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Seattle Schools Community Forum: More calls for civility

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seattle Schools Community Forum: More calls for civility: More calls for civilityby Charlie MasHere's an interesting trend: calls for civility in the discussion of education issues in Seattle. They...
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We are marching!

childrenaremorethantestscores.blogspot.com - I am inspired by this image of Sisters Ceresta Smith and Morna McDemott walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This bridge is sacred ground in the Civil Rights movement. That bridge where Civil R...
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Review & Outlook: Shutting Down ALEC

online.wsj.com - Is it suddenly disreputable to advocate free-market policies? That's the question raised by a remarkable political assault on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which promotes reform...
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Vatican Reprimands U.S. Nuns Group

nytimes.com - The Vatican has appointed an American bishop to rein in the largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States, saying that an investigation found that the group has “serious ...
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jonathanpelto.com - Apr 19 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Teacher Tenure Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Teacher Tenure No matter how much the downsizing a...
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jonathanpelto.com - Mar 27 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Education, Malloy, State Legislature, Stefan Pryor Charter Schools, ConnCAN, Education Reform, Malloy Last night, the CEO of ConnCAN, the ...
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Infecting Jeb Ed at Every Level In Indy

btownerrant.com - Bush Bag Man Jon Hage When the Indiana Charter School Board recently approved two new Charter Schools USA schools to open in Indianapolis, the corporate school honeymoon was on. The East Indianapol...
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ALEC to Right-Wing Bloggers: We Need Your Help!

motherjones.com - Portland Action Lab.The American Legislative Exchange Council, the once-obscure organization that pairs corporations with state lawmakers to draft pro-business and often anti-union legislation for ...
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Hold Onto That Paycheck! ALEC "Sharpens Focus on Jobs"

huffingtonpost.com - Today, YUM! Brands, owners of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, announced that it was dropping out of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), becoming the 12th major U.S. corporation to do so...
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Allen West backs ‘Motor City Madman’ - Darius Dixon

politico.com - Ted Nugent doesn’t bear “any ill will” toward President Barack Obama, Rep. Allen West said Thursday despite the rocker’s appointment with the Secret Service over his controversial comments.“I think...
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Dare the council stand up to autocrat Rahm?

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - "We've debated this long enough. I'm not in the position of analysis. I'm in the position of getting things done." -- Rahm to his council  Scientists have discovered signs of life in Chicago's city...
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insidehighered.com - When people learn that I am both a full professor of Mathematics and an Economist who studies the economics of nonprofit organizations, they are often confused. “What do you teach?” is the common q...
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10 National Parks to visit in 2012

beinglatino.us - With Earth Day celebrated this week, the environment—and our role in protecting it—are top of mind as we plan summer family vacations. Inspired by Earth Day Network’s appeal for Ecuador’s Yasuni Na...
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9-year-old suspended after he says he stood up to a bully

democraticunderground.com - Source: Fox 31 DenverCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Most Wednesday afternoons Nathan Pemberton would be sitting in his third grade classroom. But that didn’t happen. “Got suspended,” he says. The 9-year...
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RI takes control of Central Falls school finances

boston.com - PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Rhode Island's Education Commissioner has taken over financial decision-making in the Central Falls School District.Commissioner Deborah Gist (GIHST) issued an order Wednesday nigh...
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