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Innovator: Carnegie Mellon's Richard McCullough
businessweek.com - Through his startup Plextronics, the professor is working on conductive "ink" that could lay the groundwork for thin, flexible phones and TVsBy Karen A. FrenkelRichard McCullough (left), Andrew W. ...
DianeRavitchTimothy D. Slekar: Scapegoating Schools of Education
huffingtonpost.com - When did George Washington cross the Delaware?Why did George Washington cross the Delaware?Can you guess which of these questions my teacher education students know the answer to? Come on and try i...
DianeRavitchDay 15: Texas Family Planning Funding Slashed — 82nd Legislative Session
texastribune.org - Microgestin birth control from Planned Parenthood.Throughout the month of August, The Texas Tribune is featuring 31 ways Texans' lives will change come Sept. 1, the date most bills passed by the Le...
DianeRavitchMob-Connected Company Working at CPS: FOX Chicago, BGA Investigation
myfoxchicago.com - Chicago - It's construction season for Chicago Public Schools. And if kids want a real lesson in how Chicago works, they should visit their schoolyards now, where they'll find dumpsters and equipme...
mikeklonskyRhee-Style Educational Deform Makes About As Much Sense as Prohibition did in 1981 — none! « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - I’ve recently read an excellent book on the history of Prohibition in America, called Last Call. I can’t help thinking of the similarities between the educational situation now and the insanity beh...
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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 ...
leoniehaimsonYou Can't Waive The Reality Of Our Public Schools
dailykos.com - Cross posted from Campaign for America's Future ourfuture.org So much for the "New Washington Consensus on Education". Education policy, we were told by conservative leaders merely six months ago, ...
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Tuesday randomness. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - I know. I’m without shame. But if you think I wasn’t going to post these pictures of the leading Republican presidential nominees… There is no point in me going over the stupidity of Rahmbo’s plan ...
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South Siders Revive Fight For U Of C Trauma Center (VIDEO)
progressillinois.com - Young leaders on the South Side are once again pushing for emergency care. A group by the name Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY) is calling on the University of Chicago’s Medical Center to operat...
fklonskyFor Christine Quinn, Shifting Career and an Eye on Mayor’s Office
nytimes.com - Christine C. Quinn was making the rounds at a senior center in Harlem when Scott Bright, a 67-year-old retired security guard wearing a Hawaiian shirt, asked her to pose with him for a photo.“She’s...
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The California Majority Report // The GOP & Jon Fleischman's Buyers Remorse on California Redistricting
camajorityreport.com - Steven Maviglio When it comes to redistricting, what a difference two years makes to the California Republican Party, and to one of its most outspoken propagandists, my friend Jon Fleischman at The...
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AllGov - News - Rupert Murdoch Lawyers Up Big Time…Are Prosecutions on the Horizon?
allgov.com - Based on the large, and expensive, legal team he has assembled, Rupert Murdoch appears to be gearing up for a big legal fight, both in the United Kingdom and the U.S., over the phone-hacking scanda...
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Headlines for August 16, 2011
democracynow.org - 89 Killed in Iraq’s Deadliest Day of 2011Iraq suffered its deadliest day of the year on Monday with some 89 killed and more than 300 injured in dozens of coordinated attacks across the country. Mil...
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Top Tabloid Editors Endorsed Hacking, Letter Says
nytimes.com - LONDON — A high-profile parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid released new allegations Tuesday suggesting that, despite assertion...
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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Busted by The Man. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Last night my neighbor tells Anne that we got busted by The Man. Several months ago they repainted the crossing lines on our corner. They moved the stop sign line on the street several feet bac...
fklonskyWho Is More Qualified Than Ruben Brosbe?
southbronxschool.com - With the horror of E4E Blog Monkey™ being admitted to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, speculation has arisen as to just how he was admitted into such a prestigious program and institution...
coopmike48All Education Matters: Letter from a Couch-Hopping Student Loan Debtor
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Letter from a Couch-Hopping Student Loan DebtorLetter from a Couch-Hopping Student Loan Debtorby C. Cryn JohannsenAs many of you know, I am living with my gracious, loving in...
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Harold McGraw III - The McGraw
mcgraw-hill.com - Chairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerThe McGraw-Hill CompaniesHarold (Terry) McGraw III is chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a leading global f...
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After angering parents, Netflix focuses on kids
mercurynews.com - Click photo to enlarge Netflix has made it easier and more fun for kids and families to instantly watch a huge range of kid-friendly TV shows and movies with its new "Just for Kids" exper...
coopmike48Warren Buffet signals successor has been chosen
democraticunderground.com - Source: Raw StoryAmerican billionaire Warren Buffett has indicated that a successor to head his Berkshire Hathaway firm has already been "agreed on" and could step in as soon as the investment guru...
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Your Amazing Brain -- National Geographic Kids
kids.nationalgeographic.com - You carry around a three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls every single thing you will ever do. From enabling you to think, learn, create, and feel emotions to controlling e...
coopmike48Mama Bears Don’t Like Mold « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - I never thought much about mold, until my first child was born. We came home from the hospital and discovered greenish black mold covered the wall behind the family bed. With a three-day-old baby i...
coopmike48Facebook: enemigo del aprendizaje - Univision Vida y Familia
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Los padres empiezan a consternarse al saber que Facebook puede ser una ser una causa para obstaculizar el aprendizaje y hacer que los niños estén menos saludables y más deprimidos. Estudios ha enco...
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Standardized Testing and Reporting Program: August 2011 Information Memoranda - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - August 2011 Information Memoranda - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education)August 2011 Information MemorandaBackground information and updates on issues of interest to the State Board Membe...
coopmike48Ackerman absent from leadership conference | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Ackerman absent from leadership conference | Philadelphia Public School NotebookAckerman absent from leadership conferenceby Benjamin HeroldPrincipals and assistant principals from across the Distr...
coopmike48Buffet learning: the future of education « Cooperative Catalyst
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Buffet learning: the future of education « Cooperative CatalystBuffet learning: the future of educationby alanthefriesenIn my last post (read it here), I talked about how I had transformed my Engli...
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Headlines for August 16, 2011
democracynow.org - 89 Killed in Iraq’s Deadliest Day of 2011Iraq suffered its deadliest day of the year on Monday with some 89 killed and more than 300 injured in dozens of coordinated attacks across the country. Mil...
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