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theuptake.org - “As the weeks escalated, we saw the numbers swell as people came in from outside the State of Wisconsin,” said Governor Scott Walker at an appearance in Hudson, Wis, yesterday, thereby repeating hi...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “This is What Democracy Looks Like” — Michigan Style | The UpTake“This is What Democracy Looks Like” — Michigan Style Over 8,000 people rallied in Lansing, Michigan, today to oppose upstart Gov. Ri...

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defendwisconsin.org - WHITEWATER — UW-Whitewater faculty members are urging state lawmakers to rescind collective bargaining changes and reconsider a proposal to break-off UW-Madison from the UW System. UW-W faculty ove...

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theuptake.org - Asked yesterday in Hudson, Wis., whether Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Mark Dayton ought to support Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker’s controversial anti-public sector worker bill — b...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teamster Nation: WOW rally recap: Almost too many to keep track ofWOW rally recap: Almost too many to keep track ofby Teamster PowerIf it hasn’t come to your state, it is going to be coming to your...

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jd2718.wordpress.com - Please publish a piece on March 22 entitled “Why Teachers Like Me Support Unions.” As we all know, teachers and our unions, along with those of other public sector employees, face unprecedented att...

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host.madison.com - JOHN NICHOLS | Cap Times associate editor | jnichols@madison.com madison.com | | Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:15 am Great leaders are forged by a fight. They are tried by fire. And never has...

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truth-out.org - A young protester in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 12, 2011. (Photo: TopritzBuchananHofer) I went back to Wisconsin this weekend to participate in and document what is being considered the largest d...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - drstevil3 on Feb 24, 2011Teachers have become scapegoats for the current budget crises of many states in America. This video was created by teachers in defense of who we are and what we do. Please ...

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news.firedoglake.com - Randy Hopper, one of the 8 Republican State Senators likely to face a recall by the summer, has no shortage of problems. Worse, he can’t keep his stories straight. The Senator, who won his 2008 Sen...

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wagingnonviolence.org - With the billionaire Koch brothers using their muscle to back Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker both during his run for office and now as he moves to strip state workers of their right to collective barg...

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theuptake.org - Here are video clips from Saturday’s massive rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, which as many as 150,000 people attended. Video by Sam Mayfield Wisconsin teacher Guy CostelloEducator ...

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theuptake.org - Live streaming video by Ustream Courtesy of MichaelMoore.com, here’s live footage of today’s demonstration at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. The state’s new Governor Rick Snyder, and a far-...

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channel3000.com - MADISON, Wis. -- The fallout from Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill has shifted to the private sector as upset citizens begin boycotts of business owners who contributed money to the governor....

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thenation.com - Wisconsin GOP Senators Head to Washington to Collect Their Payoffs, er, Campaign Contributions March 16, 2011 Share | || Recommended by 0|Wisconsin state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, t...

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kochwatch.org - March 16, 2011- Jeff Skiles, the co-pilot in the famous "Miracle on the Hudson" landing in January 2009, has been involved in the budget protests that engulfed Madison in recent weeks.On Tuesday, h...

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Lawsuit settled: Isthmus, AP will get emails, Walker must pay legal costs - Isthmus | The Daily Page #miunion #wiunion #WEAC new hash = #MadWi #Maduni

Lawsuit settled: Isthmus, AP will get emails, Walker must pay legal costs - Isthmus | The Daily Page
Lawsuit settled: 


Isthmus, AP will get emails, Walker must pay legal costs


Bill Lueders on Wednesday 03/16/2011 1:56 pm, (5) Comments, (9) Likes


The office of Gov. Scott Walker has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by Isthmus newspaper and the Wisconsin Associated Press over access to emails sent to the governor in response to his "budget repair bill." The settlement requires the governor to produce the emails and pay attorney fees for the plaintiffs' costs in bringing the suit.
Credit:Bill Lueders

The settlement calls for the defendants, Gov. Scott Walker and his office, to produce a disc containing these emails next Tuesday, March 22, at or after 4 p.m. It is agreed that the governor will produce emails "in the folders in which they are stored at the time of production."
In exchange for this access, the media requesters have agreed not to use the names of individuals who have sent emails to the governor in cases where there is reason for withholding them, as when they contain personal medical or financial information or raise a concern about retribution. The requesters also agreed not to use, publish or disclose any home addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers or Social Security numbers that may be contained in these emails.
Attorney Christa Westerberg represented Isthmus and the AP in this action; the governor and his office were represented by Assistant Attorney Generals Clayton Kawski and Mary Burke. The governor's chief legal counsel, Brian Hagedorn, also took part in the case.
As part of the settlement, the governor's office agreed to pay just over $7,000 in plantiffs' attorney fees and costs. But the settlement says this payment "is not nor is it to be construed as any admission of liability or of a violation of th
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Chicago Teachers Union | Diane Ravitch Slams Education Policy at CTU Lecture

Chicago Teachers Union | Diane Ravitch Slams Education Policy at CTU Lecture

Diane Ravitch Slams Education Policy at CTU Lecture

03/15/2011

Saturday, at a CTU sponsored lecture, Diane Ravitch, public education advocate and author of The Death and Life of the American School System, asked the question, “Given all the talk of school reform and seeing how it’s playing out in the media and legislature, I have one question: do we live in an age of national insanity or is it an age of national stupidity?” To a crowd of over 500, she criticized the multibillion-dollar testing industry, charters, Teach for America, and turnaround management organizations.

Ravitch, a historian by trade, retold the education reform story starting with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) which was passed to make sure that the neediest students had the resources they needed. This law was replaced by No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which Ravitch described as “It’s as if the politicians said by 2014 the U.S. will be crime free or we’ll close down the police and give badges to anyone who wants them.” She renamed The Department of Education’s Race to the Top (RttT) program “Race to the Trough” and “Dash to the Cash” and explained that due to

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