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Zeke Vanderhoek, relentless self-promoter

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Zeke Vanderhoek gets more publicity for failure than most people do for success. He got four articles in the New York Times before he even opened his charter school, The Equity Project; bragging ...

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The Port Huron Statement at 50

nytimes.com - THEY are mostly in their 70s now, those quixotic college students who drafted the Port Huron Statement at a ramshackle A.F.L.-C.I.O. education retreat northeast of Detroit in 1962. Today, their “ag...

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Test scores mean nothing - NY Daily News

nydailynews.com - According to the numbers, I am a highly effective New York City public school teacher. But you won’t see me jumping for joy over the news.My teacher data report, along with those of 18,000 other te...

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A Statement from Rush - The Rush Limbaugh Show

rushlimbaugh.com - March 03, 2012For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did ...

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Los Angeles mayor calls for special treatment on schools

latimes.com - Reporting from Washington— Los Angeles should be treated more like a state when it comes to education, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Friday in an attempt to persuade the U.S. Department of Educat...

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Success Academy Charter Schools: Our Leaders

successacademies.org - Success Academy Charter Schools is led by a group of dedicated individuals who are committed to redefining what’s possible in public education. Our leaders are passionate about education, change an...

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Occupy Buffalo's F29: ALEC Protest at Bank of America

my.firedoglake.com - 2/29/12- Occupy Buffalo assembled in Niagara Square to participate in F29 in solidarity with 80 other cities nationwide. F29 targeted corporations that are members of ALEC, that is the American Leg...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release March 02, 2012 Ballantyne Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina6:43 P.M. ESTMRS. OBAMA: Oh, my goodness. You all are amazing! (Applause.)...

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Learning lessons from a father's pride in his son

latimes.com - Harry Gordon wasn't exactly pushy in the email he sent me, but he made his point. He said he understood the Miramonte Elementary School scandal was a story that had to be done, but he wondered why ...

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Occupy Hilo Occupies Helco | MyFDL

my.firedoglake.com - I would like to think that if we hadn’t had such a deluge on Tuesday, we would’ve had an even larger turnout…! I shot that video during the lulls in the storm…! Now, I would like to point out what ...

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nypost.com - By CYNTHIA R. FAGEN and SUSAN EDELMANShe has appeared on “60 Minutes,” starred in the documentary “American Teacher” — and makes $125,000 at an unusual Washington Heights charter school.But celebri...

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