Friday, August 19, 2011

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More Shame of a Nation

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - On the heels of the Annie E. Casey report (below) comes another devastating report from the Children's Defense Fund on the State of America's Children. Here's the high lowlightsHow America Ranks Am...

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Michelle Rhee Challenged at Martha's Vineyard Forum

theroot.com - Former Washington, DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee was a frequent target at a forum on education on Martha's Vineyard last night. Rhee, who resigned as head of district schools after Mayor Adri...

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Is anyone listening? | Our Schools NYC

ourschoolsnyc.org - Note: I refer to each person in this article by first name, not out of disrespect but rather a neutral respect. It is the same respect I demand of my students, who call me by my first name and noth...

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Campaign calls for improved education in Chicago Public Schools

abclocal.go.com - August 18, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union and some activists want a focus on quality, instead of quantity, in Chicago Public Schools. They have launched a campaign for what they...

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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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EducationSee all

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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Your Illinois News Radar » Quinn on the defensive in face of union protests

capitolfax.com - * Gov. Pat Quinn was more than a little defensive yesterday when asked by reporters about the union protesters outside the State Fair gates. The protesters were upset at Quinn’s decision to halt sc...

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SocietySee all

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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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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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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PoliticsSee all

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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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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Election Update for Thursday

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Looks like all the incumbents dropped slightly (but overall one percent or less). However, the fight is still on for the challenger to Martin-Morris in Position 3. Dunn has closed the gap to les...

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Art & EntertainmentSee all

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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HealthSee all

State of America's Children® 2010 Report

childrensdefense.org - Release Date: May 28, 2010File Size: 3.96 MBFile Format: pdfDownload Document CDF's The State of America's Children 2010, is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-st...

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Amid P.S. 51 toxin concerns, city to speed environmental testing

gothamschools.org - Chancellor Dennis Walcott addresses P.S. 51 parents. Admitting that they had responded too slowly to news of toxic chemicals at a Bronx elementary school, Department of Education officials said the...

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LAUSD receives federal grant to boost health insurance enrollment

dailynews.com - LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District received a $982,000 federal grant today to boost student enrollment in subsidized health insurance plans ahead of the school year. The U.S. Dep...

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BusinessSee all

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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Customers Feel Some Ripples From the Verizon Strike

nytimes.com - As a strike by 45,000 Verizon workers approaches the two-week mark, the company’s customers are beginning to feel the impact — and are complaining about it. Verizon acknowledges “minor”...

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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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#verizon Read this paperSee all

Customers Feel Some Ripples From the Verizon Strike

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13 schools to be investigated for cheating; 325 teachers recalled | Philly

philly.com - 4:10 p.m. Officials from the Philadelphia School District's accountability office said today that they had "many concerns" about the data analysis used by the state to flag 28 district schools for ...

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