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Putting Our Teachers Back to Work: Stephanie Harris Walker
ed.gov - Stephanie Harris Walker, Putting Our Teachers Back to Work. Cross-posted from the White House Blog. “My name is Stephanie Harris Walker. I am a 43-year-old, married mother of two beautiful childre...
arneduncanAs School Layoffs Loom, City Points Finger at Union Chief, Who Points Right Back
nytimes.com - With more than 700 school aides facing their last day at work on Friday barring a last-minute deal, the Bloomberg administration is blaming the school aides’ powerful labor union, District Council ...
DianeRavitchThe 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...
DianeRavitchYo-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...
mikeklonskyTime to change the stakes with testing? Join us for an evening with Yong Zhao!
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - American education is at a crossroads. Two paths lie in front of us: one in which we destroy our strengths in order to catch up with others on test scores and one in which we build on our strengths...
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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...
DianeRavitchFederal 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, ...
DianeRavitchWall 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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Opinion: Chile's education reform via the hard-left heartthrob
chicagotribune.com - Chile's youthful revolutionary leader is rattling a nation — and a continent — as she champions education reform. It is 7 p.m. in Brasilia, and the streets of Brazil's capital are jammed with homeb...
mikeklonskyLegal 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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Inspired By Occupy Wall Street, Unions Join Activists for Historic March
democracynow.org - Organized labor will serve notice today on the bankers and the politicians that the young protesters of Occupy Wall Street speak for millions. The labor rally will signal just how far unions have c...
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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...
DianeRavitchObama: 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 ...
mikeklonskyObama news conference: Obama: Occupy Wall Street protests show Americans' frustration
chicagotribune.com - President Obama speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House.(Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images / October 6, 2011) By Michael A. Memoli 10:50 a.m. CDT, October 6, 2011 President O...
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State-of-the-Art Hospitals Coming to Underserved Areas of Mexico
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 7:27 pm, October 6, 2011 Photo Credits: Centro Medico Puerta de Hierro Not long ago, patients in need of specialized services in Tepic, the capital of the Mexican state of Nayarit, had...
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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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Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & Review
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & ReviewShould Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's...
coopmike48Soros 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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Apple Founder Jumps Into the iCloud (RIP Steve Jobs) | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Apple Founder Jumps Into the iCloud (RIP Steve Jobs) | The Jose Vilson:Apple Founder Jumps Into the iCloud (RIP Steve Jobs)by JoseSteve JobsWhat I did know about Steve Jobs growing up was the imagi...
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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...
fklonskyFive Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time] | The Jose Vilson
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time] | The Jose Vilson:Five Ways You Can #OccupyTheClassroom [It's About Time]by JoseOccupyEverythingFor World’ Teachers’ Day, all the big edu-wig...
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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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