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President Obama Addresses a Joint Session of Congress

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The White House:Home • Photos & Videos • Live StreamsJOIN THE LIVE CHATVISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOVThere is a live discussion about this event at Facebook.Click here to participateNot a Facebook member?Cli...

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Please fill out our brief survey on class size and budget cuts now!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Welcome back to a new school year.I hope your children had a good first day of school. I have posted a VERY BRIEF survey for you to fill out about class sizes and or other effects of budget cuts at...

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The Bloomberg School Legacy: Flawed Policies Poisoned by a Fatal Arrogance

withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- The Bloomberg School Legacy: Flawed Policies Poisoned by a Fatal ArroganceMark NaisonFordham UniversityIt should surprise no one that only 34 percent of New Yorkers approve of Michael Bloomberg’s e...

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John C. Fager: New York Matters: Mayoral Control and Denial

huffingtonpost.com - What happens in the New York City school system has national implications because the city has been a testing ground for the so-called new reforms -- greater testing and accountability by using ann...

DianeRavitch

Okla. reviews contracts after test score errors

chron.com - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Errors reported with school test scores are the latest example of trouble Oklahoma has had with making sure its examinations of students are accurate and reliable.Pearson Educa...

DianeRavitch

Well, Rick Perry, Since You Brought Up Galileo...

motherjones.com - Rick Perry was more than happy to embrace the anti-science title in Wednesday's GOP debate, repeating the claim that the "science isn't settled" on the question of whether human activity is causing...

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Arlene Ackerman, Ex-Philadelphia Schools Chief, Receives Full Buyout From District, Donors Back Out

huffingtonpost.com - PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia school officials say private donors reneged on nearly $405,000 in pledges toward a severance package for the superintendent, leaving the district on the hook for the en...

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Back To School: Investing In Distraction

ourfuture.org - Back to School: Investing In Distraction My guest today is Sabrina Stevens Shupe. Sabrina is a teacher, writer, and activist who has worked with students in struggling communities in Philadelphia a...

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US House to vote on bad charter bill today « Parents Across America

parentsacrossamerica.org - Sep 8, 2011 pureparents Please call your congressman today and ask him/her to vote NO on HR 2218 (see press release below). This bill is called the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter School...

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Video

nypost.com - The number of homeless students in city public schools has quad-rupled since the economy tanked in 2008 -- weighing down an already overburdened system with an additional 30,000 kids lacking perman...

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Mayor Suggests 'Misunderstanding' Be Worked Out Over a Beer

wnyc.org - Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a page from President Barack Obama, and suggested a "beer summit" to work out the tensions caused after police officers shoved and handcuffed two black city officials w...

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Alderman Eddie Burke says he’s embarrassed by CTU President. “Like having Michelle Bachmann call you stupid.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Chicago Alderman Eddie Burke. Love this post by PURE’s Julie Woesthoff.Alderman says he’s embarrassed No, not about the fact that 30 of his colleagues have been sent to jail during his 40 year tenu...

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Inside the Koch Brothers' 2011 Summer Seminar: Part 1

truthout.com - Those of you who follow The BRAD BLOG closely may know that I've been working in the background, for a number of weeks, on an exclusive series concerning the billionaire Koch Brothers, the co-owner...

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Jobs Plan? End the Wars, Save 400,000 Jobs

truthout.com - President Obama is preparing to deliver a major address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, outlining his plans for spending and tax cuts to create jobs.Here's a plan that would likely save...

mikeklonsky

Eight reasons why Obama may get four more. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - I didn’t watch it either. This was the reason John Boehner bullied President Obama into moving his jobs speech to compete with the Saints and Packers? I watched a little of the analysis of the Tea ...

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Longshoremen storm Wash. state port, damage RR

democraticunderground.com - Source: APLONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the cent...

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Whoa! Longshoremen mount wildcat strike in Seattle

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Longshoremen in Seattle and Tacoma struck the ports after their union brothers and sisters stormed the Port of Longview, blocked a train and dumped grain. KOMO News has the story: Hundreds of Long...

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Longshoremen storm Wash. port over labor dispute

apnews.excite.com - LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) - Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a la...

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Michelle Rhee and Kevin Johnson kept their wedding under the radar - The Reliable Source

washingtonpost.com - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and his now wife, Michelle Rhee, in Sun Valley, Idaho, last summer. (Bloomberg via Getty Images/ Matthew Staver)You have to hand it to Michelle Rhee and Kevin Johnson...

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solidaridad: Nativo Vigil Lopez: Katt Wiliams' Anti-Mexican Rant a True Kramer Moment

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: Nativo Vigil Lopez: Katt Wiliams' Anti-Mexican Rant a True Kramer Moment:Nativo Vigil Lopez: Katt Wiliams' Anti-Mexican Rant a True Kramer Momentby Robert D. Skeels * rdsatheneKatt Wil...

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This is what we union thugs look like

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Yup, Albert Einstein belonged to Local 552 of the American Federation of Teachers. We mention this because we've been hearing a lot of "union thug this" and "union thug that" lately. So we thought...

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LAUSD, UTLA, & California Education Code Section 44939 - How to Get Rid of "Bad Teachers" (LAUSD, UTLA, y Código de Educación Sección 44939 - ¿Cómo deshacerse de los "malos maestros")

perdaily.com - (Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)If you were a school district like the Los Angeles Unified School District that had a $40...

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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Alderman says he’s embarrassed

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Alderman says he’s embarrassed:Alderman says he’s embarrassedby adminNo, not about the fact that 30 of his colleagues have been sent to jai...

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4LAKids - PARENTS CALLED ON TO SUPPORT CASH STRAPPED SCHOOLS PARENTS CALLED ON TO SUPPORT CASH STRAPPED SCHOOLS

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: PARENTS CALLED ON TO SUPPORT CASH STRAPPED SCHOOLS:PARENTS CALLED ON TO SUPPORT CASH STRAPPED SCHOOLSFor principals in Highland Park and Mount Washingto...

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solidaridad: Nativo Vigil Lopez: Katt Wiliams' Anti-Mexican Rant a True Kramer Moment

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EU High Court Rules on GMO Contamination; Opens Door to Biotech Liability

dissidentvoice.org - On September 6, the European Union’s top court paved the way for farmers and beekeepers to recoup losses when their crops or honey become genetically contaminated from neighboring GM fields. The Eu...

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