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Monday, September 12, 2011

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Education Reform and U.S. Competitiveness

cfr.org - Craig R. Barrett, Former CEO and Chairman, Intel CorporationTo compete in the twenty-first century, individuals and countries will have to add value in the workplace to command a high standard of l...

DianeRavitch

Middle-Class Schools Fail to Make the Grade

online.wsj.com - Middle-class public schools educate the majority of U.S. students but pay lower teacher salaries, have larger class sizes and spend less per pupil than low-income and wealthy schools, according to ...

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So Why Am I Skeptical?

huffingtonpost.com - Obama's speech last week to Congress has been described as a "wake up call" -- with its aggressive and ambitious proposals to boost spending on education -- including $30 billion to avoid further t...

DianeRavitch

International Test Scores, Irrelevant Policies

edweek.org - ByIris C. RotbergPerhaps no research finding has influenced education policy more, or been subject to greater misinterpretation, than our ranking on international mathematics and science tests.Prev...

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The bait and switch of school "reform" - Education

salon.com - In recent weeks the debate over the future of public education in America has flared up again, this time with the publication of the new book "Class Warfare," by Steven Brill, the founder of Americ...

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WEEKEND QUOTABLES

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - 9/12“We spent trillions on foreign wars and allowed our physical infrastructure to deteriorate and our technological infrastructure to fall behind that of the rest of the developed world. We ignore...

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No limiting queries at NY political trial

sfgate.com - (09-12) 09:05 PDT New York (AP) -- A judge has rejected a request to limit what New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg or top aides could be asked at a coming trial where a campaign consultant is charged...

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Blog posts on this issue

whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 12, 2011 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Revisions to the Unified Command Plan 2011 Pursuant to...

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Capital Gains Tax Cuts Massively Tranfer Wealth to the Top

news.firedoglake.com - The biggest reason why you would want to use higher taxes on the rich and the nation’s largest corporations if you’re going to pay for stimulative job-creation measures is not just because these wo...

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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Ready, Set, Go…

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Ready, Set, Go…:Ready, Set, Go…by alicemercerI am through the first week of school, and just like the end of a really hard bike ride, or hike, I’m exhausted...

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In Love With Death

nytimes.com - Outside, the desert sky had been darkened by a sandstorm. In the tent, an Army officer pulled up a chair. It was early in the invasion of Iraq, late March 2003. With the war postponed on account of...

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Submissions: Doodle Your Learning Journey - Education

good.is - Someguy, a San Francisco-based artist who might be sort of into the idea of anonymity, started the 1000 Journals project eight years ago, when he...Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens, the longest-servin...

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Blast at French Nuclear Site Is Said to Kill 1 Person

nytimes.com - PARIS — An explosion shook a French nuclear waste site near the southern city of Nimes on Monday, killing one person and injuring four, officials and news reports said. Authorities sa...

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American Jobs Act - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - American Jobs Act - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):American Jobs Act Could Bring Nearly $6 Billionin Needed School Funds to CaliforniaTorlakson Estimates Plan Could Prevent Thousands of Teacher L...

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Nuke plant (Fort Calhoun Omaha) fire gets closer look

democraticunderground.com - Source: Omaha World HeraldBy Nancy GaarderThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending a special team of inspectors to Nebraska to learn more about a fire at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station not lo...

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Mich. court stays on sideline in recall dispute

chron.com - GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court won't get involved in the effort to recall a state lawmaker from Genesee County.In a brief order released Saturday, the court refused to issue a...

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