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All A-Twitter about Education : Education Next

educationnext.org - Improving our schools in 140 characters or less By Michael Petrilli | Print | NO PDF | Share Fall 2011 / Vol. 11, No. 4 Once upon a time, the education “war of ideas” was fought on the battleground...

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Krueger to Be Chosen to Lead Economic Council

nytimes.com - Alan B. Krueger, a Princeton University professor who recently served as chief economist in the United States Treasury, is being tapped to head the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, a White...

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Class Warfare: Fact checking pages 1 through 100

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - When the new book ‘Class Warfare’ came out, the story of the current ed reform movement featuring TFA and KIPP, I refused to buy it, since I didn’t want anyone to profit from passing fiction and fa...

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Empty Test Chair by Empty Test Chair

dailykos.com - Ryan’s was correct in identifying public policy and discrimination as factors, but he failed to include the negative impact of K -12 public school education policy that is beginning to and will cau...

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Reviews of the Obama Administration's Six Research Summaries for "A Blueprint for Reform"

nepc.colorado.edu - As Congress and the Obama administration prepare to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), high-quality research is not informing the process. In May of 2010, the U.S. Depar...

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Eager for Spotlight, but Not if It Is on a Testing Scandal

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Why won’t Michelle Rhee talk to USA Today? Ms. Rhee, the chancellor of the Washington public schools from 2007 to 2010, is the national symbol of the data-driven, take-no-p...

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The Graduates | Education | Urbanite Baltimore Magazine

urbanitebaltimore.com - "The model determines the question, the question determines the answer, and the answer determines what the policy is going to be ... right?"Dayvon Love, 24, is given to punctuating his answers to i...

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Smoking Rhee-Fer « The Recovering Politician

therecoveringpolitician.com - When Waiting for Superman was released in 2010, it was largely hailed as a documentary that depicted the human costs of children trapped in failing schools. The film helped escalate Michelle Rhee’...

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Anti-Federal Spending Gov. Rick Scott Wants To Accept One Federal Grant So That He Can Apply For Another

thinkprogress.org - Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) has made his opposition to federal funding — for everything from the Affordable Care Act to high-speed rail — extremely well known. As Igor Volsky has noted, Scott’s oppositi...

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We too came as immigrants…

areachicago.org - The following essay is adapted from a chapter of the forthcoming memoir, Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black, by Timuel Black with Susan Klonsky. I was under a year old when my par...

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Portland Public Schools' superintendent, top lawyer, communications chief, 5 others broke election law by promoting bond, state says

oregonlive.com - Eight employees of Portland Public Schools, including Superintendent Carole Smith and the district's top lawyer, broke state election laws by using the public office to sway voters to vote for a hu...

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The Wonkster » Blog Archive » DiNapoli vs. Murdoch

gothamgazette.com - You might have missed this as you were taping your windows yesterday: The Daily News reports that State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has rejected the state Department of Education contracts with Wir...

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WLS 890AM

wlsam.com - Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Chuck Brueckmann/WLS) Posted 8/26/11 12:32 p.m.WLS Radio's Bill Cameron ReportsCHICAGO (WLS) - Mayor Rahm Emanuel sat down for a one-on-one interview with WLS Radio’s Bill Cam...

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Texas Gov. Perry became a millionaire while serving in office

mcclatchydc.com - Never miss a McClatchy storyBy Aman Batheja | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Since his first race for office more than a quarter-century ago, Gov. Rick Perry has emphasized his roots as a rural farme...

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Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle

schooltechconnect.com - I don't know where I've been on this one, but it's long past time for people to chime in here. Here in the Prairie State, literally out on the prairie, there's a local that's been out on strike for...

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What Superb Spin!!! University of Nebraska Students FINE with Tuition Increase

alleducationmatters.blogspot.com - Haha. Sorry. Haha. Excuse me. Hahaha. Crap. I can't help it. Bahahahahahahaha. This article has me in stitches!!! Apparently, students at the University of Nebraska are fine with the upcoming tuiti...

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Confessions of a Partially Proficient Parent: Volunteering at school

ednewsparent.org - This will be the first year I’m not volunteering on a weekly basis in my daughter’s classroom. She’s in fourth grade now, and apparently this teacher doesn’t need the weekly help in literacy, which...

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President Obama, Look Out Your Window!

huffingtonpost.com - I run a mobile telephone company, and expect to be arrested in Washington today just outside your window representing my customers' view on global warming. Seriously!Your administration is soon to ...

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(NRC) Virginia quake may have exceeded nuclear plant design

democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The historic earthquake thatshut Dominion Resources Inc's (D.N) North Anna nuclear plant inVirginia last week may have shaken the facility more than i...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 29, 2011 Six years ago today, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, upending families and ravaging communities – and no...

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WaPo: Arne Duncan Offered to Meet Matt Damon at the Airport Before Protest

newsbusters.org - Washington Post education columnist Valerie Strauss reported Monday that people in the Obama administration made several desperate attempts to lobby actor Matt Damon just before he spoke at last mo...

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Burning Man founder's new stage

sfgate.com - Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle Larry Harvey, Burning Man founder. Few people recognize Larry Harvey without his trademark wide-brimmed hat. But the Burning Man founder hasn't been wearing the cream-co...

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Home - Inside Higher Ed

insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...

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