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It Starts by Making Education a National Mission

ed.gov - President Barack Obama delivers remarks in Osawatomie, Kansas, White House Photo, Pete Souza, 12/6/11 “The world is shifting to an innovation economy and nobody does innovation better than America,...

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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...

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Nation's report card shows NYC scores flat

online.wsj.com - Associated Press NEW YORK — Test scores for New York City's fourth- and eighth-graders were flat between 2009 and 2011 and the racial achievement gap hardly budged between 2003 and 2011, according ...

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leoniehaimson Walcott denies that's school budget has been cut! 12to 14% cuts!10 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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leoniehaimson Tamara Rowe of CEC 2 says parents have found most sites in d2;important that doe is stuck & shd require developers to create school seats!7 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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leoniehaimson Demetri gianaris says NYC kids shd go first not bear cost ; shd sit down w parents to talk2 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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leoniehaimson Liz Weiss of CEC 2 says parents want seat at decision making table Walcott says its his decision & that's way it is24 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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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 ...

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Obama's Osawatomie speech

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - "Here, finally, is the Barack Obama many of us thought we had elected in 2008." -- Robert ReichIf you had any doubts that the Occupy Movement was impacting the presidential elections, check out Pre...

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FL gov most hated in US

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Even widely hated politicians can usually get a third of the voters to stick with them. Not Florida Gov. Pink Slip Rick Scott, who ought to be in jail but instead got voted into office. A new poll ...

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Fox Business Attacks Liberalism of Muppet Movie

loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com - Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesKermit attends the Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures’ ‘The Muppets’ at the El Capitan Theatre, in Hollywood, California, on November 12, 2011.There’s...

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ACLU settles lesbian yearbook flap in Mississippi

boston.com - JACKSON, Miss.—The ACLU says a Mississippi school district will require students to wear caps and gowns in senior pictures after a lesbian student was left out of the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo....

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Tyler Clementi's family interviewed in People

northjersey.com - The family of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi speaks out in an interview with People magazine, according to a report on People.com. Tyler Clementi Clementi, of Ridgewood, jumped to his de...

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