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Small Classes Unimportant to Bloomberg
nytimes.com - There is an “autumn of the patriarch” feel to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg these days. Freed — perhaps — of presidential daydreams, freed — perhaps — of desire for another term as mayor, ...
City Policies Undermined Jane Addams High – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Dec. 6, 2011, 10:28 a.m. What is the problem with the large public high schools in the Bronx? Maybe the issue is that the New York City Department of Education wants them to fail. Last week, news b...
Teachers take extra jobs to get by
tulsaworld.com - It's a great job. Yes, the pay is not great. But like the Owasso teacher claims, it is a calling; it is not for everyone. It takes a certain type of person to be able to make it work effectively. I...
Cornel West: ‘I intend to fight’ for Harlem school that could close
gothamschools.org - Students at a Harlem school that could be closed got an unlikely ally today: famed philosopher Cornel West. West spoked to students this morning at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Arts...
Markowitz Trying to Get Success Charter Meeting Moved to Brooklyn Tech - Fort Greene
fortgreene.patch.com - Borough President Marty Markowitz has one word for city schools' decision to hold important hearings on the controversial proposed co-location of Success Charter in Cobble Hill: Fuhgettaboutit. Mar...
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Do You Believe in Miracles? - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,One of the central claims of the corporate-reform movement is that poverty is not destiny and that a school staffed with great teachers can eliminate poverty. This is a very appealing ...
Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law?
businessweek.com - By Brendan Greeley and Alison Fitzgerald Joey Durel likes to describe himself as a private-sector guy. Before he was elected mayor of Lafayette, La., in 2003, Durel, a Republican, ran a chain of pe...
Charter school organization looking at RI fails to make progress in CT (2011-11-29)
publicbroadcasting.net - Four charter schools in Connecticut failed to make adequate yearly progress in the last academic year. The schools are run by a company looking to operate a pair of schools in Providence. Results p...
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Was His Family In The Ku Klux Klan?
maxblumenthal.com - Members of Texas-based Klan chapters rally in 1992 Texas Governor Rick Perry has opened a new issue to try to lift his floundering campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, insinuating t...
Ten years after Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, $667 million in funds to revitalize lower Manhattan remain unspent
nydailynews.com - More than 10 years after the terror attacks of 9/11, the state is holding a $667 million pot of cash it has yet to spend for the reconstruction of lower Manhattan, the Daily News has learned.The gi...
A Word to the 'Wise and Honest' on Washington Sq. Park
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - For lovers of tranquillity, Washington Square Park was a splendid place to be Monday afternoon. Tourists snapped pictures. Young mothers pushed strollers along the paths. Homeless men dozed on benc...
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Working America
ninedemands.com - Support education for all. Reduce class sizes, ensure access to early childhood education and enrichment courses, keep educators in the classroom, support local school construction and modernizatio...
Romney and Gingrich, from bad to worse
washingtonpost.com - Gingrich, however, embodies the vanity and rapacity that make modern Washington repulsive. And there is his anti-conservative confidence that he has a comprehensive explanation of, and plan to perf...
When Gingrich’s Big Thoughts Backfire
nytimes.com - Ideas erupt from the mind of Newt Gingrich — bold, unconventional and sometimes troubling and distracting. On Monday Mr. Gingrich sought to do damage control on the latest of his Big Th...
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Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
cnn.com - Video shows moment of Kabul blastBurned Iraqi boy no longer remembers attackNASA discovers new planet that may be fit for humansChurch reverses interracial couple banNeighbors hold vigil for slain ...
Kids are Heroes - Kids are making a difference in this world
kidsareheroes.org - Kids are indeed heroes and each one has the power tochange the world.
The Occupocalypse at Occupy Oakland
dissidentvoice.org - We expected a raid that night (Nov. 14), most likely just before dawn. So after concluding our General Assembly of the evening, the Events Committee announced an emergency dance party, calling it “...
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Marching Off the Cliff | Truthout
truth-out.org - A task of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, now under way in Durban, South Africa, is to extend earlier policy decisions that were limited in scope and only partially imple...
Rich-Poor Divide Is Widening OECD Says
bloomberg.com - Enlarge image OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) secretary-general Angel Gurria. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (O...
We Can’t Afford to Give Away the Great Outdoors
votolatino.org - December 6, 2011 | Posted in Environment, Services | 0 Comments Tags: Environment, wilderness By Pablo Rodriguez Outdoor recreation and land conservation and preservation generates $1 tril...
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Hubert Sumlin, Master of Blues Guitar, Dies at 80
nytimes.com - Hubert Sumlin, the guitarist whose slashing solos and innovative ideas galvanized the blues of Howlin’ Wolf and inspired rock guitar players like Jimmy Page, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton, died...
Does Hannah Montana Still Matter? « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - I don’t know how you feel about the Occupy Movement or about Miley Cyrus. As for me, having spent the past decade speaking out against the corporate takeover of childhood, I tend to be sympathetic ...
Teen Prodigy-Composer is Working with Top Talent Like Marc Anthony
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 10:45 am, December 6, 2011 Photo Credits: Jhay El Superdotado Only 18, composer-producer Jesus Manuel Nieves, a.k.a. Jhay El Superdotado (Jhay the Super-gifted), has already been award...
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"Choice" Doesn't Always Mean Options | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - "Choice" Doesn't Always Mean Options | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:"Choice" Doesn't Always Mean Optionsby obrienaBrookings Institution recently unveiled the Education Choice...
Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Does Testing Mean?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Does Testing Mean?:What Does Testing Mean?by Melissa WestbrookI read these two articles and thought, "What are we doing?" and "How did we get here?"The first i...
Daily Kos: Do You Believe in Miracles?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Do You Believe in Miracles?:Do You Believe in Miracles?by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)No, I am not quoting Al Michaels at the end of the Lake Placid Gold Medal Hockey game. Rather, I a...
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Marching Off the Cliff | Truthout
truth-out.org - A task of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, now under way in Durban, South Africa, is to extend earlier policy decisions that were limited in scope and only partially imple...
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