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Why Overturning ‘Obamacare’ Could Lead To Single-Payer
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Health Care Before The CourtSahil Kapur April 2, 2012, 6:06 AM If the Supreme Court strikes down “Obamacare,” Republicans claim a huge short-term victory, but they may end up big losers in the long...
Too many tests give education system a fail mark thetelegraph.com.au
dailytelegraph.com.au - SATURATION testing is seriously undermining the quality of primary school education and should be stopped immediately, parents and educators claimed yesterday. Thousands of kids are subjected to tr...
Leadership Fellow
newyork.craigslist.org - Join our movement Success Academy Charter Schools is a fast growing not-for-profit Charter Management Organization (CMO) that operates nine public charter elementary and middle schools throughout N...
Limit to contract clauses proposed | News
theadvocate.com - A state Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that would allow charter schools to refuse to admit students on the basis of their ability to speak English, their sexual orientation or other...
Tough Questions for Teach For America: Heather Harding Responds - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - Follow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCodyOver the past several months, I have featured a number of posts that were critical of Teach For America (TFA). We had education professor Phil Kovacs, who wrote ...
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MN Progressive Project:: StudentsFirst Attacks Minnesota Teachers
mnprogressiveproject.com - The purpose of the mailings, was to try to get me to encourage Governor Dayton to sign H.F. 1870, which would allegedly "reform" teacher tenure. One even has a couple of postcards, that I could ju...
Charter school wanes as end nears | Home
theadvocate.com - NEW ORLEANS — Nearly four years ago, teenagers Lynntrell Westbrook and Damonika Stokes took a chance on an ambitious new charter school that promised a rigorous high school curriculum combined with...
Mississippi Charter schools a bad idea » Archive » Meridian Star
meridianstar.com - JACKSON — Mississippi is on the brink of passing legislation to permit privately-managed charter schools to open. This is a bad idea. Charter schools have been in existence for twenty years, and gr...
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Planned Parenthood Bombed In Wisconsin
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Nick R. Martin April 2, 2012, 12:09 PM A small, homemade bomb exploded outside a Planned Parenthood office in Wisconsin on Sunday night, prompting investigators to launch a hunt for the person who ...
Limit to contract clauses proposed | Home
theadvocate.com - A state Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that would allow charter schools to refuse to admit students on the basis of their ability to speak English, their sexual orientation or other...
Show Me What Solidarity Looks Like |
bluecheddar.net - Political life in the United States has become so noxious and hostile that extreme partisan polarization, name-calling, smears, and schoolyard taunts have become commonplace. Thanks in large part t...
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Poll: Majority For Recalling Walker In Wisconsin
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com - Eric Kleefeld April 2, 2012, 1:27 PM The new Rasmussen poll of Wisconsin shows bad news for Gov. Scott Walker, with a majority of likely voters wanting to kick him out of office in the state’s rece...
Israel Frees Palestinian Detainee After Hunger Strike of Weeks
nytimes.com - JERUSALEM — A Palestinian woman who spent more than 40 days on a hunger strike to protest her detention by Israel without charge or trial was released from an Israeli prison on Sunday and sent into...
Teacher contract impasse costs Boston $9.4 million US grant - Metro Desk
boston.com - By James Vaznis, Globe Staff Boston lost out on a $9.4 million federal grant today for teacher bonuses because the School Department and the Boston Teachers Union failed to reach an agreement over ...
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Cops: 7 dead, 3 hurt in Christian school shooting
boston.com - OAKLAND, Calif.—A gunman opened fire Monday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended hours ...
7 Teens Arrested for Attack of 15-year-old Hispanic Boy
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:24 pm EST, April 2, 2012 According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, seven black teens have been arrested for their parts in the attack off a 15-year-old Hispanic boy.Video...
Officials: 6 Dead In Christian University Shooting In Oakland - Sacramento News Story
kcra.com - POSTED: 11:39 am PDT April 2, 2012UPDATED: 2:09 pm PDT April 2, 2012OAKLAND, Calif. -- A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least six people and wounding ...
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State controller to investigate Stockton finances
latimesblogs.latimes.com - The state controller will investigate the fiscal practices and record-keeping of Stockton, a Central Valley city that has been on the edge of bankruptcy. "There is reason to believe that the city's...
Sobre el informe de la gestión de la Asambleísta Linda Machuca « Spanish Readers' Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sobre el informe de la gestión de la Asambleísta Linda Machuca « Spanish Readers' Blog:Sobre el informe de la gestión de la Asambleísta Linda Machucaby Mr. RLinda Machuca - Asambleista por los Ecua...
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An Eighth-Grade Sports Encyclopedia Finds Himself Without a High School
nytimes.com - When Omri Shefet started at East Side Middle School two years ago, as a sixth grader, he felt quite small. He had learning problems and needed special education services, including speech and physi...
Could Latinos be the key to improving US Soccer?
beinglatino.us - Photo: Jessenia Martinez The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will feature established stars like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, alongside many other soon-to-be household names, for what will undoubt...
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CSU Executive Pay Freeze - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
cde.ca.gov - SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today called for a freeze on executive compensation when hiring for five open California State University (CSU) campus president ...
US Bank Misdemeanor Charges: Q&A With Yolo DA's Office
davis.patch.com - 12 protesters who repeatedly blocked the US Bank branch on campus were booked on misdemeanor charges last week. The protests were part of an effort to get US Bank off campus, which is eventually wh...
Vacant SF Building Occupied « occupy california
occupyca.wordpress.com - by * SAN FRANCISCO, California – A building that has been vacant for the past five years in San Francisco was occupied during the late afternoon on Sunday by organizers associated with OccupySF. Af...
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Heeee’s Back: Malloy Ally Adamowksi Continues to Maneuver for a Larger Teachers Retirement Pension.
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 01 jonpeltoEducation, Malloy Adam, Malloy, Windham Not Again? Yup… The effort to bump up Malloy ally and fellow education reformer Steven Adamowski’s state funded Teachers Retirement pension c...
