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Thursday's arguments in our charter co-location lawsuit, & what Tisch and Klein said to Brill about this issue
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Arguments in our lawsuit vs. charter co-locations will be heard this Thursday, Sept. 15 at 10 AM ; 60 Court St, 2nd floor, Judge Feinman’s courtroom. Please join us to show your support at our p...
leoniehaimsonWhat I Did Last Summer, Part One - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,I wish I could say I had a restful summer, but I didn't. I finished writing an epilogue for the paperback edition of The Death and Life of the Great American School System, which shoul...
DianeRavitchAre Michigan Lawmakers Taking their Cue from Ann Coulter: Teachers Useless? - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - A few days ago, Fox News personality Ann Coulter sparked outrage when she asserted that kindergarten teachers "have useless jobs," and suggested their work be turned over "to vouchers, to charter s...
DianeRavitchDoubts grow over the success of Sweden's free schools experiment | World news
guardian.co.uk - All over the Swedish port city of Malmö last week there were gaggles of students clutching brand-new laptops given to them on loan for the start of the school year. As schools fight over what, due ...
DianeRavitchThe 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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mikeklonsky Once in a great while truth seeps out of Brizard's mouth. We're there to catch it. Yes, "no magic bullet." No even more seat time, Rahm.3 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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coopmike48 Programa Puentes hacia el futuro - Univision Vida y Familia -http://t.co/V4WmRxi37 seconds ago · reply · retweet · favorite
mikeklonsky Borders donates 8,000 books to Chicago schools. http://t.co/wcJWqSwBut 160 CPS schools have no library t… (cont) http://t.co/G2qh08j9 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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Privatizing Teaching - Teacher in a Strange Land
blogs.edweek.org - Latest news from the Mitten State: Legislators propose privatizing teaching. Lots of ways to accomplish this, including designating Michigan a "right-to-teach" state, preserving the right to collec...
mikeklonskyQ. and A. With Education Secretary Arne Duncan – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Sept. 12, 2011, 4:24 p.m. Arne Duncan, the United States secretary of education, conducted a three-day back-to-school tour last week that took him to schools in several states, from Pennsylvania to...
leoniehaimsonChicago Shopping
chicagotribune.com - The tongue-lashings Chicago Public Schools has endured in the last several weeks over its short school day — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called it a "disgrace" — have overshadowed the fact...
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Palin slams Perry on 'crony capitalism' - Maggie Haberman
politico.com - POLITICO's Molly Ball reports that Sarah Palin, who has kept mum about whether she'll run, is not in sync with Rick Perry: Sarah Palin took a hard swipe against her friend Rick Perry in a post-deba...
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Woo-hoo! Seattle passes paid sick days ordinance
teamsternation.blogspot.com - What's not to like about public health and economic justice? (We're not asking the Tea Party or the Chamber of Commerce.) Last night the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance that requires busin...
coopmike48Texas Justice - Forbes
forbes.com - Tim Murphy uncovers some of failures of governance in Texas that have led to the protraction of the sexual abuse scandals plaguing that state: For years, the Texas juvenile justice system was wrack...
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My Twitter debate with Cornelia on basketball and the longer school day
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Tweeting with @Corneliagracchi -- Historian, Teacher, Gardener, Traveler,Grandmother. Very Old, both Soul and Other WiseCornelia: You are a coach. Is it better to spend more time or less time prac...
mikeklonskyWhy I'm Not Afraid to Draw
gyrewide.blogspot.com - As THE CHINESE FIRE DRILL nears its 50th strip, I'm hearing the same comment from more people: "Aren't you worried?" or "What are you going to do if you 'get in trouble' for this?" I suppose, when...
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Talking to your kids about marijuana
ednewsparent.org - Q. How do you talk to your kids about your own past experiences with marijuana or is it best to leave this one alone? With so much medical marijuana everywhere, my kids sometimes have questions. Ne...
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Obama Looks for Big Health Cuts, Worrying Democrats
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — As Congress opens a politically charged exploration of ways to pare the deficit, President Obama is expected to seek hundreds of billions of dollars in savings in Medicare and Medicaid...
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Michael Moore | Today Show Michael Moore Death Threats
mediaite.com - video On the Today show to discuss his new memoir, Here Comes Trouble, Michael Moore maintained that he would not take back his contraversial 2003 Oscar speech, but holds certain regrets for the to...
coopmike48MA-Sen: Warren to Officially Announce for Senate Tomorrow
news.firedoglake.com - Elizabeth Warren, the former Obama Administration official and Harvard law professor who creates, fought to pass and stood up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will formally announce her ca...
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Rate of Poverty in U.S. Is Highest Since 1993, Census Says
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — The portion of Americans living in poverty last year rose to the highest level since 1993, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, fresh evidence that the sluggish economic recovery has do...
fklonskyObama May Limit Tax Breaks on Muni Bonds
democraticunderground.com - Source: BloombergPresident Barack Obama proposed curbing the amount of interest from municipal bonds that top earners can exclude from their taxable income, a step that may diminish demand for stat...
coopmike48Census: US poverty rate rises to 15.1 percent; number of uninsured hits high of 49.9 million
democraticunderground.com - I changed this on my original report: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/... Census: US poverty rate rises to 15.1 per cent; number of uninsured hits high of 49.9 millionBy: Hop...
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Vermont Students Travel Across a Mountain to Get to School
nytimes.com - CHITTENDEN, Vt. — Karen Prescott, the principal of Barstow Memorial, never expected that her 33 elementary and middle school students who live on the other side of the mountain would make it in tha...
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This Week In Education: Thompson: The "Big Deal" in Chicago
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Thompson: The "Big Deal" in Chicago:Thompson: The "Big Deal" in Chicagoby john thompsonThe only things I know about the Chicago Teachers Union are what I read in the newspap...
coopmike48Book illuminates UFT's role in struggles over teacher selection, diversity in NY | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Book illuminates UFT's role in struggles over teacher selection, diversity in NY | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Book illuminates UFT's role in struggles over teacher selection, diversity in ...
coopmike48Liberal think tank’s support for charter schools ignores the facts. « Fred Klonsky's blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Liberal think tank’s support for charter schools ignores the facts. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Liberal think tank’s support for charter schools ignores the facts.by Fred KlonskyThe Center for American P...
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Our First Rodeo (Part Deux)
justgabe.com - Posted by Gabe on September 13, 2011 under Kids are Heroes |For me at least, preparing for “our first rodeo” was quite stressful. After all, MaryMargaret and I had spoken in front of schools before...
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