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In Search of a Tipping Point

theassailedteacher.com - I was never an Obama supporter and never will be. Towards the beginning of his term, his supporters excused the sad state of the country by blaming Bush. We are now three years in, which means that...

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The 5 Stages of TFA

anne2011.teachforus.org - Okay, I think I’m going to need to preface this one. I’m about to write the TFA version of the Kubler-Ross model. Now, this analogy has to be taken with a grain of salt, because what CMs go throu...

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Jimenez: “I have never overspent”

ednewscolorado.org - Denver Public Schools board member Arturo Jimenez has notified district officials that he has no intention – contrary to prior comments he has made – to repay the $1,153 by which they say he oversp...

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Wonk Bloggers and the Vanishing Voices of Workers

inthesetimes.com - Earlier this week, I got into a little Twitter battle with Matthew Yglesias after the prominent blogger tweeted out “"EXCLUSIVE: The activities of individual business executives have no relationshi...

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angry reader of the week: emily chang

blog.angryasianman.com - What is up, people? Time to meet another Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, an...

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Mother Crusader: Pants on Fire

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mother Crusader: Pants on Fire:Pants on Fireby darciecimaTikun Olam lead applicant Sharon Akman responded to a reporter yesterday for the first time in months. Walt Kane from News Channel 12 did a...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 13, 2012 PLAN WILL MAKE GOVERNMENT LEANER, SMARTER AND MORE CONSUMER-FRIENDLYWASHINGTON, DC – As a follow up to last year...

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HISPANIC STANDOUT,Samantha Garvey, Homeless to Science Award

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:48 pm, January 13, 2012 Photo Credits: Samantha Garvey (right) with her science research teacher Rebecca Grella Not one to let her family’s homelessness keep her form reaching for he...

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Michelle Obama 'random dances' at US appearance

boston.com - ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—They called it "random dancing" but First Lady Michelle Obama broke out some moves that resembled subdued variations of "the Monkey" or "the Jerk" Friday during an appearance a...

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From Resurrection City To The Occupy Movement

ourfuture.org - "We could use a massive, dramatic confrontation on behalf of the more than 27 million who are unemployed or underemployed today," I wrote one year ago. "The spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. would c...

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Q&A: CEA Chair Alan Krueger on inequality

washingtonpost.com - On Friday morning, Alan Krueger, the Princeton economist who is on leave serving as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, gave a speech at the Center for American Progress on th...

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