Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Teachers Want to Lead Their Profession's Transformation

edweek.org - Published Online: February 7, 2012Published in Print: February 8, 2012, as Teachers Want to Lead Their Profession's TransformationCommentary ByGeneviève DeBose, Claire Jellinek, Greg Mullenholz, Sh...

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New staff arrives at Miramonte – USATODAY.com

usatoday.com - LOS ANGELES – Two days after school officials announced they were removing all the faculty and staff at a school where two teachers were arrested for allegedly abusing students, new teachers began ...

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Like the Ideas, Not the Execution – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Feb. 8, 2012, 7:59 a.m. This Wednesday morning brings bad reviews for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on his legacy issue: his handling of the New York City public schools. A Quinnipiac University poll ...

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Court Strikes Down Ban on Gay Marriage in California

nytimes.com - LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution, all but ensuring that the case will proceed to t...

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Morning CheckUp: February 8, 2012

thinkprogress.org - Obama budget to include Medicare/Medicaid cuts: “The president will propose cutting spending on Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly, and Medicaid, the joint federal-state program f...

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Finding Purpose, and NYC, at Washington Irving HS

edwize.org - [Editor's note: The author is a social studies teacher at Washington Irving HS, Manhattan. He delivered the following speech at the Jan. 31 public hearing on Irving's proposed closure.] I began tea...

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Moving from Traditional Teaching to PBL

edupln.ning.com - For me, PBL is the only way to go. I teach Architecture and Engineering Drafting at Wheeler High School. I tire of having to teach the basics in a step by step manner, but it is a necessary evil. O...

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Live Updates From Minnesota, Missouri & Colorado

huffingtonpost.com - Appearing on Fox News this evening, Herman Cain advised the remaining candidates in the Republican field to tone down the nastiness or risk an enthusiasm gap against Obama in the fall. I don't like...

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State lawmakers unleash a whole lot of crazy

teamsternation.blogspot.com -  Jim Hoffa in Madison last year.It's becoming an annual ritual when state Legislatures convene in January. The corporate quislings who somehow got elected file anti-worker bill after anti-worker ...

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Whistleblower Hotline Contact Data - Compliance Program

thyssenkrupp.com - The ThyssenKrupp Whistleblower Hotline is available to employees of the ThyssenKrupp Group to report possible infringements of laws or policies, in particular antitrust violations and corruption, a...

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Warren: FHFA Must Help With Principal Write-Downs

news.firedoglake.com - Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard professor, consumer advocate and candidate for US Senate in Masachusetts, said today that the Federal Housing Finance Agence (FHFA) must increase their actions on beha...

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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Headlines

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Higher Education Headlines:SUNO Reaches 94 Percent of Pre-Katrina EnrollmentLatest articles - 9 minutes agoSUNO president Victor Ukpolo said he credits aggressive recruitment efforts and good relat...

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A View From And On Iran: Obama’s New “Diplomacy”

owsnews.org - I just returned from attending a conference in Iran. I kept getting asked about Occupy activism. It seems to be getting more coverage in their media, including PRESS TV, than in our own. Here’s a r...

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