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19 arrested in Occupy Sacramento

sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Sacramento participants in a national resistance movement vowed to continue to "occupy" Cesar Chavez Plaza in downtown Sacramentothrough the weekend, despite the arrests of 20 demonstrators Thursd...

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Oakland Schools Expanding Free-Meal Programs

nytimes.com - On a recent Saturday morning, some 60 teachers and nurses from the Oakland Unified School District gathered at Tilden Education Complex for a daylong seminar on nutrition education. Mar...

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Anti-Federalism in G.O.P. Race Aims at Education

nytimes.com - Representative Michele Bachmann promises to “turn out the lights” at the federal Education Department. Gov. Rick Perry calls it unconstitutional. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, would allo...

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What if the NFL Played by Teachers’ Rules? « Albany's Insanity

albanysinsanity.wnymedia.net - Imagine a league where players who make it through three seasons could never be cut from the roster. Well that’s how school teachers contracts are written. This is an incredibly different look at i...

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The SEC sacks Fran Tarkenton for his alleged financial - 10.11.99

sportsillustrated.cnn.com - Since retiring from the NFL in 1978, Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton has portrayed himself as an "entrepreneurial dynamo," to borrow a phrase from the jacket of his 1997 book, What Losing Taught Me Ab...

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5 Reasons Why Public School Teachers are Occupying Wall Street

huffingtonpost.com - The classroom and the boardroom are often seen as dissimilar spaces. In classrooms, there are students and teachers; two groups of people that have the most insight on the current debate about what...

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Inflating the Software Report Card

nytimes.com - The Web site of Carnegie Learning, a company started by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University that sells classroom software, trumpets this promise: “Revolutionary Math Curricula. Revolutionary R...

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Tempers Flare at Jobs Fair as Experienced Teachers Told No Jobs

nycityeye.blogspot.com - Memphis surplus teachers crisis instigated by policies of U.S. Education Secretary Arne DancanPublished verbatim from democraticunderground. Indents are article excerpts that the original post cit...

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nypost.com - A low-performing Manhattan high school that was granted up to $6 million in extra funds to undergo a “transformation” has found the secret formula for success: Dumb down the requirements for studen...

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Anti-Federalism in G.O.P. Race Aims at Education

nytimes.com - (Page 2 of 2) For his part, Mr. Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, which has long had the nation’s top public schools, at first resisted the education law, but he came to embrace it. More recent...

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Hispanic National Bar Strives to Bring Chavez Documentary

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:17 pm, October 9, 2011 Photo Credits: Cesar Chavez Fast for Life The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is a partner of Cesar’s Last Fast, a multi-platform feature documentary ...

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Hundreds come out to 'Occupy GR' (Grand Rapids, MI)

democraticunderground.com - Source: WOODHundreds gathered on Calder Plaza Saturday to show support for a national demonstration about discontent with Wall Street and the current political system.The movement 'Occupy Grand Rap...

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Cain: Wall St. protesters playing victim card

cbsnews.com - GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain on CBS' "Face the Nation," October 9, 2011. (CBS) (CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Sunday accused anti-Wall Street protesters of pla...

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G.O.P. Anti-Federalism Aims at Education

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Dumbest completely fabricated (but still serious?) graph ever! (so far) « School Finance 101

schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Okay. You all know that I like to call out dumb graphs. And I’ve addressed a few on this blog previously. Here are a few from the past: http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/dumbest-real...

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I took the PSAT’s…again! « Cooperative Catalyst

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I took the PSAT’s…again! « Cooperative Catalyst:LEARNING AT ITS BESTI took the PSAT’s…again!POSTED BY HOLISTICDANCINGMONKEY ⋅ OCTOBER 9, 2011 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENTWell, the title of this post isn’t exa...

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The Next #OccupyWallStreet Might Not Be Tweeted

firedoglake.com - (photo: mattwi1s0n) If you’ve been listening to the newscasters and pundits, they’re working that false meme of #OccupyWallStreet lacking focus and clear goals. You may be incredibly frustrated by ...

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Legendary pianist Roger Williams dies after battle with cancer

democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNBy Greg Botelho, CNNupdated 9:12 PM EST, Sat October 8, 2011Award-winning pianist Roger Williams, who played before nine U.S. presidents and recorded dozens of albums over his long caree...

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Telemundo Launches Two YouTube Channels

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:28 am, October 9, 2011 Telemundo announced that it will launch two YouTube channels dedicated exclusively to Telemundo and mun2 content. The two YouTube channels, designed to promote...

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Sacramento State conference encourages girls to pursue math, science careers - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News

sacbee.com - On a sunny Saturday morning when tween girls might otherwise be gearing up for soccer or glued to "iCarly" reruns on TV, they were calculating the speed of light and sporting safety goggles instead...

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Occupy Wall Street: A Liberal’s Quagmire

addictinginfo.org - I don’t particularly care if the Occupy Wall Street protests spark a battle between the left and the right – we’re used to battles between the left and the right . . . except, this time, I’m not ex...

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Slavoj Žižek to Speak at Occupy Wall Street Today - New York News

blogs.villagevoice.com - Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek will speak at the Occupy Wall Street protests today at noon. Last night, the Occupy Wall Street twitter account said, "Supposedly Zizek is coming to speak tomorr...

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Hundreds march in KC ‘Occupy’ movement

democraticunderground.com - Source: Kansas City Star / kansascity.comHundreds march in KC ‘Occupy’ movementBy LYNN HORSLEYThe Kansas City StarAbout 300 people gathered today in Penn Valley Park across from the Federal Reserve...

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