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NYC Educator: The Dignity Gap

nyceducator.com - Who thought it was a good idea to send ATR teachers from school to school from week to week? How does that help anyone? The stories I'm hearing and seeing would be beyond belief it it weren't for t...

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The New Progressive Movement

nytimes.com - OCCUPY WALL STREET and its allied movements around the country are more than a walk in the park. They are most likely the start of a new era in America. Historians have noted that American politics...

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Online Education: My Teacher Is an App

online.wsj.com - Bob Croslin for The Wall Street Journal Allison Schnacky attends an online school at her Florida home. It was nearing lunchtime on a recent Thursday, and ninth-grader Noah Schnacky of Windermere, F...

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Tough Questions on Changing Teacher Evaluations

nytimes.com - For the first time next year, thousands of Chicago Public Schools teachers will be evaluated based partly on how well their students are doing academically. Many fear they will face dismissal if th...

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EducateOurState

educateourstate.org - Campaign Platform The current public education system in California is broken. We recognize the complexity of both the problem and the potential solutions. We are focusing our reform efforts on the...

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Education Films Series V: American Teacher

allthingsedu.blogspot.com - There are two ways to look at American Teacher, the recently released documentary by Dave Eggers and Ninive Clements Calegari: 1) If you don't know much about public education and school reform, th...

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Charter School Reform Bill Signed Into Law

njtoday.net - TRENTON – Legislation that would make it easier to create charter schools in failing school districts was officially signed into law on Thursday. “With this legislation signed today, we are taking ...

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Livewire | TPM

livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - SPARTANBURG, SC — A family of Herman Cain supporters stood on the corner outside Wofford College here Saturday in the run-up to the debate and told TPM they don’t expect their man to win on foreign...

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My Parents Were Home-Schooling Anarchists

nytimes.com - Tired of the constraints of the 40-hour workweek, my father, in 1972, quit his job in publishing. My parents were in their early 30s, and they had four children under 7. “But we still wanted to exp...

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Indiana Governor Bores In on Federal Debt

online.wsj.com - Corrections & Amplifications Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels favors a dramatic reworking of Social Security benefits, but not for those who would enter the system in the next 10 or 15 years. This story ...

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Police: Occupy San Francisco protesters attack officers

mercurynews.com - By Matthias GafniContra Costa Times SAN FRANCISCO -- One San Francisco police officer was slashed by a razor and another had his uniform torn and cheek cut in a clash with Occupy San Francisco prot...

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Police Clear Out Occupy Denver

my.firedoglake.com - The noon sun warmed the crowd of Saturday marchers who paraded through downtown Denver today, rallying against the idea of “corporate personhood.” The people were peaceful in spite of a small alte...

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Occupy Portland protesters defy eviction order in Oregon

democraticunderground.com - Source: Christian Science MonitorPORTLAND, OREGONAnti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters flooded a city park area in Portland early Sunday in defiance of an eviction order, and authorities...

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