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For Christie and 2 Senators, Animus Is Mutual
nytimes.com - When floods ravaged New Jersey in August, the state’s three top elected officials — Gov. Chris Christie and Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez — joined President Obama in touring dama...
DianeRavitchFinal Plans Announced For Green Ribbon Schools
ed.gov - This week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made public the final plans for a new award program that will encourage our nation’s schools and communities to promote healthy and sustainable environ...
arneduncanSt. Louis Beacon - Charter schools need serious reforms, report finds
stlbeacon.org - More than 10 years after the first charter school opened in St. Louis, too many charters have fallen short of their promise and need more financial help, stricter oversight and stronger incentives ...
DianeRavitchSlay wants Imagine schools to close
stltoday.com - ST. LOUIS • Mayor Francis Slay called for the closure of Imagine charter schools in St. Louis on Thursday, for the first time singling out the poorest-performing charters in the city. In the past, ...
DianeRavitchWhat’s a Teacher Worth?
movies.nytimes.com - “American Teacher” doesn’t come close to doing what it sets out to do, but it does end up as a heartfelt, bittersweet portrait of several teachers as they make the difficult decision of whether to ...
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DC-CAS Cheating Probe? Or Just Another Cover-up by DCPS Officials? « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - You all remember the USA TODAY series that shows almost definitively massive cheating by adults on the DC CAS over the past several years, at least. The detection method was counting wrong-to-right...
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Veteran agitators flock to Occupy Wall Street
crainsnewyork.com - September 29, 2011 2:26 p.m. The city's most experienced agitators—the labor and community groups that typically organize local marches, rallies and sit-ins—have been largely missing from the Occup...
leoniehaimsonLAUSD Superintendent John Deasy Talks School, Controversy And Cafeteria Food
huffingtonpost.com - LAUSD superintendent Dr. John Deasy does not believe in wasting time. He talks fast, sleeps little–-four hours a night-–and is in the news often for rolling out a series of ambitious new initiative...
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Is Occupy Wall Street having an impact? - Polls
mycrains.crainsnewyork.com - Thursday marked the 13th day of Occupy Wall Street, a demonstration centered in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. The protests—against corporate influence on politics and the lack of repercussions f...
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The Toll of the Great Recession
pewhispanic.org - 9.28.2011Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads NationBy Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Gabriel Velasco, Research Analyst, Pew Hispanic CenterThe spread...
mikeklonskyInto the Mainstream | Southern Poverty Law Center
splcenter.org - www.theamericancause.orgThe American Cause is a foundation founded and run by commentator and nativist firebrand Patrick Buchanan, a three-time presidential contender who may have done more than al...
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The Jobless: Robbed with a Fountain Pen
progressivesforobama.blogspot.com - The Men We Trusted to Lead Us By Robert Scheer Progressive America Rising via Ttuthout Sept. 29, 2011 - Now he tells us. On Wednesday Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke referred to th...
mikeklonskyPoll: Social Security still popular - Maggie Haberman
politico.com - CNN included a Social Security question in a round of polling, and found that some share the idea that it's unconstitutional - which Rick Perry has intimated but not explicitly said - but most vote...
mikeklonskyHouse GOP seeks to cut job training, heating aid
denverpost.com - WASHINGTON—Setting a collision course with Democrats that could drag out for months, House Republicans on Thursday unveiled plans to cut federal money for job training, heating subsidies and grants...
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I will bring hundreds of thousands to ‘Occupy Wall Street’ | Raw Replay
rawstory.com - Hip hop magnate Russell Simmons said Thursday on MSNBC that he planned on joining the ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” in lower Manhattan. Simmons, who has an estimated net-worth of $340 million, noted...
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SAT Cheaters Paid Ex-Schoolmate to Do Test, Prosecutor Says
businessweek.com - September 28, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT By Chris Dolmetsch (Updates with comments from school district starting in fifth paragraph.) Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Seven Long Island, New York, students were charg...
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Modern School: Over 35% of Black and Latino Children Living in Poverty
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Over 35% of Black and Latino Children Living in Poverty: Over 35% of Black and Latino Children Living in Poverty by Michael Dunn 39% of black children and 35% of Hispa...
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solidaridad: Special Event - Punishing our Future: School Discipline in Los Angeles
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Special Event - Punishing our Future: School Discipline in Los Angeles:Special Event - Punishing our Future: School Discipline in Los Angelesby Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"While KIPP ...
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S-O-S (Social-Other-School) :: Help! S-O-S for #Parents
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - S-O-S (Social-Other-School) :: Help! S-O-S for Parents:S-O-S (Social-Other-School)S-O-S Research…provides a wealth of FREE information on special needs to:Help Your Child Reach His Potential. “Invi...
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S-O-S (Social-Other-School) :: Help! S-O-S for #Parents
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - S-O-S (Social-Other-School) :: Help! S-O-S for Parents:S-O-S (Social-Other-School)S-O-S Research…provides a wealth of FREE information on special needs to:Help Your Child Reach His Potential. “Invi...
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