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Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

edge.ascd.org - So things have settled down after several days of social media commiserating over the passing of Steve Jobs. When he stepped down at Apple I knew he wasn’t well, but I didn’t expect him to lose his...

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Occupy Colleges Group Plans Second Day of Action This Thursday « Student Activism

studentactivism.net - Last week a campus walkout in support of Occupy Wall Street, originally called for New York City, mushroomed in a matter of days to include dozens of campuses across the country. The Wednesday acti...

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#OWS Replaces #OccupyWallStreet as Default Twitter Hashtag « Student Activism

studentactivism.net - When the Occupy Wall Street protests began on September 16, #OccupyWallStreet was the only related hashtag used on Twitter. Soon some folks started using #OccupyWallSt too. Shorter is better on Twi...

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The Sidebar

the-sidebar.com - In June I reported about an inquiry from Michael P. Goldenberg of Ann Arbor, MI, to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Goldenberg had questions about a $174,000 contract Duncan arranged when he ra...

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Former Achievement First parents speak out!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - There is a fierce battle over whether an Achievement First charter school will open in Providence. RI-Can and the other Astroturf groups funded by the Walton Foundation and the hedge fund crowd are...

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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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US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions: Issues

help.senate.gov - Welcome to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) education homepage. The evolving global economy and the need for a highly skilled workforce create new...

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nypost.com - New York political kingmaker and religious leader Floyd Flake rakes in the cash -- and leaves wreckage behind, critics say.For five years, the former congressman headed one of the largest churches ...

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Occupy Wall Street Emerges as “First Populist Movement” on the Left Since the 1930s

democracynow.org - Web Exclusive Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman, one of three recipients who split the award this year, spoke in New York City at the Brecht Forum last year about state violence, ta...

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Bloomberg Won’t Stop Occupy Wall Street, But He Thinks Winter Will

politickerny.com - Mayor Bloomberg on the march in the Columbus Day Parade. (Getty) Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t plan on kicking the Occupy Wall Street out of Zuccotti Park, but he expects winter weather will be the occup...

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Why the Elites Are in Trouble

truth-out.org - Ketchup, a petite 22-year-old from Chicago with wavy red hair and glasses with bright red frames, arrived in Zuccotti Park in New York on Sept. 17. She had a tent, a rolling suitcase, 40 dollars’ w...

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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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Because Mos Def Can Say It Better Than I Can Right Now

thejosevilson.com - by Jose on October 10, 2011 Mos DefBecause Mos Def can say it better than I can (all emphases mine) … The fresh, the author and associates are proud to present M-Def the Black, fantastic rawDynamic...

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Panic of the Plutocrats

nytimes.com - It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-ri...

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Occupy Wall Street Offshoot, Unions Protest in Chicago

online.wsj.com - BY JACK NICAS CHICAGO—A long-planned Chicago protest against the financial community was augmented Monday evening by the local offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Thousands of protesters, ...

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Bank Warns Employees About OWS | Occupy Wall Street

alternet.org - OWS has bloomed in more than a dozen major cities all across the country. It stopped being a protest a while ago. It's a movement now. And they're scared. October 10, 2011 | Photo Credit: eden...

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Obama's jobs advisors include job-cutting executives

latimes.com - In another public demonstration of concern about the struggling economy, President Obama will meet in Pittsburgh on Tuesday with the business and labor leaders he has chosen to counsel him on job c...

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Suppose you could add 5.2 million jobs a year right now?

dailykos.com - That is a takeaway from a new economic white paper being released on Wednesday. It has three authors, one of whom is Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubani, who was spot on about our current financial crisis b...

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Metro Atlanta foreclosures up again

ajc.com - By Christopher QuinnThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThere were 8,845 foreclosure notices in the metro Atlanta area in October, up 16 percent from September's 7,634, according to Equity Depot of Ken...

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One of the Worst Meals You Can Possibly Eat Has Just Been Banned in California | Activism & Vision

alternet.org - California's Governor Jerry Brown just signed a law that may prevent the slaughter of millions of one of the most important species. October 7, 2011 | Shark fin soup. Photo Credit: Justin Kane...

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Making every student an active learner!

gotomeeting.com - (GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia(GMT) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Lju...

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Child and working-age poverty from 2010 to 2020

jrf.org.uk - Download as PDF 0.2 MB Key points The number of children in relative poverty is forecast to rise from 2.6 million in 2009/10 to 2.9 million in 2015/16 and 3.3 million by 2020/21 (measuring income b...

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Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education « InterACT

accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - "Every student, every day" - a reminder to myself posted in my classroom. (photo: Ramin Rahimian) One of the most important guiding principles in education is in loco parentis – we are morally and ...

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Building A Personal Learning Network To Become A Better Educator - Ask-Dr

delaneykirk.com - Sarah Fudin (University of Southern California) is today's guest blogger and she writes on developing your own personal learning network. I personally recommend Twitter as a great way to build your...

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YouTube Relaunches New Education Site – With School Access

mindshift.kqed.org - Flickr:www_ukberri_netTeachers who have been frustrated over blocked access to YouTube educational videos in school can take heart. YouTube is rolling out a pilot a program with schools that will r...

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