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Schools Matter: Shirlee Smith: Parent Revolution? Not really

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Shirlee Smith: Parent Revolution? Not really:Shirlee Smith: Parent Revolution? Not reallyby Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"The idea of the Parent Revolution is to say fuck you." — Ben...

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Privatization: Turning America into K-Mart

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Privatization: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics | Library of Economics and Liberty: Driven by wrong-minded public officials and corporate greed, contracts for public services are doled out wit...

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Washington Post hosts ownership society soiree

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Katherine and David BradleySteve Brill is this year's Davis Guggenheim. His aptly titled "Class Warfare" book is this year's Waiting For Superman and has become the rallying point for a waning and ...

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Stranger in a strange land. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Guest post by North Shore Teacher. Your latest post on the late Harvard educator and his concerns about the damaging effects of central curriculum and standardized testing made me want to share som...

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Class Warfare | Edwize

edwize.org - Class Warfare: that’s the title Steven Brill gave to his recent book on the state of American education. With such a title, one might think that that Brill’s book would investigate how the deep cla...

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What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?

nytimes.com - Dominic Randolph can seem a little out of place at Riverdale Country School — which is odd, because he’s the headmaster. Riverdale is one of New York City’s most prestigious private schools, with a...

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Book Details Dissension in Obama Economic Team

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — A new book claims that President Obama’s response to the economic crisis was hampered by a White House economic staff plagued by internal rivalries, a domineering chief adviser and a T...

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Thousands of protesters to 'Occupy Wall Street' on Saturday

democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Egyptians did it for democracy. So did people in Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. Now, activist groups are hoping Americans will launch their own uprising -- in ...

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Eduwonk » Blog Archive » Tough Reading

eduwonk.com - Everyone has an opinion on the Paul Tough article in the Sunday Times Magazine, and it’s a great piece of writing you shouldn’t miss. But, don’t let the focus on it allow you to miss another spect...

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Sacramento's jobless rate drops to 11.9%

bizjournals.com - Sacramento’s jobless rate plummeted in August to 11.9 percent.Sacramento’s jobless rate plummeted in August as teachers who were not employed for the full year went back to work, health systems add...

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Marin County’s Efforts Against Whooping Cough Pay Off

baycitizen.org - Last year, California experienced its worst outbreak of whooping cough in more than 60 years, and the disease hit hardest in an unexpected place: bucolic Marin County. This year, the disease is sti...

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Autism Spectrum Disorders – The Critical Facts

edusped.com - Important facts that all parents with ASD children should know… www.MyAspergersChild.comFigure 3. Cingulate cortex response after the revelation of a partner’s decision for behavior controlsImage b...

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