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Joy in Education

commondreams.org - The failure of the market place view of education should be evident to everyone. In a little publicized announcement the College Board said that SAT scores fell across the nation. The average writi...

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State-supported online schools failing students, data show | online, students, schools

gazette.com - Colorado taxpayers will spend $100 million this year on online schools that are largely failing their elementary and high school students, state education records and interviews with school officia...

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Students ‘Occupy Chicago’ - News - The DePaulia

depauliaonline.com - Sam Abrahamson stood in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on Sept. 28 holding a sign that read, "The banks robbed us blind." Abrahamson, a senior majoring in advertising, is one of several students...

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Troy Davis Mourned As A Martyr In Georgia : NPR

npr.org - Stephen Morton/AP Pallbearers carry the casket of Troy Davis followed by family and supporters after his funeral in Savannah, Ga., Saturday. Davis died by injection for the 1989 slaying of off-duty...

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Teachers join Wall Street occupation

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - On Sunday, a group of New York public school teachers sat in the plaza, including Denise Martinez of Brooklyn. Most students at her school live at or below the poverty level, and her classes are ja...

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An ed reform book not really about education - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - For those who don’t remember the Bobby Ewing letdown in the Dallas television series, let me summarize: Back in the 1980s, the actor who played Bobby left the show and his character was killed, pre...

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The Shortest, Most Important Education Blog Ever

huffingtonpost.com - NBC's Education Nation was and is an absolute disgrace. However, it was a brilliant piece of marketing propaganda. Corporate sponsors and a media blitzkrieg sold the "failing public schools" narrat...

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Things That Didn't Happen, Part 2

schooltechconnect.com - Yes, I am in an endless loop about this study, but I think it's important to point out that here in Chicago, many of the rosy phenomena that Secretary Duncan has long talked about in Chicago did no...

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Mayor, Not Recalling Much, Testifies in Consultant’s Trial

nytimes.com - Michael R. Bloomberg could not recall when he had decided to pursue a third term as mayor. He could not remember an opponent’s accusation, in 2005, that he had tried to suppress voter t...

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Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Over Arrests at 2008 GOP Convention in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan

democracynow.org - MEDIA ADVISORY Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman Announces Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Police and U.S. Secret Service Crackdown on Journalists at 2008 Republican National Convention ...

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‘White Shirts’ of Police Dept. Take on Enforcer Role

nytimes.com - There are endless tasks the New York Police Department puts on the shoulders of its so-called white shirts — those commanders atop an army of lesser-ranking officers in dark blue. But t...

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Students | The Nation

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Students | The Nation:AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: “Youth Face An Abyss Now”Josh Eidelson - September 28, 2011A conversation with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler about organized labor's new ...

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POE Sends Letter to FBI & SEC Demanding Criminal Investigation of Koch Industries Under FCPA

kochwatch.org - October 3, 2011- In a blockbuster story broken today by Bloomberg, it has been revealed that Koch Industries has been flouting the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, paying bribes to foreign officials ...

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White House on Occupy Wall Street: `We understand’ - The Plum Line

washingtonpost.com - I’m pretty sure this exchange at today’s briefing with Jay Carney represents the first time the White House has been asked to weigh in on the Occupy Wall Street protests — yet another sign of the m...

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Tale of One City, Two Worlds

schooltechconnect.com - Isn't this charming? Doesn't it bathe you in earthly delight? Don't you want to drop what you're doing and register your children for it? Meanwhile, kids at the mayor's school are off to the Dunes....

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Late Night FDL: When Can You Pay Me to Care?

firedoglake.com - Schoolchildren are getting free lunches! That’s 67 cents that could have gone to feed a millionaire! This time around, Rehberg set his sights a little lower down the educational ladder. On a tour o...

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Democracy Is Coming to the USA

schoolsmatter.info - Photo from teacher NYC Grade-In. Lyrics by Leonard Cohen."Democracy"It's coming through a hole in the air, from those nights in Tiananmen Square. It's coming from the feel that this ain't exactly ...

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Snag for Perry: Offensive Name at Texas Camp

nytimes.com - The campaign of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas found itself on the defensive on Sunday over a report that he had hunted at and taken guests to a West Texas camp with a racially charged name that his fath...

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Hatchets, Boardwalks and Demon Rum: Learning about Prohibition

mrdsneighborhood.com - Image via WikipediaI share my birthday with a rather prophetic event in American history. On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. With Utah’s ratific...

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As Goes Pottermania, So Goes Childhood

oberlinreview.org - Sept. 9, 2011 We cried during the Harry Potter series. A lot. And we don’t mean just the books, but the movies, too. We sobbed over Cedric Diggory. We wept when Sirius went through the veil. We blu...

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The List of Reasons Wall Street Executives are the Culprits of the Great Recession of 2008. And Why Our Billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is SO WRONG.

asilvany121.tumblr.com - The List of Reasons Wall Street Executives are the Culprits of the Great Recession of 2008. And Why Our Billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is SO WRONG. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg lies without...

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Make Banks Pay: Actions organized in tandem with Occupy Wall Street

dailycensored.com - Jamie Diamond, CEO of BofA received $20 million in bonuses last year. Now the criminal enterprise that poses as a ‘bank’ is set to charge five dollars per month for the use of debit cards at all ...

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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet:Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreetby The Perimeter PrimateThese are recent Tweets from Bernie Sanders @ http://tw...

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