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NYC Public School Parents: Outrageous class sizes !

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Outrageous class sizes !:Outrageous class sizes !by Leonie HaimsonCheck out Lindsey Christ's great reporting on 2nd grade classes at 36 children at PS 236 in Brooklyn -- ...

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Despite all the advertising, the cell phone experiment is a flop

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Yesterday’s NY Times features an article about the new institute at Harvard run by Roland Fryer with Eli Broad’s money, which is going to evaluate the results of Fryer’s large scale experiments to ...

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Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places

smithsonianmag.com - It was the end of term at Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School in Espoo, a sprawling suburb west of Helsinki, when Kari Louhivuori, a veteran teacher and the school’s principal, decided to try somethin...

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GOP, Tea Party Influence Permeates Local Charter School

k12newsnetwork.com - by admin on September 19, 2011 An original post for K12NN by LiberalMama (@liberalmama on Twitter). Earlier this year, the city council in my community voted to close a heavily-used library branch....

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CMS named country's top urban school district

charlotteobserver.com - Posted: Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2011 After three grueling years, staff, students and supporters of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools basked in national attention and community pride after claiming the nati...

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Schools Chancellor Walcott is on a losing streak here

silive.com - During each of two recent visits to Staten Island, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott made misleading statements about New York State law and his own department’s disciplinary regulations. In an app...

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US death row inmate's appeal fails - Americas

english.aljazeera.net - Georgia's board of pardons has rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis, a day before his scheduled execution in a racially charged case where his supporters claim he was wrongly convicte...

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'Irvine 11' case goes to the jury - latimes.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 'Irvine 11' case goes to the jury - latimes.com:'Irvine 11' case goes to the juryAfter two full days of closing statements from six defense attorneys and the prosecution, the fate of the so-called ...

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Why Jon Stewart is a Force for Evil « Student Activism

studentactivism.net - Sunday night I tweeted, as Jon Stewart won his I’m-not-even-making-this-up ninth consecutive Emmy for Best Variety Show or whatever, that “Jon Stewart is like 63% of the way to being the guy he sta...

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A Glimpse of a Mayor’s Baronial Side, at Home

nytimes.com - He has been known to serve tuna on crackers during cocktail hour. He prefers diners to power-breakfast spots like the Regency. His sartorial style remains buttoned down, with a salmon-color crew ne...

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Del Monte Cash for Teachers $25 Coupon Fruit & Veg Giveaway

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Del Monte Cash for Teachers $25 Coupon Fruit & Veg Giveaway:Del Monte Cash for Teachers $25 Coupon Fruit & Veg Giveawayby ADMIN on SEPTEMBER 20, 2011Win $25 in gift certificates for Del Monte fresh...

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White House Pledges to Expedite FoIA Requests

democraticunderground.com - Source: Broadcasting and Cable NewsThe White House said Tuesday it will leverage technology to try to expedite Freedom of Information Act requests.That came in the announcement of the latest open g...

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Modern School: Tacoma Teachers Strike Continues Into Day 7

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Tacoma Teachers Strike Continues Into Day 7:Tacoma Teachers Strike Continues Into Day 7by Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsMany people wonder what the point is of going on st...

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Schools Matter: Florida Toughens Pre-K Standards

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Florida Toughens Pre-K Standards:Florida Toughens Pre-K Standardsby Judy RabinFlorida's State Board of Education is coming down heavy on those 3 and 4-year- olds and the lousy teach...

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