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A letter to the Seattle School Board from Dr. Barbara Torre Veltri regarding Teach for America, Inc.
seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - Dear Mr. DeBell, Ms. Smith-Blum, Ms. Patu, and Executive Committee Members, Thank you for your interest in children and your advocacy for education in Seattle. I have had ...
New York kids face more testing - NYPOST.com
nypost.com - Changes to the state’s testing program could leave public- schools kids in grades 3 through to 11 taking as many as nine exams per year in English and math — more than four times the current number...
The Lesson of Florida - Bridging Differences - Education Week
blogs.edweek.org - Let us now praise the public school parents of Florida. They organized to oppose a bill known as the "Parent Trigger"or "Parent Empowerment." Under this proposed law, if 51 percent of the parents i...
Letters: Greed hiding behind phony reforms | Home
theadvocate.com - Democracy is governance by all the people. It’s no exaggeration to say that our nation’s heart, soul, and survival depends on a strong public school system. What happens when it erodes? For 40 year...
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Clear choices in today's Chicago area elections
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Rudy Lozano, Jr, (21st), Kenny Johnson (21st) and Will Guzzardi(39th) deserve our votes in today's House of Rep. primary elections. They are all advocates for public education and vocal opponents o...
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Teacher: I dare you to measure my ‘value’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Donna McKenna, an elementary ESL teacher who is passionate about language learners and language learning, and a new mom trying to raise her daughter in a bilingual/bicultural ho...
Doubts About High-Stakes Tests and Their Effect on Teachers – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - The chief academic officer of New York City’s public schools said on Monday night that principals were not alone in being concerned about the state’s new teacher evaluation system: He also has qual...
This Week In Education: Quotes: TFA Founder Under Fire For Value-Added Views
scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - After reading [Kopp's oped piece last week], one of my readers (and a former TFA corps and staff member) wrote the following: Maybe I missed it, but I haven’t seen you or anyone else in your email ...
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Neb. GOP to challenge Kerrey (D-NE) in court - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com - Source: Omaha World Herald By Maggie O’Brien The state GOP is moving ahead with plans to go to court in attempt to keep Senate candidate Bob Kerrey off the May primary election ballot. Mark Fahleso...
Remarks by the President at Friends of Ireland Luncheon -- U.S. Capitol
whitehouse.gov - THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Please. Well, thank you, John. Thank you, everybody. I know we are all glad to welcome Taoisea...
OJ, humidifiers, and 40 million Americans « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - What? Yes. It’s true. Every time there is a whiff of a bug at this house I find time to contact my members of Congress and urge them to pass the Healthy Families Act. Every sniffle is a reminder th...
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Big Education Ape: This Week In Education: Quotes: TFA Founder Under Fire For Value-Added Views
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Big Education Ape: Occupy professional development with Edcamp
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Occupy professional development with Edcamp | Philadelphia Public School Notebook #ows Occupy professional development with Edcamp | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Occupy professional develop...
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Angry Over Pension Changes, Teachers Unions Pull Support From Somos El Futuro Conference
nydailynews.com - The city and state teachers unions, enraged at what they see as state lawmakers' rollover on a new pension tier and on redistricting, are turning their backs on this weekend's upcoming 25th anniver...
Big Education Ape: U.S. Education Reform and National Security - Council on Foreign Relations
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - U.S. Education Reform and National Security - Council on Foreign Relations U.S. Education Reform and National Security Chairs: Joel I. Klein, News Corporation and Condoleezza Rice, Stanford Univers...
Big Education Ape: Schools Matter: The Big Lie
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Here we go again. A new report, part of the shock and awe campaign being waged against public education, teacher unions and anyone who can still think critically and ask questions, is being brought...
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Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Arizonans on Medicare Saved $37 Million « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - A report released earlier this year from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that 65,729 Arizona Medicare beneficiaries saved $36,977,657 on their prescription drugs in 201...
Defeat of Blunt Amendment A Victory For Women Over Cynical, Dangerous Attempt to Deny Health Care Services « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - On March 1, 2012, I released a statement applauding the defeat by the Senate of “the Blunt amendment” which would have given limitless and unprecedented license to any employer or insurance plan to...
Lawsuit over corn syrup headed to L.A. courtroom - latimes.com
latimesblogs.latimes.com - They are the two bad boys of the American diet, linked to a variety of ailments including obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. But now sugar is taking high-fructose corn syrup to court in a landmark ...
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Proposed San Onofre wave farm halted by feds - latimes.com
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Surfrider Foundation, based in San Clemente, heralded the federal government's decision “because this project failed to meet the most basic requirements to prepare baseline information to assess ri...
Fracking: Health, Environmental Impact Greater Than Claimed
dissidentvoice.org - The natural gas industry defends hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, as safe and efficient. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research, a pro-industry non-profit org...
Big Education Ape: California's Education Crisis and the Need for New Revenues
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - By Duane Campbell California, like most states, needs additional revenue to fund schools and to invest in the future. A tax plan known as The Millionaires Tax has been proposed by the California Fe...
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Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: 3-20-12 PM Standardized Testing: The Monster that Ate American Education EDition #SOSCHAT
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Big Education Ape: U.S. Education Reform and National Security - Council on Foreign Relations
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Big Education Ape: This Week In Education: Quotes: TFA Founder Under Fire For Value-Added Views
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Big Education Ape: Our Children, Our Future and an EXCELLENT DEAL FOR CA CHARTER SCHOOLS #SOSCHAT
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Our Children, Our Future 2012 // Welcome: Our Children, Our Future will give Sacramento Charter High, Sacramento, 95817 Our Children, Our Future will raise billions in new, dedicated funding each y...
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