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What Everyone Missed on the Pineapple Question | TIME Ideas

ideas.time.com - When the New York Daily News posted an article about an Aesop-inspired fable that appeared on the standardized test eighth graders in New York state had to take last month — about a pineapple chall...
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - Earlier today, we saw a leaked memo in which Pearson defended the tale of the Hare and the Pineapple. It was field-tested, the spokesman said. It was psychometrically sound. It was just a splendid ...
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - Earlier today, we saw a leaked memo in which Pearson defended the tale of the Hare and the Pineapple. It was field-tested, the spokesman said. It was psychometrically sound. It was just a splendid ...
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Rahm Habla Espanol

nbcchicago.com - advertisement Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut a Spanish-language ad with Rep. Luis Gutierrez, to promote a May 12 citizenship workshop at which the two politicians will appear.  Gutierrez, who was born in P...
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Headlines May 04, 2012 Whole Show | First Story >

democracynow.org - The Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng made a direct appeal to U.S. lawmakers on Thursday in his bid for entry into the United States. Speaking through an interpreter, Chen told a congressional heari...
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School Tech Connect: The Waterbug

schooltechconnect.com - I heart Medea Benjamin from Code Pink. I'm going to flat-out steal and post a very short clip from Democracy Now where Medea Benjamin shows how it's done when you need to make an unpopular point. I...
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Great Moments in EdTech History

ideasandthoughts.org - My two favorite networks, The Golf Channel and NFL Network have been using “Top Ten” format of late to capture almost any topic within their respective sports. Obscure ones like, top ten left hande...
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Colorado kid finalist in Doodle 4 Google

ednewsparent.org - OK Colorado, time to vote for our hometown boy (by May 10!) who is a state finalist in the national Doodle 4 Google competition. Jimmy Ferguson, 14, a seventh-grader at Bayfield Middle School locat...
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Obama Calls for DREAM Act Passage

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - “‘No’ is not an option. I want to sign the DREAM Act into law. I’ve got the pens all ready. I’m willing to work with anybody who is serious to get this done, and to achieve bipartisan, comprehensiv...
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Obama Calls for DREAM Act Passage

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - “‘No’ is not an option. I want to sign the DREAM Act into law. I’ve got the pens all ready. I’m willing to work with anybody who is serious to get this done, and to achieve bipartisan, comprehensiv...
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Community clinics try to fill in dental care gap

californiawatch.org - YouraPechkin/istockphoto.com Roughly three million poor and disabled Californians had their coverage for dental services cut three years ago, and community dental clinics have struggled to cover pr...
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NATO Restrictions - WGN

wgntv.com - WGN News 12:32 p.m. CDT, May 2, 2012 CHICAGO— The government is warning private pilots, they could be shot down if they violate a no-fly zone over Chicago during the NATO Summit. A flight advisory ...
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Nearly 800 Joliet Caterpillar workers on strike

abclocal.go.com - May 1, 2012 (JOLIET, Ill.) (WLS) -- Hundreds of hourly workers are off the job and on the picket line at the Caterpillar hydraulics plant in Joliet. About 800 workers are on strike. But the company...
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New rage keeps Somali boys off street: video games

boston.com - MOGADISHU, Somalia—Inside a hot, cramped room in the Somali capital, 10 sweating children sat on wooden desks, not unlike those found in schools. These boys, though, were not in class. They were st...
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