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Rahm, the artless dodger
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Rahm retreats "this much." “Now that the mayor is starting to listen to parents, teachers and research regarding the pitfalls of the longer school day program being pushed in school districts acros...
Virginia and Maryland schools require personal finance courses, but how much will they help?
washingtonpost.com - In the summer of 2008, Jacob Karlin, currently a senior at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, scored his first job: selling doughnuts on the boardwalk in Ocean City. But the doughnuts he made ...
Is DOE's Turnaround Fair Play? The NYS Assembly doesn't think so
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Assemblymembers Cathy Nolan of Queens and Jim Brennan of Brooklyn Yesterday, the NY State Assembly Education Committee held a rare hearing in NYC on the state and city's implementation of the feder...
Why Are Charter Schools Exempt from Bullying Law? – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - April 13, 2012, 12:35 p.m. New York State’s heralded anti-bullying law is about to go into effect July 1. But the state Board of Regents recently took some teeth out of the law, known as the Dignit...
A Not So Fine Madness: How Educational Reformers Expect Us to Block Out Conditions Producing “The New Jim Crow” as Factors Shaping School Performance
withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com- If somebody told me, 15 years ago, when I was spending many of my days working with community groups in the Bronx and East New York dealing with the consequences of the crack epidemic, that you cou...
A Leader of Schools Is Indicted for Fraud
nytimes.com - When state investigators demanded last year to see personal tax returns filed by Eddie Calderon-Melendez, the founder and chief executive of a troubled network of charter high schools in Brooklyn, ...
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Parents, here’s the truth about Stand for Children!
pureparents.org - Tomorrow is Stand for Children’s “kickoff” event at Roosevelt University, but you would have a hard time finding out where and when it is from their web site, which says that registration is “close...
IEA President Klickna’s statement on TRS. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Many of my friends have found much to applaud in IEA President Klickna’s recent statement. Klickna’s statement follows the recent leak from TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram about retiree benefit ...
- Wait, What?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 13 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Wyman Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Governor Dannel Mal...
SocietySee all
Why Are McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Intuit Fleeing ALEC?
businessweek.com - The American Legislative Exchange Council describes itself as a nonpartisan champion of free markets. But if you spend some time at an ALEC conference (Bloomberg Businessweek did, for an article la...
Why Labor Organizing Should Be A Civil Right
shankerblog.org - Our guest authors today are Norman Hill and Velma Murphy Hill. Norman Hill, staff coordinator of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is president emeritus of the A. Philip R...
Critics expose 'bill factory for corporate wish lists'
m.kpho.com - By Elizabeth Erwin Apr 12, 2012 10:30 p.m. (C) CBS 5 PHOENIX (CBS 5) - It's been called a "bill factory for corporate wish lists," one a report claimed has more than 50 Arizona lawmakers in its bac...
PoliticsSee all
Lawyer for Phone-Hacking Victims Is Coming to America
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - April 12, 2012, 1:22 pm By AMY CHOZICKLefteris Pitarakis/Associated PressMark Lewis, the lawyer for many victims of phone-hacking, outside court in London in November.The lawyer at the center of th...
Obama Likely Paid Higher Tax Rate Than Romney in 2011
democraticunderground.com - Source: ReutersObama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011 By Andy Sullivan Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:29pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama released tax forms on Friday that rev...
Governor tells lawmakers to 'man up'
sfgate.com - (04-13) 13:46 PDT San Francisco -- Republicans may have hoped Gov. Jerry Brown's Friday comments that lawmakers should "man up" and make budget cuts sooner than later would spark an intra-party war...
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23 protesters arrested at Woodlawn clinic - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - sun-times media April 13, 2012 2:13AM Updated: April 13, 2012 5:21AM Twenty-three people were arrested early Friday after barricading themselves inside a South Side mental to protest Mayor Rahm Ema...
A Leader of Schools Is Indicted for Fraud
nytimes.com - When state investigators demanded last year to see personal tax returns filed by Eddie Calderon-Melendez, the founder and chief executive of a troubled network of charter high schools in Brooklyn, ...
23 protesters arrested at Woodlawn clinic - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - sun-times media April 13, 2012 2:13AM Updated: April 13, 2012 5:21AM Twenty-three people were arrested early Friday after barricading themselves inside a South Side mental to protest Mayor Rahm Ema...
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Danny Schechter : Sayonara to Mike Wallace and the End of an Era
theragblog.blogspot.com - Mike Wallace hosting "CBS Morning News" in 1963. Photo from CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images.Sayonara to Mike Wallaceand the news era he ledMike Wallace turned the macho face-off into a personal si...
We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - The story of the Detroit charter school teacher who was fired for allowing and encouraging her students to organize a fund raising event for Trayvon Martin is another lesson in why I treasure my un...
Noticigrama: Crucigrama + Noticias (12-04-2012) | Zambombazo
zachary-jones.com - 12/04/2012 • 6:35 pm¿Quieres aprender algunas de las palabras más relevantes de la semana del 9 de abril del 2012? ¡Sólo tienes que resolver nuestro noticigrama (noticias + crucigrama)!Cómo resolve...
LeisureSee all
Double Dutch Dog Shows Off Incredible Jump Rope Skills (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com - Sometimes the weight of the world can seem overwhelming. But occasionally, if we're lucky, YouTube presents us with videos of adorable canine activities to ease the pain.If you're feeling down, spe...
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 04/13/2012
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Shakespeare’s birthday collection - Resources - TES Shakespeare's Birthday is April 23. Here's information on Shakespeare the man and also about his literature. This isn't just something...
BL Poets: 100% Mexican-American
beinglatino.us - Photo: Salvatore Vuono 100% Mexican-American By Christina Ortega Phillips Say what you want, but I love the trumpets’ blare, paired with the bass, I can hardly wait for the right time to let mi g...
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- Wait, What?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 13 jonpeltoAchievement First/ConnCAN, Charter Schools, Democratic Legislators, Education, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Wyman Charter Schools, Education Reform, Malloy, Stefan Pryor Governor Dannel Mal...
- Wait, What?
jonathanpelto.com - Apr 12 jonpeltoEducation, Malloy, State Politics Education Reform, Malloy In a meeting with local officials Dan Malloy made it clear that if he doesn’t get an “education reform” bill that eliminate...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 4-13 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Yudof stands by Katehi through pepper-spray fallout | Davis Enterprise Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 21 minutes ago Yudof stands by Katehi through pepper-spray fallout | Davis...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts 4-12 #SOSchat #p2 #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Reynoso pepper-spray report Long-awaited reports are no whitewash | Davis Enterprise #ows Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 30 minutes ago Long-awaited reports are no whitewash | Da...
