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Was Sec. Duncan playing ball with the hedge-funders?

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - EismanSen. Grassley's investigation of the DOE Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley is investigating whether Education Department officials, including Arne Ducan himself, disclosed confidential go...

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Oversight problems prompt freeze of school reform funds

californiawatch.org - This year's payout of a three-year $416 million federal grant to struggling schools has been delayed for several California schools after monitoring teams found the state Department of Education an...

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Tilson vs. Rubinstein Round I

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - One problem in the current ed reform debate is that there is not enough genuine debating. Really, there’s no communication at all between the two sides who I see as the ‘corporate reformers’ (Dunc...

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Superintendent John Kuhn Turns Failure On Its Head

teacherleaders.typepad.com - Some may be put off by Superintendant John Kuhn of Texas calling out politicians directly, and flipping the notion of "failure" on its head. But he is right, and his conviction is inspiring. (See ...

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Quotable: Linda Darling-Hammond

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Linda was a featured speaker at Saturday SOS rally in D.C."We have produced a larger and more costly prison system than any country in the world — we have 5% of the world’s population and 25% of it...

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New Arrest in British Hacking Scandal

nytimes.com - LONDON — The uproar enveloping Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper subsidiary in Britain took a new turn on Tuesday with another arrest, the 11th in recent months, in the police inquiry into alleged phone h...

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Grassley Questions Education Agency's Ties to Wall Street

dealbook.nytimes.com - Senator Charles E. Grassley is examining whether Department of Education officials disclosed secret government information to hedge fund managers, including Steve Eisman.The inquiry stems from the ...

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Americans cut spending for first time in 20 months

northjersey.com - WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans cut back on their spending in June for the first time in nearly two years and their incomes grew by the smallest amount in nine months, a troubling sign for an economy t...

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Bronx School Hires White Supremacist as Principal

gawker.com - When the 200-student Bronx primary school Our Lady of Mount Carmel needed a new principal, its pastor, Rev. Eric Rapaglia, knew exactly who to hire: White supremacist author Frank Borzellieri. Borz...

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U.N. Agencies Duck Taking Stand on Safe Abortion

womensenews.org - A woman's right to safe abortion is increasingly recognized as both a human right and a means to reduce maternal mortality. U.N. agencies--including UN Women in its new strategic plan--are sidestep...

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Home - Inside Higher Ed

insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...

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New Arrest in British Hacking Scandal

nytimes.com - LONDON — The uproar enveloping Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper subsidiary in Britain took a new turn on Tuesday with another arrest, the 11th in recent months, in the police inquiry into alleged phone h...

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New Arrest in British Hacking Scandal

nytimes.com - LONDON — The uproar enveloping Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper subsidiary in Britain took a new turn on Tuesday with another arrest, the 11th in recent months, in the police inquiry into alleged phone h...

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