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In Washington, Large Rewards in Teacher Pay

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — During her first six years of teaching in this city’s struggling schools, Tiffany Johnson got a series of small raises that brought her annual salary to $63,000, from about $50,000. Th...

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Santorum Gets `Glitter-Bombed’ - Naureen Khan

nationaljournal.com - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was greeted with a fistful of glitter as he arrived at his final campaign event on Friday night. An unidentified man shouted “Stop ...

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Worst and best education events of 2011

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Please add your suggestions for what I've missed in the comment section, and Happy New Year to all! Worst education news of 2011:Schools suffer huge budget cuts across the nation & class sizes incr...

DianeRavitch

Resolve in 2012: Abolish No Child Left Behind

johnyoungcolumn.blogspot.com - The subject here is destructive education policies. But first: Have you heard of the Capital One Cup? It goes to the two Division I NCAA schools that win the most titles each year in men's an...

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Jeb Bush’s Privatization Plan for Indiana Public Schools

btownerrant.com - This is a guest post by B-town Errant contributor, Doug Martin. This post was originally published on Mr. Martin’s blog on Fire Dog Lake, and has been republished on B-Town Errant with his permissi...

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Dispute Over Evaluations Imperils Grants for Schools

nytimes.com - Negotiations between New York City’s Education Department and union officials over a new evaluation system for teachers and principals broke down on Friday, jeopardizing roughly $60 million in fede...

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I hate end-of-the-year lists. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - “I hate those biggest story of the year lists,” he said over pizza last night. “Yes. Me too,” I said. There was a pause as we both took another bite out of a slice. “But, what do you think was the ...

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Feel Free to Ignore Iowa

nytimes.com - Only days until the Iowa caucuses! Can you believe it? Less than 8,000 minutes to go! Perhaps this would be a good time to point out that the Iowa caucuses are really ridiculous. ...

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Will we play Vocabgame?" - The Educator's PLN

edupln.com - In November, I attended Dogus University’s 1st International ELT conference. At the conference, Philip Kerr mentioned the importance of translation from L2 to L1 as because he states that taking L1...

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Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops

abcnews.go.com - A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of App...

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3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US

occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com - The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative along with Amnesty International are asking the U.S. to step up its efforts to address the foreclosure crisis, including by giving serious conside...

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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org

parentadvocates.org - Holder’s Voting Rights GambleThe Supreme Court’s voter ID showdown.By Richard L. Hasen|Posted Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at 1:09 PM ETLINKOn the Friday before Christmas Day, the Department of Justi...

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Obama signs defense bill 'with reservations'

cnn.com - By the CNN Wire Staff updated 4:32 PM EST, Sat December 31, 2011WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday reluctantly signed a defense authorization bill, saying he was concerned about...

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Wisconsin's Role in Our Year of Dissent |

bluecheddar.net - This is a small portion of a lengthy and fantastic Truthout story called “The Year Dissent Came Back”. It’s a thoughtful piece that covers 2011′s Slutwalks, the Occupy Movement, the Tar Sands Keyst...

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Worst Public Schools in the USA

neighborhoodscout.com - custom searches to find your ideal neighborhood:Find best neighborhoods for ... -- Select a search --Best public schoolsHome appreciation ratesCrime RatesFamiliesFirst-time homebuyersLuxury Communi...

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Occupy Houston Update. | MyFDL

my.firedoglake.com - Occupy Houston Update. I delivered the most recent box of Occupy Supply goodies on Christmas Day but far more timely was the hot meal. It had been raining hard for much of the previous 48 hours and...

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this year's angriest posts | angry asian man

blog.angryasianman.com - It's been a hell of a year! Ching chongs, tiger moms and of course, Asians in the library. Here are this year's angriest posts -- not really the angriest, just the most viewed. Check it out:alexand...

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#OccupyBigEd

k12newsnetwork.com - When Republican Congressmen vote against higher nutrition standards for children’s school lunches, carrying out the wishes of “Big Ag” by making the tomato sauce on school lunch pizza the equivalen...

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#OccupyBigEd

k12newsnetwork.com - When Republican Congressmen vote against higher nutrition standards for children’s school lunches, carrying out the wishes of “Big Ag” by making the tomato sauce on school lunch pizza the equivalen...

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