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Department of Education layoffs hit poor areas hardest

nydailynews.com - Galasso/North Jersey Media Group - FILE PHOTO The disparate nature of the cuts - the biggest layoffs at any agency in the Bloomberg era - became apparent yesterday, when officials gave Local 372, w...

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Study: Wide variation in success of PA charters

thenotebook.org - Students at middle and multi-level charter schools in Pennsylvania perform worse than their peers in traditional public schools in both math and reading, according to a new study published by the C...

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TEACHERS NOT ENOUGH? WHO KNEW?

theconcordreview.blogspot.com - This situation will persist as long as those funding programs and projects for reform in education pay no attention to the actual academic work of our students... BREAKTHROUGH Will Fitzhugh The C...

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What works in public education?

dailykos.com - We all know what doesn't work in education 'reform': standardized testing, vouchers, merit pay, larger class sizes, over-reliance on charter schools, corporate takeovers, witch hunts to weed out 'b...

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It’s time for teachers unions to lead

blogs.reuters.com - By Jennifer JenningsThe 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. Be...

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Class Warfare: Fact Checking Pages 351 to 400

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Page 351: A school administrator said about Weingarten’s criticism of TFA “she’d be glad to get as many of its recruits as she could.” I have a friend who is a TFA alum and a principal and over t...

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Dr. King Weeps From His Grave

nytimes.com - Princeton, N.J. THE Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was to be dedicated on the National Mall on Sunday — exactly 56 years after the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi and 48 years aft...

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Dr. King Weeps From His Grave

nytimes.com - Princeton, N.J. THE Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was to be dedicated on the National Mall on Sunday — exactly 56 years after the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi and 48 years aft...

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Emanuel's former opponents grade his first 100 days

wbez.org - Today we wrap up our coverage of Rahm Emanuel's first 100 days in office. All week we've brought you stories about the new Chicago mayor: what he's accomplished, where he's fallen short.Now we give...

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A Tax Cut The Republicans Oppose « CAFFEINATED POLITICS

dekerivers.wordpress.com - From The New York Times. It is hard to find a tax cut that Congressional Republicans dislike. Unless it is a tax cut pushed by President Obama. In a turning of the tax policy tables, Democrats are ...

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Tea Party Down, Raising Taxes Up « CAFFEINATED POLITICS

dekerivers.wordpress.com - This AP-GfK poll does not provide a new shocking finding. (There is a problem with WordPress today that does not allow me to place a link.) The AP results are fitting into a growing narrative as ...

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'No regrets' about waterboarding suspects

google.com - Cheney: 'No regrets' about waterboarding suspects (AP) – 14 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he has "no regrets" about the harsh interrogation policies the Bush ad...

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Imagina la escuela ideal - Univision Vida y Familia

vidayfamilia.univision.com - Cuando usted piensa en la escuela ideal para su niño, puede ser que se imagine aulas llenas de colores, maestros dinámicos y una gran variedad de programas extraescolares. Sin embargo, al llegar el...

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