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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Answering Questions of Fundamental Fairness

ed.gov - Earlier today, Secretary Duncan released new data from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that reveal unfortunate truths about our nation’s schools. The Civil Rights Data Collect...

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Tribal Education Agency Pilot | ED.gov Blog

ed.gov - Thank you for your interest in the grant competition tentatively called the State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot, the Department’s pilot to provide an opportunity for tribes to meaningfu...

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Hardly the reform we had in mind » The Commercial Appeal

commercialappeal.com - The public education "reform" movement, which began with the signing of the idiotic No Child Left Behind law in 2002, then morphed into the money grab called Race to the Top, which Tennessee legisl...

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Black Teachers Fired En Masse

blackagendareport.com - Printer-friendly versionA Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen FordEducational policy in the Obama era isn't about education at all. It's about replacing skilled, experienced teachers with rootles...

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Analyzing Released NYC Value-Added Data Part 3

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The inaccuracy of the New York City teacher evaluation data is taking a beating in the media. As I expected, this data would not stand up to the scrutiny of the public or even the media. Value-Ad...

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Exclusive: Russ Feingold Endorses Sheyman In IL-10

livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has made his first endorsement in a Democratic primary since leaving the Senate. He's putting his weight and the strength of his PAC, Progressives United, behind Il...

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Partners in ‘slime’ - WWW.THEDAILY.COM

thedaily.com - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s continued purchase of so-called pink slime for school lunches makes no sense, according to two former microbiologists at the Food Safety Inspection Service. “I ...

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Healthy Child’s Legacy—And Future « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy Worldwww.healthychild.org I spent the past few weeks poring over the Healthy Child archives and I’m amazed at what I found. I ...

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TV's "New Girl" Teacher Is She One Of You?

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - March 6, 2012 | Posted At: 10:23 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture She's not exactly Mr. Prezbo, but on "New Girl" hyper-quirky actress Zooey Deschanel plays a a char...

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Michelle Rodriguez, Ancestry, PBS Series "Finding Your Roots"

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Michelle Rodriguez Among Those Discovery Their Ancestry on PBS Series “Finding Your Roots” Published at 6:18 pm EST, March 5, 2012 Photo Credits: Michelle Rodriguez, PBS Series "Finding Your Roots"...

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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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