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Colo. voters reject tax hikes for schools

cbsnews.com - In this Oct. 28, 2011, photo, students at Carmody Middle School head for waiting buses after school in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo) (AP) DENVER - Colorado voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected t...

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Bill Gates: Popping Up with Compulsory Proactive Help

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Bay Area's history of general strikes

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Michael Bloomberg, Ignoramus - NYTimes.com

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Class Size Matters, End of Story.:

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'We are confused' by Quan

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Occupy Seattle Protesters Arrested, Pepper Sprayed

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Know the Facts About College Binge Drinking

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Occupy Seattle Protesters Arrested, Pepper Sprayed

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    Students Activists Pressure Colleges to Participate in Bank Transfer Day - Education - GOOD

    Students Activists Pressure Colleges to Participate in Bank Transfer Day - Education - GOOD:

    Students Activists Pressure Colleges to Participate in Bank Transfer Day

    by Liz Dwyer

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    Campus activists across the country are preparing for Bank Transfer Day, which encourages people to move their money from big banks to community-based credit unions on November 5. But student supporters aren't stopping at encouraging their peers to close their accounts at major banks. They plan to leverage the energy from the Occupy Wall Street movement to push their universities to move their money, too.

    Dan Apfel, the executive director of the Responsible Endowments Coalition, a New York City-based nonprofit that works to promote responsible investment practices, says American colleges and universities have collective endowments of more than $350 billion, the majority of which is housed in financial institutions that "have no

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    In televised editorial, GM of Houston’s NBC affiliate gives TX Legislature an F for education cuts | The Transformation Times

    In televised editorial, GM of Houston’s NBC affiliate gives TX Legislature an F for education cuts | The Transformation Times:

    Houston’s NBC affiliate gives TX Legislature an F for education cuts

    November 1, 2011
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    Jerry Martin Takes on the Legislature

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    Jerry Martin, the General Manager of Houston’s NBC-TV affiliate, KPRC Channel 2, took to the airwaves today with a short, sweet, and hard-hitting editorial that took aim at the Texas Legislature for making the largest public education funding cuts in Texas history. After pointing out Texas’ changing demographics and low educational attainment, he asks “Can we really affford to be taking money away from the schools when they are more crowded than ever, teeming with the future leaders of our state and nation?”

    “Remember, ” Martin continues, “these are the officials who decided not to dip into the State’s rainy day fund because we were not in a deep enough crisis.”

    He closed by urging viewers to keep this year’s legislative actions “in mind next year when you’re casting your vote . . . Let your voice be heard.”

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