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Arne Duncan: CPS deserves ‘badge of shame’ for short school day - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Rosalind Rossi Education Reporter/rrossi@suntimes.com September 8, 2011 9:14PM U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan answers a question after his speech Thursday evening at the Radisson in Mer...
fklonskyDuncan’s badge of shame. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - When directly confronted about collective bargaining, Arne Duncan will swear he is for it. When confronted about his ideas for reform, he will say this is about doing things with teachers. Not to t...
mikeklonskySeniors Head to Capitol Hill to Protect Social Security, Medicare | AFL
blog.aflcio.org - by James Parks, Sep 8, 2011The congressional Super Committee formally begins its work today and hundreds of seniors are fanning out over Capitol Hill to deliver a message to their members of Cong...
mikeklonskyArne Duncan: CPS deserves ‘a badge of shame’ for short school day - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Rosalind Rossi Education Reporter/rrossi@suntimes.com September 8, 2011 9:14PM U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan answers a question after his speech Thursday evening at the Radisson in Mer...
mikeklonskyCTU Files Unfair Labor Lawsuit Against Board Of Education
progressillinois.com - The Chicago Teachers Union has filed an unfair labor lawsuit against the Board of Education over Chicago Public Schools' Longer School Day Pioneers Program. Earlier this week, CPS launched the prog...
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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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School year starts with layoffs and cutbacks, leaving teachers, students and parents anxious
nydailynews.com - David Handschuh/News Robert Medina wipes tears from daughter Aaliyah, 5, as they arrive for her first day at P.S. 173. More than 1 million city students returned to class full of excitement about s...
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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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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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Quinn Hires Pollster Tied to President for 2013 Race
nytimes.com - Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, has added a big political name to her campaign team as she prepares for an expected mayoral bid in 2013: Joel Benenson, the pollster for President Obam...
leoniehaimson3-minute video: US policies cause poverty, terrorism, war to enrich US oligarchs
dailycensored.com - source: Carl HermanRenegade Economist has a brilliant 3-minute video (at left) to explain US foreign policy as predatory imperialism. Their upcoming Feature Documentary, Four Horsemen, will build u...
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Oregon House delays charter school vote as support emerges from Oregon's Stand for Children
oregonlive.com - The Oregon House again postponed a debate and vote on House Bill 2287, which modifies the state charter school law to give developers more rights to appeals and longer contracts. The delay also giv...
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Babs Casbar, first-ever transgender person at DNC, may rise to help lead it tomorrow
bluejersey.com - Until 2 years ago, the DNC had never had a member - there are more than 400 across the country - who is a transgender person. In 2009, Babs Casbar Siperstein (yes, Siperstein like the paint company...
coopmike48Wisconsin's US Senators: One class act, one greedy corporate clown
uppitywis.org - Dave Zweifel in The Capital Times, on today's corporate greed:...[H]ere in Wisconsin all we need do is take a look at our two U.S. senators, who both happen to be successful businessmen. Together,...
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A Steve Jobs Death Rumor Sweeps Through Twitter - Technology
theatlanticwire.com - Shortly before 3pm, a single from the CBS operated What's Trending account about ("Reports say that Steve Jobs has passed away. Stay tuned for more updates.") has sparked a frenzy of speculation a...
coopmike48It Took a School to Build a Village School – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Sept. 9, 2011, 4:44 p.m. After nine months of fund-raising, high school students from the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics traveled halfway around the world to a small village in Mali, in W...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release September 09, 2011 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center - SmashZone New York, New York11:01 A.M. EDTMRS. OBAMA: Well, this is...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 09, 2011 Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed budget request for disaster response needs throu...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 08, 2011 Following Obama’s Jobs Speech, Udall Urges Congress to Work Together for the Economy Vows to Continue to Figh...
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This is what we union thugs do to OK farmers
teamsternation.blogspot.com - We feed their starving cows. Today, Teamsters from Ohio, Indiana and Missouri picked up 10 tons of hay in Wisconsin and hauled it in tractor-trailers to a place just outside of Oklahoma City. Ther...
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The U.S. doesn’t lack the right workers, it lacks work
epi.org - Posted September 7, 2011 at 2:11 pm by Heidi Shierholz A common refrain we hear these days is that one of the reasons hiring has not yet picked up substantially is that employers have job openings ...
mikeklonskyS.D. Unified to review public records policy following complaint | SignOnSanDiego.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - S.D. Unified to review public records policy following complaint | SignOnSanDiego.com:S.D. Unified to review public records policy following complaintParent was originally told she would be charged...
coopmike48Preventing Teacher Layoffs and Keeping Police Officers and Firefighters on the Job ($35 billion)| The White House
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fact Sheet and Overview | The White House:Preventing Teacher Layoffs and Keeping Police Officers and Firefighters on the Job ($35 billion):The President’s plan will invest $35 billion to prevent up...
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All Education Matters: The President's Speech On Jobs, And My Call For Him To: "Go after Wall Street -- Go after Wall Street now!"
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: The President's Speech On Jobs, And My Call For Him To: "Go after Wall Street -- Go after Wall Street now!":The President's Speech On Jobs, And My Call For Him To: "Go after ...
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Representative Toni Berrios. Ripe for picking. « Fred Klonsky's blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Representative Toni Berrios. Ripe for picking. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Representative Toni Berrios. Ripe for picking.by Fred KlonskyGreen Party candidate Jeremy Karpen got a surprising 34% against th...
coopmike48Friday Afternoon Maps: New Orleans, Race & School Locations « School Finance 101
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Friday Afternoon Maps: New Orleans, Race & School Locations « School Finance 101:Friday Afternoon Maps: New Orleans, Race & School Locationsby schoolfinance101A few weeks back, I noticed several tw...
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Massachusetts Network of Farm-Based Educators - The Farm
farmbasededucation.org - The Massachusetts Network of Farm-Based Educators is co-coordinated by the FBEA & The Trustees of Reservations Center for Agriculture and the Environment. "A little discussion, a little exercise, a...
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