are today. Go teachers! Goal: 20,000 • Pro...
#SOSMarch Jonathan Kozol on class size at the SOS march « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jonathan Kozol on class size at the SOS march « Parents Across AmericaJonathan Kozol on class size at the SOS marchby leoniehaimsonHere is an excerpt; a tape of the full speech is here. Excerpt: I ...
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John Kuhn at the SOS March
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