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Bleak Portrait of Poverty Is Off the Mark, Experts Say
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — When the Census Bureau said in September that the number of poor Americans had soared by 10 million to rates rarely seen in four decades, commentators called the report “shocking” and ...
Do Harvard’s Econ Students Have a Point?
neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com - By Stephanie Kelton Two days ago, a group of students at Harvard University submitted the following letter to their econ prof -- Greg Mankiw – just before they got up and walked out of his introd...
How & Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System « Same Subject, Continued
ramsincanon.wordpress.com - Barack Obama is presiding over the beginning of a process that will inexorably result in the privatization of our school system. That doesn’t meant of course that all of our schools will be owned b...
How Zuckerberg’s money is being spent in Newark schools - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - Some of the $100 million that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated last year to help Newark Public Schools has now been spent, and you may be surprised to see where it is going. The Zuckerberg ...
Study Concludes Public School Teacher Salaries $120 Billion Over Market Value
weeklystandard.com - Those on the left are wont to complain that government employees are under assualt these days because GOP politicians are going after public sector unions and generous deals they've leveraged throu...
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High Stakes Testing is not a 21st Century Skill - Finding Common Ground
blogs.edweek.org - Recently, New York State test scores were released to the public and showed that students scored lower in the areas of ELA and math than in previous years. The results were quickly announced by the...
Why Can't School "Reformers" Listen to Education Experts?
huffingtonpost.com - This week's debate between Eric Hanushek and Diane Ravitch, exemplifies the tendency of true believers in data-driven policies to refuse to communicate with educators. Hanushek became so preoccupie...
Teachers and the Two Faces of Protest in Oakland
huffingtonpost.com - A day after Occupy Oakland demonstrators were evicted with tear gas from Frank Ogawa Plaza at one end of Broadway last week, at the other end hundreds of parents and students crowded into the Oakla...
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Louella Givens solidifies her resolve in BESE race
tribunetalk.com - BESE Board incumbent Louella Givens held an afternoon press conference today to bluntly and aggressively address rumors that she says have been circulating throughout the multi-parish region that i...
Brooklyn Eagle, Bay Ridge Eagle Brooklyn, NY :: daily paper in Brooklyn
brooklyneagle.com - 20 Brooklyn Schools on the List By Mary Frost Brooklyn Daily Eagle NEW YORK CITY — The number of schools that the city’s Department of Education (DOE) is considering closing has increased from ...
Romney would raise age for Social Security and Medicare in cost-cutting plan - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe
boston.com - By Donovan Slack , Globe Staff WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney unveiled a sweeping budget-cutting plan today that would increase the eligibility age for Social Security and cap Medicaid payments to stat...
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Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment | Matt Taibbi
rollingstone.com - Last year I had a chance to see New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg up close at the Huffington Post’s “Game Changers” event. I was standing right behind the guy when he was introduced by Nora Ephron, and...
Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Cuomo deaf to suffering masses as Occupy Wall Street movement grows
nydailynews.com - I n just a few months, Occupy Wall Street has mushroomed into an astonishing nationwide movement against corporate greed and political corruption in American life. During a trip around the country ...
Emanuel's half-hearted, half measures on libraries don't measure up
afscme31.org - 11/04/2011Feeling the pressure created by AFSCME and thousands of Chicago residents who don't want cuts to their libraries, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to foist a "compromise" plan onto City Counc...
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Occupy Oakland's Port Action, and after (Community Voices)
oaklandlocal.com - Photo by Zuzungu/Aaron Bady, http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/occupy-oaklands-port-action-and-after/ I spent the day yesterday fixated on little things. For about five hours, I was handin...
Learning to Dive « Cooperative Catalyst
coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - I’ve had a handful of learning experiences in my life that have stayed with me in a truly significant way. Some occurred in the classroom with teachers or professors and some in the outdoors with ...
Mitt Romney, Chris Christie & Occupy Philly
bluejersey.com - Hey, boys and girls! Mitt Romney, that colorless and flavorless probable consensus candidate the GOP will likely settle for once enough Republicans figure out the libertarian says too many things t...
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Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools reach deal over length of school days
abclocal.go.com - November 4, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union says officials with Chicago Public Schools have agreed to stop asking schools to voluntarily lengthen their school day this year. CT...
Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Hispanics, \\\"Shoot Some Mexicans\\\"
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 10:49 am, November 4, 2011 Photo Credits: Hispanic Hate Crime in Louisiana Mark Gautreau, 50, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in New Orleans for shooting two men in St. Charl...
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Nestle Pure Life, Water Campaign Manipulates Hispanic Communities
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:45 pm, November 4, 2011 Photo Credits: Group Claims Nestle's "Pure Life" Water Campaign Manipulates Hispanic Communities On November 2nd, as the first Nestlé Pure Life retail store c...
Body weight, sleep-disordered breathing and cognition
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩResearchers at the University of Chicago have found important new relationships between obesity, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognitive processing among elementary school children."The int...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: What's Next? School Lunches?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: What's Next? School Lunches?:What's Next? School Lunches?by Melissa WestbrookThe Seattle Times is reporting that Governor Gregoire is considering cutting K-12 b...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows In Friday's paper: Area charter schools report low test scores - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star Big Education Ape - PostRank (Po...
What We Can Learn From High-Performing Charter Schools: Treat Teachers as Professionals | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What We Can Learn From High-Performing Charter Schools: Treat Teachers as Professionals | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:What We Can Learn From High-Performing Charter Schools:...
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Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Cuomo deaf to suffering masses as Occupy Wall Street movement grows
nydailynews.com - I n just a few months, Occupy Wall Street has mushroomed into an astonishing nationwide movement against corporate greed and political corruption in American life. During a trip around the country ...
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