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Tennessee's 'Monkey Bill' Will Protect Anti-Science Teachers
commondreams.org - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is likely to sign into law a bill requiring Tennessee's public schools to allow teachers to discuss purported weaknesses of theories such as evolution and global warming ...
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...
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...
Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
susanohanian.org - US education chief gets involved in Louisiana's superintendent searchWhy is the U. S. Secretary of Education meddling in local matters? John White was a member of The Broad Superintendents Academy ...
Tulsa Black Community Unnerved by Shootings
theroot.com - One of the shooting victims is loaded into an ambulance. (News9.com) Updated April 7, 6:13 p.m. -- A taskforce called "Operation Random Shooter” has been formed to solicit leads, gather evidence an...
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Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do
nytimes.com - How well does a college teach, and what do its students learn? Rankings based on the credentials of entering freshmen are not hard to find, but how can students, parents and policy makers assess ho...
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 ...
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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...
National Review cans racist writer
democraticunderground.com - Source: Daily Kos On Friday, National Review writer and conservative crazy person John Derbyshire wrote an unambiguously racist piece for a conservative web site that was, well, unambiguously racis...
Scott Walker Wages War on Women
dailycensored.com - This is from Larry Miller’s blog and is by Amanda Terkel! Amanda Terkel Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law Posted: 04/ 6/2012 / Updated: 04/ 6/2012 WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin law th...
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Bob Seger - Against The Wind
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Against The Wind - Lyrics - Original Version "Against The Wind" Lyrics ~It seems like yesterdaybut it was long agoJaney was lovely she was the queen of my nights...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (Studio Version) *FULL*
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (outtake version)Lyrics:If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now, 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see. But, if I ...
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edupln.com - There are few questions that I get from teachers about social media, or sources that I haven’t gotten in some form before over the last three or four years. Two similar questions that I get with fr...
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Polls: Tea party falling our of favor with Americans | The Post and Courier
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National Review Tries To Distance Itself From Derbyshire, But Silent On Call For Firing Him
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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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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
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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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Bob Seger - Against The Wind
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Against The Wind - Lyrics - Original Version "Against The Wind" Lyrics ~It seems like yesterdaybut it was long agoJaney was lovely she was the queen of my nights...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (Studio Version) *FULL*
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (outtake version)Lyrics:If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now, 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see. But, if I ...
In the Aftermath of Hurricane Michelle Embattled D.C. School District Has A New Vibe : NPR
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Embattled D.C. School District Has A New Vibe : NPR: Embattled D.C. School District Has A New Vibeby CLAUDIO SANCHEZA year and a half after Washington, D.C., and its hard-charging school chancellor...
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- Wait, What?
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 ...
