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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Big Education Ape: 1-3-11 PM U.S. Department of Education announces that 4th qtr PROFITS are up 57% EDition #ows #edreform

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Estimating The Effects Of Financial Incentives In Denver

shankerblog.org - Our guest author today is Eleanor Fulbeck, who earned her Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2011, and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of ...
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Workers of the World, Unite!

nytimes.com - Ottumwa, Iowa The Republican Party is the party of the white working class. This group — whites with high school degrees and maybe some college — is still the largest block in the elect...
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The Odd Couple: Dennis & Wendy - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Editor's note: Bridging Differences returns today from its holiday break.Dear Deborah, While we were on holiday break, Dennis Van Roekel and Wendy Kopp co-signed an opinion piece in USA Today, sett...
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Can ConnCAN Con Conn « Wait, What?

jonpelto.wordpress.com - Money, Power and Politics: The unseemly underside of the Education Reform Debate. Also known as the not so subtle relationship between ConnCAN and Achievement First. With a rather incredible twis...
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csa-nyc.org - The job of the Principal has lost some of its luster.By Ernest Logan “Out with the old and in with the new” is a New Year mantra that makes us think of forgiven sins, fresh starts, clean slates. W...
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The Odd Couple: Dennis & Wendy - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Editor's note: Bridging Differences returns today from its holiday break.Dear Deborah, While we were on holiday break, Dennis Van Roekel and Wendy Kopp co-signed an opinion piece in USA Today, sett...
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As Mental Health Clinics Face Cuts, the Affected Speak Out

chicagonewscoop.org - Some of Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens — those who depend on public financing for mental health services — face a new year that may bring less of something they deeply need: help. Their plight ...
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Occupy Wall Street Condemns the NDAA

dissenter.firedoglake.com - Occupy Wall Street held a press conference on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed into law by President Barack Obama on New Year’s Eve. The press conference was organized to condem...
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School Tech Connect: Responding to Crains

schooltechconnect.com - Crain's recently did a sky is falling piece on TRS investment practices, which naturally got the idiot Cross into micromanaging mode down in Springfield. It's all part of the long term, destroy-it-...
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“Kl1p” Is An Easy Tool For Creating A Webpage

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Kl1P lets you create a webpage without any registration required. You can paste text or images into it, and is a great way to publish student work — you get a custom url address for your page and c...
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Workers of the World, Unite!

nytimes.com - Ottumwa, Iowa The Republican Party is the party of the white working class. This group — whites with high school degrees and maybe some college — is still the largest block in the elect...
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Top 5 Tools for a Non-toxic Year « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - Happy new year! How are your new years resolutions going? Last week, we talked about a few ideas for non-toxic New Years resolutions. If you’re trying one of these resolutions, testing a non-toxic ...
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5 Great College Towns to Avoid Winter

usnews.com - For many students, the winter season means cold weather, a bevy of snow, and the opportunity to participate in activities such as skiing or snowboarding. Other students, though, may desire a differ...
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2012 Rose Parade Ends with 5,000 Occupy Protesters

alternet.org - A 70-foot octopus float was escorted by an estimated 5,000 Occupy L.A. protesters down the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade route. The 70-by-40-foot Occupy Octopus float was made out of recycled pl...
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January 4 Could Show 100 Shooting Stars Per Hour

huffingtonpost.com - Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere can look forward to 2012's first meteor shower which is set to peak at 2:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 4.Lasting for several hours, observers can expect the Q...
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