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Videos: Garfield High School Student Walkout and March Against Budget Cuts
seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - After the arrest of Jesse Hagopian, a teacher at Garfield High School, on Monday, November 28th, the students at Garfield organized a march to Seattle City Hall in response to their teacher’s arres...
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...
Secrets of the Bailout, Now Told
nytimes.com - A FRESH account emerged last week about the magnitude of financial aid that the Federal Reserve bestowed on big banks during the 2008-09 credit crisis. The report came from Bloomberg News, which h...
Union Leader Foresees Teacher Evaluation 'Nightmare' – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Dec. 1, 2011, 10:34 a.m. At the Council of Supervisors and Administrators, we read with sympathy Michael Winerip’s column on Monday about the grassroots protest across the state by principals who a...
The Parent Trigger fails in California « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Dec 3, 2011 CarolineSF By Caroline Grannan, San Francisco Parents Across America founding member The Parent Trigger is a school reform idea that was hatched here in California, has won glowing pres...
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The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011
huffingtonpost.com - Here's my humble attempt to identify the best and the worst education news that occurred during the past 12 months. I hope you'll take time to share your own choices in the comment section.I'll lis...
Be bold; stop pushing the same crummy education reform agenda
dailykos.com - "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King So begins a local commentary letter in today's Detroit Free Press: Be bold, raise charter limits. The...
At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard
nytimes.com - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For as long as anyone can remember, introductory physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was taught in a vast windowless amphitheater known by its number, 26-100. ...
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NYT: DEA launders Mexican drug cartel profits - US news - The New York Times
msnbc.msn.com - WASHINGTON — Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels, acco...
“Legislative Laundry” -- Investigative Report on the Mechanics of the ALEC Scholarship Fund
prwatch.org - The Center for Media and Democracy is reposting Beau Hodai's investigation of so-called "scholarships" funded by corporations to bring state politicians to gatherings of the American Legislative Ex...
Unraveling Rick Scott’s Week of Hubris and Contradictory Rhetoric on Education Policy | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Unraveling Rick Scott’s Week of Hubris and Contradictory Rhetoric on Education Policy | Scathing Purple Musings:Unraveling Rick Scott’s Week of Hubris and Contradictory Rhetoric on Education Policy...
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The Israelification of American domestic decurity
mondoweiss.net - 18 November 2011 UC Davis police pepper spray students (Photo: Reuters/Brian Nguyen) Originally published in Al Akhbar on 2 December 2011. In October, the Alameda County Sherif...
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection
thenation.com - This article is part of a Nation series exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council, in collaboration with the Center For Media and Democracy. John Nichols introduces the series. Hundreds ...
Invisible Americans: The Overlooked Millions Inside Those Job Numbers
ourfuture.org - Some politicians are saying that the latest unemployment report is good news, but it's not. It shows us that this country is still in crisis. It shows us that the government needs to act quickly an...
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How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch
nytimes.com - An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students — a captive market — fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of...
EXEC SUMMARY OF THE LAUSD/UTLA LOCAL SCHOOL STABILIZATION AND EMPOWERMENT INITITIVE OF 2011 ("The Tentative Agreement") +
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE LAUSD/UTLA LOCAL SCHOOL STABILIZATION AND EMPOWERMENT INITITIVE OF 2011 ("The Tentative Agreement") + STATEMENT OF JOINT INTERE...
How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch - ParentAdvocates.org
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org:How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s LunchAn increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals...
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On Wall Street, Still Tis the Season to Be Jolly?
ourfuture.org - Financial industry insiders are grousing about a big downturn in annual bonuses. They should be thanking the rest of us — bombshell new research shows — for their continuing awesome good tidings.Wa...
Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, elimin...
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National Day of Action to Occupy Our Homes | Occupy Together #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - National Day of Action to Occupy Our Homes | Occupy Together:National Day of Action to Occupy Our HomesDecember 4th, 2011 · Ella · Announcements No comments- Tags: actions, foreclosures, mass actio...
Map: The Nuclear Bombs in Your Backyard
motherjones.com - The United States currently has 5,113 atomic warheads deployed in silos, bombers, and submarines, mostly in the continental US. That doesn't include thousands of "zombies" being kept in reserve and...
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Gates Foundation Grants ALEC A Hefty Sum For 'Education Reform' | Crooks and Liars
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Gates Foundation Grants ALEC A Hefty Sum For 'Education Reform' | Crooks and Liars:Gates Foundation Grants ALEC A Hefty Sum For 'Education Reform'29 commentsBy karoliENLARGEThis is exactly why I've...
The Innovative Educator: The history of the cell phones for learning movement The history of the cell phones for learning movement
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Innovative Educator: The history of the cell phones for learning movement:The history of the cell phones for learning movementAre you going to follow the pack or be an education pioneer? When ...
Unraveling Rick Scott’s Week of Hubris and Contradictory Rhetoric on Education Policy | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Unraveling Rick Scott’s Week of Hubris and Contradictory Rhetoric on Education Policy | Scathing Purple Musings:Unraveling Rick Scott’s Week of Hubris and Contradictory Rhetoric on Education Policy...
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Choking on the Common Core Standards - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Joanne Yatvin, a longtime public school educator, author and past president of the National Council of Teachers of English. She teachers part-time at Portland State University a...
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