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IMPACTed Wisdom Truth? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The big news in New York today is the release of the Teacher Data Reports (TDRs) for some 18,000 teachers. These were ratings that the city calculated using a value-added model. The New York Time...

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City Teacher Data Reports Are Released – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Feb. 24, 2012, 11:21 a.m. 12:00 p.m. | Updated After a long legal battle and amid much anguish by teachers and other educators, the city Department of Education released individual performance rank...

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Teachers reject education award - Connecticut Post

ctpost.com - TRUMBULL -- Thanks, but no thanks. That sums up the letter fired off last week by some Trumbull teachers who have decided being recognized by Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, an education...

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Wendy Lecker: Up is down in school reform plan

stamfordadvocate.com - Remember Bizarro World from the comics? Where everything is opposite from the way it is on Earth? Such is the world I entered listening to the hearing on Governor Malloy's education "reform" bill, ...

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CT News Junkie | OP-ED

ctnewsjunkie.com - by Sarah Darer Littman | Feb 24, 2012 4:55pm(0) Comments | Log in to Post a Comment Posted to: Opinion One thing I learned from meeting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy last Friday is that the lawyer-turned-p...

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Mike Madigan, this moutza's for you - chicagotribune.com

chicagotribune.com - My fellow chumbolones, do you know what time it is?It's Moutza of the Month time.And today, we give the first-ever Moutza of the Month award. I almost started this column with the headline "Why We ...

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Why I'm hunger striking at UVA

michaelmoore.com - Joseph Williams Wonman Joseph Williams is a third year student at the University of Virginia, and a football player for the Virginia Cavaliers. He hails from Sterling, VA.February 23rd, 2012 11:08 ...

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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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US Senators Warn Latin America on Iran Ties (VIDEO)

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:56 pm EST, February 25, 2012 Photo Credits: Chavez in Iran U.S. senators are warning Latin American nations against deepening financial and military ties with Iran, pledging heighten...

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Buffett: Unemployment linked to housing - Omaha.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Buffett: Unemployment linked to housing - Omaha.com:Buffett: Unemployment linked to housingBy Steve JordonWORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER« MoneyShareRelated NewsBuffett ‘wrong' on housing Warren Buffet's...

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German Tax Collectors Are Volunteering For Duty In Greece

democraticunderground.com - More than 160 German tax collectors have volunteered for possible assignments in Greece to help the struggling Mediterranean country gather tax more efficiently, the Finance Ministry in Berlin said...

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Jersey Jazzman: Accountability For Thee, Not For Me?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Accountability For Thee, Not For Me?:Accountability For Thee, Not For Me?by DukeSo now that it's hitting the fan in NYC, no one wants to stand up and be... oh, what's that word agai...

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Buffett: Unemployment linked to housing - Omaha.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Buffett: Unemployment linked to housing - Omaha.com:Buffett: Unemployment linked to housingBy Steve JordonWORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER« MoneyShareRelated NewsBuffett ‘wrong' on housing Warren Buffet's...

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