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The Incoherent Reform of Michelle Rhee

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Last Friday, Michelle Rhee was on Brian Lehrer's radio show. The segment, unsurprisingly, is a textbook example of the incoherence of the corporate reform movement. I'll have more to say about the ...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 17 jonpeltoCharter Schools, Education, Malloy, State Budget Education Reform, Malloy Having collected some updated data on the status of Connecticut’s unfunded pension liability, it’s worth goi...
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Will · Opting Out

willrichardson.com - Just wanted to share that next week while thousands of New Jersey school children will be subjected to the annual ASK standardized tests, my 12-year old son Tucker will not be among them. We made a...
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Teachers Seek To Oust Louisiana Governor

huffingtonpost.com - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal delivers his 2012 State of the State Address to the state legislature.Two teachers have launched a recall drive to oust Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and state House S...
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Our Bodies, Their Politics -- In These Times

inthesetimes.com - The last few months have made abundantly clear what women must do: Rid America’s capitols of misogynists. In the first half of 2011, close to 1,000 measures related to reproductive health and right...
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HJRCA#49 has replaced HJRCA#5

iearegion28.wordpress.com - The Constitutional Amendment that we have been concerned about was filed over the weekend. Attached is information on HJRCA#49 (replaces HJRCA#5) filed by Speaker Madigan. This amendment would make...
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School Tech Connect: Totally Not A Rant

schooltechconnect.com - So... here's a cautionary tale, not a rant. It's going to sound like a rant. I'm not ranting, swear to God. Anyway I get an email from my state representative, and it turns out she's having office ...
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How many NANNIES & MAIDS raised Romney boys?

dailykos.com - Hillary Rosen has caused a stir and one would think per the MSM it is an earth shattering stir ....his wife has actually never worked a day in her life.... Thanx to jbigss diary http://www.dailykos...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release April 17, 2012 The Pinnacle at Symphony Place Nashville, Tennessee12:36 P.M. CDTMRS. OBAMA:  Oh, my goodness.  (Applause.)  Wow.  Well...
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The War Metaphor

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - The war metaphor has been badly overused-- war on drugs, war on poverty -- but it still holds up in some cases. Dean Baker's Huffington piece, for example, describes The War on Public Sector Worker...
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Adopted Board Resolutions

tasanet.org - The following is a list of school districts that have adopted the Resolution Concerning High Stakes, Standardized Testing of Texas Public School Students. As of March 27, 2012, 192 districts have n...
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Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum

boston.com - MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner with her arms behind her back after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action as a safety measure.The girl's ...
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Over 6,000 LAUSD students to see 'Bully' today downtown

scpr.org - Jesse Grant/Getty Images For MPAA MPAA receives 200,000 signatures from bullied student, Katy Butler, urging reversal of "R" rating for "Bully" film at the offices of the Motion Picture Association...
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Quiara Alegria Hudes Wins for Drama

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:46 pm EST, April 17, 2012 Quiara Alegria Hudes, a writer of Puerto Rican origin, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for drama with her play, “Water by the Spoonful,” Columbia University sa...
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Michelle Rhee's Education Reform

wnyc.org - Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of the Washington DC school system and now the head of Students First NY, talks about the new New York State advocacy group she's founded that's being described as ...
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