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Big Education Ape: 8-27-11 AM Public Education's Dangerous Silence EDition

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Essay: Public Education's Dangerous Silence

njspotlight.com - Welcome to New Jersey and to the 18-month street fight waged by Gov. Chris Christie against public education. By this time, the governor's attacks against teachers and their unions, superintendents...

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Editorial Cartoons

baltimoresun.com - Here's an update to a clichéd philosophical question: If a test is scheduled and no one is around to take it, will this test matter?The new school year for many public school teachers begins weeks ...

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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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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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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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AFT - A Union of Professionals

aft.org - American public schools have a responsibility to prepare all students for the opportunities and challenges that await them, and in so doing, to develop an educated citizenry that strengthens our co...

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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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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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Sen. Loni Hancock acts to thwart Amazon referendum

sfgate.com - Paul Sakuma / AP Online retailer Amazon backs a referendum to let voters decide on sales tax collection. Sacramento -- Lawmakers are aiming to torpedo a well-funded referendum that would undo a pie...

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HedgeFund.net: Public news from HedgeNews

hedgefund.net - Hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman reportedly sold all of his hedge fund’s stocks in Bank of America and Citigroup before shares for the two banks fell drastically. Omega Advisors sold 2.5 million...

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Rahm vs. The Chicago Teachers « Edumacation Archive

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Rahm vs. The Chicago Teachers « Edumacation Archive: Rahm vs. The Chicago Teachersby thatsrightnateIt’s been nearly a year since I posted to this blog. I frankly considered it done. I continued t...

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