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The Politicians Who Cried "Crisis"

archive.truthout.org - "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is a well known Aesop fable that offers a moral about the dangers of lies. While this tale holds a simple but accurate message, the world of fables is rarely a fair reflect...

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The Mythical Founding Study « GFBrandenburg's Blog

gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - You’ve probably heard educational Deformers like Michelle Rhee, Joel Klein, Arne Duncan or Bill Gates use various studies to justify their Deforms. They say that “research shows” that if student A ...

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New school year to see more virtual classes - Schools

miamiherald.com - “It’s the three of us working together,” she said.Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said there is a risk in imposing virtual education “simply on the basis of saving money, perhaps...

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A Mirror of the American Character

dailykos.com - It is a dangerous and potentially failed thing to manipulate an audience by evoking our tendency to be compassionate for children. I have often used the documentary The Corridor of Shame, concernin...

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Fact-Challenged Policy

epi.org - Last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates published an op-ed in the Washington Post, “How Teacher Development could Revolutionize our Schools,” proposing that American public schools should do a bet...

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Unions As Red Herrings | ThinkProgress

thinkprogress.org - An excellent point from Sara Mosle: Yet Brill wants us to believe that unions are the primary — even sole — cause of failing public schools. But hard evidence for this is scarce. Many of the nation...

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Diane Ravitch interviews the teacher union hating Steve Brill on CSPAN. Running late with the post today. Enjoyed my last summer Sunday with the grand kids. Tim Furman features a youtube video of R...

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The crisis facing Britain's education system | Education

guardian.co.uk - Watching the anarchic, frightening scenes erupt on the streets of London, Birmingham, Manchester, and many more urban areas over the last week, a single word kept reverberating around my brain. Sav...

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nypost.com - Michael Goodwin A top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared the other day that Mayor Bloomberg is "not the dictator anymore." Though spoken by someone who's obviously never tripped over a...

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War costs may top $3.7 trillion | Detroit Free Press

freep.com - WASHINGTON -- When congressional cost-cutters meet later this year to decide on trimming the federal budget, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could represent juicy targets. But how much do the wars...

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Wisconsin school districts lose millions in shaky investments

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - With public school districts facing massive state budget cuts, school boards and financial managers are under pressure to get greater and more rapid returns when they invest dwindling reserves, hea...

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The Interview II, in which My Kids Become a Concern

nycatr.blogspot.com - ANOTHER INTERVIEW TALEby Life in LimboWell, at least it didn’t last six hours. Nope, this principal managed to get me in and out in less than an hour. I must commend her efficient use of time. (S...

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It’s time for America to start fixing America

delcotimes.com - There are countless reasons why America should pull all of its troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq and let those countries fight their own battles.Since America invaded Afghanistan in 2001, 1,633 GI...

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Hurricane Warnings for Dominic Republic, PR, Heading Florida

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 8:48 pm, August 21, 2011 The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico are bracing themselves for what might be the first hurricane of the season, if Tropical Storm Irene continues gaining st...

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Daily Kos: things CLEARLY breaking in Tripoli

dailykos.com - numerous reports on twitter, some citing Reuters citing Al Jazeera, some citing AJ (although it is not on the English home page) on numerous items 1. Brigade providing personal security to country...

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how to re-invent your crappy american brand in asia

blog.angryasianman.com - This is largely an excuse for me to post this weird-ass photo of a bunch of Asian kids (in "whiteface"?) dressed as KFC's Colonel Sanders... but this is a pretty interesting article about sagging A...

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What Back to School is Like for An Unschooler :: IDEA

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Back to School is Like for An Unschooler :: IDEAWhat Back to School is Like for An Unschoolerby Sara Schmidt in Uncharted Parenting For unschoolers like us, there is no back to school. There i...

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blogSunday links.by Fred KlonskyDiane Ravitch interviews the teacher union hating Steve Brill on CSPAN.Running late with the post today. Enjoyed my last summer Sunday...

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Save Our Schools March NEWS #SOSMARCH #EDCHAT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools March NEWSSunday, Aug. 21, 2011ArchivesSave Our Schools March NEWSPublished by Coopmike48 – 22 news spotters todayNext update in about 9 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCI...

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