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US death row inmate's appeal fails - Americas

english.aljazeera.net - Georgia's board of pardons has rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis, a day before his scheduled execution in a racially charged case where his supporters claim he was wrongly convicte...
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A Day of Shame for Georgia

readersupportednews.org - Bianca Jagger writes: "The execution of Troy Davis is nothing less than state-sanctioned murder. Today, the 20th of September 2011, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles refused clemency t...
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Oprah-Backed Charter School Denying Disabled

bloomberg.com - Enlarge image Charter School Accused of Shunning Disabled Lawrence Melrose, 16, left, and his guardian and great uncle, Shelton Joseph, in their New Orleans home. A lawsuit said Lawrence was left o...
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Hot News & Views | AlterNet

alternet.org - It's bedtime, children, so put on your jammies, scootch under the covers, and I'll tell you another "Perry Tale."Once again, the Texas-governor-who-wants-to-be-your-president is flitting hither, th...
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New Focus on Middle Schools

online.wsj.com - Soon after he gained control of the city's public schools, Mayor Michael Bloomberg pushed to shut down enormous high schools and replace them with smaller schools. Now, his administration is pledgi...
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Low poverty rates = high scores on int'l tests

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - An email from a colleague in California caused me to reflect once again on the results of the 2009 PISA exams. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide evaluation o...
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What I Did Last Summer, Part Two - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Okay, I promise, this is the last time I will give you a report on what I did last summer. But this event was so remarkable that I couldn't help but tell you about it. You would have e...
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Fischer Interview on New Orleans Charter Schools - Video

bloomberg.com - Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Kelly Fischer, one of the plaintiffs in a special-education discrimination lawsuit against the state of Louisiana, says last year she was discouraged by a number of charter ...
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‘Unfailing’ ignorance - NYPOST.com

nypost.com - On the scale of dumb and dumber, it is hard to top this one: a football player, his team losing by 50 points, scores a TD and spikes the ball in the end zone in macho triumph. Or this one: New York...
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Rupert Murdoch giving keynote at Jeb Bush’s ed reform summit

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - “We were motivated to invite Mr. Murdoch after reading his eloquent speech before G8 Summit on leveraging the power of technology to improve education.” -- Jaryn Emhof, communications director fo...
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When 2,000 protesters are, or aren't, a big deal

uppitywis.org - Progressive blogger Amy Goodman at Truthdig makes a trenchant observation about the way the mainstream media sometimes cover right-wing versus left-wing events. The "nut" graph: If 2,000 Tea Party ...
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Liberal Hero of the Day: Elizabeth Warren 9-21-2011

addictinginfo.org - It’s official: I’m an Elizabeth Warren groupie! If you don’t know why the Corporate Right hates her so much, this video really should clear it up:Not only is she passionate, intelligent and articul...
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Troy Davis wants polygraph ahead of execution

reuters.com - ATLANTA | Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:59am EDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - A condemned man set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for killing a Georgia police officer in a high-profile case wants a pol...
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Troy Davis asks Supreme Court to stop execution

denverpost.com - JACKSON, Ga.—Troy Davis, the condemned inmate who convinced hundreds of thousands of people but not the justice system of his innocence, filed an eleventh-hour plea Wednesday asking the U.S. Suprem...
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Troy Davis wants polygraph ahead of execution | Reuters

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Troy Davis wants polygraph ahead of execution | Reuters: Troy Davis wants polygraph ahead of executionChris Brown of Atlanta holds a placard as protesters show their support for death row inmate Tr...
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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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