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People Are Awesome: This Superintendant Took an $800,000 Pay Cut to Offset Budget Cuts - Culture
good.is - Times are tough at school districts across the country, but they're especially bad in California, where a multibillion-dollar budget deficit has educators protesting and scrambling for ways to avoi...
DianeRavitchRetired teacher Lee Barrios of Abita springs will run for Louisiana education board
nola.com - Lee Barrios, a retired middle school teacher from Abita Springs and an outspoken critic of state education reforms, announced her candidacy Wednesday for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Seco...
DianeRavitchWhy I Hate Teach for America — Feministe
feministe.us - Like many English majors who have reached their senior year of college and are unsure of what kind of job they can get with that specialized B.A. in interwar period lesbian literature, five years a...
DianeRavitchPa. takes a step backward with Gov. Corbett's education cuts
pennlive.com - By Michael J. CrosseyIf we want to improve the performance of our public schools, we should cut school funding. And we should make really big cuts in our most challenged schools. Really? Does someo...
DianeRavitchWhat Did You Learn in School Today? (The Texas Version)
commondreams.org - Millions of Texas students head back to school this week confronted by a dramatically altered, state-mandated social studies curriculum. The contentious hearings of the Texas State Board of Educati...
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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...
DianeRavitchEditorial 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 ...
DianeRavitchCharting a new course at Gary school - Post
posttrib.suntimes.com - By Carole Carlson ccarlson@post-trib.com August 4, 2011 5:24PM Kipp School teacher Salome Mottajer escorts her students to the next classroom during summer school session at the school Friday July ...
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One small win for humankind: Comptroller rejected $27 M no bid Wireless contract
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - One small but significant victory: public outrage has managed to stop the state contract with Wireless Generation, owned by Rupert Murdoch and run by Joel Klein. As reported in today's Daily New...
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The return of Velderman. Ask GOP tough questions and you get put on a watch list. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Joe McCarthy mini-me, Ben Velderman. It was late last school year that the goof ball ideological terrorists at the Michigan-based Education Action Group demanded that my school district hand over t...
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Failing Forward
nytimes.com - Sometimes I push back on my heels, look at this country and wonder aloud: “What on earth are we doing?” We have a growing crisis among the nation’s children, yet our policies ignore tha...
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Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing Assailed
democracynow.org - The White House was rocked Tuesday, not only by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, but by the protests mounting outside its gates. More than 2,100 people say they’ll risk arrest there during the next two ...
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Obama officials back oil pipeline from Canada
democraticunderground.com - ...if you actually read the article (along with the source article from the Guardian) it says the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, approves the pipeline deal, while Obama has not weighed in on ...
coopmike48New York Scraps $27 Million Contract With Murdoch Education Affiliate Wireless Generation
democraticunderground.com - Source: HuffPoWireless Generation tracks student test performance and is an independent subsidiary of News Corporation. The New York City Comptroller's office first approved the contract last month...
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Examining a Labor Hero’s Death
nytimes.com - At Woodstock, Joan Baez sang a famous folk ballad celebrating Joe Hill, the itinerant miner, songwriter and union activist who was executed by a Utah firing squad in 1915. “I never died, said he” i...
mikeklonskyExamining a Labor Hero’s Death
nytimes.com - At Woodstock, Joan Baez sang a famous folk ballad celebrating Joe Hill, the itinerant miner, songwriter and union activist who was executed by a Utah firing squad in 1915. “I never died, said he” i...
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Music Legend Gilberto Santa Rosa to Perform at CHCI\'s Awards Gala
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 9:14 am, August 27, 2011 Photo Credits: Gilberto Santa Rosa Billboard Magazine’s Tropical Artist of the Decade and GRAMMY®-award winning Gilberto Santa Rosa will take center stage to p...
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Welcome Back to School! Del Monte Fresh Fruit Brings You Teacher Monday & Cash for Classrooms at K12NN
k12newsnetwork.com - Win $25 in gift certificates for Dole fresh fruit!First, some good news to welcome you back: K12NN is participating in Del Monte’s free giveaway of fresh fruit! Thanks to Del Monte, I’ll be giving ...
K12NNUSDA Offers Food Safety Tips In Advance of Hurricane Irene
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for residents in states that might be affected by Hurricane Irene to minimize the potential...
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Dick Ingram: Some truths about state pensions - Springfield, IL - The State Journal
sj-r.com - Throughout Illinois, public pension systems have been a central topic of discussion for months as state government grapples with an uncertain economy. State legislators and organized labor continue...
fklonskyBefore Jobs, Sam Walton and Bill Gates took exits
boston.com - NEW YORK—As CEOs, Sam Walton, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs possessed common traits. They were tireless workers, demanding bosses and sticklers for detail. They were visionaries, too, who reshaped thei...
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solidaridad: EDUCATION AND CAPITALISM: Struggles for Learning and Liberation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: EDUCATION AND CAPITALISM: Struggles for Learning and Liberation: Classroom Rules to School Behaviorsby DellaEvery year, a large part of my back-to-school routine was establishing class...
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Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 9
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 9Modern School: Striking Teachers Could Lose Residence or Citizenship Modern School: Striking Teachers Could Lose Residence or Citizenship: Striking Teachers Co...
coopmike48All Education Matters: Are you a former employee at Kaplan, University of Phoenix, etc.?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Are you a former employee at Kaplan, University of Phoenix, etc.?: Are you a former employee at Kaplan, University of Phoenix, etc.?by C. Cryn JohannsenIf you are a former em...
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Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank #EDREFORM #EDCHAT #WIUnion #sosmarch #p2 #pfla #1u
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRankHide8.9Education Research Report: Lack of Free Play Among Children is Causing Harm #parents2011-Aug-26Education Research Report: Lack of Free P...
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