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Rhee has become the darling of the far-right
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Paul Scott, left, and Michelle Rhee. Michelle Rhee rose to prominence during her days as D.C. school chancellor, with a big boost from the power philanthropists. Her tough accountability policies, ...
Imagine Schools executive named in contractor's bank payments
stltoday.com - JEFFERSON CITY • Buried in state files related to the construction of Imagine charter schools are bank records with three unexplained transactions. The records raise questions about the relationshi...
America’s Exploding Pipe Dream
nytimes.com - We are slowly — and painfully — being forced to realize that we are no longer the America of our imaginations. Our greatness was not enshrined. Being a world leader is less about destiny than focus...
House plans only 109 workdays in 2012 - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, listen as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, speaks during a news conference on Cap...
Imagine schools' real estate deals fuel company growth
stltoday.com - ST. LOUIS • When students first entered Imagine Academy of Academic Success four years ago, their school was already entangled in a complex series of real estate deals — ones that would divert doll...
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Not just another pension post. Well. Maybe it is. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - First things first. Call 888-412-6570 and follow the prompts. You know the drill. Say “no change to TRS.” At this point the arguments have been made. The talking points have been talked. What count...
Hudson: With incessant testing, our students are falling behind
statesman.com - Published: 8:40 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2011To life's absolutes, death and taxes, can now be added one more certainty: testing. Even as thousands of teachers are laid off, programs and academics are ...
America’s Exploding Pipe Dream
nytimes.com - We are slowly — and painfully — being forced to realize that we are no longer the America of our imaginations. Our greatness was not enshrined. Being a world leader is less about destiny than focus...
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Rhee sets up shop downtown - Sacramento Business, Housing Market News
sacbee.com - An education reform group headed by Sacramento's first lady is making K Street Mall the center of its national operations.StudentsFirst, the group founded last year by Michelle Rhee, recently signe...
Occupy London could be protected by Christian ring of prayer
democraticunderground.com - Source: The GuardianChristian groups have drawn up plans to protect protesters by forming a ring of prayer around the camp outside St Paul's Cathedral, should an attempt be made to forcibly remove ...
are we ashamed yet of being Americans?
dailykos.com - in America's Exploding Pipe Dream Charles blow offers a link to this chart from the Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation of Germany report entitled “Social Justice in the OECD — How Do the Member State...
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Four GOP Presidential Candidates Call For Diminished Federal Role In Schools
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- The desire for a lighter federal hand in the nation's schools ruled the discussions at an education forum Thursday night with four of the GOP presidential hopefuls."I believe that the f...
Wall Street's criminals aren't camping in Zuccotti Park
teamsternation.blogspot.com - The corporate-owned media is doing its best to discredit the Occupy Wall Street movement -- obviously, because it's a threat to the corporate-owned media. Smear after smear has been reported by Rup...
Obama cites income gap to push stalled jobs bill
democraticunderground.com - Source: Associated PressPresident Barack Obama on Saturday used a new report on the income gap between the richest Americans and everyone else to continue pushing for passage of his stalled $447 bi...
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Bill Maher Acid | Bill Maher Prescription Drugs | Video
mediaite.com - video In what was perhaps one of the least political New Rules he’s ever done, Bill Maher took a look at the value of tripping the lights fantastic on acid, and why it’s one of the least harmful dr...
‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Photo of the Day
dissenter.firedoglake.com - This man has the economy to blame for what I will characterize as a midlife crisis: I am a 50 yr old owner of a Local Moving Co. My business has dropped 75% since 2008. I have sole custody of an 11...
This Is The Best Lesson Plan On Punctuation I’ve Ever Read
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Oct 29 2011 Larry FerlazzoPatterns and Punctuation by Elizabeth Schlessman appears in the most recent issue of Rethinking Schools. It is clearly the best lesson plan I’ve ever heard about for teach...
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Sarah Silverman | Rachel Maddow | Live From Niggerhead
mediaite.com - video It only took a few weeks for Rick Perry to commit a whole new set of gaffes to make the media forget about “N*ggerhead,” the name painted on a rock in a ranch he used to hunt at. Not everyone...
Teamsters + Occupy Museums = Occupy Sotheby's
teamsternation.blogspot.com - Yesterday in front of Sotheby's.Paddy Johnson offers this report about last evening's Occupy Museums action against Sotheby's, in solidarity with our locked-out brothers from Local 814:Rain did not...
Real Time with Bill Maher: Homepage
hbo.com - Please update your flash player... Watch This Week's "Overtime" October 29, 2010 Bill and his roundtable guests - Margaret Hoover, Lawrence O'Donnell, Reihan Salam and Zach Galifianakis - answer fa...
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Qantas Airlines grounds flights in labor dispute
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Australia-based Qantas Airlines grounded flights across the globe Saturday amid an intensifying labor dispute that is disrupting international travel for thousands of passengers.The company’s domes...
A Visual Timeline of Occupy Oakland
baycitizen.org - Since Occupy Oakland set up camp more than two weeks ago in Frank Ogawa Plaza, it’s been through several changes. On Oct. 11, the camp's first full day, the fledging tent city already boasted 50 te...
Occupy San Fernando Valley set for Saturday morning
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Organizers say they are launching a new protest against corporate greed in front of the Van Nuys Courthouse on Saturday called Occupy San Fernando Valley. The group has a march planned up Van Nuys ...
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Occupy London could be protected by Christian ring of prayer
democraticunderground.com - Source: The GuardianChristian groups have drawn up plans to protect protesters by forming a ring of prayer around the camp outside St Paul's Cathedral, should an attempt be made to forcibly remove ...
‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Photo of the Day
dissenter.firedoglake.com - This man has the economy to blame for what I will characterize as a midlife crisis: I am a 50 yr old owner of a Local Moving Co. My business has dropped 75% since 2008. I have sole custody of an 11...
Wall Street's criminals aren't camping in Zuccotti Park
teamsternation.blogspot.com - The corporate-owned media is doing its best to discredit the Occupy Wall Street movement -- obviously, because it's a threat to the corporate-owned media. Smear after smear has been reported by Rup...
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Two Women of Little Rock: 1957 and Beyond | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Two Women of Little Rock: 1957 and Beyond | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog:Two Women of Little Rock: 1957 and BeyondBy Lee A. DanielsTheir paths crossed for only a few moments that Sept...
Not just another pension post. Well. Maybe it is. « Fred Klonsky's blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Not just another pension post. Well. Maybe it is. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Not just another pension post. Well. Maybe it is.by Fred KlonskyFirst things first.Call 888-412-6570 and follow the prompts. ...
Stotsky: yes, parents were excluded from developing the Common Core « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stotsky: yes, parents were excluded from developing the Common Core « Parents Across America:Stotsky: yes, parents were excluded from developing the Common Coreby leoniehaimsonSandra Stotsky was on...
