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Modern School: Mayor Calls #OWS Terrorists, Congress Calls On Military To Arrest U.S. Citizens

Modern School: Mayor Calls OWS Terrorists, Congress Calls On Military To Arrest U.S. Citizens:

Mayor Calls OWS Terrorists, Congress Calls On Military To Arrest U.S. Citizens


Terrorist or CEO? (Image by puuikibeach)
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan called OWS protestors economic terrorists for shutting down the Oakland Port on Monday. Such bombast would be laughable if we weren’t currently slaughtering thousands of people throughout the world, assassinating, torturing and incarcerating suspects in secret prisons without trial, all in the name of fighting terrorism.

Her comment is even more threatening in light of recent Congressional

Big Education Ape: 12-15-11 PM Failure Rate of Schools Overstated for Affluent Brooklyn Enclave EDition #edreform #ows

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Failure Rate of Schools Overstated, Study Says

nytimes.com - When the Obama administration was seeking to drum up support for its education initiatives last spring, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Congress that the federal law known as No Child Left ...
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Charter School Approved for Affluent Brooklyn Enclave

nytimes.com - The panel that oversees education policy in New York City approved the first charter school for brownstone Brooklyn on Wednesday night, backing a plan to give it space inside a building already sha...
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Poll: Negatives up for NYC Schools Chancellor

nydailynews.com - Voters have gotten to know city schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott since he assumed the important post last spring, but a new poll shows many haven’t liked what they’ve seen. The Quinnipiac Universi...
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No Vouchers For You: House Doing Charters, EITC Tonight.

blogs.mcall.com - Looks Like Gov. Corbett ... ... can bid a teary adieu to his goal of a school voucher for every kid this Christmas. Republicans who control the House say they're running a school-reform package ton...
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2011 UNITY NewU Startup Funds

landing.k12newsnetwork.com - BIOCynthia Liu, PhD, is CEO/Founder of the online organizing and education news site K12NewsNetwork.com, a "MoveOn" for supporters of public education.In 2011, she received the BlogHer.com / HTC 20...
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Solidarity Hunger Strike | OccupyWallSt.org

occupywallst.org - Thursday, December 15, join the OWS Hunger Strikers for a national 24-hour fast to protest the violent evictions across the country that have robbed the Occupy Movement of our right to free speech ...
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Enough Signatures Gathered, Walker To Be Recalled!

newdogdemocrat.com -    The word is spreading that over 550,000  signatures have been gathered to recall Scott Walker! This means the movement is passing a huge milestone.  The announcement is coming sometime before th...
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Snow, Sparkles, and…MomsVote 2012! « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - Snow, sparkles, winter light, and… voting?  Wait a minute.  What does voting have to do with the holidays?! This holiday season at MomsRising we’re announcing the launch of…. drum roll please….   …...
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HEY CONGRESS, PIZZA IS NOT A VEGETABLE!

4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Op-Ed By Betsy Landers and Scott Folsom | San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Pasadena Star News/Whittier Daily News | http://bit.ly/vajEt4 12/14/2011 - ONE-THIRD of American children are overweight or obe...
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DAC gives LAUSD A Wack - District Advisory Committees

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Central and Local District Advisory Committees: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Parent Group Files Lawsuit Charging LAUSD With Misuse of $2.5 Billion in Federal Title I FundsP_R_E_S_S_...
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Illinois Charter Authority Funded 100% By Walton Family

schooltechconnect.com - Nice article by Chip Mitchell. In a nutshell, Illinois has a new statewide chartering authority, as part of the unlimited chartering kow-towing required in Arne Duncan't rogue Race To The Top progr...
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Solidarity Hunger Strike | OccupyWallSt.org

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