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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - State of EmergencyResources Blog Share Your Ideas Submit Events Contact Lawmakers 1.888.268.4334May 9Focus on LEGISLATIVEactivitiesCalls, visits, e-mails, target lawmakers in critical areas, voter...

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midwestdemocracyproject.org - Her students knew she was losing her job, and Ann Randle had no idea where she was going.So she began writing her personal email address on the white board at Kansas City’s Southwest Early College ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Moving Accountablity Targets: Educators Thrown Under the Bus « A "Fuller" Look at Education IssuesMoving Accountablity Targets: teachers Thrown Under the Busby Dr. Ed FullerAt the last second, TEA ...

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nypost.com - The city has failed to collect nearly $600 million in federal reimbursement for special-education services such as speech, physical therapy and counseling over the last six years, The Post has lear...

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paulhkarrer.com - Dear President Obama: I mean this with all respect. I’m on my knees here, and there’s a knife in my back, and the prints on it kinda match yours. I think you don’t get it. Your Race to the Top is k...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Commentary: A scandal that can't be ignored | Philadelphia Public School NotebookCommentary: A scandal that can't be ignoredby Helen GymRecent revelations about the role of School Reform Commission...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Will: Radical school reform plays out - Other Opinions - GoErie.com/Erie Times-NewsWill: Radical school reform plays outKANSAS CITY, Mo. --John Covington hesitated before becoming this city's 26th ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2 – 6! Do You Feel Appreciated?(Take the Poll) « Diary of a Public School Teacher!Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2 – 6! Do You Feel Appreciated?(Take the Poll)by ...

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washingtonpost.com - One Sunday in 2009, the principal of Potomac Lighthouse Public Charter School in Northeast Washington called the school’s board to tell them she was quitting. The next day, school officials said, s...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: A Humble Suggestion For The Chicago MediaA Humble Suggestion For The Chicago Mediaby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)One glimmer of hope on the horizon is that Rahm Emanuel has ...

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suntimes.com - Rahm Emanuel’s pick to head CPS sued for age, sex discrimination By MONIFA THOMAS Staff Reporter mjthomas@suntimes.com Apr 23, 2011 08:01PM Jean-Claude Brizard speaks after Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - NBC is reporting that Donald Trump, the recent birther advocate, donated $50,ooo to Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral campaign. NBC further reports that while Trump has donated to Illinois politicians before,...

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chicagotribune.com - While Rahm Emanuel campaigned on reforming the way Chicago is governed, millions of dollars were pouring into his campaign fund from businesses and firms who have long been accustomed to the old wa...

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chicagonewscoop.org - It’s no surprise that among Rahm Emanuel’s early cabinet picks there is at least one former Fortune 500 C.E.O. After all, Emanuel may be a street-fighting former Congressman from the rough-and-...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: The sounds of morningThe sounds of morningby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)I got up at 5 AM, preparing my body for tomorrow, the first day after Spring break. It is warm in the house, 73...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” I have a huge backlog of resources tha...

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coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/04/give-me-hand.html'; tweetmeme_source = 'coolcatteacher'; I found this copy of my youngest son's hand on my desk in the office this mo...

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beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Julio Ricardo Varela For centuries, Latin America has denied its African past. Race was a taboo topic that was rarely discussed and celebrated. To be Black and Latino meant you were mystical, my...

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news.discovery.com - A vast network of high-tech surveillance cameras that allows Chicago police to zoom in on a crime in progress and track suspects across the city is raising privacy concerns.Chicago's path to becomi...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - New schools chief Brizard largely likable but often not liked - Chicago Sun-TimesNew schools chief Brizard largely likable but often not likedBY KIM JANSSEN AND ROSALIND ROSSI Staff Reporters Apr 2...

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schooltechconnect.com - One glimmer of hope on the horizon is that Rahm Emanuel has mistaken the local press for the somnambulant corporate embeds of the White House press corps, when they're anything but. The editorial p...

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latimes.com - Reporting from Washington— Despite mounting calls for greater transparency, only a few of the country's 75 leading energy, healthcare and financial services corporations fully disclose political sp...

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defendwisconsin.org - An audit of a job-creation program in Minnesota released last week should serve as a cautionary tale for Wisconsin as it pursues the path of privatizing the state’s efforts to provide tax incentive...

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news.yahoo.com - By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Cain Burdeau, Associated Press – 10 mins ago NEW ORLEANS – Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gu...

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theatlanticwire.com - Nature News and Columbia University have made an interactive Google Earth map showing the world populations at risk from nuclear fallout. The map looks at population and the locations and sizes of ...

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boston.com - SEATTLE—In one of Seattle's most urban neighborhoods, a small elementary school is trying to wean itself off the city's water grid.The classroom toilet composts and treats waste on site rather than...

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stager.tv - I’m an optimist by nature. That’s why I awake each day thinking I can make the world a better place for children despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. For years I believed that public educ...

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balloon-juice.com - by Albus Percival Wulfric Brian mistermix Dumbledore The many shortcomings of Galtian superhero school superintendents like Michelle Rhee are well-documented, but part of the reason that we get thi...

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