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PAA Action News

archive.constantcontact.com - PAA and PAA founding member Rita Solnet honored in Florida! Watch the tribute by the Palm Beach County School Board here.   PAA in the mediaTwo PAA founders published columns in this week's Washing...
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Flunking the Test  | American Journalism Review

ajr.org - The American education system has never been better, several important measures show. But you’d never know that from reading overheated media reports about “failing” schools and enthusiastic pieces...
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jsonline.com - A federal judge in Madison on Friday ruled that portions of Act 10 - which removed most collective bargaining for most public employees - are unconstitutional. Seven major unions had challenged the...
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Preparing for Spring Break | Mr. Teachbad

teachbad.com - I’m mulling over the book club options. Maybe unhappy teach­ers don’t want to read about how teach­ing sucks. (But then, why would you be here in the first place?) Preach­ing to the choir, as is we...
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Another 'Parent Trigger' Effort Ends in Defeat

kcrw.com - Subscribe to this Podcast:Listen to/Watch entire show: First in Compton, now in Adelanto — out in the Mojave Desert — elected school boards have rejected petitions by parents to reform failing scho...
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Looking Back at Our Nuclear Future

my.firedoglake.com - The Los Angeles Times heralds the nuclear age in January 1957. (photo via wikipedia)On March 11, communities around the world commemorated the first year of the still-evolving Fukushima Daiichi nuc...
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With San Onofre Down, What's Up?

tomhayden.com - It may take a Fukushima-type nuclear disaster to force California away from its reliance on two aging, dangerous nuclear plants at San Onofre or Diablo Canyon. The Fukushima catastrophe has virtual...
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Protesters Wreak Havoc As Ten Arrested

huffingtonpost.com - A class meets in the auditorium building at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif., Friday, March 18, 2011. Oakland, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland's school board is planning to resume a meeting ...
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Monster surf, dangerous rip tides forecast this weekend

latimesblogs.latimes.com - A large west swell is expected to bring monster surf and dangerous rip currents to the coast this weekend, stretching from the Bay Area to San Diego. The National Weather Service has issued a high ...
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Challenging Corporate Ed Reform

rethinkingschools.org - Spring 2012Illustration: Michael Duffy By Stan Karp This is a revised version of a speech given at the Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference in Seattle, October 2011. Corporate school re...
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