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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Big Education Ape: 11-16-11 PM Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part One EDition #OWS #ASKARNE

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Town Hall: 140 Characters at a Time

ed.gov - “I love my job,” Secretary Duncan said at the close of yesterday’s second #AskArne Twitter Town Hall, moderated by education journalist John Merrow. Merrow covered a wide-range of education topics ...

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Freddie Mac Reportedly Paid Gingrich at Least $1.6 Million

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - Newt Gingrich is beginning to feel the inevitable glare of the spotlight that follows a rise of fortunes in the presidential sweepstakes.Bloomberg News reported Tuesday night that Mr. Gingrich rece...

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Williamson County snubs student teaching | The Tennessean

tennessean.com - Tennessee’s new teacher evaluation system has hit an unexpected snag.With teacher tenure and job retention riding on a top score, Williamson County is banning student teachers from working in core ...

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When Good Intentions Make Us Stupid :: Frederick M. Hess

frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Nov 16, 2011 at 9:38 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/11/when-good-intentions-make-us-stupidWhile I was gone, there were any number of cl...

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Lost and found: Mario Savio’s reflections

dailycal.org - “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part … and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears … and make it stop. And ...

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Pizza as veggie in school lunch, girls & math

ednewsparent.org - Pizza as a vegetable in school lunch?Certainly there is room for debate about the best way to improve the nutritional quality of lunches served at school. But, really, pizza as a vegetable? I think...

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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's New York

occupywallst.org - Police state? Obama is making us a welfare and police state people. Wake up and smell the coffee. Open your eyes to the socialism and marxism being brought in by our President. These people broke t...

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Journalists detained at NYC Occupy protests

online.wsj.com - Associated Press NEW YORK — Journalists have been detained by police while covering Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. Associated Press writer Karen Matthews was taken into custody Tuesday al...

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Police in riot gear face down Occupy protesters inside bank

latimesblogs.latimes.com - November 16, 2011 | 3:11 pm Police in riot gear warned Occupy San Francisco protesters who took over the lobby of a Bank of America in the city’s financial district Wednesday that they would be ar...

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Police in riot gear face down Occupy protesters inside bank

latimesblogs.latimes.com - November 16, 2011 | 3:11 pm Police in riot gear warned Occupy San Francisco protesters who took over the lobby of a Bank of America in the city’s financial district Wednesday that they would be ar...

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