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Sharpton's Racket - Page 1 - Columns - New York

villagevoice.com - The Reverend Al Sharpton has proven that it's a waste of ink to detail his decades of bad behavior: the payoffs, shakedowns, conflicts of interests, campaign violations, and legal problems that hav...

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Oregon third worst for percentage of children with unemployed parents

oregonlive.com - Thirteen percent of Oregon children have at least one unemployed parent, ranking the state third worst nationally in a dynamic that can have lifelong effects on kids. A study on children released W...

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National child welfare survey examines recession

news.yahoo.com - LAS VEGAS (AP) — Karla Washington worries how she will afford new school uniforms for her five-year-old daughter.Washington, an undergraduate student, earns less than $11,000 a year from a part-tim...

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Another Bachmann History Flub: The American People Are Worried About ‘The Rise Of The Soviet Union’

thinkprogress.org - Of all the candidates vying for the GOP presidential nomination, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) perhaps has the most colorful record of flubbing historical facts. Just this week, she wished Elvis Pre...

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Shame of a nation

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Millions of children growing up in poverty A couple of new reports caught my eye yesterday. The first was a new study on child well-being put out by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It found that c...

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Internet billionaire donates $1.25 million to create libertarian islands | Best Places To Live In NY

bestplaces.nydailynews.com - Seasteading Institute's Facebook page Peter Thiel has made his fortune by being part of the next big thing: He was a co-founder of Paypal and one of the early investors of Facebook.But a new Detail...

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With students' math deficit, can US compete? - US news - Christian Science Monitor

msnbc.msn.com - What do Massachusetts, Switzerland, and Singapore have in common? Their students are among the top performers in the world when it comes to mathematical proficiency. As for the rest of the United S...

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Suspension Stories

whatkidscando.org - Suspension Stories: Young Activists Challenge the “School-to-Prison” Pipeline by Barbara Cervone CHICAGO, IL—“He who opens a school door closes a prison,” Victor Hugo wrote in his 19th-century mast...

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Verizon Strike Solidarity Fund

afl.salsalabs.com - Amid the larger national context of attacks on public employee unions, Verizon has adopted a page from Scott Walker’s playbook to launch an assault on collective bargaining rights and the middle cl...

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The Parent Trigger: A Positive Step or a Distraction for Improving Our Public Schools?

publicsectorinc.com - In 2010, California enacted education legislation known as the “parent trigger.” The legislation empowers parents of children at schools that have failed to meet annual yearly progress for at least...

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Rick Perry has a funny definition of "miracle"

dailykos.com - You know how the national health care law is modelled after Romneycare in Massachusetts? So if such laws kill jobs, as conservatives claim, then Massachusetts should be in dire straits, correct? If...

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Will teachers work hard for Democrats in 2012? « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Anthony Cody writes an insightful piece for Valerie Strauss’ column in today’s Washington Post. In spite of the NEA early no strings endorsement of Obama at last July’s Representative Assembly here...

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Bachmann Staffer Arrested for Terrorism in Uganda in 2006 - Garance Franke-Ruta - Politics

theatlantic.com - The charges were dropped after he spent more than a month in prison. Now he's rallying Bachmann's faith-based support and prepping for a movie about his ordeal. The evangelical organizer who helped...

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The Rick Roll: Perry Backs Teaching Creationism in Public Schools - Politics

theatlanticwire.com - Rick Perry has moved swiftly through the first phase of presidential media coverage: What does the candidate look like? (A badass Texan) That went pretty well for him. But now he's into the second ...

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The Persistent Failure of Steven Brill

gawker.com - Steven Brill has a reputation for being a media wise man—a deep-thinking mogul who's always spotting the opportunities of The Future. Which is kind of strange, since the majority of his projects ha...

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Government Shuts Down Yard Sale of Woman Raising Money to Pay for Medical Bills

forbes.com - It turns out that even if you’re raising money to help pay for expensive bone cancer treatment by hosting a yard sale in your back yard you can still get shut down by the local government in Salem,...

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Donors Needed To Make Willy Street Poetry In Sidewalks Project Possible « CAFFEINATED POLITICS

dekerivers.wordpress.com - In recent weeks many have worked to incorporate poetry into the new sidewalks being constructed on Willy Street. The idea was one that I instantly supported when first learning of it. As with any i...

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Goldman Sachs VP Changed His Name, Now Advances Goldman Lobbying Interests As A Top Staffer To Darrell Issa

truth-out.org - Has Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) turned the House Oversight Committee into a bank lobbying firm with the power to subpoena and pressure government regulators? ThinkProgress has found that a Goldman Sac...

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Justice Department Joins Probe of S&P, Rivals Over Crisis-Era Ratings .

democraticunderground.com - Source: Wall Street JournalThe U.S. Justice Department has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in investigating Standard & Poor's and other credit-rating firms for their role in developin...

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School Panel, Over Protests, Backs a Deal With Verizon

nytimes.com - The Panel for Educational Policy on Wednesday approved a $120 million contract with a Verizon subsidiary to provide phone and Internet services for two years at city schools, despite calls for post...

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Las maestras y los maestros importan

vidayfamilia.univision.com - Una maestra efectiva puede adelantar el conocimiento de sus estudiantes por el equivalente de un grado y medio en el espacio de un año académico, mientras que una inefectiva los hace crecer solamen...

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Spanish Telenovela, Terminales, to Be Adapted by ABC Family Network

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:06 pm, August 18, 2011 Photo Credits: Terminales Telenovela to be Adapted by ABC The popular Spanish telenovela, Terminales will be adapted by the ABC Family network for English spea...

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NYC Public School Parents: Last night's PEP meeting on Verizon contract and its "Norma Rae" moment

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Last night's PEP meeting on Verizon contract and its "Norma Rae" momentLast night's PEP meeting on Verizon contract and its "Norma Rae" momentby Leonie HaimsonLast night'...

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