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coopmike48 Engaging Parents In School… - Louisiana Legislator Wants Law To Grade Parents - goo.gl/sOIC12 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Governor Quinn’s Proposal Will Somersault TRIP

teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Sure, let’s take away $87 million from the retired teachers of Illinois, and then let’s give that money away perhaps to more corporations as a gift from the governor. a retired teacher pays a tota...

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Shanker Blog » Revisiting The "5-10 Percent Solution"

shankerblog.org - In a post over a year ago, I discussed the common argument that dismissing the “bottom 5-10 percent” of teachers would increase U.S. test scores to the level of high-performing nations. This argume...

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Paul Krugman is a MUST-READ

dailykos.com - In States of Depression he explains, in detail, why the recovery is not stronger, including providing specific comparison with the recovery on Reagan's watch. The biggest single drag on the econom...

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School junk food -- chicagotribune.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School junk food -- chicagotribune.com:"I am a pediatrician on Chicago's North Side and have two children who attend a Chicago Public Schools school, Inter-American Magnet. I became the chair of ou...

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STUDENTS’ BALLOON SOARS AND TRANSMITS

utsandiego.com - A high-altitude weather balloon jammed with cameras rose far, far higher than jets fly, traveling to the edge of space during a journey that thrilled its “pilots” back at San Diego’s Mt. Carmel Hig...

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Pearson's edu-testing profits soar

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - London-based Pearson Publishing, the standardized testing giant, reports a 72% "surge" in profits during 2011. But the profit picture in the U.S. is not as rosy as it looks. Most of the profits are...

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Map: Fannie and Freddie's Bay Area Properties

baycitizen.org - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have quietly become major residential landowners in the Bay Area’s hardest hit neighborhoods, thanks to the mortgage crisis. According to records provided by ForeclosureR...

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How I Did It: Jill Donenfeld, Founder of The Culinistas

mariashriver.com - How I Did It: Jill Donenfeld, Founder of The Culinistas By Jill DonenfeldI'm one of those lucky kids who grew up eating around the family table. The middle child between two boys and all the produc...

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March 5 Update! | Occupy Education California

occupyeducationca.org - 5:28pm EST 17 arrests so far at Occupy the Capitol action at the Governor’s Office in Albany. 5:21pm EST Now up 13 arrests at the Governor’s Office in the Capitol Building in Albany chanting “The s...

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