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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...

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2011: The Year I Learned to Hate College Football

thenation.com - In a decade of sports writing, I've always used a very basic framework: don't reject sports, reclaim it. In other words, no matter how greedy, hateful, or ugly sports become, you fight for it to ch...

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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...

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Wrong : Stager-to-Go

stager.tv - Insomnia can ruin a perfectly good day. I have a sense that today will be such a day. I awoke to a tweet from my friend Will Richardson announcing that he was asked to be in one of those New York T...

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Five Things to Listen For in Cuomo Speech – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Jan. 4, 2012, 8:29 a.m. In an annual Albany tradition, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will signal his priorities for this year in his state of the state address on Wednesday, including his proposals for scho...

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Winners and Losers of 2011

nbcchicago.com - advertisement WINNERS: Rahm Emanuel: Raised $14.5 million for his campaign for mayor at awesome Hollywood parties, from the likes of Steven Spielberg and Steve Jobs. That meant he could just buy TV...

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Modern School: Is The OWS Movement Too Nice?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Is The OWS Movement Too Nice?:Is The OWS Movement Too Nice?by Michael DunnOWS Poster (Image from Flickr, by Takomabibelot)Aside from the few allegations of protesters throwing paint,...

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Blue Jersey:: The Enchanted Forest

bluejersey.com - We were pretty upset to say the least. You have no idea of what a logging road looks like unless you have seen one up close. For education, check out one of the new logging reality shows. Now TR...

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Boosting your schooling may enhance your IQ

educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩDoes improving your educa t ion al so boost your in telligence? Yes—to a greater degree than widely understood, a new study suggests.Although some scholars maintain that education has little effec...

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Florida was weird as only it can be in 2011

boston.com - TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Did you hear about the giant Lego man that washed up on Siesta Key beach? What about the man who walked into a bar, ordered a beer and disappeared for 30 minutes to rob a bank, on...

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Five Things to Listen For in Cuomo Speech – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Jan. 4, 2012, 8:29 a.m. In an annual Albany tradition, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will signal his priorities for this year in his state of the state address on Wednesday, including his proposals for scho...

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