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Wis. School Districts Move Toward Merit Pay for Teachers

edweek.org - Published Online: December 12, 2011 ByErin Richards, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)On a Tuesday afternoon in mid-October, between 40 and 50 Cedarburg School District educators sat in a small audi...

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Braun: New kind of N.J. school privatization on the rise

blog.nj.com - Public education in New Jersey has been roiled recently by conflicts over charter schools, vouchers and "virtual" schools — but, now, a new type of privatization is on the horizon: allowing public ...

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Class Matters. Why Won’t We Admit It?

nytimes.com - Durham, N.C. NO one seriously disputes the fact that students from disadvantaged households perform less well in school, on average, than their peers from more advantaged backgrounds....

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Emanuel welcomes out-of-town charter schools

wbez.org - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel put out the welcome mat for out-of-state charter schools Tuesday.“I want all the charter operators who don’t yet operate in the City of Chicago to see this as an opportun...

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Growing Push in Newark to Retake School Reins

nytimes.com - NEWARK — For a generation of Newark students, every education decision, including choices on curriculum, spending and superintendent, has been made by state officials in Trenton. That l...

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Class Matters. Why Won’t We Admit It?

nytimes.com - Durham, N.C. NO one seriously disputes the fact that students from disadvantaged households perform less well in school, on average, than their peers from more advantaged backgrounds....

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Time to Throw Money at the Problem « InterACT

accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - It’s a well-worn phrase: you can’t just throw money at the problem. Well, what if the problem is a serious lack of money? Essentially, that’s the issue playing out in the Colorado court system. Th...

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85% of unions that voted, recertified

whby.com - Text Size:December 12, 2011S M T W TF S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 31WHBYCBSNews » WEAC: 85% of unions that voted, recertified Dec...

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One arrested at Occupy protest in Port Hueneme

latimesblogs.latimes.com - One Occupy protester was arrested Monday at the Port of Hueneme after laying down in the roadway and refusing to move, backing up truck traffic, authorities said. That was the only confrontation in...

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Hundreds march to Port of Oakland for shutdown

sfgate.com - (12-12) 06:18 PST OAKLAND -- About 200 protesters are marching this morning in hopes of shutting down the Port of Oakland as part of the national Occupy movement. Organizers have pledged to march t...

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Depression and Democracy

nytimes.com - It’s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression. True, it’s not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that’s cold comfort. Unemployment in both America and Europe rem...

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Nullifying Democracy | OurFuture.org

ourfuture.org - By Digby December 12, 2011 - 12:15pm ET Popular This WeekDecember 06, 2011December 05, 2011more» Also Worth Reading James Fallows: Before the episode recedes fully from the news, please read this ...

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Major corporations pay few taxes

sacramentopa.blogspot.com - 265 Major, Profitable U.S. Corporations' Tax AvoidanceCosts States $42 Billion Over Three Years; Sixty EightCompanies Have At Least One Tax-Free YearCitizens for Tax JusticeDecember 7, 2011http://w...

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How to get arsenic out of juice « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - I am ready to pluck that juice box out of my kid’s sticky little hands, no matter how big the juice-splosion. It’s not about the sugar this time – oh, no – it’s because of the arsenic! A Consumer ...

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