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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...

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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...

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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, ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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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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 ...

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