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Big Education Ape: 3-3-12 AM How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools by Diane Ravitch EDition

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Who I Am and What's On My Mind

southbronxschool.com - I originally wrote this for the Huffington Post on February 5. I have slightly rewritten it. This is a big step for me. My name is Peter Zucker. I am a teacher at PS 154 in District 7 in The Bronx...

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Mitt Romney Defends Rush Limbaugh

opposingviews.com - During an interview with Time‘s Mark Halperin, Mitt Romney was asked if he thought controversial radio host and former drug addict Rush Limbaugh had too much influence on the Republican Party. “You...

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Finnish Lesson #5: How to kill 99.9% GERMs?

pasisahlberg.com - In FINNISH LESSONS: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? I conclude that rather than introducing sequential educational revolutions, Finnish education policy has been built ...

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Cinda. Rub that sleep from your eyes. « Fred Klonsky

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Limbaugh says we need to return to ‘segregated buses.'

thinkprogress.org - Last week, a video of a school bus beating showing two African American children assaulting a white student began circulating the internet. Despite claims by authorities that the attack was not nec...

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