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Arne Duncan and the Bourne Identity. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - In what has to be among the silliest education related stories you will hear this year, the Washington Post is reporting that Education Secretary Arne Duncan tried to intercept the actor Matt Damon...

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Want to #AskArne a Question? Tweet Today

ed.gov - The response to ED’s first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall has been overwhelming. The questions and comments on Twitter are rolling in, and Arne looks forward to addressing the important issues you...

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Steve Brill’s blinkered view of education

blogs.reuters.com - If you don’t have the time or inclination to read Steve Brill’s book on education reform, then his bombastic op-ed on the subject is a pretty good alternative. And similarly, if you didn’t read Dia...

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More Than Just Good Teachers « EdVox

edvox.org - by Dorothy Siegel “A good teacher is the most important factor in a child’s academic learning” Every time I hear this statement, my blood pressure goes up. I usually respond by saying that yes, a c...

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If only the unions were the problem

blogs.reuters.com - By Deborah MeierThe opinions expressed are her own. As I read Brill’s opening paragraphs I was cheering. Aha, he’s going to apologize for his New Yorker attack on the teacher unions! He’s going to ...

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KC Superintendent Covington submits resignation

kansascity.com - By JOE ROBERTSONThe Kansas City StarKansas City school Superintendent John Covington has resigned, board member Arthur A. Benson II said this evening.Covington told the board at 5:50 p.m. that he w...

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The reform movement is already failing

blogs.reuters.com - By Diane RavitchThe opinions expressed are her own. Reuters invited leading educators to reply to Steven Brill’s op-ed on the school reform deniers. We will be publishing the responses here. Below ...

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Court Limits Use Of Standardized Tests To Evaluate N.Y. Teachers

huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- Teachers unions have the right to collectively bargain over almost every component of teacher evaluations, an Albany County (N.Y.) Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday afternoon, dealing...

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Chilean Students vs. the Nation’s President » Council on Hemispheric Affairs

coha.org - Education reform at primary, secondary, and university levels in Chile is a longstanding social and political issue that has now forced President Sebastián Piñera to reassess the country’s antiquat...

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Attorney General To Investigate Whether 9/11 Families Were Hacked

ny1.com - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reportedly promised about a half-dozen relatives of September 11th victims today that his office will investigate concerns that reporters from the now closed "News...

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4LAKids - Michelle Rhee & Antonio Villaraigosa on Public Schools: ANTI-TEACHER UNION ‘REFORMERS’ HOISTED ON OWN PETARD Michelle Rhee & Antonio Villaraigosa on Public Schools: ANTI-TEACHER UNION ‘REFORMERS’ HOISTED ON OWN PETARD

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Michelle Rhee & Antonio Villaraigosa on Public Schools: ANTI-TEACHER UNION ‘REFORMERS’ HOISTED ON OWN PETARD: Michelle Rhee & Antonio Villaraigosa on Pu...

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Editor Said to Receive Pay After He Took Tory Post

nytimes.com - LONDON — The former News of the World editor Andy Coulson received hundreds of thousands of dollars in severance pay from his former employer after joining now-Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conser...

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Conservative Smackdown of the Day: 8-24-2011

addictinginfo.org - They could have sent Palin to shoot him from a helicopter.Awarded to that BFF trifecta of two-facedness, John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham for offering to help train Qhadafi’s (Khadaffy...

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Boehner says, "guess who's coming to dinner?" It's Mike Madigan

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Madigan (L) & Boehner“The press never picked up on it,” Edelman said about how his group had endorsed twice as many Democratic candidates as Republicans. Those endorsements were a strong indication...

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Loophole let DOE take years to test toxic site

riverdalepress.com - The Department of Education has announced that it will relocate the Bronx New School, PS 51, which it failed to test for nearly 20 years, to a school more than two miles away because PS 51 is too t...

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National Science Foundation Clears 'Climate-Gate' Scientist Of Any Misconduct

democraticunderground.com - Source: Talking Points MemoThe National Science Foundation has cleared climatologist and Penn State professor Michael Mann of any misconduct in the "Climate-Gate" controversy, which became a lightn...

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We Party Patriots » Blog Archive » China Overtakes the U.S. in the Latest Renewable Energy Rankings

wepartypatriots.com - Aug 2011 24 Recent situations around the world — such as Japan’s Nuclear Disaster and the ongoing violence in the Middle East and Africa — will disrupt oil production and have increased the need fo...

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BBC News - Clashes in Chile as workers stage 48

bbc.co.uk - 25 August 2011 Last updated at 04:24 ET Chile is set for the second day of a 48-hour national strike called by the main trade unions who are demanding a raft of reforms. Wednesday's stoppage began ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 24, 2011 The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered federal aid to supplement s...

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Two charged with starting largest ever Arizona wildfire (Sen. McCain their last name is- Malboeuf)

democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters(Reuters) - Two cousins who allegedly left a campfire unattended have been charged with starting Arizona's largest ever wildfire that torched more than 800 square miles of wilderness...

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The Trauma of Violence and Our Broken Communities - Off the Grid

chicagomag.com - Posted Aug 12, 2011 at 11:42 AM By Alex KotlowitzEddie BocanegraFifteen years ago, I was on vacation with my family in upstate New York, when late one night I got a phone call from a homicide detec...

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Forbes Power Women | Forbes 100 Media | Gallery

mediaite.com - Gallery Forbes has come out with its annual list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and, as is to be expected, several recognizable names in media made the cut. According to Forbes, the women...

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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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