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Kristof Shills, Loveless Scrutinizes :: Frederick M. Hess

frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Feb 21, 2012 at 9:17 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2012/02/kristof-shills-loveless-scrutinizesLast week offered a classic illustration of e...

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CT News Junkie | OP-ED

ctnewsjunkie.com - by Sarah Darer Littman and Susan Bigelow | Feb 21, 2012 5:30am(0) Comments | Log in to Post a Comment Posted to: Education, Opinion, Editorial Board Experienced teachers produce higher student test...

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Rush Limbaugh on Santorum and Satan - Mackenzie Weinger

politico.com - Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Tuesday that Rick Santorum will have to explain his warning that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America.”“It’s part of the predictable attempt to...

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Teachers Get R-E-S-P-E-C-T

ed.gov - Today, we are formally launching Project RESPECT.RESPECT is an acronym that stands for Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence and Collaborative Teaching. I've always believed that...

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Making teachers more accountable - Schools

buffalonews.com - Plenty of questions are circulating about the teacher-evaluation agreement that state officials and New York State United Teachers announced last week. Here are some of the answers so far regarding...

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@ THE CHALK FACE | WTDY Talk Radio 1670

wtdy.com - Introducing ... At The Chalk Face. Educated educators taking education. SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 9am. Educated Educators Taking Education. A new one hour talk show dedicated to educ...

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Paul Babeu Is 'Going To Have To Work Through' Scandal

huffingtonpost.com - Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio distanced himself from fellow sheriff Paul Babeu, who was outed as gay last week and accused of threatening his ex-boyfriend with deportation.Arpaio, "America's toughest ...

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Deserted by Democrats. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - The crowd of hundreds walked silently up Mayor Emanuel’s street on Chicago’s north side late yesterday afternoon. It was not like any march I had been on before. No megaphones. No chanting of “The ...

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School Tech Connect: Save Our Schools

schooltechconnect.com - I was unable to stay for the protest going on over at the mayor's house tonight, but I did spend some time with the protestors gathering at Lakeview High School. Weird how everyone there knew the i...

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Youthcomm Story: How the Other Half Lives

youthcomm.org - I read on the front page of today’s New York Times that the poor are dropping further behind the rich in school. I grew up in Brownsville, a very poor neighborhood in Brooklyn. I didn’t know what k...

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In Reality and Film, a Battle for Schools

nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school under a new state law that ...

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In Reality and Film, a Battle for Schools

nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school under a new state law that ...

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Is There Arsenic in My Baby Formula? « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy Worldwww.healthychild.org Last week’s findings of arsenic in organic brown rice syrup may be even more frightening to parents ...

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In Reality and Film, a Battle for Schools

nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school under a new state law that ...

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Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges

nytimes.com - MIAMI — Florida lawmakers contend that education is essential to high-wage jobs in the state, but the Legislature is again expected to slash millions of dollars from the budget for higher education...

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