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3 Men Sought in Zuccotti Park Death Threat
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - October 25, 2011, 7:06 pm By ANDY NEWMANNYPD One of the suspects.Two days after a man accused of assaulting three female protesters in Zuccotti Park was arrested, some friends of his threatened to ...
Lawrence :: Federal visit could mean money for schools
6lawrence.com - By Theo Hayes on October 21, 2011 LAWRENCE - The U.S. Department of Education's Assistant Secretary of Special Education, Alexa Posney, promoted President Obama's Jobs Act on Friday during a tour o...
Florida charter schools’ track record at issue in expansion
jacksonville.com - Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson said Tuesday the state application for opening charter schools doesn’t need to address performance. The application doesn’t take into account whether ...
Tech execs send kids to anti-computer school | The Mommy Files
blog.sfgate.com - A recent story in the NY Times reveals that parents working at some of the best known Silicon Valley tech companies are sending their kids to a computer-free Waldorf elementary school in Los Altos,...
IEA update. How your dues are being used. Part two. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Mary is an IEA member concerned about her pension. Mary has heard from me that she should go to the IEA website for current information. That’s what Mary does. There Mary finds a featured video of ...
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Bill Gates: Popping Up with Compulsory Proactive Help
dailycensored.com - Remember the obnoxious, hyperactive paperclip that popped up in Word when you were trying write a letter? As soon as you typed “Dear,” up popped up Clippy:It looks like you’re writing a letter. Wou...
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nypost.com - An administrator at a Brooklyn high school that saw an unusual surge in Regents test scores last year violated state grading policies by urging teachers to re-score exams that fell just shy of pass...
Teachers put pressure on North Boone School Board
wrex.com - Poplar Grove (WREX) - The North Boone Education Association pickets outside the North Boone School District's headquarters for what they call a fair contract. They've been working without a contrac...
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Police disobey orders to arrest Occupy Albany Protesters
economicvoice.com - Albany Police refused to enforce a curfew by Albany Mayor, Gerald Jennings and Governor Andrew Cuomo. The police have refused to interfere with the 700 peaceful protesters who moved to and assembl...
The Bonus Army – Zinn Education Project
zinnedproject.org - Article. History of the 1932 Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) or Bonus Army. By Mickey Z. Bonus Army camp. July, 1932. Photo by Theodor Horydczak, Library of Congress. One little told story in Ameri...
Pension "Reform" Must Be Fair
camajorityreport.com - Steven Maviglio Public employees will testify at a special legislative hearing in Carson on Wednesday that they welcome fair and thoughtful changes to assure California's public pension system stay...
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The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - When we got back to where we were staying in Brooklyn after going to Occupy Wall Street on Sunday, I blogged a short post about the grade-in that was scheduled across the street from Liberty Park. ...
Remember
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - The child, bare foot on the dry plain And what she does not have The wolf that gnaws off its foot And the folly of staying in one place The blur of the hummingbird’s wings And the owl and its unans...
Afghan Women. Another Perspective. « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - I’m so pleased to be able to share these extraordinary photos by Leslie Knott, a photojournalist stationed in Afghanistan and Field Producer of Peace Unveiled. Leslie Knott has worked as a filmmake...
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Watchdogs take aim at MSNBC, Buchanan - On Media
politico.com - Main Content October 25, 2011 Both Media Matters for America and Color Of Change are petitioning MSNBC this week to either fire or sanction former GOP presidential candidate and MSNBC contributor P...
Albany Occupy protesters to push 'millionaire tax'
online.wsj.com - Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — The Occupy Wall Street protesters camped out in Albany plan a rally supporting the state's 'millionaire tax,' as some organizers lash out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo...
Robert Reich (Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks)
robertreich.org - Next week President Obama travels to Wall Street where he’ll demand – in light of the Street’s continuing antics since the bailout, as well as its role in watering-down the Volcker rule – that the ...
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Smarter Kids and How They Got That Way
thedailybeast.com - What makes a genius? Even experts argue over whether IQ, EQ, executive function, and/or academic achievement matters most. Nature? Nurture? The role of genetics in intelligence—i.e., the extent to ...
Training Parents Effective for Treating Young Children with ADHD
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - Ω“Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers; Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages; and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment,”Formal ...
Cancer prevention - California Teachers Association
cta.org - By Dina Martin Jerilyn (Jeri) Harris. Jerilyn (Jeri) Harris was given six months to live when, as a teen-ager, she was diagnosed with stage IV melanoma. “It was a bad one,” the now-retired Ukiah Hi...
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Charges to be Filed Against Silas Potter and Two Other Individuals
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Just got back from the press conference with Dan Satterberg, KC Prosecutor, Dr. Enfield and Director DeBell. I'll write a longer thread but here are the highlights:Silas Potter is to be charged w...
SAT officials testify at NY cheating hearing
boston.com - FARMINGDALE, N.Y.—A state Senate hearing on Tuesday was examining security on standardized tests following an SAT cheating scandal on New York's Long Island.State Sen. Kenneth LaValle, chairman of ...
Inspector general calls high-ranking CPS executive's residency waiver into question - chicagotribune.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Inspector general calls high-ranking CPS executive's residency waiver into question - chicagotribune.com:Doubts cast on CPS exec's residency waiverInspector general urges board to rescind permissio...
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The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - When we got back to where we were staying in Brooklyn after going to Occupy Wall Street on Sunday, I blogged a short post about the grade-in that was scheduled across the street from Liberty Park. ...
Protest derails DOE meeting on curriculum after just minutes
gothamschools.org - The possibility of a public comment session evaporated just moments into tonight’s Panel for Educational Policy meeting, after nearly 200 protesters drowned out Department of Education officials. T...
Occupy LA: Now Approaching Its Fourth Week Anniversary
lafiga.firedoglake.com - Occupy Los Angeles is feeling the effects, both positive and negative, of its growth. Sanitation costs –hauling out garbage and cleaning the portapotties– are taking up most of the donations, and m...
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The Bonus Army – Zinn Education Project
zinnedproject.org - Article. History of the 1932 Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) or Bonus Army. By Mickey Z. Bonus Army camp. July, 1932. Photo by Theodor Horydczak, Library of Congress. One little told story in Ameri...
We Party Patriots » Blog Archive » “We Are the 99% (And So Are You!)” T-Shirts Hit #OccupyWallStreet Protests Nationally
wepartypatriots.com - Leading up to Occupy Wall Street’s October 15th International Day of Solidarity which featured the big New York march to Times Square and nearly 1000 occupations globally, We Party Patriots was abl...
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