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Capitol Confidential » Cuomo Compares Sticking Up For Rich People To Battling The Death Penalty
blog.timesunion.com - Posted on October 17, 2011 at 5:48 pm by New York Observer in Governor Andrew Cuomo (Getty)For New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, standing up for his richest constituents is a matter of life and death...
Why I did TFA, and why you shouldn’t
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - There was a time, not very long ago, when I was an active volunteer alumni recruiter for TFA. And, as you might expect, I was great at it. One year, I think it was 1998, I did a recruitment session...
Tennessee Teachers Find It Hard To Make The Grade : NPR
npr.org - Enlarge Blake Farmer for NPR Janna Beth Hunt, a first-grade teacher at Nashville's Norman Binkley Elementary, is disappointed with how she scored on her first observation under the new system. Blak...
In a Standardized Era, a Creative School Is Forced to Be More So
nytimes.com - DURHAM, N.H. — Every spring, Linda Rief, who is in her 25th year of teaching English at Oyster River Middle School, has eighth graders do a semesterlong “genre” project. They pick a subject area li...
Rhee sets up shop downtown - Sacramento Business, Housing Market News
sacbee.com - An education reform group headed by Sacramento's first lady is making K Street Mall the center of its national operations.StudentsFirst, the group founded last year by Michelle Rhee, recently signe...
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WEEKEND QUOTABLES
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - John Adams' 276th birthday“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it. There should not be a district of one mile square,...
Students, Teachers Furious Over High School Scheduling Mess – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Oct. 28, 2011, 6:48 p.m. Administrators met with parents and teachers at Long Island City High School on Friday to try to address anger and frustrations over a snafu that left many students with en...
Charter School Push Grows - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com - BY LISA FLEISHER The rancor that has followed former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz's attempts to open charter schools across New York City is coming to a place that hasn't experienced it before: ...
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U.S. Vets, Suffering From Unemployment and Homelessness, Support Occupy Protests
abcnews.go.com - Scott Olsen, the 24-year-old two-tour Iraq veteran whose skull was fractured by a rubber bullet or tear gas cannister fired by police during an Occupy Oakland protest, has become a symbol for the O...
After 7 weeks, Occupy still going strong
democraticunderground.com - Source: CBSThe economic protest movement that claims to represent 99-percent of Americans shows little sign of slowing down this weekend.Stormy weather kept "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations quie...
Occupy Oakland Calls For City-Wide General Strike, Nov 2 | OccupyWallSt.org #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy Oakland Calls For City-Wide General Strike, Nov 2 | OccupyWallSt.org:Occupy Oakland Calls For City-Wide General Strike, Nov 2by OccupyWallSt1 person liked thisBelow is the proposal passed by...
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The big banks and I are getting a divorce and there will be real community property. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - When I first got a job teaching three decades ago the teacher union rep to our township credit union told me I should sign up for payroll savings deduction. “Just $25 bucks a paycheck. That’s about...
Need volunteers to take a survey on iPads for my Master's
edupln.com - Once upon a time there was a little 2nd grade boy. He was new to a school, and he brought with him, all his problems and issues. Sent to live with dad after mom "couldn't take it any more", a...
twitter 102 for educators - The Educator's PLN
edupln.com - Once upon a time there was a little 2nd grade boy. He was new to a school, and he brought with him, all his problems and issues. Sent to live with dad after mom "couldn't take it any more", a...
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Love your Library -- Come to City Hall Monday, Oct. 31
afscme31.org - 10/22/2011AFSCME members who work in the Chicago Public Libraries are fighting back against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed budget, which would slash 363 library staff positions and reduce library ho...
Unions Look To 'Occupy' For Supporters
democraticunderground.com - Source: NewsCore (FoxNY)(NewsCore) - Union members who descended on "Occupy Wall Street" encampments armed with tents, food and organizational expertise hope to turn young demonstrators into enduri...
Testing the conventional wisdom | EdNewsColorado
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Testing the conventional wisdom | EdNewsColorado:Testing the conventional wisdomby Todd EngdahlWill hard-nosed political assumptions be upended on Tuesday when the votes are counted on Proposition ...
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38 arrested at Occupy Austin
cnn.com - From Maria P. White, CNN updated 7:24 AM EST, Sun October 30, 2011(CNN) -- Dozens of Occupy Austin members accused of criminal trespassing were arrested early Sunday, police in the Texas capital sa...
Police Erect Barricades at Plaza to Control Occupy San Diego
obrag.org - This afternoon, San Diego Police re-erected barricades at the Civic Center Plaza in an apparent effort to control access to the Plaza. Barricades have been re-set to control access from Third Aven...
Occupy Iowa braces for icy winter
omaha.com - DES MOINES, Iowa — Add another concern for Occupy Wall Street protesters in Des Moines and Iowa City — an icy Iowa winter.In Des Moines, up to two dozen people have camped most nights at a park abo...
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Occupy Oakland's return spells trouble to top cop
sfgate.com - Mathew Sumner / Special to the Chronicle Oakland mayor Jean Quan and interim Police Chief Howard Jordan update the city's position on Occupy Oakland. In remarks that may put him on a collision cour...
Casting a spell - Boston.com
articles.boston.com - “What is not to love about a system that pushes a book that is a great series and also results in your kids having pride about their classroom and their group and binds them together?’’ noted Brynn...
San Francisco protesters march in Halloween rally
sfgate.com - Paul Chinn / The Chronicle An Occupy SF protester, wearing a fat cat Halloween costume carrying a politician puppet, marches on Market Street in San Francisco on Saturday. (10-29) 16:11 PDT San Fra...
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U.S. Vets, Suffering From Unemployment and Homelessness, Support Occupy Protests
abcnews.go.com - Scott Olsen, the 24-year-old two-tour Iraq veteran whose skull was fractured by a rubber bullet or tear gas cannister fired by police during an Occupy Oakland protest, has become a symbol for the O...
Sunday Late Night: #OccupyPortland Encounters the Raging 53%
firedoglake.com - Saturday afternoon, demonstrators from #OccupyPortland marched from their downtown encampment to The Pearl, the Rose City’s rehabbed warehouse quarter dotted with upscale glass towers, boutiques, g...
Mic Check (Mic Check) GA Albuquerque
my.firedoglake.com - Mic Check! (Photo: studiolxv, flickr) Mic Check (Mic Check) Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur and governor of the territory of New Mexico (repeat chorus, crowd) once said something like, “Whatever wor...
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38 arrested at Occupy Austin
cnn.com - From Maria P. White, CNN updated 7:24 AM EST, Sun October 30, 2011(CNN) -- Dozens of Occupy Austin members accused of criminal trespassing were arrested early Sunday, police in the Texas capital sa...
Big Education Ape: 10-30-11 PM #OWS #CNN #edreform
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