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Court Strikes Down Ban on Gay Marriage in California
nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution, all but ensuring that the case will proceed to t...
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson proposes sweeping plan to improve education for city students
blog.cleveland.com - CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mayor Frank Jackson hopes to triple the number of Cleveland students attending good schools by throwing out union rules governing teacher pay and layoffs, partnering more with hi...
North Denver News - Denver schools fail again to prepare kids for college
northdenvernews.com - More college students graduating from Denver Public Schools struggle in higher education than ever before, requiring remedial classes to get them ready for college level work. A new State of Colora...
Do politicians know anything at all about schools and education? Anything?
niemanwatchdog.org - Tenth-graders in Springfied, Ill., last October. (AP photo) ASK THIS | February 07, 2012 Diane Ravitch poses a dozen piercing questions on education and school policy. Some of them turn conventiona...
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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Productivity Agenda Yes! But based on real research & rigorous analysis! « School Finance 101
schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Pau Hill and Marguerite Roza’s response to my recent report – with Kevin Welner – and series of blog posts seems to offer as its central argument that we’re simply a curmudgeons, offering lots of c...
U.S. Schools Have a Poverty Crisis, Not an Education Crisis
huffingtonpost.com - In the 10 years since enacting the No Child Left Behind Act, we have made very little progress toward our national goal of closing the achievement gap between students from low-income families and ...
Do Politicians know anything about education? « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Feb 7, 2012 leoniehaimson Here are some important questions that the media — and parents — should be asking candidates for the Presidency on down to local school board elections. Cross-posted at Ni...
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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...
Java and Justice
nytimes.com - If you’re among the fair-minded Americans who believe that two men or two women should be able to wed, there’s an easy though slightly caloric way to express that. Get a caramel macchiato. Maybe ma...
Keith Wright Wants To Take Control of City Schools Away From Mayor Bloomberg
politicker.com - Keith Wright (Photo: NYS Assembly) Assemblyman Keith Wright said the Department of Education’s plan to close the middle school at Wadleigh Secondary School of Performing Arts is the final straw tha...
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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...
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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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 07, 2012 East Room11:53 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Ever...
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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...
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...
Teacher pensions and the two plans. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - The last session of the General Assembly there was just one plan for screwing teachers. That was Senate Bill 512. It was the brainchild of the Civic Committee, which is headed by millionaire corpor...
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Entire staff to be replaced at LA school where 2 teachers were arrested
usnews.msnbc.msn.com - Krista Kennell / AFP - Getty ImagesEight-year-old Adrian Vital protests outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, Feb. 6.By Jonathan Lloyd, Annette Arreola and Lolita Lopez , NBCLosAngele...
Beaverton school suspends student for 'hit list' and investigates the potential risk
oregonlive.com - Beaverton School District has suspended a student and is investigating a "hit list" created by the boy at Bethany Elementary. A district psychologist will interview the student today as part of a r...
Man seeks three-year restraining order against son's classmate
latimesblogs.latimes.com - February 7, 2012 | 8:46 am A Riverside County man who obtained a restraining order to keep a fourth-grade classmate away from his son is trying to get the order extended. Robert Casteel said his 1...
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ThyssenKrupp -- Rahm's "perfect example..."
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Boehner tours Krupp plant in Ohio This is the corporation that Rahm Emanuel lured to Chicago, calling it a "perfect example" of the "greatest companies around the globe." Reese said he will never ...
K12 4Q profit tumbles 46 pct as costs rise
boston.com - HERNDON, Va.—Educational software provider K12 Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter net income fell nearly in half on higher costs. Profit was less than half of what analysts expected a...
ThyssenKrupp -- Rahm's "perfect example..."
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Boehner tours Krupp plant in Ohio This is the corporation that Rahm Emanuel lured to Chicago, calling it a "perfect example" of the "greatest companies around the globe." Reese said he will never ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Afternoon Posts 2-7 #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Secretary of Education Calls for Comprehensive Reform | News | The Harvard Crimson Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 4 minutes ago Secretary of Education Calls for Comprehensive R...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 2-7 AM Posts #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP! Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 4 minutes ago NYC Public School Parents: NO more school closings: ...
Reports From the Front Lines – #Occupied News Weekly Roundup
owsnews.org - -- February 7, 2012 in OccupyTogetherThis week in Occupy, the fallout from #J28 continued, Chicago and Charlotte enacted legislation in an attempt to stave off the wave of occupiers expected there ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Afternoon Posts 2-7 #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Secretary of Education Calls for Comprehensive Reform | News | The Harvard Crimson Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 4 minutes ago Secretary of Education Calls for Comprehensive R...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-6 #edreform #ows
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - California Honors Teachers of the Year « InterACT Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 6 minutes ago California Honors Teachers of the Year « InterACT:California Honors Teachers of the...
