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In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores

nytimes.com - CHANDLER, Ariz. — Amy Furman, a seventh-grade English teacher here, roams among 31 students sitting at their desks or in clumps on the floor. They’re studying Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” — but n...

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Daily Kos: American Schools in Crisis

dailykos.com - A couple of quick notes before returning to the piece. Diane Ravitch may be as qualified as anyone in the US to write a piece about the status of American public schools. She was an Assistant Sec...

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Teacher pay, evaluations tied to student data - Miami-Dade

miamiherald.com - More than a grade will be at stake when Jessica Fishbein’s 10th-grade students take the reading FCAT in the spring.Depending on their performance: Extra pay for their teacher and part of her annual...

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Schooling for Ruling

deborahmeier.blogspot.com - This is my speech at the Save Our Schools Rally, Saturday, July 30, 2011, on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. One thing that is interesting is that only mad dogs, Englishmen and teachers could imagi...

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Labor Day. Stand Up Chicago! « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Monday, September 5, 2011 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Rally in Grant Park Near Congress and Columbus Rally to be followed by a march to the site of negotiations. Stand Up! Chicago is working with a gr...

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US different if Hillary Clinton president

sfgate.com - Richard Drew / AP Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, is interviewed on the "Fox & friends" television program, about his book "in My Time," in New York Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (09-04) 08:38...

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Bloomberg Defends His Misleading the Public on Aide

nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg acknowledged on Sunday that he concealed the arrest of former deputy mayor Stephen Goldsmith, but steadfastly refused to apologize for his actions, even as Mr. Goldsmith ...

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Bachmann "open" to eliminating corporate taxes

cbsnews.com - (CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann offered muted support Sunday for Sarah Palin's recent call to eliminate all corporate taxes, noting that she's "open" to the idea of c...

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The One Habit that Will Immediately Reduce Your Stress

coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - One of the most unbelievably annoying things in my house is to run out of cat food. We have two cats and they just go crazy. "Good morning, Boots." "Meow." "Morning, Crispy." "Reow" (Yes, he has an...

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The Godfather of Korean Rock: K-Pop Evolves

rosemont.patch.com - [Click here to read part one] Korean pop changed slightly in the 1970s. Mainstream music was still “trot,” but a new contemporary folk music had emerged. Korea’s contemporary folk music was represe...

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