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'Occupy Education' Debates the Gates Foundation (and Wins)

commondreams.org - “Gates Foundation you will fail / Education is not for sale!” The chants of some 150 teachers, students, parents and Occupy Seattle activists reverberated off the windows of the global headquarters...

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Christie and Cerf call on legislature to approve 3 key education bills | State

newjerseynewsroom.com - Gov. Chris Christie and state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf Monday called on the Democratic-controlled Legislature to approve the proposals the governor has made in what he sees as an effort to...

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The Joel Klein-Condi Rice ed report: What it will and won’t say - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com - Sometime soon we can expect a report from the Council on Foreign Relations’ Independent Task Force on U.S. Education Reform and National Security, chaired by Joel Klein and Condoleezza Rice. The pa...

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School officials: High-stakes tests failing students - Houston Chronicle

chron.com - The backlash began brewing long before Texas' top education official called the emphasis on standardized testing "a perversion of its original intent," long before the approach of new, more rigorou...

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Why Are Teachers So Upset? - Bridging Differences - Education Week

blogs.edweek.org - By now, you have seen the latest Metlife Survey of the American Teacher. It shows that teachers' satisfaction with their job has plummeted since 2009, from 59 percent to 44 percent. It is the lowes...

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School-To-Prison Pipeline Targeted By Judges, Education Officials

huffingtonpost.com - Jakayla Ivory, a St. Louis high-school student convicted of second-degree assault, likely would have gotten two years in jail. Instead, she went to school at Jimmie Edwards' Innovative Concept Acad...

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The Joel Klein-Condi Rice ed report: What it will and won’t say - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Demand for newest Success charter schools isn’t always local

gothamschools.org - With weeks to go before the deadline to apply to city charter schools, early numbers suggest that two controversial new schools are finding some takers — but mostly not from the neighborhoods where...

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A good IEA endorsement. Will Guzzardi. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Jim Reed of the Illinois Education Association, which endorsed Guzzardi in late February, said he has long enjoyed a pleasant working relationship with Rep. Berrios, but said that being tied up wit...

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Blue Jersey:: Talk to The Women You Know About Scott Garrett

bluejersey.com - Of the 666,551 residents in New Jersey's 5th Congressional District, 51.4% of them (342,572) are women. 73 - 75% of those women are of voting age. I can't tell you how many of the approximately ...

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Let the Sun Shine: Roundup of Freedom of Information Stories

dissenter.firedoglake.com - The Obama administration has come to be regarded as an administration that is being deceitful when it comes to policies of openness and transparency and, in many cases, worse on freedom of informat...

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Cuomo Cuts Ad For Teacher Evals

nydailynews.com - Gov. Cuomo this morning took to the air in a new ad urging New Yorkers to pressure their local school districts and unions to reach deals on new teacher evaluation systems. The ad comes at a time w...

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Senate rejects drilling for oil in Arctic refuge - Democratic Underground

democraticunderground.com - Source: Anchorage Daily News Senate rejects drilling for oil in Arctic refuge By SEAN COCKERHAM Anchorage Daily News Published: March 13th, 2012 01:41 PM Last Modified: March 13th, 2012 01:42 PM WA...

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UC Berkeley Chancellor Out: What's Next for Katehi? - Davis, CA Patch

davis.patch.com - UC Berkeley’s Chancellor announced today that he will step down at he end of the year. The response has been mixed: Some have praised Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s “dedication and service,” while s...

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Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: 3-13-12 PM high-stakes testing vs. Parents Across America EDition #SOSCHAT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: 3-13-12 PM high-stakes testing vs. Parents Across America EDition #SOSCHAT Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!: Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN! HEADLINES EDUCATION SOCIETY BUSINESS S...

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Big Education Ape: Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 3-13 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 3-13 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform A People's Resolution Model to Help Combat High Stakes Testing.... Let it go Viral! Big Education Ape - Post...

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Big Education Ape: Why is Dick a nickname for Richard

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why is Dick a nickname for Richard Why is Dick a nickname for Richard: In: Name Origins, Names and Name Meanings [Edit categories] a man named Richard may be nicknamed Dick because that is the trad...

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Supporters Gather to Celebrate Colette « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - by Rachel Lincoln Saroff Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Thanks to everyone who helped us “Celebrate Colette” this week, where we kicked off our Spanish Tr...

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Remarks by the First Lady at Mini-Olympic Games Event

whitehouse.gov - MRS. OBAMA: Okay, you guys can have a seat. You've done well. You've done well. Have you guys had fun today? MRS. OBAMA: Was this not -- very cool. This was very cool, wasn't it? MRS. OBAMA: I mean...

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When Coming To Work Is Play… « Cooperative Catalyst

coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - One thing I love about teaching Kindergarten is that the kids are looking to play all the time. I went to school each day in a joyful frame of mind because the kids were so happy and fun to talk wi...

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Governor Proposes Cuts to Caregiver Resource Centers - The Bay Citizen

baycitizen.org - The cuts will touch the lives of women like Audrey, 77, who has relied on the Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center in Santa Cruz for the last five years. She cares for her husband, who has multiple sc...

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Dying Patient Kicked Out of Hospital for Using Medical Marijuana - Democratic Underground

democraticunderground.com - Dying Patient Kicked Out of Hospital for Using Medical Marijuana Source: NBC Dying Patient Kicked Out of Hospital for Using Medical Marijuana "Any particles from vapor and odor could have an impact...

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Big Education Ape: California Dept. of Education Releases Proposed Emergency Regulations Dealing with Students with Disabilities and Epilepsy

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - By Viji Sundaram New America Media Health care advocates worry that more than 100,000 Californians who are eligible to purchase affordable insurance through the Health Benefit Exchange will not enr...

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Big Education Ape: In the News: Parent engagement up across U.S.

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - While teacher satisfaction has declined to its lowest point in more than two decades, parent engagement is climbing to new heights across America, a new survey reports. Also: Two-thirds of students...

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