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Rocketship soars to Common Council approval

jsonline.com - Milwaukee's Common Council easily passed a deal with a California-based, tech savvy charter school network to set up a city-sponsored charter elementary school in Milwaukee. The vote was 14-1, with...

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Diane Ravitch Criticizes Gates Foundation On Education

kuow.org - Support KUOW Audio available at 1:10 p.m. Ross Reynolds 11/18/2011 at 12:20 p.m. New York University Professor Diane Ravitch is one of the nation's most prominent critics of the Gates Foundation's ...

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#OccupyWallSt Roundup, Day 63 - NYTimes.com

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - With Occupy Wall Street taking a day of “rest and reorganizing” after a long day of protests on Thursday, it was also time for reflection and taking stock by protesters and the news media. [City Ro...

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Boards | Teach For America

teachforamerica.org - National Board of DirectorsOur National Board of Directors plays a critical role in developing Teach For America’s strategic plan and ensuring that we are able to meet the ambitious goals we set fo...

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Don’t believe the education “reformers”

salon.com - Three mildly heretical thoughts about American education: First, given the impossible assignment we’ve given them—an egalitarian mission in a nation rapidly growing more stratified by income and cl...

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UPDATE: State of Seized Library

peopleslibrary.wordpress.com - by Michael | November 16, 2011 · 11:22 (This post is being updated as news comes in, check back regularly.) We’re getting our first report back from the folks who went to the Sanitation Garage. May...

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Lord High Executioner Cerf

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Sir Christopher of Cerf will now allow you an audience:Still, the tension between state and local control in New Jersey is nothing new, and both the legal critics and some local school leaders yest...

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TEACHERS – RECORD YOURSELF « Teachers Fight Back

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - TEACHERS – RECORD YOURSELF « Teachers Fight Back:TEACHERS – RECORD YOURSELFby alkleenI saw a news item which showed a video of a special education teacher screaming at one of his students. Another...

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Pregnant woman pepper sprayed at Occupy Seattle

cbsnews.com - (AP) SEATTLE - A downtown march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement turned briefly chaotic as police scattered a crowd of rowdy protesters — including a pregnant 19-year-old an...

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kuow.org - KUOW Specials Select a SpecialChanging The SoundBehind The Cascade CurtainDanger At WorkParamount DutySounds FamiliarLiving Without A NetThe Weight Of WarCulture ShockA Guide To VisitorsThe Puget S...

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UPDATE: State of Seized Library

peopleslibrary.wordpress.com - by Michael | November 16, 2011 · 11:22 (This post is being updated as news comes in, check back regularly.) We’re getting our first report back from the folks who went to the Sanitation Garage. May...

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Bloomberg: Unions hijacked Occupy protest - MJ Lee

politico.com - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested Friday that unions took over the Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday.“A vast percentage of the people were union members protesting – some private u...

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#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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