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Schooling in the Ownership Society: New ed fiefdom: The Murdoch/Gates alliance
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schooling in the Ownership Society: New ed fiefdom: The Murdoch/Gates allianceNew ed fiefdom: The Murdoch/Gates allianceby Mike KlonskyBill Gates & Rupert Murdoch at the 2009 Microsoft CEO SummitTh...
coopmike48BREAKING: Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith Resigns
nydailynews.com - One of Mayor Bloomberg’s top aides -- and the man many held responsible for the city’s botched response to the December blizzard -- announced his resignation Thursday after just more than a year on...
DianeRavitchMatt Damon, Arne Duncan and the Divisive Teacher Quality Debate
thenation.com - Last weekend, two very different speeches on the future of the teaching profession made news. About the AuthorDana Goldstein is a Puffin Foundation writing fellow at The Nation Institute and a Schw...
DianeRavitchThe schools–and the deficits–we deserve
educationgadfly.net - The latest Education Next poll results are packed-full of interesting findings on topics ranging from choice to merit pay, from NCLB to tenure reform. But particularly timely, in this era of fiscal...
DianeRavitch'No' vote would repeal SB 5 | WTVN Local News
610wtvn.com - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio voters opposed to a new collective bargaining law that limits public employee unions will get to vote "no" at the ballot box this fall, following a decision Wednesday by...
DianeRavitchMayor Emanuel does the TIF reform dance | Ben Joravsky on Politics
chicagoreader.com - In the last few weeks city officials have been doing the old Chicago two-step—one step forward, one step back—on the tax increment financing front.First, the step forward: a report recently release...
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Review Aims to Avert Cheating on State Tests
nytimes.com - New York State education officials announced Monday that they had begun to review the way they detect and prevent cheating on standardized tests, taking a step to avoid the cheating scandals that h...
DianeRavitchClass size reduction vs. Race to the Top: Research, support, and benefits | Class Size Matters Class size reduction vs. Race to the Top: Research, support, and benefits
classsizematters.org - The room at American University was standing room only. I learned that Robin became involved in class size issue when her daughter was in a class of 29 in Kindergarten in a Tucson public school; ...
leoniehaimsonThe pragmatic Audrey Soglin. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - There are a couple of different narratives that emerged from L’affaire Edelman. One was Jonah Edelman’s video narrative. The one where he came swooping into Illinois and manipulated everyone from M...
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Bloomberg to Use Own Funds in Plan to Aid Minority Youth
nytimes.com - The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a blunt acknowledgment that thousands of young black and Latino men are cut off from New York’s civic, educational and economic life, plans to s...
DianeRavitchThe anti-chancellor: Scott Stringer's education-board appointee objects to Dennis Walcott, again and again
capitalnewyork.com - 10:28 am Aug. 3, 2011 | During a hearing in June, as the city’s Panel for Educational Policy prepared to move on a plan to “co-locate” 22 charter schools in public-school buildings, most of the aud...
DianeRavitchBloomberg declares tenure is not needed in public schools
gothamschools.org - Less than two years after pledging that he did not want to end tenure, Mayor Bloomberg struck a different chord today. “Do I think it’s needed at the public school level? No,” he said today. The st...
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Obama gets a lucrative birthday gift
latimes.com - Reporting from Chicago— One day after wrapping up a tense budget deal that will impose severe spending cuts, President Obama returned home to Chicago on Wednesday night to pick up campaign cash and...
mikeklonskyMurdoch's axing of unions led to scandal in the media - Eamon McCann, Columnists
belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Michael Delaney (19), died after being run over by a lorry in east London on a Saturday night in January 1987. An inquest jury found that he had been a victim of unlawful killing. But nobody has ev...
mikeklonskyPolitical Figures on News Corp.’s Payroll - The Annotated Frank Rich -
nymag.com - Evan Bayh, former U.S. senator, Fox News contributor John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Fox News contributor Susan Brophy, former deputy assistant to Bill Clinton, News Corp...
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“Ew Ew Toxic!” « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - “Eww Eww Toxic” That’s our new jingle for Campbell’s soup. No more “M’m M’m Good,” we now think “Eww Eww Toxic” is more appropriate. Why the “Eww” jingle? Because, according to experts, Campbell’...
coopmike48Hand Hygiene is "Elementary"
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩHand washing programs among school children may have a lasting effect in reducing school absences, according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (...
coopmike48The Rawesome Raid and the Controversy Over Raw Milk - E.D. Kain - American Times
blogs.forbes.com - Aug. 4 2011 - 12:55 pm | 36 views | 0 recommendations | By E.D. KAIN When Venice natural food market, Rawesome Foods, was raided yesterday for selling “raw” or unpasteurized milk, it was not the fi...
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The Annotated Frank Rich - The Real Transgressions of the Murdoch Empire -
nymag.com - Illustration by Eddie Guy When I was offered a job as a film critic for the New York Post in 1975, it had just been labeled “a terrible newspaper” by Nora Ephron in her media column for Esquire. ...
DianeRavitchMatt Damon Continues Defending Teachers, Makes Libertarians Look Silly
alternet.org - It wasn't enough that actor Matt Damon gave a passionate speech in defense of public school teachers at a rally last weekend. No, the Bourne Identity star (and Oscar winner for the screenplay of G...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President! Obama Turns 50
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 11:50 am, August 4, 2011 Photo Credits: President Obama' turns 50 Obama began his birthday celebrations at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom Wednesday night, as supporters serenaded him with “...
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How many schools are failing under NCLB? - Related Stories
smartbrief.com - Earlier this year Education Secretary Arne Duncan predicted as many as 82% of the country's schools could be labeled failing under No Child Left Behind if the law is not reformed. However, accordin...
mikeklonskyResponse to Republican Policies Cause Markets to take Worst Dive Since 2008 « Larry Miller's Blog
millermps.wordpress.com - “…uncertainty created by the debate in the United States to raise the debt ceiling had unnerved European markets as United States investors had become increasingly reluctant to lend to European ban...
coopmike48Career Education slides on disclosure of 'improper' practices
dailyherald.com - Article posted: 8/4/2011 9:05 AM Schaumburg-based Career Education Corp., a for-profit college chain, slid as much as 18 percent following the close of regular trading after the company identified ...
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All Education Matters: Arianna Huffington, "245,000 College Grads Looking for Sugar Daddies"
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Arianna Huffington, "245,000 College Grads Looking for Sugar Daddies"Arianna Huffington, "245,000 College Grads Looking for Sugar Daddies"from All Education Matters by C. Cry...
coopmike48A Walton Family Funded Group, a Hedge Fund BIllionaire, and Circumventing the Political Process in Connecticut | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Walton Family Funded Group, a Hedge Fund BIllionaire, and Circumventing the Political Process in Connecticut | Scathing Purple MusingsA Walton Family Funded Group, a Hedge Fund BIllionaire, and C...
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Meaningful Student Involvement in Education Reform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Meaningful Student Involvement in Education ReformSTUDENT VOICE IN EDUCATION REFORM There are school systems where students are being engaged as leaders in education reform. Following are examples ...
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Robert Oakeshott | The Economist
economist.com - Correction to this article IN ZAMBIA, where he was helping Kenneth Kaunda run the economy, Robert Oakeshott once ran out of petrol. He decided that he and a colleague could push the car the many mi...
coopmike48The Rawesome Raid and the Controversy Over Raw Milk - E.D. Kain - American Times
blogs.forbes.com - Aug. 4 2011 - 12:55 pm | 36 views | 0 recommendations | By E.D. KAIN When Venice natural food market, Rawesome Foods, was raided yesterday for selling “raw” or unpasteurized milk, it was not the fi...
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SWAT Team Raids Rawesome Foods, Dumps Raw Milk - E.D. Kain - American Times
blogs.forbes.com - EducationAug. 3 2011 - 10:52 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN Rawesome Foods in Venice, CA was raided for selling raw milk A multi-agency SWAT team hit Venice, CA , Rawesome Foods, Tu...
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