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Perry Defends Ed. Record, Gingrich Praises Race to Top - Politics K-12
blogs.edweek.org - Gov. Rick Perry, the frontrunner among GOP presidential candidates, just cannot get away from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's criticism of his record on education in Texas.During the Repu...
Whatever Happened to GBN News?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - As I was reading recently about the “retirement” of one of my favorite bloggers, I realized that I’ve been in kind of a “semi-retirement” from blogging myself. It’s been a few months since my last ...
September 11
alfiekohn.org - RETHINKING SCHOOLS Winter 2001-02September 11 By Alfie Kohn Some events seem momentous when they occur but gradually fade from consciousness, overtaken by fresh headlines and the distractions of da...
And the Good News Is ...
nytimes.com - Finally, we’re coming to a consensus about what’s wrong with the economy. It’s us. And our bad attitude. Ben Bernanke says we’re too depressed. On Thursday, the Fed chairman suggested t...
That's Really All He's Got :: Frederick M. Hess
frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Sep 9, 2011 at 8:15 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/09/that-really-all-he-gotWhen I heard the makeup of the President's double-secret, a...
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Size of ATR pool comparable to last year
uft.org - Despite five consecutive years of school budget cuts, the total number of teachers in excess rose only slightly this year. Principals faced with budget cuts averaging 2.4 percent in this latest rou...
Daily Kos: Michigan Legislature Goes Berserk
dailykos.com - The package of bills unleashed this week will do the following: allow for the privatization of all educators, removes the 150 charter school cap, allows community colleges to charter in Detroit, ex...
One Thing You Won't See in the Next Mayoral Academy Proposal
tuttlesvc.org - One major unforced error by Achievement First and RIMA in the AFMA proposal was laying out the whole 13 year, five school plan in a proposal for a five year, two school charter. The potential advan...
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"More than one in four Latinos, 28 percent, is at Risk of Hunger"
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:36 pm, September 10, 2011 Photo Credits: 1/4 of Hispanics fear Hunger A new report issued this week by The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) found alarming rates of food...
(UK) Benefits cap 'could make 80,000 children homeless'
democraticunderground.com - Source: The GuardianThe government's benefits cap could make more than 80,000 children homeless and push many thousands more into poverty, says the Children's Society. In a devastating critique of ...
43 Congressmen Join Effort To End Ethics Immunity For Supreme Court
addictinginfo.org - The U.S. Supreme Court. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North AmericaForty-three Members of Congress have now joined Chris Murphy’s call to end the Supreme Court’s ethics immunity.Democrati...
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In aftermath of tornado, football unites Joplin
boston.com - JOPLIN, Mo.—There's a scar through the middle of Joplin, a mile wide and six miles long. All that's left after a deadly tornado are a few twisted tree stumps, chunks of chewed up pavement and the t...
The Cheerful Teacher -Staying Away from the Dark Side! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Cheerful Teacher -Staying Away from the Dark Side! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!:The Cheerful Teacher -Staying Away from the Dark Side!by OldschoolteachI am ashamed to write this. Not I a...
Engaging Parents In School… - Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Engaging Parents In School… - Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?:Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?by Larry FerlazzoRon Clark, the acclaimed teacher and author, wrote a CNN commentary this week tit...
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Steve Early, The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers’ Movement or Death Throes of the Old?
fdlbooksalon.com - Welcome Steve Early, and Host Joe Burns (Reviving The Strike). The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers’ Movement or Death Throes of the Old? Host, Joe Burns: Labor commentator, and for...
States rethinking tax credits as job creation tool
boston.com - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Want to create jobs? Just create a tax credit for businesses.For decades, that's how many governors and state lawmakers have approached economic development. But with budget def...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 10, 2011 This morning at 10:00am, the President chaired a meeting of his senior national security team to review ongoin...
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America On The Way To Moon Again « CAFFEINATED POLITICS
dekerivers.wordpress.com - Lets hope some great discoveries are about to be made.Catching a break from the weather, a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket blasted off Saturday and successfully boosted two NASA science satel...
In Dark Times for Stimulus, Tunnel Offers Dems a Ray of Hope
baycitizen.org - On Thursday morning, miners deep in the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel spent 10 grueling hours drilling six feet farther into the bedrock. “The rock’s hard as hell,” Bill Monahan, the general ...
Taking a Path Toward Sustainability While There is Still Time
dissidentvoice.org - The family of humanity appears not to have much more time, perhaps a couple of decades if we are lucky, in which to make necessary changes in our conspicuous overconsumption/hoarding lifestyles, th...
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Fresno St. players tied to welfare fraud
democraticunderground.com - Source: Associated PressFRESNO, Calif. -- As many as two dozen football players from Fresno State have been implicated in a welfare fraud investigation involving a county Department of Social Servi...
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The Cheerful Teacher -Staying Away from the Dark Side! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Cheerful Teacher -Staying Away from the Dark Side! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!:The Cheerful Teacher -Staying Away from the Dark Side!by OldschoolteachI am ashamed to write this. Not I a...
Blue Jersey:: Monmouth Poll Recap: Going Forward
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Blue Jersey:: Monmouth Poll Recap: Going Forward:Monmouth Poll Recap: Going Forwardby: DSWrightSat Sep 10, 2011 at 03:00:00 PM EDTIt has been almost three weeks since Monmouth University/NJ Press M...
Engaging Parents In School… - Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Engaging Parents In School… - Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?:Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?by Larry FerlazzoRon Clark, the acclaimed teacher and author, wrote a CNN commentary this week tit...
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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 » PostRankHide7.9Layoffs shift TFA teachers to charters | Philadelphia Public School Notebook2011-Sep-9Notes from the news, Sept. 9 | Philadelphia Public...