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The reform pretenders - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - --This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Tribune reporter 4:59 p.m. CDT, June 26, 2011 In the coming days, Chicago Public Schools officials plan to hand out pink slips to about 1,000 teachers.The layoffs include ...

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Jean Hagen Profile

tcm.com - Jean Hagen ProfileTo movie audiences, Jean Hagen will forever be Lina Lamont, the shrill-voiced silent movie star who Debbie Reynolds has to dub in Singin' in the Rain (1952). It was a tour de forc...

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Shared Sacrifice: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

sanders.senate.gov - Dear Mr. President, This is a pivotal moment in the history of our country. Decisions are being made about the national budget that will impact the lives of virtually every American for decades to ...

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Ohio Gov. Kasich -- 'Thanks Koch Bros."

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - In an "unlisted video" which Gov. Kasich recorded using state resources, he tells the Koch Industries astroturf group Americans For Prosperity: "... in the four months that I've been Governor, we...

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When I Retire | Edwize

edwize.org - [Editor's note: Mr. Foteah is a third-year teacher in an elementary school in Queens. He blogs at From the Desk of Mr. Foteah, where this post originally appeared.] I recently wrote about how havin...

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Bachmann Compares Self to Gay Rapist Clown Serial Killer

gawker.com - Maureen O'Connor —Kicking off her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann explained the geographic significance to Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayn...

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Sacramento Press / Davis Music Festival: photos

sacramentopress.com - The inaugural Davis Music Festival, consisting of 20 musical acts playing 5 different venues in downtown Davis, was held Saturday. With music ranging from a local band of high schoolers to national...

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Nuclear Regulator: No Danger at Flooded Nebraska Plant

abcnews.go.com - Water from the Missouri River that normally aids in cooling the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station has now become its worst enemy, as a levee helping to protect electrical transformers at the Nebraska fa...

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Food Sunday: The Truth about GM Crops, Farmer to Farmer

my.firedoglake.com - I’ll state straight away, I hate/loathe/despise/abhor Monsanto. They are evil, not metaphorically evil, but actually evil. And as for our politicians who should have protected us from Monsanto; w...

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The Soul of a Man | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Soul of a Man | The Jose VilsonThe Soul of a Manby JoseBellevue Hospital, Between the LayersThe entryways of the remodeled Bellevue Hospital come at incoming patients and visitors in layers aki...

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STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHOUT PASSING EXIT EXAM

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHOUT PASSING EXIT EXAM + SOME NEWPORT-MESA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN GRADUATION – EVEN WITHOUT PASSING EXIT EXAMHIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIO...

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Shared Sacrifice: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

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