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Saturday, September 3, 2011

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In Honor of Teachers

nytimes.com - Since it’s back-to-school season across the country, I wanted to celebrate a group that is often maligned: teachers. Like so many others, it was a teacher who changed the direction of my life, and ...

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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...

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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...

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Obama Pulls Back Proposal to Tighten Clean Air Rules

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is abandoning its plan to immediately tighten air-quality rules nationwide to reduce emissions of smog-causing chemicals after an intense lobbying campaign by ...

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A school by day, adult club by night? - Schools

miamiherald.com - By day, the Balare Language Academy is an A-rated charter school, home to children in kindergarten through middle school.But when the kids are tucked into bed, Balare apparently becomes a playgroun...

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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...

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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...

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California officials say jobs riding on transportation bill

latimesblogs.latimes.com - State and local leaders this week used the approaching Labor Day holiday as a platform to call for federal investment in transportation projects, warning that failure to do so would further damage ...

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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....

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All Along The Watchtower

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This video is dedicated to my dad who is a real hendrix fan and who now teaches me playing the guitar... wish I had hendrix' talent! I saw no one else uploaded this version and now I hope you enjoy...

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2 directors leave News Corp. board over hacking scandal

chicagotribune.com - Venture capitalist Thomas Perkins quit News Corp.'s board just weeks after publicly backing Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, who is dealing with a UK phone hacking scandal that has rocked his media ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 02, 2011 WASHINGTON- Katherine Abraham, Member of the Council of Economic Advisors, issued the following statement toda...

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Featured Speakers

annualconference.nsba.org - General Session SpeakerMonday, April 23Geoffrey Canada2:30 – 4:00 PMIn his 20-plus years with Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc., Geoffrey Canada has become a nationally-recognized and passionate adv...

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Beyond Bravery Women Of 9/11 | Soledad O'Brien | Video

mediaite.com - Video Media outlets across the spectrum are gearing up for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with a variety of specials, retrospectives and in-depth interviews. CNN, however, is offering something mark...

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Home - Inside Higher Ed

insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...

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