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Senator Kirk busted on his charter school lies. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - It is no secret to readers of this blog that I don’t like our Senator Mark Kirk. I didn’t like him when he was a Congressman from the ritzy north shore of Chicago. I was appalled that the IEA endor...
Out of Control Policy Blog > Charter Schools more like Vouchers: New Jersey Edition
reason.org - Legislation signed by Gov. Chris Christie will allow private schools in struggling districts to become charter schools. In this case it works just like vouchers where the money follows the child to...
Cherry Hill school officials unhappy about competing with planned charter school
nj.com - CHERRY HILL — Officials in one of southern New Jersey's best regarded public school districts are upset that they will soon have to compete and share money with a new charter school.Regis Academy C...
Voucher legislation ill conceived, won't help Pa. schools (11/16/11)
readingeagle.com - An epic battle is shaping up that will determine the course of education in this country for years to come, and Pennsylvania is one of the fronts on which this battle is being waged. After rejectin...
The OccupyUSA Blog for Thursday (Nov. 17), With Frequent Updates
thenation.com - I've been live-blogging OWS here daily since October 1. Email: epic1934@aol.com. All times ET. My new e-book, just out, is "40 Days That Shook the World: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everyw...
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Questioning the conventional wisdom
takingnote.learningmatters.tv - John’s book, The Influence of Teachers, is currently available on Amazon. The phrase “conventional wisdom” is often an oxymoron, at least in education. At a bare minimum, conventional wisdom ought ...
With expulsion from Zuccotti Park and numbers dwindling, Occupy Wall Street movement looks old
nydailynews.com - With their expulsion from Zuccotti Park and their numbers dwindling, the future of Occupy Wall Street seemed uneasy at best just two months after its birth. What will likely linger, no matter what ...
Why Not Occupy The Schools? The Failures Of Bloomberg's School Reform Agenda
theawl.com - What’s next for the Occupy Wall Street movement as it regroups after its eviction from Zuccotti Park? A small but energetic group of New York City education activists hope the Occupiers will channe...
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'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month Anniversary
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- As college students took center stage at a Tuesday afternoon Union Square rally on Occupy Wall Street's two-month anniversary, a smaller but equally loud group of younger protesters ref...
OWS Protesters Lose NYC Site But Not Spirit
bloomberg.com - Enlarge image Wall Street Protesters Lose Campsite But Not Appetite Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street movement wave court orders to reopen Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011. Demonstrators from...
Occupy Wall Street Evicted by $174.5 Million Subsidized Firm
huffingtonpost.com - Do we live in a corporate police state?By that, I mean are we seeing the privatization of public authority (police, courts) and the privileging of property and capital in the prosecution of the law...
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12 Essential Reads for Your Education
huffingtonpost.com - By Arafat Kazi, TNGGI read too much. I'm a media addict. I say stuff like, "Ha ha, it's like that fart joke from that Jonathan Swift poem from 1732." Most people find it annoying. But it sometimes ...
#OccupySupply: Nearing $100,000 Raised to Support Occupations Everywhere
my.firedoglake.com - Donna, James and Tyson sporting #OccupySupply gear at Occupy Memphis Hey every one, we’ve almost raised $100,000 for the Occupy Supply fund! This is absolutely incredible and we could not have done...
Blessings in Disguise | Edwize
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Blessings in Disguise | Edwize:Blessings in Disguiseby Miss Endurance[Editor's note: Miss Endurance is the pseudonym of a fourth-year teacher in an elementary school on Staten Island.]It’s never a ...
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Protesters and Officers Clash Near Wall Street
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - This is a live stream from The Other 99’s channel. Another live feed is below. Hundreds of protesters from Zuccotti Park clashed with the police as they tried to reach the New York Stock Exchange T...
Wall Street clashes start Occupy's day of action
cbsnews.com - Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement confront a police officer as they march through the streets of the financial district Nov. 17, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo) Occupy Wal...
Occupy L.A.: Protesters to seek restraining order against police
latimesblogs.latimes.com - November 17, 2011 | 5:36 pm The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Thursday that representatives from Occupy L.A. have filed a court motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent police...
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Gingrich Defends Payments From Freddie Mac as He Gets Increased Scrutiny
bloomberg.com - Newt Gingrich defended payments of at least $1.6 million he received from mortgage company Freddie Mac, saying he provided “strategic advice over a long period of time” and that his work would remi...
Newt Gingrich's Freddie Mac work draws new scrutiny
latimes.com - Newt Gingrich, who has built his now resurgent presidential candidacy in part around virulent criticism of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, found himself Wednesday defending the at least...
Senator Sanders, Ordinary Americans #OccupytheSuperCommittee
ourfuture.org - Days after the tents were ripped out of Zucotti Park in New York, hundreds of Americans brought the fight for the 99% to the nation’s capital on Thursday with a “Wake-Up Congress” rally calling for...
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Boeing's record-setting order: $21.7-billion from Lion Air | Manufacturing
chicagobusiness.com - November 17, 2011 (AP) — Boeing Co. has received its largest commercial airplane order ever, topping its own record set less than a week ago.Lion Air, a large private carrier in Indonesia, ordered ...
San Diego Union-Tribune Sold to Developer Doug Manchester
obrag.org - By Elizabeth Aguilera / SignOnSanDiego / November 17, 2011The owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune announced Thursday it has signed an agreement of sale for the 143-year-old newspaper to MLIM, LLC,...
Big midyear hit for Prop 98 likely
toped.svefoundation.org - By The first shoe fell with a thud Wednesday, when the Legislative Analyst’s Office predicted that a $3.7 billion state revenue shortfall this year would result in $2 billion in midyear “trigger” c...
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Occupy movement plans day of action nationwide – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com - NEW YORK (AP) – About 300 people have gathered near Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan as part of a planned nationwide protest marking two months since the Occupy Wall Street movement began.By Mary A...
Boeing's record-setting order: $21.7-billion from Lion Air | Manufacturing
chicagobusiness.com - November 17, 2011 (AP) — Boeing Co. has received its largest commercial airplane order ever, topping its own record set less than a week ago.Lion Air, a large private carrier in Indonesia, ordered ...
Occupy L.A.: Protesters to seek restraining order against police
latimesblogs.latimes.com - November 17, 2011 | 5:36 pm The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Thursday that representatives from Occupy L.A. have filed a court motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent police...
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From Athens to #OWS, #N17 is International Students Day « Student Activism
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - From Athens to #OWS, #N17 is International Students Day « Student Activism:From Athens to #OWS, #N17 is International Students Dayby Angus JohnstonOn November 17, 1939, the Nazis executed nine Czec...
#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together #OWS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - #N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together:#N17 Mass Day of ActionNovember 16th, 2011 · Ella · AnnouncementsNo commentsOWS is calling upon you to participate in a national day of direct action on No...
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