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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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Easy to Hire, Easy to Fire

dailykos.com - A Teacher Is a Teacher Is a Teacher... Like Henry Ford, Bill Gates has ushered in a new era in U.S. public education, shifting the already robust accountability era that began in the early 1980s an...

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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...

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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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Bracing for $40,000 at City Private Schools

nytimes.com - THERE are certain mathematical realities associated with New York City private schools: There are more students than seats at the top-tier schools, at least three sets of twins will be vying head t...

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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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The Michelle Rhee Connection map

perimeterprimate.blogspot.com - How to view:Click on image to enlarge, or Open new Word doc > Right click on webpage image > Select Copy Image > Go to Word doc and paste > enlarge. Write to me @ perimeterprimate@yahoo.com and req...

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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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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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Oakland cops battle Occupy protesters

democraticunderground.com - Oakland police today fired tear gas, flash grenades and non-lethal projectile weapons at hundreds of Occupy supporters who tried to seize the long-closed Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center as their ...

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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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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...

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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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Late Night FDL: One Heckuva Week for Body Language

firedoglake.com - Wow. What a week. First, we have the State of the Union speech with some major body language communication going on: - Obama hugging Gabby Giffords. - Hillary Rodham Clinton leaning in to speak to ...

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Schools Matter: Teachers Tired of Being Bullied to Death

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Teachers Tired of Being Bullied to Death:Teachers Tired of Being Bullied to Deathby Judy RabinWe're not going to take it!The CPS Grind on Teachers by Katie OsgoodRecently, in Chicag...

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Why I Wouldn’t Point My Finger in the President’s Face « Cooperative Catalyst

coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - I don’t respect the office of the presidency. I don’t think a title makes a person worthy of respect. I have no problem mocking the president or his misguided educational reforms – just as I did wi...

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Oakland police arrest more than a 100 Occupy protesters

latimesblogs.latimes.com - January 28, 2012 | 8:10 pm Oakland police arrested more than 100 Occupy protesters Saturday after they failed to take over a vacant downtown convention center. Police in riot gear faced off with d...

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Students find man stuck for days in Rio Grande mud

boston.com - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A homeless man who tells authorities he was stuck in the mud at the Rio Grande river in New Mexico for three days has been rescued after a group of high school students heard him ...

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Police use tear gas on Occupy Oakland protesters

davisenterprise.com - OAKLAND (AP) — Oakland police used tear gas and “flash” grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearin...

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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...

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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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