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TLT Guest Blogger Chris Liebig on “The Incredible Shrinking Lunch Period”

thelunchtray.com - Chris Liebig was a former classmate of mine at both Yale College and Harvard Law School, yet somehow, despite attending the same schools together for years on end, we never actually met! Then, a f...

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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...

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Union takes legal steps against CPS over attempts to lengthen school day

wbez.org - The Chicago Teachers Union filed a complaint Thursday against the Chicago Board of Education over the district’s efforts to extend the school day by 90 minutes.The complaint, filed with the Illinoi...

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Mayor Emanuel’s budget show | Ben Joravsky on Politics

chicagoreader.com - It was hard to attend Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first-ever budget hearing last month without thinking of the mayor who ruled before him.That would be Richard M. Daley, of course, though Mayor Emanuel ne...

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Asking Hard Questions About “What Works”

edwize.org - [Editor's note: Data analysis conducted by Rhonda Rosenberg.] This week, the Daily News published yet another editorial taking an unjustly negative view of district schools in comparison to the cha...

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Obama Calls for $60 Billion to Save Teacher Jobs, Fix Schools - Politics K-12

blogs.edweek.org - President Barack Obama is calling for $30 billion in new money to stave off teacher layoffs, and $30 billion more to revamp facilities at the nation's K-12 schools and community colleges, as he out...

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Coverage of DC 37 Press Conference Opposing 800 Layoffs of Lowest Paid School Workers ICE blog: ATR Q & A's Why We Will Keep Marching - Jim HornTeachers as Radicals: After SOS, What Now? - How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Ea

ednotesonline.blogspot.com - See Brooklyn Eagle article on the press conference below. I taped almost the entire event until it started raining. There were some excellent speeches exposing the hypocrisy of the high spending on...

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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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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...

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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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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org

parentadvocates.org - DOJ must release records about cellphone location trackingReporters For Freedom of The PressLINKKeywords: PrivacyThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held yesterday that the U.S. ...

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National Guard on alert over blackout

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Segments of the California National Guard were placed on alert Thursday night that they needed to be ready to mobilize immediately if called upon by communities affected by the power outage. Maj. G...

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1.4 million without power; electricity may not be fully restored until Friday

latimesblogs.latimes.com - More than 1.4 million customers lost power during a blackout in the San Diego area, and utility officials said power might not be fully restored until Friday. San Diego Gas and Electric said the ou...

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Blackout shuts down San Onofre nuclear reactors

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The blackout affecting large swaths of San Diego County led to a shutdown of two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power plant. Gil Alexander, a spokesman for Southern California Edison, said the ...

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EnvironmentSee all

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 08, 2011 Statement from Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE, and Chairman, President's Council on Jobs and Competitivenes...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 08, 2011 “The Jobs Council has examined the important need for and potential benefits of fixing our nation's crumbling ...

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Climate Change Likely Influenced Mexican Migration North

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:25 pm, September 8, 2011 Photo Credits: Without fertile land to use to support themselves, Mexicans migrate north According a report from the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) b...

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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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On the First Day of School, a Million Students Finding Their Seats

nytimes.com - The rain cleared, and the sidewalks of New York filled with all the familiar sights and sounds: the Cinderella backpacks, the complaints about school uniforms, the comparing of schedules, the shrie...

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In other union news. West coast longshoremen kick some butt. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In other union news. West coast longshoremen kick some butt. « Fred Klonsky's blog:In other union news. West coast longshoremen kick some butt.by Fred KlonskyIt’s getting rough out there.Roy San Fi...

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Charter Schools Look to Gain From City’s Longer School Day Incentives - Chicago News Cooperative

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Charter Schools Look to Gain From City’s Longer School Day Incentives - Chicago News Cooperative:Charter Schools Look to Gain From City’s Longer School Day Incentivesby REBECCA VEVEA | Sep 8, 2011C...

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Robert Reich (Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act)

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Robert Reich (Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act):Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs ActTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011Two cheers for the President and his America’s Jobs Act....

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Teachers Union Leaders Pleased With $60 Billion For Education In Obama's Jobs Plan

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachers Union Leaders Pleased With $60 Billion For Education In Obama's Jobs Plan: Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterTeachers Union Leaders Pleased With $60...

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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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