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Just Don’t Call Her Che
nytimes.com - Santiago, Chile LATE last month the British newspaper The Guardian asked readers to vote for its person of the year. The candidates included household names like German Chancellor Angel...
Why I did a third year of TFA and why you should too
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Despite the TFA PR that claims that 60% of TFA teachers keep teaching for a third year, the reality, according to a study at Harvard University, is that about 44 percent of corps members remain at ...
Diane Ravitch's response to 'Open Mike, Jan. 27-29' - The Arena
politico.com - President Obama's disappointing advice on educationI listened carefully to President Obama’s State of the Union address to see what he might say that was new and important about education.He said “...
Diane Ravitch's response to 'Open Mike, Jan. 27-29' - The Arena
politico.com - President Obama's disappointing advice on educationI listened carefully to President Obama’s State of the Union address to see what he might say that was new and important about education.He said “...
Ritalin Gone Wrong
nytimes.com - THREE million children in this country take drugs for problems in focusing. Toward the end of last year, many of their parents were deeply alarmed because there was a shortage of drugs like Ritalin...
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The Strange Genesis of "Education Reform"- How a Crackpot Theory Became National Policy
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com - In future generations, historians are likely to tell the following story. Some time during the early 21St Century, a cross section of the top leadership of American society began to panic. They lo...
Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Why the #EdSOTU Matters
huffingtonpost.com - (Or, A Tale of Two Speeches)Over at Teacher in a Strange Land, Nancy Flanagan asked, ""Who speaks for public education?"I'd answer that a lot of people do (for better, and for worse) but we don't a...
Pennsylvania Middle School Bans Boots
news.yahoo.com - A ban on "open top" boots at Pottsdown Middle School in Pennsylvania is not a protest against fashion.In a letter sent home to parents from principal Gail Cooper Wednesday, "open top boots" are ban...
SocietySee all
Solidarity Sunday | OccupyWallSt.org - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com - Yesterday, Occupy Oakland moved to convert a vacant building into a community center to provide education, medical, and housing services for the 99%. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets,...
LIVE: #SolidaritySunday with Oakland Marches in NYC and Across the US; Bank of Ideas Being Evicted in London
occupywallst.org - As of 8pm EST, actions are currently happening or planned in response to extreme police violence used against Occupy Oakland yesterday in New York City, Boston, Toronto, Vancouver, Melbourne, Oslo,...
With Focus on Income Inequality, Albany Bill Will Seek $8.50 Minimum Wage
democraticunderground.com - Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:24 PM alp227 (12,610 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore The Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park is no more, but the focus it brought to income inequality i...
PoliticsSee all
Do GOP Candidates and the Press Have a "Gentlemen's Agreement" Not to Discuss Social Security in Florida?
ourfuture.org - You'd think Social Security would top the list of subjects for a Presidential debate in Florida. How many questions did Wolf Blitzer ask about it during Thursday night's Republican debate in Jackso...
Senate Democrats Line Up Message Votes on Tax Fairness
news.firedoglake.com - I don’t know if anything’s going to get done in Congress in 2012, but one thing is becoming clear – Senate Democrats will try to put Republicans up against the wall on taxes. They already have on t...
Setting the Stage for a Jeb Bush Presidential Draft
dailycensored.com - Jeb Bush Republicans face a nasty, drawn-out nomination fight that could shred the party’s chances even against a vulnerable President Obama and Democratic under-ticket. But to the rescue last week...
HealthSee all
Ritalin Gone Wrong
nytimes.com - THREE million children in this country take drugs for problems in focusing. Toward the end of last year, many of their parents were deeply alarmed because there was a shortage of drugs like Ritalin...
New school food guidelines mean healthier fare
sfgate.com - School cafeterias will have to feature a lot more whole grain, fruits and vegetables, and reduce salt, fat and fried foods under new federal rules released Wednesday. The new regulations are the fi...
EnvironmentSee all
Chicago Public Schools plan causes a stir on Southeast Side - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Chicago Public Schools' plan to build an elementary school on polluted property in the shadow of the Chicago Skyway and an expiring coal-fired power plant near the Indiana border is raising the ire...
With friends like these.... Promised mine "job creator" Caterpillar slashes pay by half, locks out workers |
bluecheddar.net - A key player in an unpopular plan to mine iron ore from Northern Wisconsin is staging an audacious attack on its workers. The Wisconsin GOP has been hawking a plan for an open pit Penokee Hills min...
Koch Out News | www.kochwatch.org
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News | www.kochwatch.org:Koch Brother News Feed From KBucket: Koch brothers influence on elected officials, schoolswww.kochwatch.org aggregator - 6 minutes agoEd Schultz talks with filmmaker Robert...
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The Bookstore’s Last Stand
nytimes.com - PALO ALTO, Calif. IN March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that ha...
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Solidarity Sunday | OccupyWallSt.org - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com - Yesterday, Occupy Oakland moved to convert a vacant building into a community center to provide education, medical, and housing services for the 99%. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets,...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 1-29 #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “Shut up and teach.” A music teacher on the limits and possibilities of our union and teachers’ voice. « Fred Klonsky Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 32 minutes ago “Shut up and t...
Occupy Chicago's New Home | MyFDL
my.firedoglake.com - Occupy Chicago never really had an encampment. Back in October of last year, they tried to establish a camp in Grant Park. The “world renown” mayor of Chicago was all over that. He had an image to ...
#edcampRead this paperSee all
#EdCamp: A Chorus of Educator Voices in Harmony
edcampsantiago.wordpress.com - 0.000000 0.000000 Like this:One blogger likes this post. Born in the Year of the Tiger in the first month of Aquarius in a small, rural Arkansas town called Luxora. Taught to read and do basic math...
