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Feds Loosen Rules on Cutting Special Ed. Spending
edweek.org - Published Online: August 31, 2011School districts that want to reduce special education spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the U.S. Departmen...
mikeklonskyWill Rick Perry Unravel the Strange Consensus on Public Education?
huffingtonpost.com - By all accounts, political polarization has made America ungovernable. Speaking in Holland, Mich., President Obama declared, "There is nothing wrong with our country. There is something wrong with ...
DianeRavitchRheeFirst!
RheeFirst.com - Michelle Rhee is the Sarah Palin of public education. She is all celebrity and very little record. To the extent she has a record, she has misrepresented it. Closer scrutiny of her reveals that she...
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 6:42PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel appealed to Chicago’s newly-created Youth Commission on Tuesday...
fklonskyNew Hampshire Dumps Minimum Wage Law; Rep Says Youth 'Not Worth Minimum'
ibtimes.com - While the GOP presidential candidates debate the proper approach to creating jobs, New Hampshire's new minimum wage restriction law that lowers the minimum wage to match the federal one of $7.25 an...
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How Low Will New York State Senator Jeff Klein Go For $5,000?
southbronxschool.com - Last night during the storm I emailed the person who handles my booking for my radio show. I basically sent him a wish list of who I would like to appear. One of those people I wish to have as a gu...
leoniehaimsonAn Open Letter to NBC re this year’s Education Nation « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Aug 31, 2011 leoniehaimson Date: August 30, 2011 to: Steve Capus (President, NBC News) and Brian Williams (Anchor and Managing Editor, Nightly News) Subject: Education Nation Dear Mr. Capus and Mr....
leoniehaimsonWisconsin Teacher Retirements Double After Cuts To Benefits And Collective Bargaining
huffingtonpost.com - MADISON, Wis. -- When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake of a new law...
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Anti-Abortion Group,Planned Parenthood Target Hispanics and Blacks
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:31 pm, August 31, 2011 Photo Credits: Anti-Abortion Group Claims Planned Parenthood and "Abortion Industry" Target Hispanics and Blacks In a 24-page report, Life Dynamics, a pro-life...
coopmike48Governor Signs Senator Simitian’s Identity Theft Prevention Bill
californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Richard HoloberConsumer Federation of California Persistence paid off for Senator Joe Simitian. Governor Jerry Brown just signed Simitian’s Senate Bill 24, ...
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Choi Trial Put on Hold After Judge Allows "Vindictive Prosecution" Defense
democraticunderground.com - Source: Metro WeeklyChoi Trial Put on Hold After Judge Allows "Vindictive Prosecution" DefensePosted by Chris Geidner | August 31, 2011 3:40 PM | With reporting from court by John Riley.The third d...
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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...
mikeklonskyObama's Risky Scheduling Conflict - Politics
theatlanticwire.com - President Obama's decision to schedule a major jobs speech in front of a joint session of Congress at 8 p.m. next Wednesday, the precise time of the Republican presidential debate, is a risky bet t...
coopmike48Obama Jobs Address Also a Deficit Address
news.firedoglake.com - The President has requested a joint session of Congress on September 7 at 8pm (amusingly conflicting with the next GOP Presidential debate at the Reagan Library), “to lay out his plan to create job...
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How Walmart Trains Managers | Labor Notes
labornotes.org - The brave Walmart workers who belong to OUR Walmart say fear is the main thing stopping their fellow retail workers from organizing. As an assistant store manager at Walmart, I saw how managers wer...
coopmike48Who Moved My &%$$@#! Cheese and Why?? « EducationCEO's Blog
educationceo.wordpress.com - Yes, I’ve read the book. And hell yeah maybe there was some truth to the manner in which I handle change, but at least I don’t blame other folks when their late and/or half-arsed last-minute and il...
coopmike48Want Change? Let's Work for It
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - I've been talking to the challengers and wanted to put out the call for help. So what can you do?first, money. Money is not going to win a position for anyone but no one can run without it. In f...
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Highest-Paid CEOs Often Earn More Than Company Pays In Income Taxes, Study Finds
sanders.senate.gov - August 31, 2011 WASHINGTON - Twenty-five of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a pay study said on Wednesday. It also found many o...
leoniehaimsonRuh-roh: Economy sliding into recession?
teamsternation.blogspot.com - That's what Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge is saying. On Friday, the government revised its Gross Domestic Product figures downward from 1.3 percent to 1 percent for the second quarter. Further, GDP h...
coopmike48At least 25 top United States companies paid more to their CEO’s in 2010 than they did to the federal government in taxes « Larry Miller's Blog
millermps.wordpress.com - Where Pay for Chiefs Outstrips U.S. TaxesVerizon’s chief, Ivan Seidenberg, earned $18.1 million in 2010; the company got a tax refund.John Donahoe, eBay’s chief, collected a compensation package ov...
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La enseñanza y aprendizaje de la asignatura de Dibujo, en los principios del siglo XXI, basados en
edupln.ning.com - ¿Qué papel desempeñamos los docentes? Desde la perspectiva del siglo XXI, donde los nuevos avances tecnológicos y la globalización del mercado del trabajo; nos incorporan continuamente hacia una so...
coopmike48Web 2.0 Tools - Share Your Favorites!
edupln.com - What are some of your web 2.0 favorites and how do you use them in your classroom/school? Here are just some that I have used in the past, more will be updated in the coming weeks. Until them, p...
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Our Freshman Software Exploration Project (6 Days of Wonder)
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Software should be viewed holistically, in my opinion. I know that in 4 years most of my students will not be using the same version of any software I teach. I do want them to have deep knowledge o...
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Why I Still Think President Obama Can Bring Us Together
huffingtonpost.com - I used to think that Barack Obama would follow the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in bringing us together. I used to read that President Obama adopted a balanced, inclusive, "team of rivals" approach to...
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Bring teachers’ pay into this century
boston.com - OUR ABILITY to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today. Yet we are still operating under yesterday’s system to attract and retain new, talente...
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