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Rahm, the artless dodger

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Rahm retreats "this much." “Now that the mayor is starting to listen to parents, teachers and research regarding the pitfalls of the longer school day program being pushed in school districts acros...
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A Leader of Schools Is Indicted for Fraud

nytimes.com - When state investigators demanded last year to see personal tax returns filed by Eddie Calderon-Melendez, the founder and chief executive of a troubled network of charter high schools in Brooklyn, ...
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Parents, here’s the truth about Stand for Children!

pureparents.org - Tomorrow is Stand for Children’s “kickoff” event at Roosevelt University, but you would have a hard time finding out where and when it is from their web site, which says that registration is “close...
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IEA President Klickna’s statement on TRS. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Many of my friends have found much to applaud in IEA President Klickna’s recent statement. Klickna’s statement follows the recent leak from TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram about retiree benefit ...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 13 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Wyman Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Governor Dannel Mal...
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Why Are McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Intuit Fleeing ALEC?

businessweek.com - The American Legislative Exchange Council describes itself as a nonpartisan champion of free markets. But if you spend some time at an ALEC conference (Bloomberg Businessweek did, for an article la...
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Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil Right

shankerblog.org - Our guest authors today are Norman Hill and Velma Murphy Hill. Norman Hill, staff coordinator of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is president emeritus of the A. Philip R...
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Critics expose 'bill factory for corporate wish lists'

m.kpho.com - By Elizabeth Erwin Apr 12, 2012 10:30 p.m. (C) CBS 5 PHOENIX (CBS 5) - It's been called a "bill factory for corporate wish lists," one a report claimed has more than 50 Arizona lawmakers in its bac...
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Lawyer for Phone-Hacking Victims Is Coming to America

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - April 12, 2012, 1:22 pm By AMY CHOZICKLefteris Pitarakis/Associated PressMark Lewis, the lawyer for many victims of phone-hacking, outside court in London in November.The lawyer at the center of th...
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Obama Likely Paid Higher Tax Rate Than Romney in 2011

democraticunderground.com - Source: ReutersObama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011 By Andy Sullivan Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:29pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama released tax forms on Friday that rev...
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Governor tells lawmakers to 'man up'

sfgate.com - (04-13) 13:46 PDT San Francisco -- Republicans may have hoped Gov. Jerry Brown's Friday comments that lawmakers should "man up" and make budget cuts sooner than later would spark an intra-party war...
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23 protesters arrested at Woodlawn clinic - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - sun-times media April 13, 2012 2:13AM Updated: April 13, 2012 5:21AM Twenty-three people were arrested early Friday after barricading themselves inside a South Side mental to protest Mayor Rahm Ema...
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A Leader of Schools Is Indicted for Fraud

nytimes.com - When state investigators demanded last year to see personal tax returns filed by Eddie Calderon-Melendez, the founder and chief executive of a troubled network of charter high schools in Brooklyn, ...
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23 protesters arrested at Woodlawn clinic - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - sun-times media April 13, 2012 2:13AM Updated: April 13, 2012 5:21AM Twenty-three people were arrested early Friday after barricading themselves inside a South Side mental to protest Mayor Rahm Ema...
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We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - The story of the Detroit charter school teacher who was fired for allowing and encouraging her students to organize a fund raising event for Trayvon Martin is another lesson in why I treasure my un...
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BL Poets: 100% Mexican-American

beinglatino.us -   Photo: Salvatore Vuono 100% Mexican-American By Christina Ortega Phillips Say what you want, but I love the trumpets’ blare, paired with the bass, I can hardly wait for the right time to let mi g...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 13 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Wyman Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Governor Dannel Mal...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 12 jonpeltoEducation, Malloy, State Politics Education Reform, Malloy In a meeting with local officials Dan Malloy made it clear that if he doesn’t get an “education reform” bill that eliminate...
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