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The School Closing Follies, by Marc Epstein

nycatr.blogspot.com - Marc Epstein, also known as the Ronin Teacher, sent us this article about school closings. We all know that school closings harm teachers by forcing them into the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR). Her...

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Yo-Yo Ma makes music for all - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - ALEJANDRO ESCALONA alejandroescalona@comcast.net October 5, 2011 9:48PM Updated: October 6, 2011 2:17AM Students at Telpochcalli Elementary in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood were excited bec...

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Paradoxes of the Finland Phenomenon

joebower.org - Have you noticed there's a lot of hullabaloo about Finland's education system lately? I've been paying attention to what the Finns have been doing for a couple years now, but it is only recently t...

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Federal K-12 Arts Ed Funding on the Chopping Block Again

artsjournal.com - For those who have followed Dewey21C, hopefully you’ve noticed that I have been silent since the end of July. A month off from work followed that last post, and as we’re blowing through September, ...

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Wall Street Warily Eyes the Protests on Its Doorstep

wnyc.org - The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have riveted the nation's attention, and are now spreading to other cities, but it's unclear whether the protesters' message is actually reaching financial ins...

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Legal Scholar Derrick Bell Dead at 80

theroot.com - We had barely absorbed the sad news of the passing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Wednesday -- not to mention the death of Apple leader Steve Jobs -- when we heard news of another tragic loss: the deat...

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Anger Toward Wall Street Understandable, Cuomo Says

capitaltonight.com - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this morning he understood why protestors continue to demonstrate in Lower Manhattan, part of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street presence that has been growing in strength and su...

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Obama: Wall Street protests show a "broad-based frustration"

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - President Obama speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images/ 10/6/2011President Obama said Thursday that the Occupy Wall Street protests show ...

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What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).mov

edusped.com - In this video clip Dr. Manning-Courtney from the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center and the Kelly O’Leary Center, and Arnold Miller, Ph.D., of Language and Cognitive Developmental Center ...

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Former Astronaut Launches Bid For Congress

democraticunderground.com - Source: Florida TodayA former NASA astronaut who grew up in a family of migrant farmers is returning to his California roots to run for Congress.Jose Hernandez flew as a mission specialist aboard D...

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Ty Fahner is a big fat liar. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Illinois is Broke is an organization fully funded by the the pals and members of the Civic Committee and their millionaire lawyer, Ty Fahner. As part of their efforts to destroy the Teacher Retirem...

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Soros fails to quash insider trading conviction

democraticunderground.com - Source: Finanical TimesGeorge Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has lost a case at the European Court of Human Rights to have his criminal conviction for insider dealing quashed.The failed...

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How He Made The Nerd Cool

huffingtonpost.com - Apple, more than any other company, factored us, the people, in, and extrapolated outwards. Designers obsessively anticipate the forms they see fitting into our worlds, often changing those worlds ...

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iPhone 4S: “Lo Siento… No Hablo Español”

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:35 pm, October 6, 2011 Photo Credits: iPhone 4S Doesn't Speak Spanish Siri, the new iPhone 4S voice recognition app, responds to commands in three dialects of English, French and Ge...

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Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time]

thejosevilson.com - OccupyEverythingFor World’ Teachers’ Day, all the big edu-wigs broke out in song about saluting great teachers, trying to stretch their arms out their offices far enough to find a teacher they’d co...

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Will the Real Progressives Please Stand Up!

nbcchicago.com - After finishing third in February’s mayoral election, Miguel del Valle promised to use his following among neighborhood activists to build a progressive movement in Chicago. On Saturday, Oct. 15, f...

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