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Debt deal sucks: A killer for education
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - A start of something big? (M. Klonsky pic) Save our schools The Obama/Boehner debt-ceiling deal is disaster capitalism at its worst. Republicans, with help from the White House, and using ...
mikeklonskyThe new tests will survive, even if school doesn't
schoolsmatter.info - Dolores Umbridge, Assistant Secretary of Education, US Department of Education, reassured educators and parents today that the huge budget cuts mandated by the new budget agreement will not harm ou...
DianeRavitchThe anti-chancellor: Scott Stringer's education-board appointee objects to Dennis Walcott, again and again
capitalnewyork.com - 10:28 am Aug. 3, 2011 | During a hearing in June, as the city’s Panel for Educational Policy prepared to move on a plan to “co-locate” 22 charter schools in public-school buildings, most of the aud...
leoniehaimsonBESE revokes charter of N. O. school operator | WBRZ News 2 Louisiana : Baton Rouge, LA
wbrz.com - BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's education board has revoked the license for the operator of a New Orleans charter school, only the fourth time a charter has lost its contract with the state. The Board of...
DianeRavitchThe Annotated Frank Rich - Aaron Sorkin Imagines a Conversation Between Rupert Murdoch and Joel Klein -
nymag.com - Int. Rupert Murdoch’s office; day. Rupert Murdoch sits behind his desk as Joel Klein knocks on the door and steps in. Klein: Mr. Murdoch? Murdoch: Well, if it isn’t Lady Macbeth. Klein: Is that wha...
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Unholy alliance between Murdoch, Klein and Bill Gates? "Pretty cool" huh?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Today, Vicki Phillips of the the Gates Foundation announced the creation of an an “amazing” new software program that will be like a “huge app store – just for teachers – with the Netflix and Face...
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Probe underway after staff blows whistle on illicit credit recovery
gothamschools.org - A Philip Randolph High School is under investigation for credit accumulation fraud. A high school that posted suspicious swings in graduation rates in recent years is under investigation for giving...
leoniehaimsonOverreacting to cheating on school tests
latimes.com - Students don't generally like tests, and a certain number of them cheat. Yet it's a rare educator who would advocate eliminating tests or not including them in a student's grade. Why, then, does ea...
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City Ending Overnight Aid for Homeless
chicagonewscoop.org - Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration will shut down its overnight emergency services shift for the homeless and lay off 24 employees in the city’s Department of Family and Support Services. The ...
mikeklonskyCourt rules for San Diego State in suit by Christian groups
latimesblogs.latimes.com - A federal appeals court has upheld San Diego State's nondiscrimination policy for student groups, ruling in favor of the university in a lawsuit brought by two Christian organizations. The groups, ...
coopmike48The Last Word - Jason Bourne loves teachers
thelastword.msnbc.msn.com - YouTube/Gotham SchoolsMatt Damon speaks before the Save Our Schools March in Washington this past Saturday, July 30.Because the debt ceiling debate almost created a black hole that would have destr...
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Dems furious, see deal as GOP win
thehill.com - House Democrats on Monday expressed outrage at the White House for how it handled the debt-ceiling negotiations, claiming the administration caved to the GOP and left them in the dark.The irate law...
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Debt Bill Is Signed, Ending a Fractious Battle
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to raise the government’s debt ceiling and cut trillions of dollars from its spending, concluding a long and fractious partisan battle just hours before the go...
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Tea Party’s War on America
nytimes.com - You know what they say: Never negotiate with terrorists. It only encourages them. These last few months, much of the country has watched in horror as the Tea Party Republicans have wage...
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Update: Only 92% of Newt Gingrich's Twitter Followers Are Fake
tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - John Cook | GawkerYesterday, we published an item based on a former Newt Gingrich staffer's claim that Gingrich assembled his 1.3 million Twitter followers--a number that he's taken to bragging abo...
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NYC Public School Parents: Unholy alliance between Murdoch, Klein and Bill Gates? "Pretty cool" huh?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Unholy alliance between Murdoch, Klein and Bill Gates? "Pretty cool" huh?Unholy alliance between Murdoch, Klein and Bill Gates? "Pretty cool" huh?by Leonie HaimsonToday, ...
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Teacher Appreciation Day 2011
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Staples.com® | Teacher Appreciation Day 2011Join us for a day of celebration to say thanks for all you do.Don't miss these great perks at your local event.FREE thank you gift bag*Great coupon savin...
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I’ve got a major Matt Damon jones. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - I’m a 63 year-old straight teacher who thinks Matt Damon is hot. Me and Anderson Cooper can both swoon together. If you haven’t seen the video of Damon talking to some local dumb-ass reporter and a...
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The Annotated Frank Rich - The Real Transgressions of the Murdoch Empire -
nymag.com - Illustration by Eddie Guy When I was offered a job as a film critic for the New York Post in 1975, it had just been labeled “a terrible newspaper” by Nora Ephron in her media column for Esquire. ...
DianeRavitchRick Scott gets pink slips at doughnut shop
teamsternation.blogspot.com - OK, this is much better than the Fox News video clip we posted earlier today. It shows Florida activists handing Gov. Rick Scott pink slips as he staffs the counter at a Florida doughnut shop this ...
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Central Falls Bankruptcy Driven by Pensions Casts Shadow Over Rhode Island
bloomberg.com - Central Falls, Rhode Island, whose motto is “a city with a bright future,” cast a shadow across the rest of the state yesterday by entering bankruptcy. Rhode Island’s poorest city sought court prot...
mikeklonskyInsight: Microsoft use of low
reuters.com - By Lynnley Browning FAIRFIELD, Connecticut | Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:14pm EDT FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - If you want to know why tax from surging corporate profits isn't making much of a dent in...
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Stock Market Continuing to Drop - Business
theatlanticwire.com - The stock market slide after yesterday's debt deal compromise was signed by President Obama is continuing this morning: "Stocks turn sharply lower, led by a sell-off of energy companies. Dow off by...
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Overreacting to cheating on school tests
latimes.com - Students don't generally like tests, and a certain number of them cheat. Yet it's a rare educator who would advocate eliminating tests or not including them in a student's grade. Why, then, does ea...
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News Corporation
newscorp.com - 24 May 2011 - Maurice, thank you for that gracious introduction. Thank you as well for the invitation to speak today. We are living through a time when many of our leading economies are not perform...
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