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How Charter Schools Can Hurt - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com - A few weeks ago, for three days in a row starting at 3 p.m., a representative from the Success Academy charter school that is scheduled to open this fall in adjacent Cobble Hill stood outside the d...
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In Visit, Bloomberg Tells Goldman, Chin Up - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com - The mayor, who earned billions on Wall Street and has a reputation as a staunch defender of corporate culture, dropped by the investment bank’s Manhattan headquarters on Thursday in an unannounced ...
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Penn St says it won't become private, despite talk
philly.com - PHILADELPHIA - Though Penn State insists it is not looking to become a private institution, education experts aren't surprised the school is considering its options in light of state funding cuts t...
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How Charter Schools Can Hurt - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com - A few weeks ago, for three days in a row starting at 3 p.m., a representative from the Success Academy charter school that is scheduled to open this fall in adjacent Cobble Hill stood outside the d...
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N.J. charter-school dispute may end in church's eviction
philly.com - A controversy over a proposed charter school in Cherry Hill may soon be settled - in New Jersey Superior Court. The Regis Academy charter is scheduled to open in September, but its operator, the So...
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NYC Public School Parents: CDEC 30 in Queens passes the Texas resolution against high-stakes testing!
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - CDEC 30 in Queens passes the Texas resolution against high-stakes testing! On March 15, 2012, Community District Education Council 30 in Queens unanimously approved the following Resolution in supp...
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Indiana's Project School Teaches Standardized Testing As Literary Genre
huffingtonpost.com - On the lesson plan for one Indiana school's students: historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction and ... standardized testing. In his January State of the Union address, President Barack Obama laid out...
Mike Klonsky
NYC Public School Parents: Three weeks of lost teacher time to scoring this year!
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Three weeks of lost teacher time to scoring this year! Not only will there be six days of standardized testing this spring, with 70 minutes more in math and 25 minutes more for our poor third grad...
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Testimony divided on LePage education bills
sunjournal.com - AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on Thursday heard emotional testimony from parents, students and teachers supporting and opposing two of Gov. Paul LePage's more contentious education proposals. The bills are t...
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Susan Ohanian's Cartoon Collection (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
susanohanian.org - Arne Duncan was appointed U.S. Secretary of Education by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2009. Many of his meetings are redacted as 'deliberative, pre-decisional i...
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Big Education Ape: Attorney Gen. Madigan Assigns Teams to Monitor Illinois Primary - Hispanically Speaking News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that more than 160 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from her staff will be working throughout the state on Tuesday, Mar. 20, to m...
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Big Education Ape: Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN: Rank What students should do about a 'bad grade' Why mobile learning? Simple Booklet--simple, indeed! How do y...
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Big Education Ape: The World “Because of” Standardized Testing!(A Little Teacher Humor!:) « Diary of a Public School Teacher!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The World “Because of” Standardized Testing!(A Little Teacher Humor!:) « Diary of a Public School Teacher! The World “Because of” Standardized Testing!(A Little Teacher Humor!:) « Diary of a Public...
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Big Education Ape: FLORIDA CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: H/T @ritacolleen
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - FLORIDA CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: H/T @ritacolleen CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: *Florida: Source: bigeducationape.blogspot.com via Mike on Pinterest Florida charter schools (investigator observations) “...
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Jersey Jazzman: Sobbing For Richie Riches
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Sobbing For Richie Riches The complete cluelessness of our elites knows no limits: "I think (the ultra-wealthy) actually have an insufficient influence," Griffin said in an interview at Citadel's d...
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Mayor Bloomberg personally cheers up Goldman Sachs - Goldman Sachs - Salon.com
salon.com - On Wednesday, accomplished table tennis player Greg Smith announced in a New York Times Op-Ed that he was quitting his job at investment firm Goldman Sachs, because the firm’s “culture” has become,...
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Like White Castle to fine dining. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Former IEA President Bob Haisman (right) and other members of IEA Retired leave the RA with 26,000 signatures for the governor. It was a grass-roots effort to restore state funding to retiree healt...
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Job Hunt: Dispelling some myths about interviewing - NorthJersey.com
northjersey.com - The interview is the final step in the elimination process, and the most important one. Nobody obtains a position without an interview or a series of interviews. The difference between the person w...
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Remarks by the First Lady at Joining Forces Event
whitehouse.gov - Minnesota Air National Guard Hangar Minneapolis, Minnesota MRS. OBAMA: Well, first of all, let me make sure you guys know that everything that we’re doing with Joining Forces wouldn’t happen witho...
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Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event
whitehouse.gov - THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Chicago! (Applause.) Thank you! Thank you so much. It is good to be home! (Applause.) Good to be home. Thank you very much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat....
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Senate Should Turn Back Effort to Let Pollution Cross State Lines « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - This article was co-authored by Julie K. Schnell, president of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota. A race to the bottom is underway in America. We are witnessing a brazen assault on fundamental safeguards f...
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5 Reasons Why We Need the EPA « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - In the clean air fight, opponents of the Mercury Standards and Toxics Rules have begun to step up their game with fresh attacks on the EPA. There is an apparent collective Congressional brain fog a...
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Occupy, social justice groups blockade entrance to Monsanto : Indybay
indybay.org - Occupy, social justice groups blockade entrance to Monsanto "We are calling for a 'global class-action' against Monsanto," said Steven Payan, one of the Davis protest organizers. "We are joining th...
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Big Education Ape: In Oakland, transitional kindergarten is still a go - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In Oakland, transitional kindergarten is still a go - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: In Oakland, transitional kindergarten is still a go Friday, March 16th, 2012 at 1...
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Big Education Ape: Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN: Rank What students should do about a 'bad grade' Why mobile learning? Simple Booklet--simple, indeed! How do y...
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Big Education Ape: Helping girls make better choices - California Teachers Association
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Castro Valley High School senior Bianca Arias plans on becoming a nurse, and she has applied to several universities to achieve her goal. She gives much of the credit for her academic success to th...
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Big Education Ape: Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 3-16 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 2012-Mar-15 Education Research Report: Beyond The #Classroom: Drexel University Study Looks at Teachers on Twitter: Beyond The #Classroom: Drexel University Study Looks at Teachers on TwitterΩTeach...
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Big Education Ape: Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 3-16 #soschat #EDReform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 2012-Mar-15 Education Research Report: Beyond The #Classroom: Drexel University Study Looks at Teachers on Twitter: Beyond The #Classroom: Drexel University Study Looks at Teachers on TwitterΩTeach...
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Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: 3-16-12 PM 2,0000 Teacher Layoff Notices - 2012 EDition #soschat #edchat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: 3-16-12 PM 2,0000 Teacher Layoff Notices - 2012 EDition #soschat #edchat Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!: Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN! Next update in about a minute ago See al...
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