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Trayvon Martin Stand Your Ground ALEC NRA
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Ryan J. Reilly March 22, 2012, 6:00 AM Trayvon Martin was just 10 years old when politicians in Florida passed legislation that, seven years later, is being blamed for letting his killer walk free....
Meet the New Boss - Magazine
theatlantic.com - Image credit: Tim KleinI was walking around my sister’s Near North neighborhood in Chicago recently and came upon a small patch of green called Bauler Park. Paddy Bauler was the rollicking tavern o...
‘Pink Slime’ Losing Place on School Lunch Menus
nytimes.com - BOSTON — Andy Gomez, a ninth grader at Brighton High School, was not sure why hamburgers and meatballs had disappeared from the cafeteria, but he was not happy about it. “Today I just ate peanut bu...
CT Gov proposes to take the public & parents out of public education « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - by Wendy Lecker, cross-posted from the Stamford Advocate. The Connecticut Education Commissioner, Stefan Pryor, is a co-founder and former board member of Achievement First chain of charter schools...
Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - What a nutcase:Publishing teachers' ratings in the newspaper in the way The New York Times and other outlets have done recently is not a good use of performance data, U.S. Secretary of Education Ar...
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‘There is no joy in education these days’ - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This is an open letter written by Larry Lee after he sat through a meeting of the Alabama House Ways & Means Education Committee last week during a hearing on HB541, a bill known as the “Education ...
Arne Duncan: Newspapers Shouldn't Publish Teacher Ratings - Teacher Beat
blogs.edweek.org - Publishing teachers' ratings in the newspaper in the way The New York Times and other outlets have done recently is not a good use of performance data, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said ...
EducatorsForAll - Myth Contents!
EducatorsForAll.org - By the end of her second year at MacFarland Middle School, fifth-grade teacher Sarah Wysocki was coming into her own. “It is a pleasure to visit a classroom in which the elements of sound teaching,...
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What should average citizens know about US war history?
dailycensored.com - This is my paper for The Center of Process Studies’ conference, Money-Creation in a Finite World (free and open to the public, April 10-12, 2012; Claremont Colleges, CA): Money and credit as public...
Education Icon – Marian Wright Edelman’s Shout-Out Editorial & Poetry – W CALVIN ANDERSON, M.Ed
wcalvinanderson.wordpress.com - Marian White Edelman Speaks… I received this communication from Nat White Jr. an east coast grant writer and development consultant historically famous as one of the first African Americans to grad...
Labor Shortages Lead Businesses to Support Undocumented Workers
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:36 pm EST, March 25, 2012 In Garden City, a sprawling blue-collar town on the western plains of Kansas, local businesses struggle to find enough workers. At the end of last year, the...
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Churches amplify call for justice for Trayvon
democraticunderground.com - Source: Excite-APEATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - African-American community churches around the nation are amplifying the cries for justice in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Martin was s...
US could bring hate charge in Fla. teen shooting
democraticunderground.com - Source: Excite-APBy CURT ANDERSON MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is su...
NJ school district sues superintendent over salary
northjersey.com - PARSIPPANY — A northern New Jersey school district has sued its superintendent in a bid to recover almost $38,000 in alleged salary overpayments he received under a contract the state forced it to...
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Aide: Obama reacted as parent to Florida shooting
northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — A top presidential adviser says President Barack Obama's decision to comment on the shooting death of an African-American teenager in Florida was motivated by parental instinct more t...
Divided Congress settles for below-the-radar bills
northjersey.com - WASHINGTON — Congress is finding it hard to do what used to be easy. AP PHOTO The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. The Washington divide, hardened by election-year politics, has stifle...
Who Will Police Captured Agencies?
firedoglake.com - Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a hypothetical normal person The Supreme Court finally took notice of one of the changes in the criminal justice system: we don’t do trials any more. Justice Kennedy wrote for ...
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Stand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally – Sunday – March 25th in City Heights #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally – Sunday – March 25th in City Heights: Stand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally – Sunday – March 25th in City Heightsby StaffStand Up for Trayvon Martin Rally SundayMarch...
State Council - California Teachers Association
cta.org - Special announcements: California Teachers of the Year Women's History Month Presentation Candidate speeches for the following offices: NEA Director, District 2 NEA Director, District 11 NEA ...
Rocks, fossils and artifacts star at Portland State University's Archaeology Roadshow
oregonlive.com - From a cardboard box Chris Kiefer carefully draws out a large object wrapped in a gray towel and lays it on the table; unwrapped it becomes a colorful club, with a head made of smooth brown-beige b...
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The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Fred, As a MI resident, I know all about the Mackinac Center, even did a point-counterpoint op-ed for them once. (Yes, I was counterpoint. Ha.) While they get Koch money, they have other usual-susp...
The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky: The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone.by Fred KlonskyFred,As a MI resident, I know all about the...
Si Obama no fuera político sería...
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Según Harvey Weinstein, productor de la aclamada cinta "The Artist", Obama le envió una novela para que la adaptase al cine. - Getty Images VIDEO El Presidente Obama bromeó acerca de... - Univision...
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Not Common. Not Core, Either. - Teacher in a Strange Land
blogs.edweek.org - My friend Claudia Swisher, an exceptional veteran teacher from Oklahoma, recently posted an update in Goodreads, a kind of virtual book club where we hang out together. We have challenged each othe...
Resources for Teachers Teaching about Trayvon Martin | Outside the Cave #trayvonmartin
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Resources for Teachers Teaching about Trayvon Martin | Outside the Cave: Resources for Teachers Teaching about Trayvon Martinby Stephen LazarTomorrow we will begin a formal discussion of Trayvon Ma...
School Tech Connect: Let's Join Forces In Illinois #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Let's Join Forces In Illinois: Let's Join Forces In Illinoisby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)As you might know, I've been working on a database. It's a project where people interest...
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Not Common. Not Core, Either. - Teacher in a Strange Land
blogs.edweek.org - My friend Claudia Swisher, an exceptional veteran teacher from Oklahoma, recently posted an update in Goodreads, a kind of virtual book club where we hang out together. We have challenged each othe...
The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Fred, As a MI resident, I know all about the Mackinac Center, even did a point-counterpoint op-ed for them once. (Yes, I was counterpoint. Ha.) While they get Koch money, they have other usual-susp...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts 3-25 #edreform #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Gideon Stein Looks Down His Nose From His Balcony Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 6 minutes ago SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Gideon Stein Looks Down His Nose From His...
