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Thursday, March 8, 2012

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Big Education Ape: PARENTS CAN!

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a cautionary tale « Parents Across America

parentsacrossamerica.org - Mar 8, 2012 leoniehaimson Very often the corporate reformers appear to view elected school boards as getting in the way of their plans to privatize public education.  Matt Miller, who wrote a famou...
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Student Aid on the Web

studentaid.ed.gov - The information below describes the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan for federal student loans. It includes the IBR eligibility requirements, the benefits of IBR, an IBR payment calculator, and so...
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Take Five For Abdolreza Ghanbari

schooltechconnect.com - Do you have five minutes to call/write your representative in Washington? Iran is going to execute another teacher. Please help. This is my urgent email to my congresswoman, Jan Schakowsky.Dear Jan...
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Neither Broad Nor Bold : Education Next

educationnext.org - A narrow-minded approach to school reform By Paul E. Peterson | Print | NO PDF | Share SUMMER 2012 / VOL. 12, NO. 3 Helen Ladd, Presidential Address to the Association for Public Policy Analysis an...
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Janitors to march against Alabama immigration law

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Janitors and their supporters will march in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon to protest efforts in Alabama to restrict illegal immigration. The march is one of many events this week, incl...
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Trigger cuts for K-12 schools on Capitol agenda

blogs.sacbee.com - It's Thursday, so both houses are holding floor sessions, after which four Senate hearings highlight Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposals and related matters.Education takes center stage in Room 319...
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Jindal appointee Martha Manuel fired | Home

theadvocate.com - A day after publicly criticizing an organizational move involving the Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs, one of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s appointees is out of a job.Martha Manuel, executive director o...
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Demonstrators protest education hikes at state Capitol

latimes.com - Reporting from Sacramento -- Thousands of students and activists marched on the state Capitol on Monday to protest cuts in higher education, and authorities arrested several dozen who refused to le...
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Ilya Sheyman’s Progressive Run | The Nation

thenation.com - The fight to win back the House—just like the fights to hold the White House and Senate—will not be easy. In order to not only win, but to move any kind of agenda that addresses tax equity, environ...
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Do I seem undecided to you? « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Toni Berrios, my State Representative, must be worried about the challenge she is getting from the young progressive candidate, Will Guzzardi. Regular readers of this blog will know that I have sup...
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Teachbad Survey Results and Contest | Mr. Teachbad

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachbad Survey Results and Contest | Mr. Teachbad: Teachbad Survey Results and Contestby teachbadWow…it’s been quite a week. I’ve been deal­ing with some weird fam­ily stuff that has taken a sur­p...
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The Best Sites For Learning About Solar Storms

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - The earth is being bombarded today by a huge solar storm. Here are some resources to learn more about these kinds of storms: How solar storms work – interactive comes from The Guardian. What will h...
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KONY 2012

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice....
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Public Sector Banks: From Black Sheep to Global Leaders

owsnews.org - Once the black sheep of high finance, government owned banks can reassure depositors about the safety of their savings and can help maintain a focus on productive investment in a world in which eff...
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Homework for Teachers: Their Investment Plans

nytimes.com - WHEN Dan Otter started teaching in 1992, an insurance agent walked into his fourth-grade classroom in Southern California after school to try to sell him an annuity. That was hardly unu...
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Teachbad Survey Results and Contest | Mr. Teachbad

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachbad Survey Results and Contest | Mr. Teachbad: Teachbad Survey Results and Contestby teachbadWow…it’s been quite a week. I’ve been deal­ing with some weird fam­ily stuff that has taken a sur­p...
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