Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Teacher Evaluation Nightmare! « Parents Across America

parentsacrossamerica.org - « Back to Events April 17 forum in NYC: Teacher Evaluation Nightmare! iCal Import A forum on testing, teacher evaluations and our schools(Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Station 4,5,6 -Fulton Street Stat...
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3 Md. public school employees to share big lottery prize

content.usatoday.com - Three public school system employees -- two teachers and one in an administrative post -- are Maryland's big winners of the Mega Millions lottery and will split more than $105 million after taxes.B...
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- Wait, What?

jonathanpelto.com - Apr 10 jonpeltoCharter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Dan Malloy, Education Reform, Stefan Pryor Last night, Governor Malloy made his understanding of public educa...
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What Do Teachers Want? - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah, We heard a lot last month about the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. It showed that teachers across the nation are demoralized and that their job satisfaction has dropped preci...
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Gary Stager: Mission Accomplished!

huffingtonpost.com - I would like to go way out on a limb and make a radical declaration. I am a big fan of reading, books and improving literacy. I even think these things are good for children.That's why I quickly cl...
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Drop your support of ALEC!

act.credoaction.com - You and more than 100,000 CREDO activists, along with 85,000 ColorOfChange members, have called on corporations to stop supporting the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) because of its ro...
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Power Punk: Micah Lasher | The New York Observer

observer.com - Poof! Electoral magician pulls candidates out of hat, tries not to make them disappear Hardball politics are nothing new in New York; indeed, the major elections, such as a Mayoral race, frequently...
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Santorum bows out, clearing the path for Romney

philly.com - Now it's Romney vs. Obama. With that in mind and a bruising primary fight finally behind him, Mitt Romney bathed in the praise Tuesday night of a cheering crowd of Chester County Republicans - fina...
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Republican Stupidity Widens Gender Gap

outsidethebeltway.com - Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party. USA Today (“Swing States Poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead“): P...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Citizens United

newser.com - Dahlia Lithwick says court is ill-equipped to deal with comedy (NEWSER) - The Supreme Court has had plenty of powerful foils over the years, like Andrew Jackson and FDR, "but in the history of the ...
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Check Out the First Trailer for "Mrs. Eastwood & Company"

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Check Out the First Trailer for “Mrs. Eastwood & Company” - Starring the Icon’s Wife and Family Published at 12:23 pm EST, April 10, 2012 E! has finally released the first trailer for the upcoming ...
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Philippine warship in standoff with China vessels

democraticunderground.com - Source: APMANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine government says its largest warship is engaged in a standoff with Chinese surveillance vessels that blocked it when it attempted to arrest Chine...
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Germany: Blockupy Frankfurt, May 17-19!

occupywallst.org - A broad coalition of organizations, initiatives and networks are mobilizing to diverse days of action in Frankfurt from May 16th to 18th . The central element of the protest choreography is mass bl...
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Drop your support of ALEC!

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