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A standardized path to school ruin

tampabay.com - By Diane Ravitch, special to the Times In Print: Sunday, June 12, 2011 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTGov. Rick Scott seems determined to ruin public education in Florida. Not only is he devastating sc...
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AFT - A Union of Professionals

aft.org - Are We Testing Too Much?NY Times, June 12, 2011 For all the efforts to improve education that are made in classrooms, school board meetings, research institutions, congressional chambers and else...
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Arne Duncan's 'Plan B' May Leave 'No Child' Behind : NPR

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Arne Duncan's 'Plan B' May Leave 'No Child' Behind : NPRArne Duncan's 'Plan B' May Leave 'No Child' Behindby NPR STAFF AND WIRESSecretary of Education Arne Duncan is signaling that he's prepared to...
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Astroturf and Education « Education Is…

educationis.info - June 12, 2011 by Education IsPoison A threat to democracy In the past, conservative groups like FreedomWorks have been pilloried for organizing and advocacy tactics called astroturf. These organiza...
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Things Joel Klein Doesn't Notice

nyceducator.com - I marvel that Joel Klein gets major publication to post the nonsense he writes, but being a corporate-backed celebrity, one can place op-eds fairly easily. This week, Joel is amazed that candidates...
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Feingold Fires Up Protestors Over The Weekend

wtaq.com - MADISON, Wis. (WHBL) - Former U-S Senate Democrat Russ Feingold fired up the Walker protest campers near the State Capitol last night. He told supporters that Republicans quote, “went right for the...
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We Must Rally | The Mayoral Tutorial

mayoraltutorial.com - Many of us feel the President Obama has let us down and that the political system has failed us all. The truth is that this is always the way it's been. As my grandfather said: "Democracy is the ba...
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Great Depression Deux and Fukushima

alleducationmatters.blogspot.com - Folks, if you have been following the news about Fukushima, it becomes grimmer by the day. One political official there said that Japan might end up being 'unlivable.' Apparently, TEPCO has admitte...
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UK, Gates pledge $2.3 billion for vaccines for poor

reuters.com - By Adrian Croft and Kate Kelland LONDON | Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:48am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and billionaire Bill Gates pledged $2.3 billion at an international donor conference on Monday to fu...
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Obama bid to cut pediatrician training draws fire

washingtonpost.com - But children’s hospitals officials say ending the 12-year program, called the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education payment program, or CHGME, could cause a raft of problems. “I can certai...
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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Janusz Kopycinski (Police photo) By Carlos Sadovi and Andy Grimm Tribune reporters 2:00 p.m. CDT, June 12, 2011 A Northwest Side man was ordered held on $100,000 bail today for spitting at people a...
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