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Analysis: Why a charter school trumped a neighborhood school for space | school, charter, schools - News
ocregister.com - MISSION VIEJO – Barcelona Hills Elementary is closing in June, but not because it's an underperforming school or because neighborhood parents are demanding sweeping changes. The 34-year-old Mission...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 13, 2012 In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a national commitment to help create an economy b...
U.S. Department of Education 2013 Budget Continues Investments to Strengthen Workforce and Rebuild American Economy
ed.gov - The Obama Administration continues its commitment to education and an America Built to Last with the release of its 2013 budget today, building on responsible decisions that will put the nation on ...
David Koch Funds Andrew Cuomo :: The Future of Capitalism
futureofcapitalism.com - http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/09/david-koch-funds-andrew-cuomoThe Democratic candidate for governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has been receiving campaign contributions from a surprising s...
Common Sense Improvements Needed in Education, Not Reform Per Se
mathequality.wordpress.com - The following post in the Silicon Valley Education Foundation Thoughts On Public Education (TOP-Ed) website caught my attention Friday night, so much so that I wrote and posted the comment shown be...
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The state's proposed NCLB waiver responds to none of our concerns
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - A summary of the public comment and the response by NYSED for their waiver application from NCLB is now posted online; presumably the application will be voted on by the Regents Monday or Tuesday. ...
Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the Laptops)
nytimes.com - MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Sixty educators from across the nation roamed the halls and ringed the rooms of East Mooresville Intermediate School, searching for the secret formula. They found it in Erin Hol...
Waivers 'Will Take Some Time' - Education Experts Education Experts
education.nationaljournal.com - You have to give the White House credit for giving fair warning about last week's end-run around Congress on education. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the idea last June, and there were ...
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Bishops Criticize Proposal on Birth Control Coverage
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Catholic Bishops have sharply criticized a compromise President Obama offered on Friday over a health care regulation requiring religious-affiliated employers to pay for insurance plan...
Arizona Bill Would Likely Prohibit Teachers And Professors From Teaching Any Book With 'Profanity'
thinkprogress.org - A new bill in Arizona is seeking to impose harsh restrictions on teachers’ conduct, even in their own homes. The bill, SB 1467, states that educators at the state’s public schools and universities ...
Chris Cerf Hearing Thursday is Cancelled
bluejersey.com - Acting NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf's hearing before the NJ Senate Judiciary Committee has just been canceled, I am told by a member of the Committee. The Judiciary Committee has determined...
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Santorum Faces Questions on Women in the Work Force
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Only days after having to explain a comment about women in the military and emotions in combat, Rick Santorum seemed to struggle a bit on Sunday to explain a remark in his book “It Tak...
Severe Conservative Syndrome
nytimes.com - Mitt Romney has a gift for words — self-destructive words. On Friday he did it again, telling the Conservative Political Action Conference that he was a “severely conservative governor.” ...
Admiral Seeks Freer Hand in Deployment of Elite Forces
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — As the United States turns increasingly to Special Operations forces to confront developing threats scattered around the world, the nation’s top Special Operations officer, a member of...
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San Francisco to sing its heart out for Tony Bennett
latimesblogs.latimes.com - At the stroke of noon Tuesday, music will blast out over the shoppers in Union Square and the homeless people in Hallidie Plaza. The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus will chime in from the City Hall ...
'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening donates $500,000 to UCLA
latimesblogs.latimes.com - UCLA’s film school is getting some d'oh! "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening has donated $500,000 to UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, creating an endowment for working professionals ...
Chris Brown, the Grammys and the message sent to teens, kids - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - At a time when schools across the country are struggling to figure out how to stop kids from bullying each other, and educate teens about dating violence, it seems fair to ask why producers of the ...
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Central Falls, RI merges city, school functions
boston.com - CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.—The state-appointed receiver overseeing Central Falls has consolidated the financial and administrative departments of the city and its school district to save money.Receiver Ro...
NC Supreme Court hears student bra search case
boston.com - RALEIGH, N.C.—A student who had to pull her bra away from her body so school officials could check whether she was hiding drugs must have been humiliated and frightened by the unreasonable search, ...
Zina Bethune, dancer and actress, killed in possible hit-and-run
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Police are investigating the death of Zina Bethune, a renowned ballet dancer and a longtime teacher of disabled children, who was struck by two vehicles after she apparently stopped to help an inju...
EnvironmentSee all
Say no to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
pol.moveon.org - Thanks for your interest in this petition. Help us reach our goal by clicking the buttons below and asking your friends, family, and colleagues to sign.We've reached 34% of our goal of 100,000 sign...
Access To Birth Control Is A Fundamental Component Of Climate Survival
thinkprogress.org - Any morally acceptable pathway to prevent catastrophic global warming includes broad access to affordable birth control for the world’s women. The conservative war on birth control is a war on wome...
#keystonexlSee all
Say no to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
pol.moveon.org - Thanks for your interest in this petition. Help us reach our goal by clicking the buttons below and asking your friends, family, and colleagues to sign.We've reached 34% of our goal of 100,000 sign...
