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Daily Kos: Did you know I'm a Goliath?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Did you know I'm a Goliath?:Did you know I'm a Goliath?by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)At least according to this post by Alexander Russo I am, along with Anthony Cody, Nancy Flanagan, C...

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Teachers Of Los Angeles It's Time To Party With Educators 4 Excellence!!!

southbronxschool.com - Hello teachers of Los Angeles! Do you ever get tired from the same old boring Friday nights? Are you looking for something to do other than attend another boring Clippers or Kings game? Well, look ...

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nypost.com - Would it bother you to know that the federal Centers for Disease Control had been shown your daughter’s health records to see how she responded to an STD/teen-pregnancy-prevention program? How abou...

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Why kids need solitude - Salon.com

salon.com - Demand for remedial instruction in colleges is on the rise. About 75 percent of New York City freshmen attending community college last year needed remedial math, reading or writing courses. The or...

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Tackling Business Problems - Harvard Business Review

hbr.org - Tackling Business Problems Stop Tying Pay to Performance The evidence is overwhelming: It doesn’t work.by Bruno S. Frey and Margit Osterloh Time frame: next week | Degree of difficulty: operational...

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Seattle special ed teachers who refused to give state test lose appeal

seattlepi.com - A state appeals court has ruled against two Seattle elementary school teachers who refused to administer a state standardized test to several special education students. In a decision released Tues...

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Did you know I'm a Goliath?

dailykos.com - Anthony and Nancy are friends and professional colleagues. We are all members of the Teachers Leaders Network. We were all on the steering committee for last summer's Save Our Schools March and N...

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City Schools Missing Out on Aid for Special Needs

nytimes.com - New York City has failed to recover tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements for services it provided to special-needs students in recent years, as the Education Department has strugg...

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Tides Are a-Turnin’

mskatiesramblings.blogspot.com - There are some quiet rumblings out there that the tide in education reform is turning. As the sparkle and noise of Waiting for Superman fades into memory and the propaganda machine that is NBC’s E...

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- The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com - In many instances, the bills are identical to model legislation written by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a pro-business, free-market group whose members include legislators as well as ...

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Arizona Schools' Ethnic Studies Program Ruled Illegal

huffingtonpost.com - PHOENIX -- An administrative law judge ruled Tuesday that a Tucson school district's ethnic studies program violates state law, agreeing with the findings of Arizona's public schools chief.Judge Le...

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After His Witnessing an Argument with My Father

teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - I tell my son there are things one should never say, hurtful words, like liar and cheat.The heart holds whatever it hears for a long time, I say.The tongue is the mind’s fist. I want to find the ri...

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School Tech Connect: I Love A Parade

schooltechconnect.com - I'm back. The miracle of modern rest and ginger ale! Since this is the first day I've felt human in a week, I'm going to spend it outside-- rewarding Scout with a trip to the forest preserve. The d...

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Merry Christmas from the Reader to the Chicago Bulls and the Chicago City Council

chicagoreader.com - I was going to write a really nasty blog post, chiding 36th Ward alderman Nick Sposato for caving in on the United Neighborhood Organization's request to build a charter school in his ward. 'Cause ...

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Occupy protests send GOP vote counting to secret location - Political Hotsheet

cbsnews.com - Occupy activists enter the Occupy the Caucus headquarters, Dec. 27, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) The Iowa Republican party is moving its caucus night vote counti...

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I’ve always had an interest in the 10th Congressional District in Illinois. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Some years ago the political action committee of the Illinois Education Association, which is called IPACE, endorsed Mark Kirk for Congress in the 10th Congressional District over a progressive Afr...

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Nelson to Quit the Senate, Giving G.O.P. an Advantage

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Senator Ben Nelson, the embattled two-term Democrat from Nebraska, said Tuesday that he would not seek re-election in 2012, giving Republicans a decided advantage in their drive to win...

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Three from UC Davis are named to California bench

davisenterprise.com - Shelyna V. Brown is one of three UC Davis graduates to be appointed Tuesday to California judgeships by Gov. Jerry Brown. She was named to a seat on the Santa Clara Superior Court bench. Courtesy p...

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School bullying allegation takes bizarre twist

m.recordnet.com - By Keith Reid December 28, 2011 - 12:00 AM LODI - Lodi Unified officials will return in the New Year to investigate a bizarre situation stemming from the citizen's arrest of a middle school teacher...

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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 12/29/2011

coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Task Management for Teams - Asana A website that is for teams and is free for up to 30 members in a workspace. We are looking for work flow software for Flat Classroom so this is a neat ...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/28/2011

coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Fill Your New Kindle, iPad, iPhone with Free eBooks, Movies, Audio ... Free free free learning. Cost: Your time. nice list of free ways to add ebooks, textbooks, courses, and language co...

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New Univ of Arizona Ph.D. Program Offered Mexican American Studies - Hispanically Speaking News

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - New Univ of Arizona Ph.D. Program Offered Mexican American Studies - Hispanically Speaking News:New Univ. of Arizona Ph.D. Program Offered in Mexican American Studies, Third of Its Kind in NationTh...

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I’m Tired of Talking About Education « Cooperative Catalyst

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I’m Tired of Talking About Education « Cooperative Catalyst:I’m Tired of Talking About Educationby Deven BlackActually, I’m not.I’m going to spend the rest of this essay talking about it.I am very ...

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Teachers Of Los Angeles It's Time To Party With Educators 4 Excellence!!!

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Teachers Of Los Angeles It's Time To Party With Educators 4 Excellence!!!:Teachers Of Los Angeles It's Time To Party With Educators 4 Excellence!!!by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx ...

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