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Chris Cerf: there you go again

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - This morning featured an extended story in the Star Ledger examining Chris Cerf, and his record as Deputy chancellor of NYC schools. Cerf has been appointed to be acting New Jersey Commissioner o...

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Carrots, Sticks, & the Bully Pulpit : Education Next

educationnext.org - By Frederick Hess 02/10/2012 Interesting day at AEI last week. Hosted a lively discussion on “Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy,” looking at what the year ahead ...

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Schools big eyed by conflict board

nydailynews.com - Deputy Schools Chancellor Christopher Cerf violated city conflict-of-interest law by soliciting a $60,000 charitable contribution from executives of his former firm while the company did business w...

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Schools Official Is Chided About Soliciting Donation

nytimes.com - New York City investigators have found that a deputy schools chancellor solicited charitable contributions from executives of Edison Schools, an Education Department vendor for whom he once worked....

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Santorum on Gay Marriage: I'd Die on That Hill

theroot.com - In a comment that some seem to be interpreting to mean he'd literally give his life to prevent same-sex couples from getting married, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said in a recent intervi...

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One Windy Night at Occupy Erie

my.firedoglake.com - When this movement started in New York City I felt something in me spark. I had always known that there was something wrong with the way the country was being run, especially after watching the sto...

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The Grandparents of the 99%

owsnews.org - Collected by Bill Schechter of Brookline MA. “The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.” Harry Truman ****** “There are ninety and nine who live and die In want hunger and col...

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Obama Goes from 'Change' Candidate to Changed Candidate

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - Doug Mills/The New York TimesIn his re-election campaign, President Obama, who visited Michigan at the end of January, has shifted his strategy to a more practical focus on holding together a cente...

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Why Illinois SB 512 Is a Devious Ruse

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Daily Kos: CPAC straw poll results

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Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen:Outsourcing Gym ClassWith budgets tight, schools look for new ways to pay for physical educationTEXT SIZE A A ABy KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI on February 11, 2012 ...

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