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Teachers upset enough to ask for strike vote, union chief says - Chicago Sun-Times
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachers upset enough to ask for strike vote, union chief says - Chicago Sun-TimesTeachers upset enough to ask for strike vote, union chief saysBY ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter rrossi@suntimes....
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 ...
Champions of Change: Arts Education
whitehouse.gov - President Obama believes that the arts and humanities should be part of the education of every child in America. The power of the arts and humanities to foster creativity in developing minds, to en...
Rick Perry and the Myth of the ‘Texas Miracle’
thefiscaltimes.com - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who ends his shadow run for the White House this weekend by announcing his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, has been touting the success of the Lone Star State’s econ...
Obama appoints GE's Immelt to competitiveness council
ctpost.com - SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- President Barack Obama, aiming to reinforce the message that the second half of his first term will be all about jobs, named Jeffrey Immelt, president and chief executive offic...
Over 160 children reported among drone deaths: TBIJ
thebureauinvestigates.com - Six-year-old Sameeda Gul was injured in a drone strike in Pakistan on October 21 2009. The Bureau has identified credible reports of 168 children killed in seven years of CIA drone strikes in Paki...
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'I Don't Get Intimidate By Haters'
huffingtonpost.com - There's been a lot of controversy over the last few weeks surrounding the Poverty Tour organized by Tavis Smiley and Cornell West. The pair has used the nine-state, 18-city event to both highlight ...
The Thrill Of Summer School Culture
gothamschools.org - “Do they have schools that do this all the time?” “Do what?” I asked my summer school student for clarification. “Have just one long class instead of a bunch of different ones.” As I thought about ...
Audit finds effort to cut class sizes fell short | The Des Moines Register
desmoinesregister.com - Iowa's more than $146.2 million investment in the past five years to shrink class sizes and provide support for its youngest learners has failed to meet state goals and improve students' academic a...
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City Council Eyes More Budget Scrutiny
online.wsj.com - BY MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL New York City's mayor should be prohibited in the future from inserting multimillion dollar expenditures into the budget at the 11th hour without public scrutiny, as Michael ...
Anti-Union and Anti-Women | LFA: Join The Conversation
learningfirst.org - A recent Salon article by Natasha Lennard discusses the central role of women’s issues in the current Wisconsin political saga, including this week’s recall elections. For six months, since Govern...
Business group's PAC may boost Johnson re-election effort, agenda - Sacramento City News
sacbee.com - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and his pro-business platform have a new friend with deep pockets.A year-old group casually known in political circles as the Sacramento 60 has created a political ac...
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VIDEO: Sarah Palin Tells ThinkProgress ‘Mitt Romney Was Right’ That Corporations Are People
thinkprogress.org - ThinkProgress filed this report from the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, IA. Yesterday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) made a major gaffe on the campaign trail when he told a crowd of Iow...
British Police Reject Politicians’ Criticism of Response to Riots
nytimes.com - As the death toll increased from four nights of rioting and arson this week, a senior British police officer openly criticized political leaders on Friday for finding fault with the police handling...
Winners & Losers, August 12 edition
cityhallnews.com - Tweet Tags: Bob Turner, bob-master, carl-kruger, charlie-rangel, Chris Ward, John Bonacic, michael-bloomberg, pedro-espada, Rob Walsh, steve-israel, winners-losers Related Content: By City Hall If ...
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School Tech Connect: Nose, Grindstone
schooltechconnect.com - The permanent pension attack is gearing back up. We're outspent, but we're not outnumbered, and as long as it's one-person*, one-vote in this country we have a chance to defend ourselves. Here's to...
Final Friday. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Today is the final Friday of my last summer break. Next Friday my final teaching year begins with one of those Institute Days: A morning motivational speaker and an afternoon of meetings, with fold...
It’s Gonna Be A Weird, Weird Election
firedoglake.com - Even if Bizarro Kerry doesn’t end up as the Republican nominee, this is definitely going to be the weirdest presidential election I’ve ever experienced. Whether Obama is a stealth Republican or me...
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Hedge Funds Get Unfamiliar Taste of Losing
dealbook.nytimes.com - For hedge funds, just one week can change their entire year. With the stock market shedding billions of dollars in value and uncertainty in Europe stoking fear, some funds are watching their return...
Verizon Workers Turn Away Customers and Chase Scabs
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/08/verizon-workers-turn-away-customers-and.html"; Verizon workers have been picketing at Verizon stores in the Northeast, successfully turning awa...
Postal Service Wants to Eliminate 120,000 Jobs
news.firedoglake.com - Because we don’t have enough economic troubles right now, the US Postal Service announced that they may cut 120,000 jobs and pull completely out of the federal health care plan, in an effort to cov...
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We Need an Unbalanced Budget Amendment
forbes.com - Alex Tabarrok makes the case for an unbalanced budget amendment: The unbalanced budget amendment is a requirement that in good times the government must run a budget surplus. The virtues of such a ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 12, 2011 Next Week President to Host White House Rural Economic ForumWASHINGTON – Today, the White House Rural Council rel...
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Lobato 8/12: The first real clash | EdNewsColorado
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Lobato 8/12: The first real clash | EdNewsColoradoLobato 8/12: The first real clashby Todd EngdahlAmendment 23 author Cary Kennedy had a rough cross-examination, and the first real legal tussling e...
Veteran educator says tests are failing, standardized approach hobbles teachers and students | OregonLive.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Veteran educator says tests are failing, standardized approach hobbles teachers and students | OregonLive.comVeteran educator says tests are failing, standardized approach hobbles teachers and stud...
Late Night FDL – Don’t Just Sit There, Go Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower! | Firedoglake
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Late Night FDL – Don’t Just Sit There, Go Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower! | FiredoglakeLate Night FDL – Don’t Just Sit There, Go Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower!by Bill EgnorTonight is the peak ni...
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Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with Verizon
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - On Wednesday, August 17, the Department of Education's Panel for Education Policy will vote on a $120 million two year contract with telecom giant Verizon to wire our schools. There are at least ...
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