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California public school students decline in SAT scores

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Among the interesting details in the latest SAT results from the College Board: California's public school students scored much lower on the high-stakes test than other members of the state's 2011...

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DianeRavitch RT @Jeff_Bernstein: RT @fklonsky: More attacks on MI teachers. House passes bill banning union dues check-off. http://t.co/sYl55knIabout 1 hour ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Getting teacher evaluation right - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - Here is an edited version of a briefing on the right way to evaluate teachers that Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond and other leading education research experts gave this week on...

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House passes HB 4929 | Michigan Education Association

mea.org - On a close 55-53 vote today, the House passed HB 4929 which prohibits the deduction of union dues by public school employers. The bill was fast-tracked through the House after being introduced Tues...

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The Land of (Unequal) Opportunity « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The weather changed literally overnight. Yesterday it was shorts and sunglasses. Today...

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Ryan: 'Buffett Rule' class warfare - POLITICO Live

politico.com - September 18, 2011 House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is ripping President Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on the rich, calling it "class warfare." "Class warfare might make for good poli...

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Chicago’s Mayor Challenges Teachers Union

nytimes.com - CHICAGO — One by one, teachers at public elementary schools here have been voting to buck their own union and take Mayor Rahm Emanuel up on an unusual offer: to accept bonus pay in exchange for wai...

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Live Blog for #OccupyWallStreet: Day Two

dissenter.firedoglake.com - Yesterday was the first day of Occupy Wall Street, an action inspired by occupations that have taken place in Egypt, Greece, Spain and other countries over the past months. FDL’s The Dissenter has ...

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Recess Is Making a Comeback in Schools

nytimes.com - As more Chicago public schools cash in on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s longer-day financial incentives by adding 90 minutes to their school day, the previous votes by a dozen schools to add about a half ...

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Speech Therapy 3-2-2011 | Special Needs in Education

edusped.com - Here I am practicing reading words in speech therapy. —————————- OnNovember 25, 2009, I had a stroke. An aneurysm burst in my brain, I began to slur my words and then (apparently) I collapsed on th...

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Marketing of Menopause Creates its Own Misery

womensenews.org - There's no one size fits all for menopause, says Dr. Wulf Utian in his new book "Change Your Menopause," released this month during National Menopause Awareness Month. In this excerpt he says confu...

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Michael Moore On His Penchant For 'Trouble' : NPR

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Michael Moore On His Penchant For 'Trouble' : NPR: Michael Moore On His Penchant For 'Trouble'Michael Moore didn't plan on becoming a filmmaker. As a teenager growing up in the Midwest, he consider...

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Live Blog for #OccupyWallStreet: Day Two

dissenter.firedoglake.com - Yesterday was the first day of Occupy Wall Street, an action inspired by occupations that have taken place in Egypt, Greece, Spain and other countries over the past months. FDL’s The Dissenter has ...

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