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55,000 Degrees

55000degrees.com - WELCOME TO 55,000 DEGREES Announcements Nursing Student Wins ‘Grab Cash for College Challenge’Still Time for Other Students to File Financial Aid Forms Melinda Gardner, who just returned to college...

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The Money (in Politics) Behind Prison Privatization

huffingtonpost.com - The Huffington Post published an excellent piece yesterday by reporter Chris Kirkham describing how the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) wants to buy up state prisons, all under the guise o...

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I May be Wrong ... But I Doubt It* - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,I do believe we are in that portion of the Roman Empire in which horses were considered "persons." Or was that just a mad movie I once saw about the fall of the Roman Empire?Some of the ...

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When They Don’t Get Their Way, Ed Reformers Rage

bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com - I don’t know as much about BIZPAC chairman John R. Smith a well as my Palm Beach colleagues do. Nor do I know anything about his political action committee and whom he’s supported in the past. And ...

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Talks Race To The Top, Teacher Support And Pay

huffingtonpost.com - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was in New York Thursday as Jon Stewart's guest on The Daily Show, largely rehashing the Obama administration's widely debated educational policies.In explai...

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This War Is Not Over Yet

nytimes.com - Los Angeles THE defense secretary, Leon E. Panetta, recently announced that America hoped to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 as it did in Iraq last year. Yet at Guantánam...

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At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies

nytimes.com - Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning newspaper correspondent whose graceful dispatches for both The New York Times and The Washington Post covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil,...

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Arne Duncan: Windbag or Douchebag? | Mr. Teachbad

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Arne Duncan: Windbag or Douchebag? | Mr. Teachbad:Arne Duncan: Windbag or Douchebag?Last night I watched Jon Stewart’s inter­view with Sec­re­tary of Edu­ca­tion Arne Dun­can.And it was just ter­ri...

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La Cuna Blanca: A homage to a friend gone too soon

beinglatino.wordpress.com - Flashback Fridaysby Nelson Figueroa I think it’s safe to say that we all have that one special song that reminds us of a loved one that has passed away. Whether it’s “It’s so Hard to Say Goodbye”, ...

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Colbert stops show for mom

democraticunderground.com - Stephen Colbert shut down his late-night comedy show this week for his ailing 91-year-old mother, sources close to the show said yesterday. The actor caused a stir yesterday when he said only that ...

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District didn't notify state of teacher dismissal

boston.com - LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District says it broke a state law by waiting a year to tell a teacher-credentialing agency that it was firing an instructor under investigation for alleg...

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RI school prayer banner to be removed within days

boston.com - CRANSTON, R.I.—A prayer banner ordered removed from a high school by a federal judge will be taken down within days after the school committee voted not to appeal the decision, Cranston's schools s...

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The Schools Chicago's Children Deserve

schooltechconnect.com - CTU has release a comprehensive vision of The Schools Chicago's Students Deserve. It is all of these things: precise, honest, optimistic, heartbreaking. In the past, Democratic policymakers would r...

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Jersey Jazzman: The War on Teachers Unions Hits a New Low

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: The War on Teachers Unions Hits a New Low:The War on Teachers Unions Hits a New Lowby DukeJust so classy:In its escalating war with the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s...

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Are You Feeling RESPECT? « InterACT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Are You Feeling RESPECT? « InterACT:Are You Feeling RESPECT?by David B. CohenDear California Teachers,While you were in the classroom or eating lunch, or supervising lunch, or sponsoring a club, or...

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