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Daily Kos: Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Why Authority Fails

dailykos.com - Let me begin by stating upfront that I have wonderful parents and by making the first point I am about to offer, I fear suggesting something far more negative about my father than I intend. But the...

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Imagine charter schools' expensive leases draw scrutiny

tampabay.com - Two Tampa Bay charter schools are part of a national chain that is drawing scrutiny for lease arrangements that absorb big chunks of taxpayer funding.The Imagine charter school near downtown St. Pe...

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Piccolo Elem. Chicago Parents Occupy AND WIN!

dailykos.com - Piccolo Elementary parents and supporters are declaring their occupation a success. After occupying a portion of the west side elementary school for close to 24 hours, parents have received a promi...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - The Piccolo Occupation celebrates a victory last night when the CPS agreed to actually talk to parents and teachers at the school before closing it down. Photo: Katie Osgood. The tactic of occupati...

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The Art of Distraction

nytimes.com - THE other day it occurred to me that I needed more exercise and should take up skipping. I obtained a smart leather rope with weights in the handles and, waiting until it was almost dark, went out ...

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The Love of My Life is a "Clueless Liberal"

bluejersey.com - Usually I try not to engage the get off my lawn! folks. Partly that is because history has taught me how boring, how sometimes troubling those conversations can be. Part of it, dude, is that I live...

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Chicago News Cooperative to suspend operations

articles.chicagotribune.com - A screenshot from a video of a Chicago News Cooperative staff meeting. (Image via chicagonewscoop.org)The Chicago News Cooperative, a non-profit news organization launched in 2009 to add another vo...

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Building Self-Control, the American Way

nytimes.com - EACH year, it seems, a new book emerges to capitalize on the parental insecurities of Americans. Last year it was Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” This time it’s Pamela Druckerman’s “B...

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School as Abuse and Education as Art

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School as Abuse and Education as Art:School as Abuse and Education as ArtFEBRUARY 19, 2012Very Important Article about School as Abuse and Education as Art. It is a must read even though it makes i...

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Defining the 6 Subtypes of SPD

special-ism.com - Dr. Lucy J Miller poses there are 6 subtypes of SPD which help us better understand the children that we are working with. We all know about the 8 sensory systems with the newest system being inter...

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Ex-employee sues Kenilworth operator | News

theadvocate.com - A former employee of Pelican Educational Foundation, which runs Kenilworth Science and Technology School in Baton Rouge, claims the foundation fired her in February 2011 for telling state officials...

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Tracked in America: Fred Korematsu

trackedinamerica.org - Fred Korematsu was an American citizen and the son of Japanese immigrants who lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt ordered Japanese-Americans f...

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New teacher evaluation system is all flaws

nydailynews.com - On Thursday, the New York State Department of Education and the state teachers union came to an agreement on revising the teacher evaluation process to include students’ standardized test scores.Ea...

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