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Bill lets ailing N.J. parochial schools turn into secular charter schools | NJ.com
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Bill lets ailing N.J. parochial schools turn into secular charter schools | NJ.com:Bill lets ailing N.J. parochial schools turn into secular charter schoolsPublished: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 8:45 AM By Jeanette Rundquist/The Star-Ledger Follow1ShareEmailPrintJohn O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerTeacher Andre David, center, works on a language arts tutorial with two seventh-grade students at the Great Oaks Charter School in Newark.TRENTON — Some New Jersey parochial schools facing closure because of declining enrollment may be allowed to convert into a public charter school, under ... more »
Education Nation Kicks Off With Questionable Sponsor, New Teacher Survey
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Education Nation Kicks Off With Questionable Sponsor, New Teacher Survey: Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterEducation Nation Kicks Off With Questionable Sponsor, New Teacher SurveyFirst Posted: 9/27/11 09:03 AM ET Updated: 9/27/11 10:02 AM ETNEW YORK -- Hundreds of players in the education debate hunkered down in a tent staked over Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink this week for NBC's multi-million dollar, three-day panel fest "Education Nation."This year marks the second iteration of Education Nation, which launched in 2010 ... more »
Poverty is relative, wealth is absolute - NorthJersey.com
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Poverty is relative, wealth is absolute - NorthJersey.com:Poverty is relative, wealth is absoluteTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2011, 9:16 AMBY SILVIO LACCETTITHE RECORDPAGES: 1 2 DISPLAY ON ONE PAGE | PRINT | E-MAILTo understand wealth is to know its non-utilitarian nature; wealth is excess beyond usefulness.SHOCK HEADLINES greeted the release of new federal government statistics on poverty, fueling a vitriolic debate about wealth and poverty in America.Ancient rhetoric is resurrected every election cycle to confuse the ... more »
Women’s Delegation Traveling to Atlanta to Expose Human Rights Violations MomsRising Blog
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MomsRising Blog:Georgia’s New Anti-Immigrant Law – Writings from the Women’s Delegation Traveling to Atlanta to Expose Human Rights ViolationsMary Olivella at MomsRising Blog - 17 minutes agoWelcome to the MomsRising blog-a-thon developed by the delegation of women leaders traveling to Georgia this week as part of a growing national resistance to anti-immigrant laws. The We Belong Together Delegation will hear, and then share, the stories of women and children affected by Georgia’s anti-immigrant bill, HB 87, copycat legislation of Arizona’s ... more »
Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis? - Education - GOOD
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Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis? - Education - GOOD:Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis?by Liz DwyerPresident Barack Obama spent yesterday in California, fielding questions about creating economic opportunity and putting America back to work at a Silicon Valley town hall hosted by social media site LinkedIn. As the nation grapples with a 9.1 percent unemployment rate, the connection between education and ending the nation's unemployment crisis dominated the conversation."When we were ... more »
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Walton heirs bankroll 'choice' candidates in Wisconsin
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Walton heirs bankroll 'choice' candidates in Wisconsin:Walton heirs bankroll 'choice' candidates in Wisconsinby Mike KlonskyHeirs to the Walmart fortune, including Alice and Jim Walton, have given thousands to Wisconsin political candidates since mid-2008. Photo courtesy of Walmart StoresPublic schools in Wisconsin will have to make do with $800 million less from the state over the next two years,
Teachers Aren't Paid Too Much and Aren't Evil -- Really - Yahoo! News
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Teachers Aren't Paid Too Much and Aren't Evil -- Really - Yahoo! News:Teachers Aren't Paid Too Much and Aren't Evil -- ReallyBy Giuseppe Giannet | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 14 hrs agotweet2ShareEmailPrintRELATED CONTENTEducation is about more than words on a page.COMMENTARY | There is little to be happy about today in America. Pessimism permeates our society that seems unshakable. The government is paralyzed, the recession lingers, and who is to blame changes with every election cycle. No issue is of ... more »
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: PEOPLE'S EDUCATION TRIAL IS ON!
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Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: PEOPLE'S EDUCATION TRIAL IS ON!:PEOPLE'S EDUCATION TRIAL IS ON!by Black Educator
NJ Spotlight | Legislature Passes Charter Bill, But Advocates and Critics Want More Changes
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NJ Spotlight | Legislature Passes Charter Bill, But Advocates and Critics Want More Changes:Legislature Passes Charter Bill, But Advocates and Critics Want More ChangesParochial school conversion measure passes, although reception remains in doubt print | email | shareBy John Mooney, September 27 in Education |Post a CommentOne change to New Jersey's charter school law passed the legislature yesterday, while talk mounts that a broader rewrite of the state's 15-year-old statute governing the semi-autonomous schools may be in the offing.Related LinksSenate ... more »