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Poll Finds Bloomberg’s Approval Rating the Lowest in 6 Years
nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s job approval rating among New Yorkers has hit its lowest point in six years, with residents conveying widespread anxieties about the city’s economic prospects, accordin...
DianeRavitchSecretary Duncan to Hold #AskArne Twitter Town Hall
ed.gov - The Department of Education announced today that Secretary Arne Duncan will participate in the first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall on August 24, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Veteran education journalis...
DianeRavitchIn Poll, Lowest Marks for Bloomberg in 6 Years
nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s job approval rating among New Yorkers has hit its lowest point in six years, as residents convey widespread anxieties about the city’s economic prospects, according to ...
leoniehaimsonKindergarten teacher details ‘lunacy’ of standardized tests for kids - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - --This was written by Nancy Creech, a kindergarten teacher in Michigan.By Nancy Creech Have you ever given young children a standardized test? Kindergartners are 4 to 5 years old and this is what h...
leoniehaimsonInnovator: 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. ...
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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 ...
fklonskyTimothy 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...
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...
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Judge orders halt to Douglas County voucher program
taxpayersforpubliceducation.org - From the order "The Court finds that the injuries asserted by Plaintiffs, both economic and non-economic, are sufficient in quality and directness to establish standing. The prospect of having mi...
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United Farm Workers | This summer two farm workers may have already died from the CA heat. Tell Gov Brown enough is enough.
action.ufw.org - It's hot out there, really hot. And farm workers are working. California's blazing sun may have already claimed two farm worker lives. And summer is in full swing with six more weeks of the hottest...
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Day 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...
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Rick Perry links fed chairman Bernanke to treason
digitaljournal.com - Cedar Rapids - Texas Governor Rick Perry officially entered the presidential campaign on Saturday and wasting no time in creating hostilities, in response to a question on Monday, said Federal Rese...
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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...
mikeklonskyAllGov - 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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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...
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the ambassador gets his own coffee
blog.angryasianman.com - Hey look! It's Gary Locke, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to China, carrying his own backpack and ordering his own coffee... just like a regular dude. No big deal, right? It's apparently a big...
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A Dear John Letter to my Textbooks
mrdsneighborhood.com - Dear NYC Social Studies Core Curriculum Textbooks published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, This is a difficult letter for me to write…and an even more difficult letter for you to read, so I hope tha...
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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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School officials grow nervouser+nervouser: CALIFORNIA REVENUES DOWN, DEPT OF FINANCE CONFIRMS - Finance officials caution against early concern
4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Posted by Kevin Yamamura in SecBee Capitolalert | http://bit.ly/oGMCvr August 16, 2011 - Gov. Jerry Brown's Department of Finance said Tuesday that California was $541 million shy of its July...
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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...
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Affordable Care Act Helps Women « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - When I was a kid, I thought I was a lot tougher than I was. My mother taught me that if you acted like you could handle yourself, then you could. But sometimes that meant enduring unnecessary pain....
coopmike48Your 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...
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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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