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Obama's Chief of Staff: The Man from J.P. Morgan
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - With Daley in charge, who needs Republicans?Bill Daley, the brother of the former Chicago mayor and JPMorgan Chase executive, joined Obama's inner circle back in January in an effort to ease tensi...
mikeklonskyU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizes 305 Schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools
ed.gov - September 15, 2011The U.S. Department of Education today named 305 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their success in closing achievemen...
arneduncanChicago Shopping
chicagotribune.com - About a dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, raided the home of a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday as part of a growing investigation into whether county employees...
fklonskyFinding the money for school repairs: reduce testing
schoolsmatter.info - Sent to the New York Times, Sept 13, 2011 The US Department of Education plans to increase testing well beyond the already excessive amount we are doing now, without any supporting evidence. Test d...
fklonskyPromoting K-12 Education to Advance Student Achievement
brookings.edu - Event Summary Great teachers and great schools have the ability to transform the living standard of Americans. Over the past century, investments in education have boosted the productivity and ear...
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Debt and The Great Disconnect
schooltechconnect.com - I wonder how this is playing out in communities where the new metric isn't a test score but rather the ability to sculpt a school's graduating class so that 100% of the graduates are accepted at co...
tbfurmanRochester students get more options in 2012 | Democrat and Chronicle
democratandchronicle.com - City students will have two new educational options in 2012, as the state Board of Regents' has approved two new charter schools in Rochester.And both of the schools, which were approved Tuesday, u...
mikeklonskyParents test ability to organize for school change in California
latimes.com - Parent activist Esmeralda Medina cruised her Pacoima neighborhood this week, spied a mom sitting outside with kids and advanced. What is one thing you'd like to change about your school? she asked....
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Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top? | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top? | Scathing Purple Musings:Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top?by Bob SikesThe Florida Educ...
mikeklonskyRomney says Cheney has qualities he would seek in a vice-president candidate - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe
boston.com - By Matt Viser , Globe Staff WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney yesterday praised former Vice President Dick Cheney, saying he would seek a running mate who shared many traits of longtime, and often controv...
mikeklonskyMost See Unemployment as America’s Top Problem
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - A large plurality of Americans, 39 percent, say unemployment is the most important problem facing the country today. “Unemployment” recently managed to take the top spot away from the issue of “the...
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"So this is how freedom dies....With thunderous applause"
dailykos.com - Earlier this week it was reported that the Michigan Legislature had gone "berserk." Today, they continued their "berserk" assault on workers in Michigan by pushing forward with a series of bills th...
mikeklonskyTruthout: Postal Workers: The Last Union
kochwatch.org - -by Allison KilkennySeptember 8, 2011- The recent attacks against the United States Postal Service (USPS) are more than signs of desperate times - a natural sunset moment for a service rendered arc...
coopmike48Elizabeth school district to review employees' applications to enroll kids in free lunch program
nj.com - ELIZABETH — Elizabeth Board of Education officials say they will now cross-check payroll information against the applications of all employees seeking free or low-cost meals for their kids, followi...
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Should Davis be executed? No
ajc.com - By William S. SessionsNo: Questions about his guilt continue to plague his conviction.As Troy Davis faces his fourth execution date on Sept. 21, many may assume that lingering doubts about the case...
fklonskyThe Innocence of Troy Davis
forbes.com - John Rudolf has a long piece up on Troy Davis in the Huffington Post. Davis was convicted in 1991 for the shooting death of a Georgia policeman. Since then, many doubts have been raised about the c...
mikeklonskySupreme Court halts Texas execution
northjersey.com - HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair becaus...
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TeachHub Monthly Classroom Projector Giveaway!
oldschoolteach.wordpress.com - We teachers are always looking for a way to get tech tools for free! Actually, anything for free. Well TeachHub has decided to help us out! They are conducting a monthly contest where each winner ...
coopmike48Fires Alarmed | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fires Alarmed | The Jose Vilson:Fires Alarmedby JoseFire drills always unnerve me. One time, our dean asked me to stand in one of the streets, a standard procedure for fire drills as we escort stud...
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That'll be 8 ounces of dark beer and a Republican Representative, Please |
bluecheddar.net - I officially chastise the person who poured a beer on the Joint Finance Committee Co-Chair, Wisconsin legislator Robin Vos Wednesday night at the Inn on the Park downtown. It is an inappropriate us...
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Obama admin ignored warnings about Solyndra
news.yahoo.com - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ignored repeated warnings about a clean-energy loan program that has become an embarrassment for the White House amid the collapse of a California solar e...
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Cesar Chavez's retreat named to National Register of Historic Places
latimesblogs.latimes.com - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has named Cesar Chavez's retreat in the Tehachapi Mountains to the National Register of Historic Places. The 187-acre Nuestra Senora Reina de La Paz in Keene, so...
coopmike48Why Hunger Is Still With Us
thenation.com - Editor's Note: This piece is one in a series of replies to Frances Moore Lappé’s essay on the food movement today. Amid the joy of local, seasonal ingredients and tides of young people with dirt ...
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Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top? | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top? | Scathing Purple Musings:Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top?by Bob SikesThe Florida Educ...
mikeklonskyFires Alarmed | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fires Alarmed | The Jose Vilson:Fires Alarmedby JoseFire drills always unnerve me. One time, our dean asked me to stand in one of the streets, a standard procedure for fire drills as we escort stud...
coopmike48School Tech Connect: Debt and The Great Disconnect
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Debt and The Great Disconnect:Debt and The Great Disconnectby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)I wonder how this is playing out in communities where the new metric isn't a test score b...
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Stop Children What's That Sound? Only #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clearThere's a man with a gun over thereTelling me i got to bewareI think it's time we stop, children, what's that soundEverybody look what'...
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