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Big names contributing big(ish) money to DISD board race | Dallas ISD Blog
dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com - Spent the morning combing through the Dallas ISD board candidates' campaign finance reports filed at the end of last week, and one thing's clear: Some familiar, bold-faced names are kicking in cons...
- Wait, What?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 16 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Education, Malloy, Michelle Rhee, Stefan Pryor, StudentsFirst Achievement First, Malloy, Michelle Rhee, Stefan Pryor, StudentsFirst Earlier today, Students...
I went to some of D.C.’s best schools. I was still unprepared for college.
washingtonpost.com - Entering my freshman year at Georgetown University, I should have felt as if I’d made it. The students I once put on a pedestal, kids who were fortunate enough to attend some of the nation’s top pr...
Move Along! Nothing to See here!
slekar.blogspot.com - I am close to the edge! And from here the picture is perfectly clear. The American public system of education is being systematically, and purposely destroyed. This is not a statement from someo...
NCLB Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
susanohanian.org - Testing: How to Stop the Reign NOTE: NCLB testing begins tomorrow in New York, when 1.2 million kids begin to take the ELA and math tests in grades 3 - 8. This year the tests contain embedded multi...
The pension panel time bomb is delayed and the unions are kept in the dark. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Governor Quinn’s panel on pensions was scheduled to issue its recommendations tomorrow. Not going to happen. And the state’s public employee unions are complaining that, although there have been pl...
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Schools chief to set rules for subsidies | Home
theadvocate.com - Louisiana’s state superintendent of education will decide what tests and other scrutiny private and parochial schools face if they accept students who get state subsidies.The issue stems from the L...
Aldermen begin Chicago Infrastructure Trust debate - Blogs On Politics
edit.chicagobusiness.com - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to set up a huge Chicago Infrastructure Trust Monday ran into a buzz saw of aldermanic skepticism, as the City Council Finance Committee began debate on the measure.Th...
Nightline on test prep & the gifted exams: more "choices" for parents or magnifying social inequities?
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The results of the Gifted and Talented exams are in, and according to the NY Times, more than half of the children tested in wealthier districts like District 2 and District 3 were found to be "gif...
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Over 165,000 Students On Strike in Quebec Over Planned Tuition Hikes
therealnews.com - Context: As yet there are no context links for this item. VOICEOVER: More than 165,000 students in Quebec, Canada have been on strike for more than 9 weeks in response to a Provincial government pl...
LGBT Activists Plot Grassroots Campaign to Confront Obama Over Anti-Discrimination Executive Order
news.firedoglake.com - Since the White House dropped an expected executive order preventing workplace discrimination against LGBT employees by federal contractors, I was wondering how the gay rights community would react...
NRA Awards Scott Walker For Pushing Concealed Guns And The ALEC-Related ‘Castle Doctrine’ (Shoot First) Laws « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
millermps.wordpress.com - April 15, 2012 By Brendan Fischer – Originally posted on the Center for Media and Democracy’s PRwatch.org Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker asked members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) for “...
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Tending Our Gardens « Cooperative Catalyst
coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Ah, Spring. Now is the time where my family and I roll up our sleeves and dig into the dirt, preparing the soil for herbs, vegetables and flowers– up-rooting weeds, churning through the sun hardene...
On Love and Autism: Our Favorite Student Comments
learning.blogs.nytimes.com - Love on the Spectrum: In the video above, Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college students living in Greenfield, Mass., discuss how autism affects their lives and relationship.In mid-March,...
Why Do People Go To Yoga Classes?
slate.com - And I assume that some people do this. Back in the VCR days, I seem to recall a vogue for selling exercise tapes of various kinds. But it seems to me that rather than improved video distribution te...
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Americas Meeting Ends With Discord Over Cuba
nytimes.com - CARTAGENA, Colombia — A summit meeting of Western Hemisphere nations ended without a final statement of consensus on Sunday, after the United States and some Latin American nations remained sharply...
President Obama's Afghanistan speech reveals war that no longer seems so smart - Glenn Thrush
politico.com - If Afghanistan doesn’t fit President Barack Obama’s definition of a “dumb war” – his famous description of the conflict in Iraq — he’s no longer confident it’s still a smart war worth blood, treasu...
Our no-bid, win-win, Rahmadier
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Marc Boucher, from left, Bombardier vice president of operations; CTA President Forrest Claypool; and Mayor Rahm Emanuel check out a new rail car in November. The cars were later taken out of servi...
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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. $300 million no-bid contracts. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Rahm takes us for a ride. A hint on what Chicago’s mayor has in mind with his grand infrastructure rebuilding scheme can be found today in a Tribune story. Shortly after taking office Rahm had secr...
Mayor, CTA privately talked about $300 million no-bid deal with rail-car manufacturer - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - The Emanuel administration and the CTA engaged in private discussions on a $300 million no-bid contract with the maker of the transit agency's new rail cars, but the talks collapsed amid disclosure...
Tepco’s Cheapskate Tactics Put World at Risk
dissidentvoice.org - Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. – Henry David Thoreau The system of nature, of which m...
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Why Congress is Putting Mark Twain on a Coin
democraticunderground.com - Here's a Twain story which most Congressmen have never read. Unpublished in his lifetime; it concerns the First Battle of Bud Dajo, sometimes referred to as the Moro Crater Massacre. Not coincident...
Jersey politicians & burning buildings
bluejersey.com - Some of us rush into a burning building when we know a neighbor is in need. And some of us don't. Two images in New Jersey politics piqued the interest of our friend cartoonist Rob Tornoe this week...
Long-dead rapper Tupac makes surprise appearance in hologram form
rawstory.com - By Stephen C. WebsterMonday, April 16, 2012 9:42 EDT During a Sunday performance by rap stars Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, an incredibly realistic hologram of the long-dead Tupac Shakur joined them on...
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SES WHAT A MESS: More on Dallas ISD & the federal tutoring program | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - More on Dallas ISD & the federal tutoring program | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com: More on Dallas ISD & the federal tutoring programby Holly Hacker/ReporterMatthew Haag & I wrote Sunday about DI...
Coordinated and Collaborative Responses to Diverse Student Needs — Whole Child Education
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Coordinated and Collaborative Responses to Diverse Student Needs — Whole Child Education: Coordinated and Collaborative Responses to Diverse Student Needsby ASCD Whole Child BloggersDownload Podcas...
RheeFirst! » Why is Rhee’s astroturf using a fake front name in Connecticut?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - RheeFirst! » Why is Rhee’s astroturf using a fake front name in Connecticut?: Why is Rhee’s astroturf using a fake front name in Connecticut?by adminWritten by Jon Pelto for his blog. Read the enti...
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Michelle Rhee Adds Anti-Immigration State Alabama To Her Portfolio
crooksandliars.com - Here are some basic facts about Alabama. They have the most draconian immigration laws in the country, forcing people to produce identification proving they have legal status before they can even g...
