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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Big Education Ape: 8-14-11 PM Power to the Corporation! EDition

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Power to the Corporation!

nytimes.com - DES MOINES, Iowa I saw Mitt Romney’s hair move. No really, I did. We were standing amid the soybean and corn fields in rural Iowa and a breeze lifted some of his salt-and-pepper...

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My Response to the Heartland Institute

sites.google.com - Dear Ms. Pullman,As the 2011 Palm Beach County Teacher of the Year I had to laugh when I saw that an "education research fellow" at the Heartland Institute wrote a letter to the editor in the Palm ...

DianeRavitch

Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So

news.yahoo.com - The Nation -- Steven Brill, the journalist and media entrepreneur, has come a long way since he helicoptered onto the education beat in 2009.   That’s when The New Yorker published Brill’s exposé o...

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I’m just honored to be nominated. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - From Jersey Jazzman, an ed blogger of great wisdom: Here are some people who would have been great panelists for MSNBC’s show on education, but, for some strange reason, weren’t invited:Dr. Diane R...

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Florida Charter School’s Man at DOE Spins Their Poor Record

bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com - In a weekend interview with GRADEBOOK’s Jeffrey Solochek, Michael Kooi, the executive director of Florida’s Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice. Kooi played the interview close to t...

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Contracts Update for August PEP Meeting: Verizon & EPOs

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Below is an update sent to Manhattan Community Education Councils this morning: To: CEC1, CEC2, CEC3, CEC4, CEC5, CEC6: Dear Parents, I have received many emails with inquiries or concerns about t...

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Take Action: Stop Verizon Greed

action.cwa-union.org - Sign the Petition 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on the middle class. The reason? Despite record profits, Verizon is refusing to bargain and is demanding that its worke...

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The Perry-Obama education fight - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - No U.S. governor has been at public odds with President Obama’s education policies over the past few years more than Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), and it is a safe bet that tensions between Texas and ...

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Good news. Students don’t have to bother with with the long form, also known as novels. Snippets are enough. Koch brothers are a bunch of crooks. Need proof? Only Obama and Duncan could make right-...

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SF cell shutdown: Safety issue, or hint of Orwell?

news.yahoo.com - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers' safety from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commut...

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The real voter fraud problem

uppitywis.cloudmin.cruiskeenconsulting.com - Good bookNow that the recall elections are winding down (two more to go; don't forget to vote Aug. 16 if you live in the districts of Democrats Robert Wirch and Jim Holperin), maybe we can get the ...

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It’s Okay to be Scared Now

fdlaction.firedoglake.com - This, according to the New York Times, is the internal policy debate about the economy going on at the White House: Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Plouffe, and his chief of staff, William M. Dal...

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Day 1 - Going Down

anarchish.blogspot.com - Names have been changed to protect the guilty. I remember the blood rushing through my ears and the sick cramp in my stomach as the judge passed her sentence. My probation officer, my lawyer and ...

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School Tech Connect: Penny For My Thoughts?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Penny For My Thoughts?Penny For My Thoughts?by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Heck with the penny; you can have 'em for free. It's that pre-school year lull in blogging; there's just...

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Why Facts Matter…A Personal Plea

addictinginfo.org - It’s quite a statement about the imminent “idiocracy” in this country that I or anyone would feel compelled to write an article called, ‘Why facts matter’. I mean…duh.The fact that matters most of ...

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National Poetry Slam attracts hundreds to Mass.

boston.com - CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Joseph Andres Romero says he could have easily ended up in a dark place. Growing up in Albuquerque's Old Town, the 22-year-old writer said he witnessed friends and family turn to c...

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'Anonymous' hackers target BART, Fullerton police

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The hacker-activist group Anonymous threatened cyber attacks against the Fullerton Police Department and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system after controversial police confrontations. The threat to h...

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English city stages peace rally after deadly riots

northjersey.com - LONDON — Community groups held a peace rally Sunday in England's second-largest city against the hit-and-run attack that claimed three lives during rioting in Birmingham. Scores of people gathere...

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Take Action: Stop Verizon Greed

action.cwa-union.org - Sign the Petition 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on the middle class. The reason? Despite record profits, Verizon is refusing to bargain and is demanding that its worke...

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The Perry-Obama education fight - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - No U.S. governor has been at public odds with President Obama’s education policies over the past few years more than Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), and it is a safe bet that tensions between Texas and ...

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