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Zeke Vanderhoek, relentless self-promoter

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Zeke Vanderhoek gets more publicity for failure than most people do for success. He got four articles in the New York Times before he even opened his charter school, The Equity Project; bragging ...

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The Book

teachersolidarity.com - Increasingly public education’s character is under assault. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher union leaders from around the world fuses personal stories, r...

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The Value of Teachers

nytimes.com - Suppose your child is about to enter the fourth grade and has been assigned to an excellent teacher. Then the teacher decides to quit. What should you do? The correct answer? Panic! ...

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Tucson Schools Suspend Mexican American Studies Class

edweek.org - ByStephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times (MCT)The Tucson Unified School District voted late Tuesday to suspend its controversial Mexican American studies program rather than lose more than $14 million i...

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Children 'switching from TV to mobile internet'

bbc.co.uk - 9 January 2012 Last updated at 20:06 ET By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Young people's lives increasingly revolve around mobile phones, suggests an annual survey Television is bei...

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Survey Finds Rising Perception of Class Tension

nytimes.com - Conflict between rich and poor now eclipses racial strain and friction between immigrants and the native-born as the greatest source of tension in American society, according to a survey released W...

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nypost.com - A top Department of Health official has criticized a free breakfast program in city schools, saying it makes poor kids fat.Obesity czar Gretchen Van Wye (pictured) says in-class meals result in a w...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release January 11, 2012 130 Medical Schools & Research Facilities to Join Forces to Serve Veterans & Families(Richmond, Virginia) Today, as p...

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First lady tackling medical treatment for vets

northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama has gotten a new commitment from medical schools to boost training and research for the treatment of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health...

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Your Wheels, on the Bus « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - This post originally appeared on Sightline Institute’s blog. I recall vividly how embarrassed I felt the first time I waited for the bus with my baby boy—he bundled up in his stroller and me expect...

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