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Miguel del Valle on Occupy Chicago: 'This is What Democracy Looks Like' - Felsenthal Files

chicagomag.com - Posted Oct 20, 2011 at 10:57 AM By Carol Felsenthal "If Occupy Wall Street has taught us anything, it‘s that when people decide to move and move quickly and together, that things happen, good thing...

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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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Occupy Wall Street Demographic Survey Results Will Surprise You

idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com - Carl Franzen October 19, 2011, 5:46 PM We now know what they want, what social networks and online tools they use and who doesn’t like them. But just who are the Occupy Wall Street protesters? Over...

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The Wizard of OZ was in Michigan today giving out brains...

dailykos.com - ...looks like he stopped by the Michigan Supreme Court. "It sounds like the recall is back on," says recall target Paul Scott. In the war against citizens in Michigan, the voters look like they'll ...

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Michigan Supreme Court gives go ahead to Scott recall. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Live.com GRAND BLANC, Michigan — Genesee County Clerk Michael Carr said the state’s Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling that the Nov. 8 recall election against Rep. Paul Scott, R-Gran...

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ESEA Renewal a Priority, White House Adviser Says - Politics K-12

blogs.edweek.org - If you're getting an early start on crafting your 2011 State of the Union drinking game, you may want to include these words: "education," "college," "ESEA," and "reauthorization."Melody Barnes, wh...

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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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burlee and abel vang's the tiger's child named winner in academy's nicholl screenwriting fellowship

blog.angryasianman.com - Last month, we heard that brothers Burlee and Abel Vang had been named finalists for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' prestigious Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, for their scr...

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Comedian George Lopez gets Valley school's auditorium named after him

dailynews.com - George Lopez watches students perform in the new George Lopez Auditoriu at San Fernando Elementary School on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The school dedicated its auditorium to Lopez for all of the work...

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After son's suicide, parents hope school bullies change ways | Cincinnati.com

news.cincinnati.com - TAYLOR MILL - Last Friday evening, Carol and Darryl Denham could not comprehend why their 13-year-old son, Sam, took his own life earlier that day.On Saturday, about 150 people held a vigil on the ...

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Real Estate Board to meet tonight to try to outlaw OWS sleeping in park

my.firedoglake.com - NYers: LISTEN UP! Please come to the meeting tonight or send our messages or write about people coming to the meeting of the combined Quality of Life and Financial District subcommittee Real Estate...

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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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The Right to Drive a New York Taxi Now Costs $1 Million - National

theatlanticwire.com - Maybe gold is the more appropriate color for New York's famous yellow cabs. Two of the city's taxi medallions--the tiny tin plates posted on top of every yellow cab, giving them license to pick up ...

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Real Estate Board to meet tonight to try to outlaw OWS sleeping in park

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

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