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Workers of the World, Unite!
nytimes.com - Ottumwa, Iowa The Republican Party is the party of the white working class. This group — whites with high school degrees and maybe some college — is still the largest block in the elect...
Emanuel admits he erred on describing G8, NATO parade rules as temporary
chicagotribune.com - Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said he erred last month when he said tighter protest rules and higher fines for thwarting police would be temporary measures designed just for a pair of spring meetings of...
N.C. wants grant to expand student tracking from infancy to adulthood
journalnow.com - RALEIGH -- A new federal grant will expand North Carolina's digital record-keeping of student academic histories, beginning in infancy for some children. About $9 million of the $70 million Race to...
Santorum school flap continues - Pittsburgh Tribune
pittsburghlive.com - U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum should reimburse $100,000 to the Penn Hills School District for taxpayer money used since 2001 to cover online charter school tuition for his children, four school board mem...
NationalJournal.com - 11 Things You Might Not Know About Rick Santorum
mobile.nationaljournal.com - By Molly Ball, The Atlantic | Monday, January 2, 2012 | 11:01 a.m. Photo: Ralf-Finn HestoftROCK RAPIDS, IOWA -- Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who's enjoying a last-minute surge in ...
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Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools
nytimes.com - POST FALLS, Idaho — Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq. Her latest conflict...
The Odd Couple: Dennis & Wendy - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Editor's note: Bridging Differences returns today from its holiday break.Dear Deborah, While we were on holiday break, Dennis Van Roekel and Wendy Kopp co-signed an opinion piece in USA Today, sett...
Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools
nytimes.com - POST FALLS, Idaho — Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq. Her latest conflict...
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As Mental Health Clinics Face Cuts, the Affected Speak Out
chicagonewscoop.org - Some of Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens — those who depend on public financing for mental health services — face a new year that may bring less of something they deeply need: help. Their plight ...
H.R.1540: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - U.S. Congress
opencongress.org - View All (145) | View Top Rated12/11/11The House is our hope, because HR 1540 does not contain a section like S 1867′s Sec. 1301. We already know Congressman Allen West (R-Florida) has been appoi...
Greuel announces probe of nonprofits controlled by housing agency
latimesblogs.latimes.com - January 3, 2012 | 4:58 pm Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel announced Tuesday that she intends to probe not just the city’s troubled housing authority but also the nonprofit organizations i...
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Relatives of 9/11 Victims, Suspecting Hacking, Await Answers
nytimes.com - Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, relatives of some of the victims began suspecting that someone was eavesdropping on their telephones.Some heard mysterious clicking sounds on th...
9/11 Relatives Who Suspect Hacking Await Answers
nytimes.com - Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, relatives of some of the victims began suspecting that someone was eavesdropping on their telephones. Some heard mysterious clicking...
Republican Attacks Have Racist Undertones
loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com - January 3, 2012, 5:36 pm By ANDREW ROSENTHALDES MOINES — Talking about race in American politics is uncomfortable and awkward. But it has to be said: There has been a racist undertone to many of th...
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School Tech Connect: Responding to Crains
schooltechconnect.com - Crain's recently did a sky is falling piece on TRS investment practices, which naturally got the idiot Cross into micromanaging mode down in Springfield. It's all part of the long term, destroy-it-...
#edreform Papa Was A Rolling Stone
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - It was the third of September.That day I'll always remember, yes I will.'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.I never got a chance to see him.Never heard nothing but bad things about him.Mama,...
The Problem With Being Superlative (A Post That’s Not Really About Education, I Guess) « Cooperative Catalyst
coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - A Note on the Context: This is a leftover that didn’t make it into Drawn Into Danger. It was a little too dramatic (and there are some serious stylistic flaws) and it simply didn’t fit. But for me,...
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2012 Rose Parade Ends with 5,000 Occupy Protesters
alternet.org - A 70-foot octopus float was escorted by an estimated 5,000 Occupy L.A. protesters down the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade route. The 70-by-40-foot Occupy Octopus float was made out of recycled pl...
Green Ribbon Award Launched - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Green Ribbon Award Launched - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Launches Green Ribbon Award ProgramSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlaks...
January 4 Could Show 100 Shooting Stars Per Hour
huffingtonpost.com - Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere can look forward to 2012's first meteor shower which is set to peak at 2:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 4.Lasting for several hours, observers can expect the Q...
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Pulaski WI Marching Band "Sticking to the Union" in Rose Bowl Parade
dailykos.com - The Pulaski High Marching Band, of Pulaski Wisconsin, made an awesome statement in yesterday's Rose Bowl Parade. It was quite an honor for the Red Raiders from this small town (pop. approx. 3000) n...
Rose Bowl parade gets Occupied
teamsternation.blogspot.com - No protesters were arrested during the marching of the parade. Here's the Associated Press with an okay story about the action: On the heels of the two-hour parade came several thousand anti-Wall S...
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Schools flunked inquiries into suspicious scores in 2011
usatoday.com - By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Posted A decade ago, Hopeville Elementary School was one of the worst-performing schools in Waterbury, Conn., 30 miles west of Hartford. So when Michael Puffer, an educatio...
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Common Assessments: More Details Emerge - Curriculum Matters
blogs.edweek.org - Happy New Year, and welcome to the Year of the Common Assessments. Or at least the year of common-assessment procurements.I know; what a nerdy way to usher in a new year, right? Sorry; we can't hel...