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American Schools in Crisis | Saturday Evening Post
saturdayeveningpost.com - (Photo courtesy Radius Images/Corbis)If you read the news magazines or watch TV, you might get the impression that American education is deep in a crisis of historic proportions. The media tell you...
Mayor Bloomberg under attack for coverup of ex-deputy Stephen Goldsmith's domestic violence arrest
nydailynews.com - Mariela Lombard for News Stephen Goldsmith offered his resignation to Bloomberg on Aug. 4, just days after the arrest. Under furious attack about his coverup of a top deputy's domestic violence arr...
Schools | Covington: Teachers need new mindset
detnews.com - Last Updated: September 01. 2011 1:02PM Jennifer Chambers/ The Detroit News Detroit — The incoming chancellor of Michigan's new statewide system for failing schools vowed Wednesday to make teacher ...
Unions and school reform. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Anthony Cody, an Oakland educator and organizer of the SOS March on Washington, has a regular column in EdWeek. This week he hands it over to John Thompson who argues for teacher unions to be “focu...
NBC News Offers First Glimpse of September's "Education Nation" Summit - PR Newswire
sacbee.com - NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2011 -- Jennifer Garner To Participate On Monday's Panel Focused On Early Childhood LearningTeachers Nationwide Are Invited To Pre-register For EducationNation.com's "Teacher's L...
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Top 5 Hashtags for Arne Duncan [And Why I Won't #AskArne Anything]
thejosevilson.com - Arne DuncanThe last time I had a chance to interact with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan happened not too long ago over an Elluminate session where some of the best and brightest educators inter...
Michigan Republicans: Let's Privatize Public School Teaching
motherjones.com - Thu Sep. 1, 2011 3:00 AM PDTIn Michigan, a state perennially crippled by budget deficits, public school districts across the state have already outsourced their bus drivers, cafeteria workers, spor...
Just up the lake shore from Chicago...
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - New Trier High School Rahm Emanuel continues to turn the longer school day/year issue into a bloody war, battled out with the union in the media. But a few miles up the lake shore, in Rahm's home t...
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Bloomberg Hid Crucial Detail as Aide Resigned: An Arrest
nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s management style has its hallmarks: unwavering loyalty to aides and a deep distaste for exposing private lives to public scrutiny. So when he described the ...
Former New York Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith claims he resigned over domestic violence arrest
nydailynews.com - Mariela Lombard for News Stephen Goldsmith offered his resignation to Bloomberg on Aug. 4, just days after the arrest. Former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, who unexpectedly stepped down last mont...
Barb Shelly: State lawmakers outsourcing duties to ALEC
kansas.com - By Barb ShellyMake no mistake, legislators in Missouri, Kansas and elsewhere are perfectly capable of coming up with loopy ideas on their own. But some of the more radical ideas emerging from state...
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Rahm's Kids
nbcchicago.com - Is Mayor Rahm Emanuel getting enough sleep? Word is, he checks his e-mail throughout the night, then gets out of bed at 5 a.m. to swim. I’m wondering whether he’s exhausted because in his interview...
What the Left Doesn’t Understand About Obama
nytimes.com - This has been the summer that liberal discontent with Obama has finally crystallized. The frustration has been simmering for a while — through centrist appointments, bank bailouts and the defeat of...
Mitt Romney, Republican Hispanic,Crack Down on Illegal Immigration
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:28 pm, September 2, 2011 Photo Credits: Mitt Romney: Our country must do a better job of securing its borders Friday, presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Obama’s ...
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Sacramento man arrested for allegedly biting snake
northjersey.com - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn't whom you'd expect. Police say a python underwent emergency surgery a...
Colo. school funding trial wrapping up in Denver - The Denver Post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Colo. school funding trial wrapping up in Denver - The Denver Post: Colo. school funding trial wrapping up in DenverBy IVAN MORENO Associated PressPOSTED: 09/02/2011 03:47:52 AM MDTUPDATED: 09/02/2...
Kelley Williams-Bolar, Woman Who Faked Address For School Districting, Not Pardoned
huffingtonpost.com - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended that the governor not pardon a woman who was jailed for using her father's address to enroll her children in a neighboring school distr...
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The Party Line - September 2, 2011: Earthquakes, Hurricane Highlight Serious Flaws with Nuclear Power and its Regulation
my.firedoglake.com - On Friday, August 26, as Hurricane Irene began its slow journey up the US central Atlantic coast, power companies operating 20 nuclear rectors in nine states made plans to deal with the storm and i...
A Look at Just How Bad Texas's Drought Has Been - National
theatlanticwire.com - Anyone who needs further proof of the severity of the drought in Texas this summer--and Texans certainly don't; they just can go outside--need not look further than today's Chart of the Day, below....
The Week in Review - Newsroom: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
sanders.senate.gov - September 2, 2011 Tropical Storm Irene caused catastrophic flooding throughout Vermont. The state experienced the brunt of a storm that began as a powerful hurricane before blowing into New England...
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Protect Yourself From Cybercrime « Tangerine, Florida
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Protect Yourself From Cybercrime « Tangerine, Florida: Protect Yourself From Cybercrimeby 5redherringsUse Several Methods of Security, Don’t Rely On Just One!Use anti-virus software:Your anti-virus...
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Modern School: Foreign Youth Give American Workers Lesson in Solidarity
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Foreign Youth Give American Workers Lesson in Solidarity: Foreign Youth Give American Workers Lesson in Solidarityby Michael Dunn The strike at Hershey by 300 foreign students here o...
Protect Yourself From Cybercrime « Tangerine, Florida
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Protect Yourself From Cybercrime « Tangerine, Florida: Protect Yourself From Cybercrimeby 5redherringsUse Several Methods of Security, Don’t Rely On Just One!Use anti-virus software:Your anti-virus...
As Schools Break Ranks, Union Looks for Answers - Chicago News Cooperative
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - As Schools Break Ranks, Union Looks for Answers - Chicago News Cooperative: As Schools Break Ranks, Union Looks for AnswersJohn KonstantarasDays after the Chicago Teachers Union union rallied with ...
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Top 5 Hashtags for Arne Duncan [And Why I Won't #AskArne Anything]
thejosevilson.com - Arne DuncanThe last time I had a chance to interact with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan happened not too long ago over an Elluminate session where some of the best and brightest educators inter...
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