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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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No Funds Left Behind

prospect.org - Last spring, as the Texas Legislature debated massive cuts to public schools—one of many desperate measures to close a $27 billion biennial budget deficit—10,000 protesters massed in Austin for a “...
Diane Ravitch

It was the shot heard 'round the county

galvestondailynews.com - The Clear Creek and Dickinson school boards adopted a resolution asking the Texas Legislature to dump the state’s fatally flawed public school accountability system. The language in the resolution ...
Diane Ravitch

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Why I Hate Teach for America

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DOJ Blocks Discriminatory Texas Voter ID Law

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Big Education Ape: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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Big Education Ape: Fred Klonsky Blog

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Uppity Radio Returns!

uppitywis.org - The Uppity Wisconsin BlogTalkRadio show returns tomorrow after a long hiatus.  For quite a while Blue Cheddar and I did a daily radio show about the "troubles" in Madison until we both wised up and...
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PETITION: Stop the Republican War on Women

dccc.org - House Republicans have launched an all-out war on women since taking the Speaker's gavel. In the last year, Republicans have: Over the last week, we saw top Republican leaders squirm at denouncing ...
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Cheney deems Canada too dangerous for visit

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Big Education Ape: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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Big Education Ape: Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong

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