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Gatsby without greatness - Roger Ebert's Journal

blogs.suntimes.com - Did it seem to you that The Great Gatsby was especially difficult to read? It's a book that most American students encounter in high school. When I read it the first time, I certainly missed some o...

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Whites recover, but the black recession lingers

cbsnews.com - (AP) BALTIMORE — Growing up black in the segregated 1960s, Deborah Goldring slept two to a bed, got evicted from apartment after apartment, and watched her stepfather climb utility poles to turn t...

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We really are a secret weapon. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - As promised, the summer mailing of the IEA arrived in my mailbox today. “You are the secret weapon,” the cover said. On page 5 there is a picture of incoming IEA President Cinda Klickna. The captio...

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Sunday Dialogue: What to Do to Make Our Schools Better

nytimes.com - (Page 3 of 3) Certainly, poor children can learn and excel, but the odds are stacked against them. Every testing program — be it the SAT, the ACT, state scores or federal tests — shows a tight corr...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 09, 2011 “The President believes that solving our fiscal problems is an economic imperative. But in order to do that, we ca...

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School Tech Connect: Aspengate and HuffPo

schooltechconnect.com - So.... Arianna was at the Aspen Approved Ideas Only Festival; she's been appointed as a voice for progressives for some reason. She's also personally very much in the ed deform camp from what I can...

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Results Bachmann FB page flash mob

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Well, thousands of comments have been posted on Michele Bachmann's FB page this afternoon as a result of a virtual flash mob. We're not sure about the usefulness of this kind of online activism -- ...

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Scandals Redefine Rules for the Press in Europe

nytimes.com - (Page 2 of 2) In France and Britain, the past days and weeks have shown both models of reporting to be strained to the point of failure, leaving journalists in both countries to define the role the...

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A 007 Principal’s Ride | Connected Principals

connectedprincipals.com - This week, my family and I saw Cars 2, the sequel to the fabulous, animated story of Lightening McQueen and his learnings of humility with his new-found family in Radiator Springs. In Cars 2, McQue...

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - There’s was no Saturday coffee last week. I was at the NEA RA. Last night, Anne and I took Ulysses to Wilson beach on the Lakefront so he could play with the hundreds of other dogs at Chicago’s gre...

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Saturday coffee. + Old school « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blogSaturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyThere’s was no Saturday coffee last week. I was at the NEA RA.Last night, Anne and I took Ulysses to Wilson beach on the Lakefro...

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Thinking About the American Zeitgeist

saveourschoolsmarch.org - You are here: Home » Blog » Uncategorized » Dusty & Gay: Thinking About the American ZeitgeistJuly 10, 2011 Cross Country by Bike – Glenville – Madrid – Bardstown – Berea – Buckhorn – Lookout, Kent...

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Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 10

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 10District statement: We never got 2009 report | Philadelphia Public School Notebook District statement: We never got 2009 report | Philadelphia Public School N...

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Daily Kos: Mr. President, please consider these words

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Mr. President, please consider these wordsMr. President, please consider these wordsby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)as tomorrow you continue your discussions on the debt ceiling.They wer...

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School Tech Connect: Aspengate and HuffPo

schooltechconnect.com - So.... Arianna was at the Aspen Approved Ideas Only Festival; she's been appointed as a voice for progressives for some reason. She's also personally very much in the ed deform camp from what I can...

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