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Big Education Ape: Teacher Layoff Notices - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement regarding the issuance of thousands of preliminary layoff notices to California teachers: "Teacher...
NOLA.com : Gov. Jindal moving too fast on education bills, Sen. Landrieu says
mobile.nola.com - Gov. Bobby Jindal's fast-track push for his education overhaul bills is ill-advised and wrong, giving even supporters of the proposals too little time to review the details, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu...
Teachers at a Harlem Charter Can Unionize – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Teachers at the New York French American Charter School in Harlem will be allowed to unionize, a state agency decided on Wednesday, overriding objections from the school’s administration. The Unite...
The in box. $24,000 for a data base? Why doesn’t the IEA leadership want members to talk to one another? « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - First, “Cyber insurance”? That’s called hiring a competent IT/Web Development firm to set up the database and backend on a reliable and secure CMS like Drupal. Second, $24K to do this? Sure, if you...
Southern Miss band chants ‘where’s your green card?’ to Puerto Rican Kansas State player
sports.yahoo.com - Members of the University of Southern Mississippi band chanted racist taunts at a hispanic Kansas State player during the schools' NCAA tournament game on Thursday. After point guard Angel Rodrigue...
Arizona Birth Control Bill Allows Employers To Fire Women On The Pill Based On Religious Beliefs - International Business Times
ibtimes.com - The current law states that birth control is covered under health insurance plans for women in Arizona for contraceptive purposes as well as health concerns. However, the new birth control bill, Ho...
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The Longer School Day: Fact and Fiction
ilraiseyourhand.org - We are starting a new series - The Longer School Day: Fact and Fiction. Please check in with us daily to get a new bit of information on what we are being told and what we know to be true about th...
Job (New York): Teaching Positions in New York City - idealist.org
idealist.org - The New York City Department of Education is looking for bright, motivated, and dedicated teachers who are prepared to be inspiring leaders in their classroom and raise achievement for every studen...
Occupy the DOE in DC Schedule March 30th to April 2nd, 2012
unitedoptout.com - Tentative schedule subject to revision (download shortened version here) Occupy the DOE in DC, Friday, March 30th: Take Our Message to Capitol Hil 10:00 a.m. Welcome Rally at the DOE!!!! United Opt...
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
occupytogether.org - Written by Jennifer Sacks for The Occupied Wall Street Journal This week in Occupy, International Women’s Day was #occupied, the bill for NYPD misbehavior came due, the CEO of B of A was mic-checke...
Will the Greek economic collapse lead to private for-profit prison incarceration?
dailycensored.com - “In early 2012 forty-four prisoners who were serving sentences in the prison in Ioannina filed a complaint against the conditions in which they must serve their sentences. They challenge the capaci...
Big Education Ape: NYC Public School Parents: The utter failure of Chancellors Klein and Walcott to protect our children from abuse
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I will be on WNBC news at 11 PM tonight, talking about the total failure of the DOE to protect our children from sexual abuse and harassment. After a flood of reports recently revealed there were...
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Gingrich Wants UPS, FedEx to Find “Illegal Immigrants” in Country - Hispanically Speaking News
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - They say desperate man do desperate things but they also say desperate things. For the one or two people that are currently following the Presidential candidacy of Newt “I can still win” Gingrich,...
Big Education Ape: For The Love of Self, Get Yourself Checked Out
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - For my thirtieth birthday, I got myself two ties, a blue cardigan, a metallic grey collared shirt, and an appointment for a general doctor. The latter item didn’t come so easy, either. The last tim...
Blue Jersey:: I love ice cream.
bluejersey.com - Ben & Jerry's has a new flavor to promote marriage equality. Behold the awesometude: Tags: Ben & Jerry's, Ice Cream, marriage equality, LGBT, gay, simple carbohydrates, (All Tags) Progressive Counc...
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PERA benefits bill slips out of House
ednewscolorado.org - The House voted 33-32 Thursday to pass House Bill 12-1150, which would change the method of calculating retirement benefits for state workers, teachers and others who join the Public Employees Reti...
California Unions Compromise on Millionaires Tax
labornotes.org - Mark Brenner contributed to this article. Updated 7:35 p.m. Paving the way for an uncluttered ballot in November, a California teachers union struck a deal Wednesday with Governor Jerry Brown that ...
Obama Brings Down Veterans Unemployment by 5 Points!!! Below National Average!! (Important Updates - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com - Obama Brings Down Veterans Unemployment by 5 Points!!! Below National Average!! (Important Updates Source: Daily Kos Wow. Stunningly good news and an unequivocal success of the Obama administration...
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Big Education Ape: Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders | California Progress Report Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders | California Progress ...
Big Education Ape: All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills: Here's my latest over at Loop 21: In state after state, Voter ID bills are b...
Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: 3-15-12 PM Charter schools, results no better than other public schools EDition #SOSCHAT
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: 3-15-12 PM Charter schools, results no better than other public schools EDition #SOSCHAT Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!: Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN! HEADLINES EDUCATION BUSI...
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The Night Health Reform was Passed « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - My son was born with a genetic disorder called Williams syndrome. His health care costs totaled $1 million before he turned two years old. The night the Affordable Care Act passed was the best nigh...
Hamburgers might contain 'pink slime' in Cliffside Park school lunches - NorthJersey.com
northjersey.com - CLIFFSIDE PARK - Cliffside Park students might be eating hamburger patties at school containing what has colloquially been referred to as "Pink Slime." The USDA ground beef being served to students...
Is there lead in your necklace? « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Most of us Moms wear jewelry, not necessarily fancy, diamond studded jewelry, just everyday jewelry that brightens up our look a bit. We aren’t surprised when our jewelry ends up in our kids’ mouth...
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Big Education Ape: Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders | California Progress Report Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders | California Progress ...
Big Education Ape: All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills: Here's my latest over at Loop 21: In state after state, Voter ID bills are b...
IEA RA. The leadership debates by sleazy means. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - I submitted my Organizer’s New Business Item this afternoon. The RA directs the IEA Board of Directors to create an opt-in, password protected database on the IEA website. Members would be able to ...
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
occupytogether.org - Written by Jennifer Sacks for The Occupied Wall Street Journal This week in Occupy, International Women’s Day was #occupied, the bill for NYPD misbehavior came due, the CEO of B of A was mic-checke...
Flashback to Fall: Occupy Revisits Zuccotti Park After New Arrests - National - The Atlantic Wire
theatlanticwire.com - If you were to travel past New York's Zuccotti Park on Thursday evening, it would have looked a bit like it did last fall, as Occupy Wall Street protesters rallied there after six of them reportedl...