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Mayor Takes On Teachers’ Union in School Plans

nytimes.com - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, directly confronting leaders of the teachers’ union, proposed on Thursday a merit-pay system that would award top performers with $20,000 raises and threatened to remove...

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Education in the Republic of Korea

edweek.org - National treasure or national headache? ByByong-man AhnDuring the more than two years I served as South Korea's minister of education, science, and technology, I found myself frequently astonished ...

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The Answer To The $125,000 Question

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Two years ago I first heard about a new Charter School in New York City called The Equity Project, founded by a TFA alum named Zeke Vanderhoek. There was an article in The New York Times about how...

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Mayor Bloomberg Picks a Fight with Teachers Union

huffingtonpost.com - If you have never seen a New York State of the City Speech...What am I talking about? Of course you've never seen a State of the City speech. Nobody whose livelihood isn't tied to City Hall pays th...

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Tom Donohue | Bain Attacks | Mitt Romney

dailycaller.com - WASHINGTON — US Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue expressed disappointment with the attacks on Mitt Romney by other Republican presidential candidates for his time at Bain Capital. “I was v...

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Scott Walker’s Wisconsin blooper. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - It ranks up there with Mitt Romney’s “I like firing people.” Wisconsin’s anti-union governor, Scott Walker, has plastered a billboard claiming he creates jobs right in front of the Janesville GM pl...

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USC: School, alumni have $4B annual impact on SC

boston.com - COLUMBIA, S.C.—The University of South Carolina and its graduates have an annual economic impact of just over $4 billion on the state, according to a study released by the school Thursday.The study...

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Space station to move to avoid approaching junk

northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — The International Space Station is dodging a softball-sized piece of space junk. Mission Control told astronauts to fire the station's engines briefly Friday morning to avoid a piece...

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Deploying riot police, UC? Little Brother is watching

davisenterprise.com - UC Davis police in riot gear face a line of nonviolent student protesters on the campus Quad on Nov. 18. Wayne Tilcock/Enterprise file photo By Alan C. Miller UC Davis gained worldwide attention on...

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