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Murdoch's horrifying vision of public education

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Rupert Murdoch (r) shakes hands with former New York City schools chief and now News Corp. employee Joel Klein during Murdoch’s keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform. ...

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The Vindication Of P.S. 84 Part I

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - I was inspired to get to the bottom of the New York City school progress report grades after reading this story from the New York Times Schoolbook website about P.S. 84 which was one of the thirty ...

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Responding to the PARCC and Common Core (Modified)

anurbanteacherseducation.com - Last spring, when I was teaching at a small school in the Bronx, I caused an unnecessary ruckus by posting my thoughts about a presentation my staff received on the looming impacts of PARCC and Com...

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NYPD tells teachers, “No grading papers in public.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Anne and I are in New York for the weekend to see our kids and grand kids. Plus it is our 35th wedding anniversary. Naturally we want to spend some time at Occupy Wall Street. Liberty Park is jamme...

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Where Food and Politics Co-exist — AOL Travel Canada

travel.aol.ca - If you're in downtown Chicago craving a healthy restaurant meal with a side order of political engagement, then head north to the Rogers Park district to get it. Rogers Park is the most ethnically ...

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NC voters reject Pope-backed candidates in local school board battle over resegregation

southernstudies.org - Voters in Wake County, N.C. headed to the polls yesterday in high numbers to reject a slate of conservative Republican Board of Education candidates who opposed a longstanding diversity policy aime...

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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...

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John Thompson: Will Duncan Learn Lessons from Chicago? - Living in Dialogue

blogs.edweek.org - Guest post by John Thompson.In 2009, I assumed that President Obama appointed Arne Duncan to split the differences between data-driven and traditional reformers. I sure hoped the President did not ...

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Juan Gonzalez's New Book "News For All the People" Coast-to-Coast Tour

democracynow.org - Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez’s new book, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media , co-authored with Joseph Torres of the media reform group Free Press, is bei...

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The Ugliness Started With Bork

nytimes.com - On Oct. 23, 1987 — 24 years ago on Sunday — Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court was voted down by the Senate. All but two Democrats voted “nay.” The rejection of a Supreme Cou...

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Study finds education gap for illegal Mexican migrants' children

latimes.com - The majority of children of illegal immigrants from Mexico in the Southland fail to graduate from high school, completing an average of two fewer years of schooling than their peers with legal immi...

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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Joseph McCartin, Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America

fdlbooksalon.com - Welcome Joseph A. McCartin (Wiki) and Host Joe Burns (RevivingTheStrike.org) [As a courtesy to our guests, please keep comments to the book and be respectful of dissenting opinions. Please take oth...

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Duncan drives, shoots and scores

dyn.politico.com - Arne Duncan grabbed headlines from the moment he arrived in Washington as President Barack Obama’s basketball-playing friend in the Cabinet. Nearly three years later, Washington insiders are paying...

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The Iraq War Ain’t Over, No Matter What Obama Says | Danger Room

wired.com - President Obama announced on Friday that all 41,000 U.S. troops currently in Iraq will return home by December 31. “That is how America’s military efforts in Iraq will end,” he said. Don’t believe ...

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Soldiers May Be Leaving Iraq, But Contractors Will Remain

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Ryan J. Reilly October 21, 2011, 3:33 PM American troops may be leaving Iraq before the end of the year, but U.S. contractors aren’t going anywhere soon.ABC News reports that the State Department “...

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All U.S. troops to leave Iraq; war by the numbers - BlogPost

washingtonpost.com - In a televised address Friday, President Obama announced that the U.S. would withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq by year-end.Gen. David Petraeus, former commander of Multi National Forces in Iraq, s...

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'Miracle' tornado survivor denied workers' comp

democraticunderground.com - Source: Associated PressJOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — By all accounts, Mark Lindquist is a hero, an underpaid social worker who nearly gave his life trying to save three developmentally disabled adults from t...

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Hundreds Feared Dead in Turkey After Massive Earthquake

forbes.com - Turkey experienced a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake Sunday (Photo via AP / Ali Ihsan Ozturk, Anatolia) Very sad news out of Turkey this morning. Dozens of buildings collapsed in a 7.2 magnitude e...

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UNITY Selects 2011 New U Fellows

myemail.constantcontact.com - Don't be left behind, connect with your UNITY family. Join the UNITY 2012 Convention: Las Vegas group on Facebook and stay tuned to new developments, make connections with old and new friends, g...

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Video of the Day – Gimme Shelter, 1969, The Rolling Stones

obrag.org - The following video was produced for a class by ReinaldoUPR and posted to you tube in October of 2009. In the 2 years it has been up it has been viewed over 650,000 times. This iconic song and the ...

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#Edcamp Santiago: Desarrollo Profesional desde las Raices

edcampsantiago.wordpress.com - ¿Como es la experiencia, Edcamp? Haz click Aqui: http://bit.ly/o827GU Stephen Hurley: “What would encourage close to 70 people—teachers, parents, community activists— to leave their homes on a blus...

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Chicago hotels pledge $500-million rehab | Tourism

chicagobusiness.com - (Crain's) — Some of Chicago's hotels have pledged to make more than $500 million in improvements to help bolster the local convention industry as city leaders strive to attract more trade shows.The...

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The American Nightmare: Student Debt Will Be A Long-Term Drag On The Economy - Forbes

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The American Nightmare: Student Debt Will Be A Long-Term Drag On The Economy - Forbes:The American Nightmare: Student Debt Will Be A Long-Term Drag On The EconomyWith the Occupy Wall Street protest...

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