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Class Warfare | Edwize

edwize.org - Class Warfare: that’s the title Steven Brill gave to his recent book on the state of American education. With such a title, one might think that that Brill’s book would investigate how the deep cla...

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DOE ESCALATES ITS WAR ON EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

iceuftblog.blogspot.com - Tuesday was the day for the latest ATR job fair where experienced teachers had to line up for what we have been told were very few positions. Next week there will be another one of these pseudo hir...

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Poverty continues to rise in U.S., now 15.1%

cbsnews.com - (CBS News) WASHINGTON — The number of people in the U.S. living in poverty in 2010 rose for the fourth year in a row, representing the largest number of Americans in poverty in the 52 years since ...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - The two sides waging a public tug of war over the future of Chicago Public Schools playfully sparred Tuesday night in a live debate over contentious issues including a longer school day and teacher...

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More Accepting Performance-Based Bonuses Than Before

huffingtonpost.com - More highly rated teachers in D.C. Public Schools are accepting performance-based bonuses than in the past, American University Radio WAMU reports.Of the 670 teachers eligible for bonuses, 70 perce...

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nypost.com - More than one in three city public schools has had a new principal since 2006, a Post analysis found.Nearly 35 percent of school leaders, or 464 principals at 1,346 schools, changed during that fiv...

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Chicago Rally to Save Troy Davis. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Tomorrow 5:00pm at Prudential Plaza, Chicago, IL**RALLY TO SAVE TROY DAVIS** Prudential Plaza (Barack Obama’s 2012 Reelection Headquarters) 130 East Randolph Street. Troy Davis has received an exec...

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Percent of Americans in poverty rising

boston.com - WASHINGTON - The percentage of Americans living in poverty last year rose to the highest level since 1993, the Census Bureau reported yesterday, fresh evidence that the disappointing economic recov...

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It's Too Bad for Obama That Europeans Can't Vote - Global

theatlanticwire.com - America's not so hot for Obama right now. His approval ratings, according to Gallup, is a scant 43 percent. But Obama may be able to take some solace in the fact that Europe still loves him--at lea...

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From the Front Lines of the Overcrowding Problem

nyceducator.com - You may have caught this article from the Daily News taking a look at school overcrowding in this age of population explosion and budget contraction. I thought I could provide a teacher's-eye view ...

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Broken Elevator | Connected Principals

connectedprincipals.com - Posted by dhatch on 9/14/11 • Categorized as Best Educational Practices,Technology Integration This is a cross post from my personal blog. Our school elevator is broken, and as a result our studen...

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Jackie O's antiquated views 'horrified' grandkids

northjersey.com - NEW YORK — Caroline Kennedy says her daughters were "horrified" by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' old-fashioned view of the role of women in taped interviews released this week. FILE PHOTO Jacqueline ...

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SAT Reading Scores Fall To Lowest Level On Record

democraticunderground.com - Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS(09-14) 10:02 PDT , (AP) --SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point si...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release September 14, 2011 New Initiatives Led by Campaign to Cut Waste Will Save Medicaid Waste & Strengthen Partnership with States to R...

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Study Finds Government Pays More in Contracts - Really?

my.firedoglake.com - "Do Not Overpay" by Timothy Valentine on flickr In an article in the New York Times, Government Pays More in Contracts, Study Finds, the conclusions are that: Despite a widespread belief that contr...

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SAT Results for 2010-11 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SAT Results for 2010-11 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Comments on 2010-11 SAT® ScoresSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today...

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