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Shanker Blog » New Report: Does Money Matter?

shankerblog.org - Over the past few years, due to massive budget deficits, governors, legislators and other elected officials are having to slash education spending. As a result, incredibly, there are at least 30 st...

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Know Your Rights

ed.gov - OCR enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Education. These laws prohibit discrimination...

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Chicago mayor stars in right-wing, anti-public school video

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Thanks to brother Fred I came upon this right-wing propaganda video targeting public school and teachers unions staring none other than Rahm Emanuel. "A Tale of Two Missions," co-stars the head of ...

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Questions for the Cuomo Commission – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Jan. 6, 2012, 7:53 a.m. Governor Cuomo’s commission on education has an opportunity to change the direction of school reform. Right now, the state’s school system is in trouble. Federal tests show ...

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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?

huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...

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Clergymen Are Among Arrested Protesters

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Updated, 6:26 p.m. | Four pastors, including a member of City Council, were among seven men arrested Thursday morning in front of the city Law Department during a protest of the city’s ban on allow...

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Wolk honored for her representation of rural counties

davisenterprise.com - The Regional Council of Rural Counties has announced that it will honor Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, for her representation of rural counties. Wolk was chosen for the Patti Mattingly Award for her lead...

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The New Authoritarianism | Dissident Voice #OWS

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The New Authoritarianism | Dissident Voice:The New AuthoritarianismJames Petras at Dissident Voice - 29 minutes agoWe live in a time of dynamic, regressive, regime changes. A period in which major ...

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Israeli schools under fire as underperforming

boston.com - JERUSALEM—About one-quarter of Israel's first graders study in ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools that give short shrift to subjects like reading, science and math. Another quarter study in underfunded ...

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The Education Gadfly Show Podcast

edexcellence.net - Michael J. Petrilli, Chris Tessone / December 22, 2011 This last 2011 installment of the Gadfly Show won’t disappoint, with Mike joined by Chris Tessone (formerly of Dollars and Sen$e fame). The tw...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 06, 2012 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Washington, D.C.12:02 P.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Well, it is wonderful to see ...

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Louder Than A Bomb - Trailer

oprah.com - Hello. To view this content, JavaScript must be enabled and you need the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player. Click here to get the latest Flash player. Louder Than A Bomb chronicles four teams...

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Etta James released from hospital

latimesblogs.latimes.com - January 6, 2012 | 9:58 am Blues singer Etta James, who is terminally ill and battling leukemia, was resting at her Riverside home Friday, a day after being released from a Southern California hosp...

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Unemployment Dips to 8.5%, Latino Rate Also Falls Now at 11%

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:39 pm, January 6, 2012 Photo Credits: Latino Unemployment Rate Drops The U.S. economy gained 200,000 net new jobs in December, bringing the unemployment rate down a tenth of a perce...

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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?

huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...

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Kenzo Shibata: Education Reform: Where's the Debate?

huffingtonpost.com - The phrase "education reform" has been co-opted to mean a narrow party program advocated by the reform establishment (mainly billionaires and their designees) that includes a barrage of testing, ch...

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