Sunday, March 25, 2012

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Trayvon Martin Stand Your Ground ALEC NRA

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - Ryan J. Reilly March 22, 2012, 6:00 AM Trayvon Martin was just 10 years old when politicians in Florida passed legislation that, seven years later, is being blamed for letting his killer walk free....
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Meet the New Boss - Magazine

theatlantic.com - Image credit: Tim KleinI was walking around my sister’s Near North neighborhood in Chicago recently and came upon a small patch of green called Bauler Park. Paddy Bauler was the rollicking tavern o...
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‘Pink Slime’ Losing Place on School Lunch Menus

nytimes.com - BOSTON — Andy Gomez, a ninth grader at Brighton High School, was not sure why hamburgers and meatballs had disappeared from the cafeteria, but he was not happy about it. “Today I just ate peanut bu...
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Arne Duncan: Indifferent Maniac

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - What a nutcase:Publishing teachers' ratings in the newspaper in the way The New York Times and other outlets have done recently is not a good use of performance data, U.S. Secretary of Education Ar...
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EducatorsForAll - Myth Contents!

EducatorsForAll.org - By the end of her second year at MacFarland Middle School, fifth-grade teacher Sarah Wysocki was coming into her own. “It is a pleasure to visit a classroom in which the elements of sound teaching,...
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What should average citizens know about US war history?

dailycensored.com - This is my paper for The Center of Process Studies’ conference, Money-Creation in a Finite World (free and open to the public, April 10-12, 2012; Claremont Colleges, CA): Money and credit as public...
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Churches amplify call for justice for Trayvon

democraticunderground.com - Source: Excite-APEATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - African-American community churches around the nation are amplifying the cries for justice in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Martin was s...
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US could bring hate charge in Fla. teen shooting

democraticunderground.com - Source: Excite-APBy CURT ANDERSON MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is su...
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NJ school district sues superintendent over salary

northjersey.com - PARSIPPANY  — A northern New Jersey school district has sued its superintendent in a bid to recover almost $38,000 in alleged salary overpayments he received under a contract the state forced it to...
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Aide: Obama reacted as parent to Florida shooting

northjersey.com - WASHINGTON  — A top presidential adviser says President Barack Obama's decision to comment on the shooting death of an African-American teenager in Florida was motivated by parental instinct more t...
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Divided Congress settles for below-the-radar bills

northjersey.com - WASHINGTON  — Congress is finding it hard to do what used to be easy. AP PHOTO The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. The Washington divide, hardened by election-year politics, has stifle...
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Who Will Police Captured Agencies?

firedoglake.com - Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a hypothetical normal person The Supreme Court finally took notice of one of the changes in the criminal justice system: we don’t do trials any more. Justice Kennedy wrote for ...
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State Council - California Teachers Association

cta.org - Special announcements:  California Teachers of the Year Women's History Month Presentation Candidate speeches for the following offices:    NEA Director, District 2  NEA Director, District 11  NEA ...
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Si Obama no fuera político sería...

vidayfamilia.univision.com - Según Harvey Weinstein, productor de la aclamada cinta "The Artist", Obama le envió una novela para que la adaptase al cine. - Getty Images VIDEO El Presidente Obama bromeó acerca de... - Univision...
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Not Common. Not Core, Either. - Teacher in a Strange Land

blogs.edweek.org - My friend Claudia Swisher, an exceptional veteran teacher from Oklahoma, recently posted an update in Goodreads, a kind of virtual book club where we hang out together. We have challenged each othe...
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School Tech Connect: Let's Join Forces In Illinois #soschat

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Let's Join Forces In Illinois: Let's Join Forces In Illinoisby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)As you might know, I've been working on a database. It's a project where people interest...
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