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The New York Times - Schools For Tomorrow
nytschoolsfortomorrow.com - come back on september 22 to watch a live stream of the conference. Ellie AvishaiDirector, I-Think Initiative, Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, Rotman School of Management, University of ...
The Duncan Precedent, 2013 Edition - Rick Hess Straight Up
blogs.edweek.org - The Obama administration steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the problems with ED's "backdoor blueprint" waiver strategy or the ugly precedent that it's trying to set. But those with even a glimmer ...
Value Added — Scrutinizing The Most Widely Cited Study
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - It was the best of teachers. It was the worst of teachers. But how much better are the best teachers than the worst teachers? Well THAT’S a tough one, but one that is very important to answer. T...
Romney heckled in Iowa; says "corporations are people" - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - Republican presidential candidate, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to fair goers during a campaign stop at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (Credit: AP) DES MO...
Michele Bachmann is worried about the Renaissance
latimesblogs.latimes.com - It's the Renaissance, stupid. The economy is not what ails us today. No, what ails Americans is what Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and their artistic spawn have wrought in the culture, starting 5...
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Charter board close to picking executive director - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - The D.C. Public Charter School Board is wrapping up its search for a successor to executive director Josephine Baker. Two sources familiar with the process --who asked for anonymity because they do...
An open letter to NPR about their coverage of the SOS march « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Aug 11, 2011 leoniehaimson This letter was sent today to Claudio Sanchez, the reporter and Edward Schumacher Matos, the NPR ombudsperson. We will let you know if we receive a response. If you’d l...
Transparency For Thee, Not For Me
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Whitney Tilson is sick - sick, I tell ya! - of these paid union shills who won't tell us where they get their money!I’m going to be writing a lot about the book in future emails, but I want to star...
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Daley’s Back Covered | CPS’ Secret Number | Layoffs Allowed
chicagonewscoop.org - EMANUEL HAS DALEYâS BACK Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the city is obligated to pay for the legal defense of former Mayor Richard M. Daley in cases involving the alleged torture of suspects and cover-u...
Settlement ends labor dispute at Philadelphia rail car plant(9 fired will be offered jobs & backpay)
democraticunderground.com - Source: NLRBA settlement agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board earlier this month ends a long-running labor dispute at a Philadelphiaplant that assembles rail cars for the Southe...
"nidoto nai yoni - let it not happen again" | angry asian man
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - "nidoto nai yoni - let it not happen again" | angry asian man"nidoto nai yoni - let it not happen again"Last weekend in Bainbridge Island, Washington, hundreds gathered to dedicate a memorial wall ...
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Elizabeth Warren Gearing Up For Senate Run, Announcement To Come Post Labor Day
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- One time Obama adviser and longtime consumer protection advocate Elizabeth Warren is moving towards a Senate run, several Democratic sources tell the Huffington Post.The Massachusetts...
Will the Rahm/Rauner axis pave billionaire's path to the governor's mansion?
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Billionaire Republican charter school patron, Bruce Rauner brought Josh Edelman and Stand For Children to Chicago. He bankrolled many of the Democratic Party politicians who in turn, voted for and ...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Seems to Reject Pension Reform Bill
myfoxchicago.com - Chicag - Illinois taxpayers face at least $85 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. But Gov. Pat Quinn seemed to rule out a pension reform proposal pending in the General Assembly on Wednesday. ...
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Short Bus Tour Day #4: Canton, OH
kimbleforcongress.blogspot.com - It had been my fondest wish to take my daughter to see the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Museum in Canton, OH and possibly visit the McKinley Memorial. Unfortunately, media types had learned that I was on...
Nice Computer Tutorials In English And Spanish
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Aug 11 2011 Larry FerlazzoThe Los Angeles Times writes about a new program that includes a mobile computer lab and center designed to help Latinos gain more access, and become more familiar with, t...
Anarchy in the UK « Larry Miller's Blog
millermps.wordpress.com - London Maria Margaronis August 9, 2011 from the Notion, a blog of the Nation magazine Perhaps the whole point of a riot is to defy explanation: it’s an eruption of the irrational, a shattering of g...
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Firm accused of defrauding 5 Wis. school districts
edweek.org - WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are accusing brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. of civil fraud in its sales of risky complex investments to five Wisconsin school districts that lost all of t...
Latin American Economy Has Not Escaped Effects of Global Recession
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:59 pm, August 11, 2011 Photo Credits: Latin American Economy, Though Growing, Has Not Escaped Effects of Global Recession As the U.S. stock market shoots up and crashes down hundreds...
CALFORNIA TAX REVENUES PLUNGE, DEEP CUTS TO SCHOOLS COULD BE TRIGGERED + Controller’s July Cash Update + more (or less!)
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Shane Goldmacher | LA Times Poltical | http://lat.ms/oCLdZD August 9, 2011 | 12:44 pm - California’s tax revenues plummeted in July, falling more than 10% below expectations and making it more lik...
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Kids Are Heroes - Lily's Heroes
kidsareheroes.org - Jordan Brown is a WWII buff and has embarked upon a campaign to ensure that the WWII vets who served on D-Day are memorialized. In May 2010, he learned of an effort to honor Jordans hero, Major D...
Lessons Learned in Downtown Los Angeles
diverseeducation.com - Sam Fulwood III is a senior fellow at Center for American Progress. As I walked [two weeks ago] along South Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, my mind was fractured by a million disparate tho...
Rupert Murdoch Endorses News Corp COO
mogulite.com - 10:12 am, August 11th | by Amy Tennery Rupert Murdoch may have just made his shrewdest decision in, well, a long time. Late last night reports emerged that Murdoch’s son, James, was no longer the d...
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"nidoto nai yoni - let it not happen again" | angry asian man
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - "nidoto nai yoni - let it not happen again" | angry asian man"nidoto nai yoni - let it not happen again"Last weekend in Bainbridge Island, Washington, hundreds gathered to dedicate a memorial wall ...
Boys Town - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Boys Town - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week TeacherBoys Townby Nancy FlanaganAs a middle school band teacher, I frequently had guest clinicians visit my classroom to work with my adolesc...
End Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay Allegations
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - End Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay AllegationsEnd Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay Allegationsby cynt...
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Short Bus Tour Day #4: Canton, OH
kimbleforcongress.blogspot.com - It had been my fondest wish to take my daughter to see the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Museum in Canton, OH and possibly visit the McKinley Memorial. Unfortunately, media types had learned that I was on...
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