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Why I did a third year of TFA and why you should too

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Despite the TFA PR that claims that 60% of TFA teachers keep teaching for a third year, the reality, according to a study at Harvard University, is that about 44 percent of corps members remain at ...

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Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Why the #EdSOTU Matters

huffingtonpost.com - (Or, A Tale of Two Speeches)Over at Teacher in a Strange Land, Nancy Flanagan asked, ""Who speaks for public education?"I'd answer that a lot of people do (for better, and for worse) but we don't a...

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Teachers Demand Arne Duncan’s Removal

laprogressive.com - Barack Obama, Arne DuncanEducators Letter to President Obama Now Online and Ready For SignaturesHere is the link to the Educators Letter to President Obama that asks him to withdraw his support of ...

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Christie backs anti-bullying law amid funding concerns

northjersey.com - Governor Christie said Monday he wanted to work with lawmakers to preserve the state’s new anti-bullying law, possibly by paying for its provisions. On Friday, a small bipartisan panel called the C...

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U.S. Drones Stir Outrage in Iraq; Fleet May Grow

nytimes.com - BAGHDAD — A month after the last American troops left Iraq, the State Department is operating a small fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the United States Embassy and consulates, as ...

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School districts in Vt. and NH talk merger

boston.com - CANAAN, Vt.—Two school districts in Vermont and New Hampshire along the Canadian border are studying the creation of a cross-border school district in the two states that would save money and incre...

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Occupy protest resurfaces in Oakland after lull

northjersey.com - OAKLAND, Calif. — It started peacefully enough: A midday rally at City Hall and a march. But as the day wore on, Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clas...

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Ritalin Gone Wrong

nytimes.com - THREE million children in this country take drugs for problems in focusing. Toward the end of last year, many of their parents were deeply alarmed because there was a shortage of drugs like Ritalin...

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Ritalin Gone Wrong

nytimes.com - THREE million children in this country take drugs for problems in focusing. Toward the end of last year, many of their parents were deeply alarmed because there was a shortage of drugs like Ritalin...

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At Least 20 People Shot This Weekend

nbcchicago.com - advertisement At least 20 people, including a 10-year-girl, a 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, have been wounded in shootings throughout the city since Friday evening. Half of these shooting...

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10-Year-Old Among Victims Of Weekend Violence

huffingtonpost.com - At least 20 people, including one child and several teens, have been wounded so far during a violent and unseasonably warm weekend in Chicago.The violence began Friday evening and continued into Su...

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Occupy protest resurfaces in Oakland after lull

northjersey.com - OAKLAND, Calif. — It started peacefully enough: A midday rally at City Hall and a march. But as the day wore on, Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clas...

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Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Why the #EdSOTU Matters

huffingtonpost.com - (Or, A Tale of Two Speeches)Over at Teacher in a Strange Land, Nancy Flanagan asked, ""Who speaks for public education?"I'd answer that a lot of people do (for better, and for worse) but we don't a...

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Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Why the #EdSOTU Matters

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Why the #EdSOTU Matters:Sabrina Stevens ShupeTeacher-turned-activist; WriterGET UPDATES FROM SABRINA STEVENS SHUPE Like12Why the #EdSOTU MattersPosted: 01/29/2012 6:25 pmOr, ...

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