Monday, September 19, 2011

Big Education Ape: 9-19-11 PM CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS Who is Accountable? EDition

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signon.org - Flag petition as inappropriateBy Susan DuFresne (Contact)To be delivered to: The United States SenateDear Senators: The recent passage of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through the Quality Chart...

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How to Stop the Drop in Verbal Scores

nytimes.com - Charlottesville, Va. THE latest bad but unsurprising news on education is that reading and writing scores on the SAT have once again declined. The language competence of our high school...

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The Perry Plan: Low Wages, Texas Style | AFL

blog.aflcio.org - by James Parks, Sep 16, 2011Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry touts his job creation record as governor of Texas, but the reality is that new Texas-style jobs are low-wage jobs. Writin...

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WEEKEND QUOTABLES

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Alfie Kohn"Whoever Said There's No Such Thing As a Stupid Question Never Looked Carefully at a Standardized Test" -- Huffington PostNancy PelosiRepublicans are "using the budget deficit as an excus...

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Speaking Spanish Puts Children At Risk

dailykos.com - This is disturbing and upsetting, I can't imagine how you and your wife must feel. As a naturalized citizen of our country (naturalized at age 4 and have been here for 37 years), I am outraged at h...

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Leonard Pitts column: When justice requires death

chicagotribune.com - And they raised a cheer for death. It was a chilling moment but also a clarifying one in that it validated the grimmest suspicions about at least some of those who support capital punishment. That ...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday on "Face the Nation." (Reuters ) Associated Press 4:14 a.m. CDT, September 19, 2011 Former Vice President Dick Cheney is due here today for a chat on his...

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Dustin Slaughter's Picture: "In Debt? You're Not Alone"

alleducationmatters.blogspot.com - Dustin Slaughter (@dustinslaughter) is at Occupy Wall Street. He's been featured on AEM before when he wrote a superb piece about the recent Chilean student uprisings. Dustin is the founder of the ...

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Slain officer's family calls for Troy Davis' execution

ajc.com - By Bill RankinThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe state Board of Pardons and Paroles has finished hearing testimony in the last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Anthony Davis, who is trying to be spar...

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Troy Davis’ life in board’s hands

ajc.com - By Bill Rankin and Rhonda Cook
rcook@ajc.comThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe condemned in Georgia always have a long and tortuous journey to the execution chamber. But the case of Troy Anthony D...

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The Bleeding Cure

nytimes.com - Doctors used to believe that by draining a patient’s blood they could purge the evil “humors” that were thought to cause disease. In reality, of course, all their bloodletting did was make the pati...

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Postal unions running new TV ad (Video) - The Federal Eye

washingtonpost.com - Three major postal unions are turning to television to help generate support for proposals to revamp the United States Postal Service‘s finances.The ad, set to run during ad breaks on three major c...

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