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Secretaries Duncan and Solis Meet with DREAMers
ed.gov - Secretaries Hilda Solis and Arne Duncan meet with students during one of Duncan's regular "Student Voices" sessions. Official Department of Education photo by Leslie Williams. “Opportunity.” A powe...
Latinos lament likely loss of Clemente name if P.S. 19 is closed
gothamschools.org - This story originally appeared in Spanish in El Diario, which supplied the translation. A supporter of P.S. 19 speaks at a public hearing about the school's proposed closure on Jan. 18. (GothamScho...
Shanker Blog » Fundamental Flaws In The IFF Report On D.C. Schools
shankerblog.org - A new report, commissioned by the District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and conducted by the Chicago-based real estate consulting firm IFF, was supposed to provide guidance on how the District mi...
Racial segregation continues, and even intensifies: Manhattan Institute report heralding the “end” of segregation uses a measure that masks important demographic and economic trends
epi.org - In a study released this week, two Manhattan Institute researchers heralded the “end of the segregated century.” Harvard professor Edward Glaeser and Duke professor Jacob Vigdor showed that African...
Obama’s coming "flexibility" debacle
edexcellence.net - yes Michael J. Petrilli / February 6, 2012 An announcement on education waivers is anticipated this week. Don’t expect the reaction to be positive, for it appears that the President and his educa...
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The privatization trap - Salon.com
salon.com - The 99 Percent Plan is a joint Roosevelt Institute-Salon series that explores how progressives can shape a new vision for the economy. This is the first essay in the series.Privatizing the governme...
D.C. schools: charter or public? - The Root DC Live
washingtonpost.com - Last week, I was talking to a couple planning to leave a D.C. charter school. They liked the school well enough. But the commute — from home, to school, to work — had reached two hours a day.Prekin...
Newark Schools Standoff - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com - Newark's new schools superintendent, Cami Anderson, outlined a broad plan on Friday to reshape the state's largest school system, including closing poorly performing schools and lifting standards f...
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Stop Corporate Funded Voter Suppression
act.colorofchange.org - Dear President/CEO and Board, I want to alert you to the fact that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – which your company funds – is pushing discriminatory voter ID legislation that ...
Molly Munger changes tax initiative to address budget deficit
blogs.sacbee.com - What You Should Know About Comments on Sacbee.comSacbee.com is happy to provide a forum for reader interaction, discussion, feedback and reaction to our stories. However, we reserve the right to de...
Mexican University Presents Israel's Peres With Honorary Degree
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:47 pm, February 6, 2012 Photo Credits: Mexico's Anahuac University Presents Israel's Pres. Peres With Honorary Degree Mexico’s Anahuac University of the Legionaries of Christ awarded...
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When Were Your Students “Utterly Absorbed” In Their Learning Task?
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Adam Simpson will be the host of the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival on March 1st, and has written an excellent post describing its theme of “Flow”: What I’m looking for in your entries for the next...
Please Interpret Teachbad’s Dream | Mr. Teachbad
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Please Interpret Teachbad’s Dream | Mr. Teachbad:Please Interpret Teachbad’s Dreamby teachbadI just had a crazy-ass dream and the details are fading fast so let me get this down…I am walking arou...
SUPER BOWL AND MONDAY BLUES « Teachers Fight Back
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SUPER BOWL AND MONDAY BLUES « Teachers Fight Back:SUPER BOWL AND MONDAY BLUESby alkleenAll the teachers at my school always complained that the Super Bowl was on a Sunday evening. We could never u...
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Saul Alinsky, Who?
commondreams.org - And now, a word about a good American being demonized, despite being long dead. Saul Alinsky is not around to defend himself, but that hasn’t kept Newt Gingrich from using his name to whip up the f...
Me? Give money to the Democratic Senate election committee? You’ve got to be kidding. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - My phone rings yesterday afternoon. “Fred Klonsky?” Who is calling? “I’m calling on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Election Committee…” What? “The Democrats are all up for re-election and…” No...
Daniel Radcliffe ends support for Liberal Democrats | Film
guardian.co.uk - Daniel Radcliffe has parted way with Lib Dems, preferring Labour instead. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Daniel Radcliffe has announced that he is no longer a supporter of the Liberal Democrats ...
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In my mailbox
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Dear Parents and Community Members, As concerned parents we ask that you call Mr. Brizard, Chicago Board of Education CEO, on Tuesday, January 31, and urge him to immediately withdraw pl...
CalPERS slashes pension of former school lobbyist » Ventura County Star
vcstar.com - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's government pension fund is slashing by two-thirds the $17,089 monthly retirement check for the former director of the association represe...
Occupy Pittsburgh Facing Noon Eviction Deadline
occupywallst.org - Posted 0 minutes ago on Feb. 6, 2012, 12:03 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Following a court issued injunction on behalf of BNY Mellon ordering the removal of "all tents and other structures, camping equ...
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WEEKEND QUOTABLES
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Chicago Mayor (right) with Krupp CEO Torsten Gessner Rahm Emanuel “By combining transportation, infrastructure, and the best workforce in the world, Chicago is a destination for the greatest comp...
Fukushima, Vermont Yankee, and San Onofre
obrag.org - As the first anniversary of the Fukushima disaster approaches, recent developments in the nuclear power world at locales thousands of miles apart once again teach us the high prices societies pay f...
NHK WORLD English
nhk.or.jp - Attempts to cool the temperature in the No. 2 reactor of the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have only partially succeeded despite the injection of more cooling water. The temperatur...
