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Remembering Howard Zinn - Opinion
aljazeera.com - Howard Zinn dedicated his life to decency, democracy and civil disobedience;to grassroots movements and 'unknown people' [GALLO/GETTY] Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of...
Draft of a Corbett plan for Chester Upland district stirs a debate
articles.philly.com - The proposal, dated Nov. 4, is labeled a "Confidential Draft" for "fiscal distress legislation." No bill has been introduced in the legislature. In an e-mail, state Education Department spokesman T...
Voice of Authority - Teacher in a Strange Land
blogs.edweek.org - Who speaks for public education?Policy-makers, who set change in motion with mandates and incentives designed to get them re-elected? School leaders, who find themselves administering policy "solut...
2011 - 2012 Annual Campaign - Bullis
bcsfoundation.com - Over the years, we hope you have felt the energy, the passion and the commitment of the BCS community. It is this community that has supported BCS throughout the journey from a vision, to charter, ...
Higher Dropout Age May Not Lead To More Diplomas : NPR
npr.org - Enlarge Charles Dharapak/AP President Obama delivers the commencement address for Kalamazoo Central High School's class of 2007 in Kalamazoo, Mich. The state requires students to stay in school unt...
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Governor misses mark with education plan
rapidcityjournal.com - Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s current proposal to reward math and science teachers with $3,500 bonuses and the top 20 percent of teachers with $5,000 bonuses appears on the surface as a fantastic reward f...
Extra! Extra! The White House Announces Another Federal Education Non-Policy - Tenured Radical
chronicle.com - Photo Credit: Associated Press I have repeatedly complained in this blog that the Obama administration has no education policy. Part of what is horrible about the Republican presidential field turn...
Charter School Releases an Ad Supporting Cuomo
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - ALBANY – As he girds for confrontation with what he calls the state’s educational bureaucracy, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has found an unexpected ally singing his praises on cable television: a group of ...
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Davos: We don't want your millions, mister
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - I don't want your millions, Mister,I don't want your diamond ring.All I want is the right to live, Mister,Give me back my job again. -- 1930s union song by Jim Garland The world's poor are not beg...
Twitter Censorship And The Future Of Authoritarianism In A High-Tech World
forbes.com - Twitter has sparked controversy with its new censorship policies. Twitter is drawing some flack for its new censorship policies. In the past, the micro-blogging service has helped dissenters across...
Obama College-Aid Proposals Underscore Importance of Pell Grants | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Obama College-Aid Proposals Underscore Importance of Pell Grants | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog:Obama College-Aid Proposals Underscore Importance of Pell Grantsby The Editorsosted By ...
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“Shorting” New York City’s Schools?
edwize.org - Hedge fund manager David Einhorn was in the news this week after he and his firm were hit with an $11.2 million fine for insider trading. Based on an investigation by authorities in the UK, Einhorn...
1917: J.P. Morgan bought US media to be 1%’s lying sacks of spin?
dailycensored.com - video here. Congressman Oscar Callaway lost his Congressional election for opposing US entry into WW 1. Before he left office, he demanded investigation into JP Morgan & Co for purchasing control o...
No Somos Rubios (VIDEO), Rubio as VP choice
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 7:52 am, January 28, 2012 Photo Credits: Marco Rubio Presente Action has a plan…With only three days before the Florida primary, Florida Senator Marco Rubio is emerging as a top choice...
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Mistrial declared in Katrina police shootings case - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Kathy Finn Reuters 10:17 p.m. CST, January 27, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of a retired police detective accused of conspiring to cover up...
file under badass: 80-year-old man fights off robber
blog.angryasianman.com - This week in Sacramento, an 80-year-old retired Indian police officer successfully fought off a masked gunman who was attempting to rob his convenience store: Elderly Store Owner Fights Back Agains...
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Users Are 'Delighted' With Our Search Changes (GOOG)
sfgate.com - A couple weeks ago, Google started blending social information from Google+ into search results. The blogosphere's reaction to this change, which Google called Search Plus Your World, was swift, lo...
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#EDreform - In the Ghetto
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - As the snow fliesOn a cold and gray Chicago mornin'A poor little baby child is bornIn the ghettoAnd his mama criesCause if there's one thing that she don't needIt's another hungry mouth to feedIn t...
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For-Profit Colleges: Separate but not equal and the New Jim Crow | Dailycensored.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - For-Profit Colleges: Separate but not equal and the New Jim Crow | Dailycensored.com:For-Profit Colleges: Separate but not equal and the New Jim CrowWritten by Danny WeilDaily Journal (Opinion)Jan ...
Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused - Inside Bay Area
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused - Inside Bay Area:Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budge...
Obama College-Aid Proposals Underscore Importance of Pell Grants | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Obama College-Aid Proposals Underscore Importance of Pell Grants | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog:Obama College-Aid Proposals Underscore Importance of Pell Grantsby The Editorsosted By ...
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What’s This #EDUCON Buzz? « My Island View
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What’s This #EDUCON Buzz? « My Island View:What’s This #EDUCON Buzz?by tomwhitbyThere are certain education conferences that people look forward to attending each and every year. Certainly the big ...