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Data on income gains support 99ers’ gripes
epi.org - Economic snapshot | Jobs Wages and Living StandardsShare this page:The Occupy Wall Street protesters claiming to represent the “99 percent” of Americans left behind economically can back up their c...
Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America's Wildest School Board Race
thenation.com - School board elections are supposed to be quintessential America contests. Moms and Main Street small business owners and retired teachers campaign by knocking on doors, writing letters to the edit...
When Bad Progress Reports Happen To Good Schools — Change ‘em!
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - New York City’s Department of Education recently released their ‘progress reports’ for all the middle and elementary schools for the 2010-2011 school year. For each school they have a complicated f...
Are top students being shortchanged? - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina. A version of this was published on Daily Kos.By Paul Thomas One aspect of the education ...
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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W. enters my wife's schoolboard race - Campaign Finance
salon.com - Emily knew it would be a tough race against her opponent, a deep-pocketed investment banker, but she felt confident she could run a solid campaign. She thought her experience as a social worker and...
The Kick-off of "Parents as Partners Week": Who is David Coleman and why should we care?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - DOE officials are working hard, trying to persuade us that they now have a different attitude towards parents. Next week is called “Parents as Partners” week, starting off with a meeting on Tuesda...
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nypost.com - The city teachers union threatened to derail a new evaluation system, claiming school principals have used it to punish teachers before it even started.But Department of Education officials counter...
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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 ...
Second-, Third-Generation U.S. Hispanics Leaving the Catholic Church
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:19 pm, October 21, 2011 Photo Credits: Second-, Third-Generation U.S. Hispanics Leaving the Catholic Church According to polls from the Pew Research Center, less than 60 percent of s...
Progressive Alliance Meeting Reminder
sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Russell Rawlings, 99%er, being arrested Tuesday night at Cesar Chavez Park. Thank God Mayor 1%, the 1% City Council, and the Sacramento PD had him arrested, as Russel obviously represents clear and...
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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...
Obama announces end of Iraq war, troops to return home by year end - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - UPDATED 12:51 p.m. ET U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the podium at the White House in this file photo (Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) After nearly a decade of fighting, President Obama on Fr...
Qaddafi Death to Ease Oil Flow Resumption, PBFBest’s Flynn Says
businessweek.com - October 20, 2011, 3:03 PM EDT By Gene Laverty Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Phil Flynn, vice president of research at PBFBest in Chicago, talks about the death of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi and the impact th...
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He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For One-Term Presidency'
huffingtonpost.com - In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, "Steve Jobs," author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign des...
My flight is delayed but there is just something in the air besides Fall. « Fred Klonsky's blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - My flight is delayed but there is just something in the air besides Fall. « Fred Klonsky's blog:My flight is delayed but there is just something in the air besides Fall.by Fred KlonskyAnne and I ar...
Rupert and Me | California Father
californiafather.com - As my seven-year-old son prepares for his first protest (against a proposed new Walmart in Burbank; he is very vehement about his position; “What if they put Target out of business?”) I think about...
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What Occupy Wall Street is All About...
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Citigroup just agreed to pay $285 million to settle a civil fraud complaint that it misled investors in a $1 billion derivatives deal tied to the United States housing market, then bet against the ...
Where the wealthy Americans are | SFGate Blog
blog.sfgate.com - Reports show that the 1 percent are among us, and, to be exact, there are 4,230 of them. San Francisco was rated as number three in a list of U.S. cities with the most residents worth more than $30...
Pushback: North Dakota - Forbes
forbes.com - In response to my post on the hiring spree going on in North Dakota, commenter Barry took issue with the numbers: According to your chart, there are ~16,000 job openings in N. Dakota. The number o...
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Movie Trailer: A documentary on New Orleans schools
learningmatters.tv - October 20th, 2011Produced by: Jane Renaud, Jessica Windt, David Wald and John Merrow / Duration: 9:00We spent years covering Paul Vallas in New Orleans, and now we’re dedicating an entire document...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 21, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, at a ceremony at the White House, President Obama honored the recipients of the Nationa...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 20, 2011 NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:Bonnie L. Bassler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National Science Board, N...
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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...
Occupy Columbus Circle | OccupyWallSt.org
occupywallst.org - bobby 1 points 18 minutes ago VOTE COUNTING MINISTRY, DIRECT DEMOCRACY EBALLOT: http://www.usparliament.org/v-h-dd.php Results to be announced on November 6th, 2012. See the sole eballot cast, on t...
Introducing the #OccupySupply Fund | The Dissenter
dissenter.firedoglake.com - I’m really excited to announce the Occupy Supply Fund, a new effort at FDL to truly support the thousands of Occupiers protesting economic injustice and inequality across the country. 100% of donat...
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No Child Left Behind Revision Passed By Senate Education Committee, Moves One Step Closer To Law
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The Senate education committee completed a bipartisan markup revising the No Child Left Behind Act on Thursday evening. After 13 hours of debate, the panel sent to the full Senate a b...
