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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, ...
Diane Ravitch and the History That "Reformers" Do Not Know
huffingtonpost.com - Diane Ravitch has again done the seemingly impossible. She prompted Education Sector's Kevin Carey to take a glance at the history of education. Even so, Carey's piece in The New Republic, "The Dis...
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...
Mackinac Center – “Our goal is (to) outlaw government collective bargaining in Michigan” « We Are The People
wearethepeoplemichigan.com - In case you missed it, this morning the Grand Rapids Press posted a story about a secret email exchange between the corporate-backed Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the new House Educa...
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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...
Press Releases
edreform.com - December 2, 2011 Important Memo to Friends RE: New York Times, front-page assault on Virtual Learning, this Sunday Dear Friends, An article by Pulitzer Prize winning author Stephanie Saul, intended...
No One Knows What It Means, But It’s Provocative, It Gets The People Going
thejosevilson.com - via Village Voice“… Wait, he said what?” I pulled out my fingers to count how many kids that meant for one classroom. “OK, so dude, you know that means I’m gonna have half my kids in the hallway wh...
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Biopsy of a Free-Lance Writer’s Attack on Teachers
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Recently, I received an email about someone who had attempted to satirically criticize a few questions that I had about progressive tax reform as a solution to the state’s budget deficits, but his ...
Wisconsin Gov. Walker Wants To Charge Fees To Protest The Capitol: Chicagoist
chicagoist.com - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants to charge demonstrators to protest at the Capitol, plus hold them liable to cover costs for cleanup and pol...
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...
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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...
Obama Meets Occupy Wall Street
motherjones.com - In a speech delivered at Osawatomie, Kansas today, President Obama debunked trickle-down economics, punctured the myth of the unregulated paradise, and slammed a Republican party fixated on making ...
Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Agree on Tax Deal
nytimes.com - ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders on Tuesday announced that they had reached an agreement to raise taxes on New York state’s wealthiest residents as part of a deal to overhaul t...
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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 ...
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 “...
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.
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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...
CA Dem chair John Burton (bleeping) kills on The Daily Show (VIDEO) | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CA Dem chair John Burton (bleeping) kills on The Daily Show (VIDEO) | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com blog:CA Dem chair John Burton (bleeping) kills on The Daily Show (VIDEO)Share 90On the day after ...
Ludacris Launches KarmasWorld.com, Children's Educational Website
huffingtonpost.com - Rappers turned actors are a dime a dozen these days, but there's a new subculture of sorts cropping up in the hip-hop world -- doting dads.Ludacris (whose real name is Chris Bridges) is the latest ...
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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...
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...
Piura Mountains Reforestation Project wins the ProClimate Challenge « Small Farmers. Big Change.
smallfarmersbigchange.coop - December 6, 2011 by Phyllis Robinson A few days ago, we received the following good news from our friends at CEPICAFE, a small coffee farmer co-op in Peru, and a long-standing partner of Equal Exch...
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SCAPEGOAT REASONS « Teachers Fight Back
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SCAPEGOAT REASONS « Teachers Fight Back:SCAPEGOAT REASONSby alkleenSome readers disagree that teachers are scapegoats and have asked why I have that opinion.Here we go:When parents fail to prepare ...
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Teachers Of Los Angeles, Introducing Education4Excellence's Princess Sydney Morris
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Teachers Of Los Angeles, Introducing Education4Excellence's Princess Sydney Morris:Teachers Of Los Angeles, Introducing Education4Excellence's Princess Sydney Morrisby noreply@b...
Leonie Haimson on CNN’s American Morning on class size « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Leonie Haimson on CNN’s American Morning on class size « Parents Across America:Leonie Haimson on CNN’s American Morning on class sizeby leoniehaimsonCarol Costello interviewing Leonie Haimson on ...
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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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