Thursday, September 15, 2011

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Pearson buys virtual schools company

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Textbook publisher Pearson announced today that it has acquired Connections Education, which operates virtual schools or academies in 21 states and serves roughly 40,000 students. The company is ex...

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Obama admin ignored warnings about Solyndra

news.yahoo.com - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ignored repeated warnings about a clean-energy loan program that has become an embarrassment for the White House amid the collapse of a California solar e...

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Reform In The Age of Obama

schooltechconnect.com - Who here among us does not love the legendary Susan Ohanian? Sorry, I always channel John Kerry when blog from the majestic height of my front stoop. Anyway, if you're not a subscriber to her frequ...

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America’s Vanishing Middle Class - Forbes

forbes.com - Any comparison between wages earned in prior decades and wages earned now needs to take into account the fact that a lot of non-white-males have entered the workforce. Still, these are troubling nu...

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Promoting K-12 Education to Advance Student Achievement

brookings.edu - Event Summary Great teachers and great schools have the ability to transform the living standard of Americans. Over the past century, investments in education have boosted the productivity and ear...

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Charter School Opponents Want DOE To Charge Rent

ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. The battle over Charter Schools and whether or n...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, 2011BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONFrom those...

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U.S. Latinos Split Over Obama Jobs Bill

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:16 pm, September 15, 2011 Photo Credits: U.S. Latinos Split Over Obama Jobs Bill President Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill has the support of a number of the country’s Latinos, as he ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 Any plan to grow the economy and create jobs should be measured by whether it puts money in the pockets of mid...

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Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation:Top Ten Back-to-School SongsPeter Rothberg on Friday, September 9, 2011 - 21:15Songs about school have probably been sung by students for as long as there ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 Olive Garden Hyattsville, Maryland11:47 A.M. EDTMRS. OBAMA: Hi, everyone! How you guys doing? How many people ...

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Talking to kids about marijuana, healthy school birthdays

ednewsparent.org - Healthy school parties: Try popsicles Today happens to be my daughter’s 9th birthday so I wanted to bring in a treat. I will admit to being drawn to small cupcakes or brownies. I figure the fact ...

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Should Davis be executed? No

ajc.com - By William S. SessionsNo: Questions about his guilt continue to plague his conviction.As Troy Davis faces his fourth execution date on Sept. 21, many may assume that lingering doubts about the case...

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Former Aide To Gov. (Walker) Speaks About FBI Search

democraticunderground.com - Source: Channel 3000 WISCTVMADISON, Wis. -- In an interview with WISC-TV, a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker said she did not do anything wrong, and is not sure why federal agents searched her ...

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Why Hunger Is Still With Us

thenation.com - Editor's Note: This piece is one in a series of replies to Frances Moore Lappé’s essay on the food movement today. Amid the joy of local, seasonal ingredients and tides of young people with dirt ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:On July 19, 2011, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke certified under sectio...

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Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation:Top Ten Back-to-School SongsPeter Rothberg on Friday, September 9, 2011 - 21:15Songs about school have probably been sung by students for as long as there ...

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Stop Children What's That Sound? Only #edreform

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clearThere's a man with a gun over thereTelling me i got to bewareI think it's time we stop, children, what's that soundEverybody look what'...

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