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MAY DAY CHARTS: We Don’t Currently Reward Our Workers
thinkprogress.org - via OccuprintThe 99 Percent Movement is bringing May Day, the worldwide annual celebration of labor, to the United States today with protests in over 135 cities. The theme of the protests is “A Day...
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on "School Turnarounds: Evidence from the 2009 Stimulus," a Paper by Thomas Dee, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virginia
ed.gov - “A new and important study of school turnarounds by University of Virginia economist Thomas Dee provides the first rigorous evidence that the Department’s revamped School Improvement Grant (SIG) pr...
Arizona Public Media | AZPM Home
azpm.org - House OKs Scholarship Plan for Private, Home Schooling Story By Andrea Kelly April 30, 2012 The Arizona House of Representatives has agreed to expand an academic scholarship program that allows stu...
City cancels charter school's move to Bronx space after board members questioned
nydailynews.com - The city has pulled the plug on a deal to house a controversial charter school in a Bronx school building.The surprise move came after questions from the Daily News about the charter's current and ...
What You Need To Know About ALEC - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Since the 2010 elections, when Republicans took control of many states, there has been an explosion of legislation advancing privatization of public schools and stripping teachers of j...
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Núñez Get Promotion; Announces, Despite The Evidence, That Malloy’s Education Reform Policies Are Great for Latinos
jonathanpelto.com - May 01 jonpeltoBudget Cuts, Education, Malloy, State Budget Achievement First, Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy Yesterday, Elsa M. Núñez, who serves as the President of Eastern Connecticut...
Teachers vs. Kenneth Cole – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - May 1, 2012, 8:12 a.m. Happy May Day. Here’s some of what’s in the news this Tuesday morning: Kenneth Cole, the designer, has long been known for his topical slogans that use puns to promote his sh...
Advocates: School overusing 911 for behavior problems
nydailynews.com - Public schools are overusing hospital emergency rooms, calling 911 when kids exhibit behavioral problems, advocates charged at a City Council hearing Tuesday.There were nearly 1,000 calls to 911 la...
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Quinn Quits Wage Rally After Bloomberg Is Insulted
nytimes.com - Saying she would not tolerate name-calling in political debates, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, walked out of a rally on Monday after a participant derided New York’s mayor as “Phara...
Occupy May Day in Bryant Park : The New Yorker
newyorker.com - The Bank of America branch at One Bryant Park was scheduled to open at eight this morning, but just before eight-thirty, a sign was taped to the revolving doors: “Due to circumstances beyond our co...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg – A History Of Insults
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British Panel Finds Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Empire
nytimes.com - LONDON — In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers here, a British parliamentary panel concluded on Tuesday that Mr. Murdoch was “not...
Daley strikes back with poke at longer school day
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Pension, Medicaid cuts cause friction between unions and Illinois Dems, Quinn
wbez.org - Headlines coming out of Wisconsin and Indiana about the politics of organized labor are nothing new. Both states have Republican governors who’ve taken on union power - over wages, benefits and org...
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School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?
schooltechconnect.com - I have evidently announced my ambulatory status too soon. I'm going to do this one post and then crawl to bed. In any event, in case you missed it, Rich Miller had this to say today, among other th...
If You Build a Better Crutch, We’ll Make a Lazier Student | Mr. Teachbad
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - If You Build a Better Crutch, We’ll Make a Lazier Student | Mr. Teachbad: If You Build a Better Crutch, We’ll Make a Lazier StudentIsn’t that the truth?I was talking to a friend from my old school...
School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?: Cry Me A River?by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)I have evidently announced my ambulatory status too soon. I'm going to do this one post and then crawl to bed...
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May Day protesters block access to Bank of America on State - PhotoGallery - Chicago Sun
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May Day protests: Thousands to participate in rallies across L.A.
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LAX workers hold May Day protest amid heightened security
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Excessive sleepiness may be cause of learning, attention and school problems
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - Children who have learning, attention and behavior problems may be suffering from excessive daytime sleepiness, even though clinical tests show them sleeping long enough at night, a new study repor...
Disparities Report: Health Care Challenges For Minorities
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Next Seattle schools chief Banda: Building trust at top of to-do list | Local News
seattletimes.nwsource.com - The man tapped as the next leader of Seattle's public schools said Monday he plans to spend his first year on the job getting to know the city without making major changes.José Banda, 55, superinte...
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