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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Missing Studs Terkel on Labor DayWhat would he say today about Obama, his chosen Democratic president, who came into office fortified with a Democratic House and Senate? “He would be so appalled a...
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nypost.com - If they build a buzz, the kids will come. That's the thinking at a mediocre Brooklyn public school with grandiose aspirations -- it wants to hire a press agent to lure more and better students. Adm...
DianeRavitchWhen the Mayor's Management Style Becomes a Study in Arrested Development
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Now 10 years into his mayoralty, Michael R. Bloomberg still tends to view the office of the mayor as akin to a hallway at Bloomberg Inc.Michael Powell on government and politics.Rules apply as the ...
DianeRavitchThe Ultimate Education Reform State
louisianaeducator.blogspot.com - Governor Jindal is moving to assert complete control of both the legislature and BESE. A recent article in the Advocate describes Jindal's plans to hand pick all key legislative leadership position...
DianeRavitchParents Scramble to Apply for Charter School (Louisiana)
charterschoolsusa.com - http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpnewssum/?p=15123 Interest in the region’s first charter school is at fever-pitch, if online applications and attendance at Monday night’s informational meeti...
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Are Class Sizes Getting Too Big in IC?
iowacity.patch.com - One teacher, 33 kids and two grades in one classroom. "How can kids learn in that setting?" some parents are asking Iowa City school district officials. They feel it is too crowded for their childr...
leoniehaimsonCheating on state tests found at two Los Angeles schools
latimes.com - The state has thrown out the test scores of a top-performing Los Angeles school and of the highest-scoring campus in the nationally known Green Dot charter group after cheating was uncovered involv...
leoniehaimsonOn the Inadequacy of the Stimulus
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - September 5, 2011, 10:09 amHmm. I don’t think I’ve ever put up a simple explanation of why the stimulus was so clearly inadequate to the task. By the way, my point here is not what Obama shoulda-co...
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Brooklyn Councilman Released Following Parade Scuffle
ny1.com - Brooklyn City Councilman Jumaane Williams has been released and no charges filed after being arrested earlier today at the West Indian Day Parade, a spokesman tells NY1.Williams’ spokesman says t...
leoniehaimsonMayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem
huffingtonpost.com - I don't understand why people are so exercised about the way Michael Bloomberg canned his deputy mayor.The person in question, Stephen Goldsmith, spent a night in a Washington D.C. pokey after his ...
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Catholic School Teachers Wrestle With Faith and Obedience in Negotiating a Contract
nytimes.com - Wednesday morning, on the first day of the new school year at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic School in East Harlem, Gertrude Zagarella expects to arrive, as always, at 7:05. By 7:45, the children — most...
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The Fatal Distraction
nytimes.com - Friday brought two numbers that should have everyone in Washington saying, “My God, what have we done?” One of these numbers was zero — the number of jobs created in August. The other w...
DianeRavitch10 Eye-Popping Labor Day Stats
motherjones.com - Labor Day was created more than 100 years ago to celebrate the might, ingenuity, and achievements of American workers. But for many, this year's holiday is a painful reminder of how few good jobs a...
fklonskyBloomberg's pals get a pass but all others pay the price
nydailynews.com - The amazing thing is that this all comes out after Bloomberg came away from Hurricane Irene looking pretty good, practically turning "mayor" into a verb, dominating the airwaves and the coverage, e...
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Jimmy Hoffa At Obama Event On GOP: "Let's Take These Son Of Bitches Out"
realclearpolitics.com - Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday. "We got to keep an eye on the battle...
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Responsible Cable News Outlets To Devote Sensible Amount Of Airtime To 10th Anniversary Of 9/11
theonion.com - NEW YORK—Promising to cover the event responsibly and with the kind of delicate restraint it deserves, the nation's cable news outlets announced Monday that while they would be devoting some airtim...
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Bloombito and our Bilingual Future | Being Latino Online Magazine
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bloombito and our Bilingual Future | Being Latino Online Magazine:Bloombito and our Bilingual Futureby Ryan Almodovarby Ryan Almodovar“Hola Newo Yorko! El stormo grande is mucho dangeroso!” tweeted...
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Labor Day: Why we celebrate - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - If your kids are complaining about going back to school, Labor Day is the perfect time to explain just how much worse things could be for them — and, in fact, were. Once kids were forced into back-...
fklonskyColorado schools extend healthier options to vending machines
denverpost.com - Little by little, food offered in schools is becoming healthier. This year, some Colorado schools are bringing their vending machines up to par with the healthful food they have been offering in th...
coopmike48Schools alarmed by corner store drug sales
signonsandiego.com - As schools kick off a new year, many are scrambling to update drug education efforts because of a new brand of synthetic drugs that are turning up in backpacks and lockers throughout San Diego Coun...
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Blog U.: Mothering at Mid-Career: Feminism and Baking - Mama PhD
insidehighered.com - By Libby Gruner September 5, 2011 6:25 pm EDT At the beginning of the school year I let a lot of things slide. I let the listserv email pile up in a virtual folder, I skim or ignore the blog posts ...
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Before the First School Bell, Teachers in Bronx Make House Calls
nytimes.com - JASON McCORKLE, all of 11, stepped back into his family’s living room in the South Bronx wearing the gray slacks and crisp white shirt his new teachers had just handed him, tags still dangling from...
leoniehaimsonBurning Man draws record crowd on Nevada desert
sfgate.com - Andy Barron / AP People gather around the Trojan Horse at it is pulled across the "playa" at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev. on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. (09-03) 17:03 PDT Reno, Nev. (AP) --...
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Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 10 - 9-5 pm
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 10 - 9-5 pmA.J. DUFFY, closeted reformer all those years? Or do his views simply reflect those of whoever signs his paycheck? 4LAKids - some of the news that do...
coopmike48Queens Teacher: No Child Left Behind: The Scam of the Century and How Students Are Paying the Price
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Queens Teacher: No Child Left Behind: The Scam of the Century and How Students Are Paying the Price:No Child Left Behind: The Scam of the Century and How Students Are Paying the Priceby Queens Teac...
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140 Acapulco schools close, teachers afraid to show up - ContraCostaTimes.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 140 Acapulco schools close, teachers afraid to show up - ContraCostaTimes.com:140 Acapulco schools close, teachers afraid to show upBy The Associated PressPosted: 08/31/2011 10:42:00 AM PDTUpdated:...
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Columbia Business School Only Wants 200-Character Application Essays - Education
good.is - Earlier this summer the University of Iowa's Tippie School of Management made headlines by ditching the traditional essay in favor of allowing would-be students to use Twitter to write a 140-charac...
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