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Readout from the President’s Film Screening of To Kill A Mockingbird at the White House | The White House
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Readout from the President’s Film Screening of To Kill A Mockingbird at the White House | The White House: Readout from the President’s Film Screening of To Kill A Mockingbird at the White HouseThi...
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jonathanpelto.com - Apr 07 jonpeltoCorporate Viewpoint, Malloy, Poverty Education Reform, Malloy Four “Must Read” Commentary Pieces on Malloy’s “Education Reform” bill and one that reiterates why the initial four are ...
Danny Westneat | Disgusted with standardized tests, group of parents shunning them
seattletimes.nwsource.com - The folks in the sprawling suburban developments near Mill Creek and Snohomish insist they are usually rule-following types."We didn't go into this looking to start some big rebellion," says Michel...
Wake Up Georgia Public Educators!
gaispe.blogspot.com - The past couple of weeks I have been emailing my representatives in the Georgia General Assembly regarding their continued cuts in funding to public education. This is not anything new. The Geo...
Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About For-Profit Charter Schools?
dickyarbrough.com - At the risk of sounding like Johnny One-Note, let me go back over my concerns one more time about the charter school constitutional amendment bill in the State Senate that may or may not have been ...
Don't Just Pressure ALEC's Corporate Sponsors, Name and Shame ALEC Legislators
thenation.com - What's happening with ALEC is good. But not good enough. Pressured by a coalition of civil rights, clean government and religious groups to quit their memberships in the American Legislative Exchan...
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Meet the ALEC Staffers Who Help Corporations Write Our Laws
truth-out.org - The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the most powerful corporate front group you’ve never heard of. The group, sponsored by some of America’s largest corporations, writes legislation...
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - This past week I was the target of a flurry of hate mails. Anonymous, of course. I will not post them. They were full of irony. There is nothing so ironic as somebody writing an anonymous comment c...
Meet the ALEC Staffers Who Help Corporations Write Our Laws
truth-out.org - The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the most powerful corporate front group you’ve never heard of. The group, sponsored by some of America’s largest corporations, writes legislation...
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Funeral held in Chicago for rights leader Addie Wyatt - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com - Hundreds of mourners packed a South Side Chicago church today for the funeral of the Rev. Addie Wyatt, a national leader in the civil rights, labor and women's equality movements.Wyatt, a friend of...
For black parents in Pasadena, shootings give fresh relevance to 'The Talk'
latimes.com - When Martin A. Gordon talks to his 19-year-old son about the history of race relations in America, he invokes the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King Jr.and the watershed moments of the civil rights...
NRA expands its role from fight for gun rights to conservative causes
cnn.com - By Libby Lewis, CNN updated 6:05 PM EDT, Fri April 6, 2012In late March, protesters gather at the Georgia State Capitol to protest the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.Washington (CNN) -- This ...
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Polls: Tea party falling our of favor with Americans | The Post and Courier
postandcourier.com - The tea party may have won Republicans the House of Representatives in 2010, but in 2012 it
National Review Tries To Distance Itself From Derbyshire, But Silent On Call For Firing Him
thinkprogress.org - After the National Review’s John Derbyshire penned an unbelievably offensive and racist screed in Taki’s Magazine advising white Americans to stay away from black Americans, a firestorm has predict...
It’s Okay — Call Republicans Social Darwinists -- Daily Intel
nymag.com - Three days after President Obama used the term “social Darwinism,” the phrase continues to rankle conservatives. David Brooks, Geoffrey Norman and Mitt Romney adviser Greg Mankiw all find the phras...
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sacbee.com - "It's Good To Know My Voice Is Heard" - Mark Bell, The Homeless Poet "It's good to know my voice is heard," said Mark Bell, the homeless poet, after he held a copy of his first book in his hands. H...
My Kid Would Never…
thecurrentconscience.com - Our third guest post for The Current Conscience comes from NBC News correspondent, Kate Snow. In her piece, entitled “My Kid Would Never…” Snow offers a parent’s experience of encountering and deal...
Glen Rock students start non-profit to raise awareness about need for organ, tissue donation
northjersey.com - Little is known is about the young man except that he was an organ donor. Within hours of his tragic shooting death in Newark in November, the man’s heart thumped in the chest of Kent Cinquegrana, ...
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Pesticide, EPA faulted in bee die-off - Wire Lifestyle
sacbee.com - MINNEAPOLIS -- In a spring ritual as old as life itself, Steve Ellis' bees return to their hives day after day loaded with pollen from the dandelions and flowering trees that are in full bloom acro...
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 04/07/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Special Needs: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and Asperger Syndrome teaching resources - TES Remember that although Autism awareness day has passed but the entire month of April is Auti...
Education Research Report: HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010 HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010This Week's Education Res
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Plan to Let Poultry Plants Inspect Birds Is Criticized
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Federal food safety inspectors said a proposal by the Agriculture Department to expand a pilot program that allows private companies to take over the inspections at poultry plants coul...
Study Ties Oil, Gas Production to Midwest Quakes
democraticunderground.com - Source: ABC NewsOil and gas production may explain a sharp increase in small earthquakes in the nation's midsection, a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests. The rate has jumped six-fo...
Something Fishy: CRS Report Downplays Fukushima's Effect on US Marine Environment
my.firedoglake.com - (photo: JanneM via flickr) Late Thursday, the United States Coast Guard reported that they had successfully scuttled the Ryou-Un Maru, the Japanese “Ghost Ship” that had drifted into US waters afte...
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'Soft Science' & Less Certainty - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Diane,Passing the playground at 77th and Amsterdam in 1995 I overheard a child in the sandbox say: "I have an idea!" with such enthusiasm that I stopped to watch and listen. Over the next few ...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 4-7 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Chancellor won’t grade himself | Outside the Cave Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 3 minutes ago NYC Chancellor won’t grade himself | Outside the Cave: NYC Chancellor won’t gra...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts 4-7 #edreform #soschat
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 38 minutes ago Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN: Top ContentRank1What is 21st century educatio...
