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Dear Wall Street, this why the people are angry

marketplace.publicradio.org - Tess Vigeland: Inequity is arguably the main rallying cry of the Occupy movement. And on that score, the primary bogeymen are the nation's bankers, brokers and traders -- the so-called "one-percent...

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kdvr.com - DENVER -- Former President George W. Bush paid tribute to Get Smart Schools, a local education reform nonprofit, in brief comments after a roundtable discussion there Thursday morning.After a 30-mi...

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Proving Why Parents Need a Revolution

huffingtonpost.com - Last week, Dr. Diane Ravitch launched a broadside against Parent Trigger and the parent empowerment movement, calling it a "stealth assault" and a "deceptive scheme" to undermine public education. ...

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'Occupy America'

salem-news.com - Oct-14-2011 23:03 Salem-News.com “……government of the people, by the people…..” (NEW YORK CITY) - It seems fair to say that millions of Americans are wondering exactly what the Occupy Wall Street...

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Melody Barnes to Exit White House - Politics K-12

blogs.edweek.org - 20985 « Early-Learning Race to Top Contests: 35 State Applicants | Main | Senate Education Panel Approves ESEA Rewrite Bill »By guest blogger Lesli A. MaxwellMelody Barnes, President Obama's top do...

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Success Charter's Co-Location in District 15 Faces Hurdles

carrollgardens.patch.com - Success Charter Network founder and former Councilmember Eva Moskowitz faces multiple hurdles in her attempt to open a K-8 charter school in the Cobble Hill/ Boerum Hill area next fall. One potenti...

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Study Warns School Closings Unlikely to Raise Much Cash

edweek.org - ByKristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)As it prepares for large-scale school closings, the Philadelphia School District must brace itself for a painful process that probably won't gene...

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The One Percent And Us

edwize.org - Over the last few weeks, a small team of New York City building inspectors descended upon UFT headquarters, responding to a mysterious 311 call. Our building has been placed under police surveillan...

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Warning by States as Tax Revenues Fail to Rebound

nytimes.com - The warning by the State of Washington’s economist was unusually blunt, a far cry from the kind of dry, green-eyeshade language that often cloaks such announcements: “We are in the fragile aftermat...

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‘We are the 99 Percent’ Photo of the Day

dissenter.firedoglake.com - This 99 Percenter is a mother and this is her story: I am a 56 yr. old mother of 6 with 2 school age children. I make $18 hr., but only get 25-27 hrs. of work per week. I gate NO health insurance. ...

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Damn Squared | The G Bitch Spot

gbitchspot.com - Normally, I couldn’t give a quarter of a hair off a rat’s ass about Lil Wayne but this excerpt made me put this interview [Nov. 2011] on my very, very, very long Read Later list: GQ: Your relations...

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Thank You for the Pawnee Goddesses « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - I used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawl...

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The Sky Is Falling, State Says

chicagonow.com - Here's the ISBE press release describing how bad NCLB is and how desperately a change in the law (or a waiver) is needed and will help things. Sixty five percent of schools didn't make AYP in 2011...

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Big Education Ape: 10-20-11 PM PAGE TWO #OWS #EDreform

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Big Education Ape: 10-20-11 PM PAGE TWO #OWS #EDreform

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