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How the Broad virus & Gates infection are hurting Kansas City kids « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Aug 20, 2011 leoniehaimson This was written by a Kansas City teacher who prefers to remain anonymous because she fears retaliation. There is no research, by the way, that indicates that paying tea...
leoniehaimsonWhat Would Ronnie Say About Montco Republicans Now? - Philadelphia Magazine
phillymag.com - Before the Montgomery County officials started calling each other sick bastards and dicks and laughingstocks, before they whipped out words and phrases like complicit and secret cabal and farcical ...
DianeRavitchU.S. Department of Education Announces 'Education and the Economy' Back-to-School Bus Tour with Stops Around the Great Lakes
ed.gov - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and senior Department officials will visit states throughout the Midwest for “Education and the Economy,” the Department's second annual back-to-school bus t...
arneduncanLet Us Not Abandon Listening in the Classroom
edweek.org - ByDiana SenechalA few years ago, as a teacher at a New York City middle school, in Brooklyn, I was administering the listening portion of a standardized test. “Listen,” I read aloud from the teache...
DianeRavitchEducation - Salon.com
salon.com - Considering that there's no daily Pledge of Allegiance in New York City public schools, and that American flags are almost as scarce, the class did quite well. "The dawn's early light" hadn't echoe...
DianeRavitchMichele Bachmann's Radical Reading List
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Ryan Lizza's New Yorker piece on Michele Bachmann, which focuses on the Tea Party candidate's influences, is the current talk of the political world. The article delves deep into Bachmann's ideolog...
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John Covington could make $1.5M overseeing district for Michigan's troubled schools | Detroit Free Press
freep.com - The first chancellor of the new statewide special district for Michigan's lowest-performing schools could receive more than $1.5 million in salary and bonuses over his four-year contract, if he mee...
DianeRavitchEmanuel: I can’t wait for ‘high-class debate’ on longer school day - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com August 30, 2011 12:48PM Updated: August 30, 2011 2:11PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel appealed to Chicago’s newly-created Youth Commission on Tuesday...
mikeklonskyRahm plays the press like a Stradavarius, and schools, teachers and students pay the price. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Over the summer I was asked to be a panelist on Chicago Newsroom. It’s an interesting show on cable access. Being on cable access guarantees it a small audience, although anyone can watch the video...
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Philadelphia Archdiocese high school teachers could strike
timesherald.com - By LINDA STEINlstein@journalregister.com PHILADELPHIA — Archdiocese of Philadelphia officials and the representatives for the Association of Catholic Teachers, representing secondary school teacher...
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Statistics, Beloved by Mayor, Show a Slump in City Services
nytimes.com - “In God we trust,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is fond of saying, before invariably adding a caveat: “Everyone else, bring data.” Mr. Bloomberg, after all, became a billionaire by foundi...
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Stetson Kennedy, Who Infiltrated and Exposed the Klan, Dies at 94
nytimes.com - Stetson Kennedy, a folklorist and social crusader who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s and wrote a lurid exposé of its activities, “I Rode With the Ku Klux Klan,” died on Saturday in St. A...
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Comptroller Rejects Contract With Murdoch-Owned Ed Tech Company
wnyc.org - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli rejected a $27 million no-bid contract between the state education department and an education technology company owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. DiNapoli's o...
mikeklonskySay Anything » Just A Reminder, FEMA Is Broke
sayanythingblog.com - North Dakota has faced flooding disaster after disaster. We went through another round of the annual Red River flood fight. Then the Missouri River started flowing over its banks impacting Bismarck...
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NY Official Cites Hacking In Rejection Of News Corp. Education Contract paidContent
paidcontent.org - Losing a $27 million contract won’t hit the News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) bottom line but the New York state comptroller’s rejection of a contract with a small subsidiary is a blow to Rupert Murdoch’s nas...
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Part I: An Earthquake, Hurricane Irene, and AEM's Successful Trip To D.C.
alleducationmatters.blogspot.com - As I mentioned in a previous piece, the trip to D.C. last week was tremendously productive. Most of you know that the trip made me feel good about the possibility of change for student debtors. Tha...
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Is psychological oppression keeping us off the streets?
teamsternation.blogspot.com - Bullying and intimidation run rampant through right-wing cable television, news media, blogosphere and tweetosphere. (Illegal wiretapping as well, but that's another story.) Here are just a few exa...
coopmike48I Love Being a Working Mom « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Taking care of my new baby girl Lillian for 10 weeks was a great experience, but it only reinforced my desire to go back to my career. I missed adult interaction and using my skills and talents. Wh...
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Chicago Shopping
chicagotribune.com - By Joel Hood Tribune reporter 8:18 p.m. CDT, August 30, 2011 The attorney for a family suing Chicago Public Schools over the alleged handcuffing of a first-grader in 2010 said Tuesday the boy was a...
fklonskyTexas district paid $360K for simple math charts
boston.com - EL PASO, Texas—A West Texas school district paid $360,000 for simple math instructional materials touted as "specialized data" under a no-bid contract that led to federal charges of fraud and embez...
coopmike48DISD trustee Carla Ranger says she will remain on the board | Dallas ISD Blog
dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com - Dallas ISD trustee Carla Ranger now says she is not resigning from the school board. Ranger had sent a resignation letter to the district by e-mail and posted it on her blog on Friday."I'm very hum...
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Inwood Woman is Mayor Bloomberg's Spanish Twitter Doppelganger
dnainfo.com - INWOOD — As Hurricane Irene churned up the East Coast toward Manhattan over the weekend, New Yorkers turned their attention to frequent bilingual updates from Mayor Michael Bloomberg.Millions of Ne...
leoniehaimsonImagina 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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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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