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Bloomberg's damaging education proposals to cost $350 million per year
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - There's horrific news in today's Daily News: that NY State Education Commissioner King is likely to approve the mayor's proposal to fire half of all of teachers at 33 struggling schools:"That's...
Working Toward "Wow": A Vision for a New Teaching Profession
ed.gov - Thanks for having me. It's a real honor to be addressing an organization that has done so much to strengthen America's most important profession.I don't look at newspaper cartoons much, but someone...
Letter from a Teacher in a School Designated for Closing by the DOE in order to receive "Race To The Top Money"
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- I am a teacher at ...... one of the PLA schools. .... has been a "Transformation School" since September 2010. I have been a Social Studies teacher at this school since September 1990. Yesterday, w...
Delco officials press for Pa. takeover of Chester Upland | Philadelphia Inquirer
philly.com - A bipartisan group of Delaware County legislators including Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi asked Gov. Corbett on Friday to declare the Chester Upland School District financially distressed,...
An Annotated Scorecard – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Jan. 13, 2012, 12:08 p.m. A mayor’s State of the City address offers a chance to look back on the previous year’s accomplishments and lay out goals for the year ahead. Education has always figured ...
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Virtual charter company gets pushback in Western N.C. « The Progressive Pulse
pulse.ncpolicywatch.org - Cabarrus County didn’t give the warmest welcome to a virtual charter school company that‘s hoping to use the Western North Carolina county to slide into the larger North Carolina’s education market...
Schools As Collateral Damage: The Price We Pay For A Decade Of Tweed’s Failed Policies
edwize.org - Much like the brief torrential rain which drenched New Yorkers on Thursday morning, Mayor Bloomberg’s Thursday afternoon State of the City Address received a deluge of media attention. Today, the p...
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - The Park Ridge Education Association turns folks out for Lobby Day. Maybe that’s one of the reasons the IEA leadership cancelled it for this year. Spring is over in the Heartland. Thursday night a...
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Deja Vue All Over Again: What Happened to Industrial Workers in the 80’s and 90’s is Happening to Teachers and Government Workers Today
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com - In preparation for my course, The Worker in American Life, I am reading about the broad based assault on industrial labor that took place during the 80’s and 90’s in a broad swath of the US from Ne...
Teacher pensions under attack? IEA leadership cancels May Lobby Day. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - IEA President Cinda Klickna addresses PREA members at last year’s Lobby Day. This year she is telling us to stay home. Lobby Day has been cancelled this year by the IEA “no fight” leadership. Shock...
PAC investigation slams Skandera - The Santa Fe New Mexican
santafenewmexican.com - A political action committee led by a private investigator who does opposition research for Democrats in New Mexico announced its opposition Friday to the confirmation of Hanna Skandera as secretar...
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NYC Educator: Mayor Mike's First Draft
nyceducator.com - Good day New Yorkers. I'd like to address some educational issues that have been on my mind. First of all, the UFT are a bunch of crooks and lowlifes and I'd like to see them all fired before they'...
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.
NYC Educator: Kim Jong-Un Hearts Mayor Mike
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: Kim Jong-Un Hearts Mayor Mike:Kim Jong-Un Hearts Mayor Mikeby NYC EducatorYo, my peeps. It's me, Kim Jong-Un, and let me say, yo, I am blown away by this Bloomberg dude. I mean, here ...
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Santorum says there are no classes in the United States - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (Credit: Elise Amendola) Former Pennsylvania Sen. says the United States does not have any classes and Republicans should stop using the term "middle class" b...
Five 1%ers behaving badly
teamsternation.blogspot.com - 1. Here is a Mexican tycoon breaking a parking attendant's teeth because he wouldn't leave the counter to help the tycoon change a tire on his Porsche. The tycoon, Miguel Sacal Smeke, owner of the ...
Doomsday Clock: Five Minutes to Midnight
dissidentvoice.org - I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita … ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’. — J. Robert Oppenheimer, 22 April 1904 – 18 February 1967 Scientific Director o...
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Montclair's Bradford School honors MLK with a 'Day of Service'
northjersey.com - Students at Bradford Elementary School will gather on Monday, Jan. 16, to honor Dr. Martin Luther King with an annual "Day of Service." STAFF PHOTO BY GEORGE WIRT Bradford students, parents and sta...
Saturday coffee.+ Old school « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyThe Park Ridge Education Association turns folks out for Lobby Day. Maybe that’s one of the reasons the IEA leadership cancelled it fo...
Occupy San Diego Activists On Road to “Occupy Congress”
obrag.org - Preparations and Departure – Day 1 UpdateEditor: Over a dozen activists from Occupy San Diego are going to Washington, DC, in response to a “call” to “Occupy DC” and Occupy Congress, which is to be...
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Miss America: Auditioning for Center Stage
dissidentvoice.org - Tucked between the New Hampshire primary and Ground Hog Day, and directly competing against an NFL playoff game, is Saturday night’s annual Miss America pageant. Although the headquarters is still ...
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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.
