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cato-at-liberty.org - Posted by Neal McCluskey Over the last few days the Fordham Institute’s Mike Petrilli has been blogging about one of his favorite topics: “tight-loose” coupling of education power. Basically, the f...

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mets2006.wordpress.com - What a difference a third term makes. When Marist last asked this question in July 2009, a majority — 53% — approved of how Bloomberg was doing while 38% disapproved. 67% of voters with children ...

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fortgreene.patch.com - In the wake of reports revealing that the city's lone Arabic and English language middle school is failing to attract students, the school may now get a complete makeover that would transform it in...

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indystar.com - School reforms being pushed by Republicans in Indiana match President Obama's priorities and demonstrate that education can be a bipartisan issue, Gov. Mitch Daniels and U.S. Secretary of Education...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Staying Power (Statement on Friday evening from the Sac State student protesters)Staying Power (Statement on Friday evening from the Sac State student protesters)Po...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Eye On Education New Product UpdatesHelping Students Motivate Themselves:Practical Answers to Classroom ChallengesBy Larry FerlazzoA comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Lighting My Own TorchBecause Michelle Rhee has chosen to delete and moderate comments at her studentsfirst.org/blog site, I have decided to mirror her posts and allow unmoderated commenting. Go for...

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nj.com - TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie sent a package of education reform bills to the Legislature Wednesday that would eliminate tenure as teachers know it and offer job protection only to those who consis...

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nyceducator.com - Newly christened chancellor Dennis Walcott is very smart. He thinks on his feet and speaks very well. He is comfortable before the press and speaking to community members. He's certainly better equ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - April 2011 Information Memoranda - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education)April 2011 Information MemorandaBackground information and updates on issues of interest to the State Board Members...

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nytimes.com - Richard A. Grasso, the former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, suggested on Thursday night that he would run for mayor of New York City in 2013 if his longtime nemesis, former Gov. Eliot L....

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salon.com - AP / Cover of the Selected Poems of Langston Hughes Rick Santorum and his uncredited (and unwanted) campaign contributor Long-ago Sen. Rick Santorum is running for president, despite his "Google pr...

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insidebayarea.com - SACRAMENTO -- After working quietly for months with Gov. Jerry Brown, public employee labor groups are beginning to chart their own paths in seeking new taxes. Last week, the head of the California...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: Jason Linkins - 04/15/11 11:31 AM ET - Huffington PostLast week, Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) received a fusillade of criticism when he took to the Senate floor to declare that abortion was "w...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 3:14 pm, April 15, 2011 Photo Credits: Black Slaves in Latin America Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th an...

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womensenews.org - (WOMENSENEWS)-- CheersThe Senate voted down the bill to defund Planned Parenthood with a vote of 53 to 47 along party lines, reported the Los Angeles Times April 14. The bill was not expected to pa...

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reuters.com - Editorial Editions:AfricaArabicArgentinaBrazilCanadaChinaFranceGermanyIndiaItalyJapanLatin AmericaMexicoRussiaSpainUnited KingdomUnited StatesThomson Reuters is the world's largest international mu...

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news.firedoglake.com - Yesterday, Carl Levin introduced his long and relatively effective report on the financial crisis. It focused on four major aspects: mortgage fraud, weak and deferential regulation, the credit rati...

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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - Thanks to many loopholes in our tax code–the carried interest loophole being the most important–the richest people in American are likely paying a lower tax rate than you are. From Businessweek: Fo...

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disinfo.com - View Comments Posted by JacobSloan on February 7, 2011 The U.S. military continues to experience a disturbingly high suicide rate, arguably the deadliest hazard that troops now face. Via Congress.o...

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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Poll should be considered ‘a wake-up call,’ expert says.Most Americans believe the quality of health care in the United States is average at best, a new poll finds.The telephone survey of 1,034 adu...

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educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩA study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows increased automobile crash rates among teen drivers who start school earlier in the morning. Results indicate that in ...

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washingtonpost.com - Now offered at lunch at a Japanese government restaurant: a rich curry and rice, topped with Fukushima vegetables fresh from the nuclear-emergency zone. Graphic Graphic: Japan’s nuclear emergency I...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Native Americans to occupy Glen Cove « occupy californiaNative Americans to occupy Glen Coveby *from NativeTimes:Vallejo, California (April 14, 2011) – Faced with the imminent arrival of bulldozers...

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usatoday.com - By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY NEWARK — Six months after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Oprah to give $100 million to improve Newark's strapped and struggling schools, $99 million is s...

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