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GoLocalProv | News | Aaron Regunberg: Achievement First has Little Support in Providence
golocalprov.com - Email to a friend PermalinkFriday, December 02, 2011Aaron Regunberg, GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™ Last Monday, a broad-based coalition of Providence community groups sent a letter to Governor Chafee a...
White Hat employees told company must boost enrollment, profits
ohio.com - Akron businessman David Brennan told employees of White Hat Management last month that his family can no longer afford to subsidize the company he founded in 1998 and owns.White Hat is one of the c...
Mayor Hits Nerve in Remarks on Class Sizes and Teachers
nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg faced tough questions for a second day Friday on comments he made about two of the most sensitive issues in New York City education: teacher quality and class sizes. ...
Naomi Wolf: The crackdown on Occupy controversy: a rebuttal | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk - What a firestorm my Comment is free blog post in the Guardian, "The Shocking News Behind the Crackdown on Occupy", has unleashed: some have praised, while others have attacked. Joshua Holland's cri...
Newt’s War on Poor Children
nytimes.com - Newt Gingrich has reached a new low, and that is hard for him to do. Nearly two weeks after claiming that child labor laws are “truly stupid” and implying that poor children should be p...
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Class sizes sharply rising & 7,000 violations this fall despite Bloomberg campaign promises
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - It’s been a busy week. On Wednesday there was a spirited rally on the steps of Tweed to protest the continued cuts to school budgets, the loss of art, music & afterschool program, and the sharp in...
Mayor takes flak on Staten Island for suggestion that half of teachers be fired
silive.com - STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Firing half the city’s teachers and doubling down on class sizes is a “good deal” for students, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but parents think he’s flunking logic. “...
Chicago to join Gates Foundation charter compact | catalyst
catalyst-chicago.org - Though they are still in negotiations over the details, Chicago Public Schools officials are set to sign on to a national intiaitive that encourages stronger cooperation between charter schools and...
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EAG’s Kyle Olson exposes kindergarten teacher’s use of “Click Clack Moo. Cows that Type,” to indoctrinate students. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Back a few years, religious con-man Pat Robertson accused Sponge Bob Square Pants of being Gay. Of course, who knows? Maybe Bob is Gay. I don’t care. The latest right-wing loony accusation is deliv...
Newt’s War on Poor Children
nytimes.com - Newt Gingrich has reached a new low, and that is hard for him to do. Nearly two weeks after claiming that child labor laws are “truly stupid” and implying that poor children should be p...
EAG’s Kyle Olson exposes kindergarten teacher’s use of “Click Clack Moo. Cows that Type,” to indoctrinate students. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - EAG’s Kyle Olson exposes kindergarten teacher’s use of “Click Clack Moo. Cows that Type,” to indoctrinate students. « Fred Klonsky:EAG’s Kyle Olson exposes kindergarten teacher’s use of “Click Clac...
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The OccupyUSA Blog for Friday (Dec. 2), With Frequent Updates
thenation.com - I've been live-blogging OWS here daily since October 1. Email: epic1934@aol.com. All times ET. My new e-book is "40 Days That Shook the World: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere." ...
Newt Gingrich Doesn't Like Poor Children
theroot.com - A word from Newt Gingrich, front-runner in the GOP 2012 primaries: Really poor children, in really poor neighborhoods, have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works, so they have ...
My I-pad helps to change dreaded assessments into teaching again!
edupln.ning.com - OK, let me begin yet another blog by admitting that I am not writing about anything that is ground-breaking or new and I am also assuming that many other teachers have probably already used the ide...
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Angela Merkel's Grand Euro Deal: Tell Me How This Works
my.firedoglake.com - (image: Elena Schweitzer/shutterstock.com) Another half dozen or so news/analysis articles — in the New York Times (here and here), The Financial Times, Telegraph, etc – discuss the Euro crisis. ...
White House Threatens Veto Of Indefinite Detention Bill
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- Accusing the Senate of "political micromanagement" of national security, the White House Friday stood by its threat to veto a defense bill over controversial military detention provis...
Remainders: USDOE releases guide on integrating schools
gothamschools.org - by Rachel Cromidas, at 7:06 pm USDOE and the Department of Justice released advice for how schools can legally integrate. (Ed.gov) A task-force of state legislators is backing a resolution opposing...
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Herman Cain's supporters shocked by campaign's end
latimes.com - Reporting from Atlanta— Kerry Hobbs was one of the many Herman Cain supporters who absorbed the festive vibe at the candidate’s newly opened Georgia headquarters Saturday and couldn’t believe that ...
Bloomberg’s Girlfriend Diana Taylor Threatens to Resign From Sotheby’s Board If Teamsters’ Demands Are Met (Video)
observer.com - But what of her role on Brookfield Properties' board of directors? Diana Taylor and Mayor Bloomberg (Photo via Getty)Diana Taylor, the partner of Mayor Mike Bloomberg and a member of the board at S...
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U.S. Adds 120,000 Jobs; Unemployment Drops to 8.6%
nytimes.com - The United States logged yet another month of mediocre job growth in November. The Labor Department said Friday that the nation’s employers added 120,000 jobs last month, after adding 1...
Occupy SF Protesters to Open People's Reserve Credit Union - San Francisco News - The Snitch #ows #coop
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy SF Protesters to Open People's Reserve Credit Union - San Francisco News - The Snitch:Occupy SF Protesters to Open People's Reserve Credit UnionBy Erin Sherbert Fri., Dec. 2 2011 at 1:10 PMC...
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The OccupyUSA Blog for Friday (Dec. 2), With Frequent Updates
thenation.com - I've been live-blogging OWS here daily since October 1. Email: epic1934@aol.com. All times ET. My new e-book is "40 Days That Shook the World: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere." ...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Afternoon Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - If by Rudyard Kipling Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 2 minutes ago If by Rudyard Kipling:If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If ...
Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations | OccupyWallSt.org #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations | OccupyWallSt.org:Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupationsby OccupyWallStLast night, undeterred by the city's destruction of their origin...
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Herman Cain's supporters shocked by campaign's end
latimes.com - Reporting from Atlanta— Kerry Hobbs was one of the many Herman Cain supporters who absorbed the festive vibe at the candidate’s newly opened Georgia headquarters Saturday and couldn’t believe that ...
Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank #ows #EDreform #sosmarch #p2 #1u
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank Hide8.3 Jonah Edelman. He’s baaaaack! Sort of. « Fred Klonsky 2011-Dec-2 Jonah Edelman. He’s baaaaa...
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