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Big Education Ape: 2-7-12 AM NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP! EDition #ASKARNE

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NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 5:30PMBrooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Pl (between Fulton and Dekalb) in BrooklynNear the Nevins 2/3/4/5 or the Dekalb B/D/N/Q/R Ba...

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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...

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Choice schools not outperforming MPS

jsonline.com - March 29, 2011 | Students in Milwaukee's school choice program performed worse than or about the same as students in Milwaukee Public Schools in math and reading on the latest statewide test, accor...

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LA Youth » School cuts survey results

layouth.com - In October L.A. Youth asked readers about budget cuts at their schools and more than 1,850 teens responded. I could relate to the students who took the survey because I’ve seen similar bad conditio...

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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...

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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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Bob Lyons. TRS Trustee. What happens next? « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Making predictions is hard especially about the future. – Yogi Berra What Happens Next For months now we have seen a carefully orchestrated campaign of news stories designed to convince the people ...

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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 ...

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Romney campaign takes aim at rival Santorum

news.yahoo.com - CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off the former senator's surge in two of three stat...

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Rick Perry "not slipping off into the sunset"

cbsnews.com - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on the campaign trail in late January, 2012, in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Getty Images) (AP) ROUND ROCK, Texas - Rick Perry acknowledged Monday that he's not used t...

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Ca. school closing for 2 days over teacher arrests

boston.com - LOS ANGELES—The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are canceled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd a...

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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...

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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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