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Lead by Action - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
edge.ascd.org - This past Thursday morning on Facebook I caught MassCUE President Leo Brehm posting a picture of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick from the MassCUE conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. ...
Deal Reached on Longer School Day?
nbcchicago.com - Rahm Emanuel, CTU, Madigan Intervention? A deal between the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school board has been reached. At least that's the rumor. The CTU scheduled a press confe...
Truly Funny: Operating Heavy Machinery
mariashriver.com - Truly Funny: Operating Heavy Machinery By Maria Shriver My friend sent me a hilarious email this morning about a mishap she had operating what she referred to as "heavy machinery" in her yard (See ...
Occupy Wall Street "Survivors Support Team" Responds to Sexual Assault in Park, Debunks Rumors by Bloomberg
alternet.org - While NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg has specifically called out sexual assaults in Zuccotti Park as a reason to distrust the Occupy movement--and even potentially disband their camp. He has claimed that...
Kindergarten Teachers Say Students Are Behind on Day One - Education
good.is - According to a new survey presented at the annual conference for the National Association for the Education of Young Children yesterday, two-thirds of kindergarten teachers say the majority of thei...
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Young Americans for Freedom protest Occupy Penn State
collegian.psu.edu - A handful of Young Americans for Freedom members held signs with messages such as “If you are here, you are the 1%” directed at the Occupy Penn State protesters who have camped out at the HUB-Robes...
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...
How Can Students Learn if They Can't Use the School Restroom? - Education
good.is - When I was in eighth grade, my social studies teacher Mr. McIntyre used to always tell us, "It's much better to be pissed off than pissed on." Even though the thought of being urinated on made me g...
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Laurie Penny: A woman's opinion is the mini-skirt of the internet
independent.co.uk - You come to expect it, as a woman writer, particularly if you're political. You come to expect the vitriol, the insults, the death threats. After a while, the emails and tweets and comments contain...
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...
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 ...
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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 ...
Too Big to Jail | Truthout
truth-out.org - Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money, and the fact that Citigroup agreed last week to pay a $285 million fine to settle SEC charges for “misleading investors” demons...
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Sugar Coma Festivals – Fall Edition Ticket Giveaway « In the Kitchen with KP…
inthekitchenwithkp.wordpress.com - 04 Nov 2011 by KP in Atlanta, Blogging, Family Fun, Local Adventures, Food, Dessert, Giveaway Do you love indulging in the occasional sweet treat or do you have a full blown sugar addiction? If you...
This Week In Web 2.0
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth sharing, I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” It’ll be a short compilation of new decent s...
How Can We Teach Critical Thinking Skills? - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo
blogs.edweek.org - 21155 « Response: Can Teachers Be Friends With Students Using Social Media? | Main This week's question comes from an educator who prefers to remain anonymous:How do you go about teaching critical ...
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Only 80,000 jobs added in Oct. but unemployment rate drops – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com - WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring slowed in October as employers faced more uncertainty over future economic growth.The Labor Department says the economy added 80,000 jobs last month, fewest in four months ...
Wells Fargo leads list of 30 companies paying less than nothing in taxes
americanindependent.com - Wells Fargo & Co. tops the list of companies receiving the largest tax breaks since 2008, according to a joint study from Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy....
For Our Top Corporate 1 Percenters, a 50 Percent Tax Discount
ourfuture.org - The power suits who run America's biggest corporations, a new Citizens for Tax Justice report shows, are sidestepping about half the taxes our basic tax code says they ought to be paying.Over a qua...
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Think Tank Study Finds Think Tank Researchers Underpaid
laststand4children.blogspot.com - The release of today's study by The Ponds Institute for Statistical Research in conjunction with Last Stand for Children First is sending shock waves through the research establishment. The study,...
Children of Deployed Military at Greater Risk of Engaging in Violent Behavior
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩAdolescent boys with at least one parent in the military are at elevated risk of engaging in school-based physical fighting, carrying a weapon and joining a gang, according to research presented t...
Make insurance understandable
politico.com - Opinion: A new and simpler health insurance disclosure form will empower consumers.
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Education Platforms: Build On? Or Build One?
hackeducation.com - A Race to Develop a Platform for Education There are still debates about what exactly we mean when we talk about Internet “platforms” — is it a matter of infrastructure, extensibility, code executi...
Kentucky to Model Professional Development for New Standards - Curriculum Matters
blogs.edweek.org - We've been telling you that the demand for professional development aligned to the common standards has been soaring. One publishing executive told us not long ago that PD was "driving" the common ...
65+ iPad Apps Perfect For Elementary School
edudemic.com - Friday, November 4, 2011 10:20 am, Posted by edudemic 0 | Top 10 Lists Topics: Apple, apps, guide, imovie, iPad, ipad 2, keynote, palm beach schools If your school is considering adopting iPads, yo...
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Young Americans for Freedom protest Occupy Penn State
collegian.psu.edu - A handful of Young Americans for Freedom members held signs with messages such as “If you are here, you are the 1%” directed at the Occupy Penn State protesters who have camped out at the HUB-Robes...
Chicago Trader Dumps McDonald's Applications On The 99 Percent
thinkprogress.org - NEWS FLASH Chicago Trader Dumps McDonald’s Applications On The 99 Percent | Chicagoist reports that someone at the Chicago Board of Trade blanketed Occupy Chicago protesters with hundreds of McDona...
Unions Court 'Occupy Wall Street' Protesters - Teacher Beat
blogs.edweek.org - Teachers' unions are among the groups that have been actively involved in supporting the Occupy Wall Street protests that have sprung up in U.S. cities from coast to coast.United Federation of Teac...
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