Sunday, April 22, 2012

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NCLB Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)

susanohanian.org - Testing: How to Stop the Reign NOTE: NCLB testing begins tomorrow in New York, when 1.2 million kids begin to take the ELA and math tests in grades 3 - 8. This year the tests contain embedded multi...
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Wendy Lecker: The real needs in Connecticut classrooms

ctpost.com - In the past few weeks, Connecticut has been inundated with high-priced ads from out-of state lobby groups, op-eds from businessmen, and appearances by the governor, all claiming that there is a "mo...
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Education Justice | April 19, 2012 - Pro

educationjustice.org - April 20, 2012 Charter school finance and real estate advisor Illinois Facilities Fund (IFF) issued a report that recommends major disruptions for children and families in 37 public schools in Wash...
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Finding an End to the Parent-Teacher Wars

parenting.blogs.nytimes.com - According to Ron Clark, Disney’s American Teacher of the Year, new teachers remain in our profession an average of just four and a half years, “and many of them list ‘issues with parents’ as one of...
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Remembering Bernard Rapoport | The Nation

thenation.com - Bernard Rapoport's death at the age of ninety-four has brought to a close one of the storied chapters in the history of American liberalism.Also by the AuthorThe recently-exposed massacre in Hadith...
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Fethullah Gülen's Official Web Site

en.fgulen.com - Last Updated on Friday, 20 April 2012 20:56 by fgulen.com Friday, 20 April 2012 18:37 An article with the heading “Shadow force grows in Turkey” by Dan Bilefsky and Sebnem Arsu appeared in the Inte...
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IT’S ALL ABOUT  TRUST AT CITY HALL - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - MARK BROWN markbrown@suntimes.com April 18, 2012 10:00PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to the press after a city council meeting which voted in favor of the new anti-speeding cameras in Chicago. | Al P...
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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - I was president of our local for ten years and I hated the last two months of the school year. That is when administrators made decisions That is never a good thing. Yesterday we got a memo from ou...
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Murdoch’s Muscle

nytimes.com - When I last saw you, at a White House Correspondents’ Dinner after-party in 2000, you were squiring around a foxy actress named Kathleen York. I have a pretty stiff public appearance, I guess. The ...
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Murdoch’s Muscle

nytimes.com - When I last saw you, at a White House Correspondents’ Dinner after-party in 2000, you were squiring around a foxy actress named Kathleen York. I have a pretty stiff public appearance, I guess. The ...
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Bee Gees star Robin Gibb wakes from coma: spokesman

rawstory.com - By Agence France-PresseSaturday, April 21, 2012 16:28 EDT   Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma and responded to members of his family, his spokesman said Saturday. Gibb, 62, contracte...
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Rally Against Nuclear Power at San Onofre on April 29th

obrag.org - Rally Commemorates Chernobyl, TMI, continuing meltdown at Fukushima on Sunday, from Noon to 3pm “Shut Down San Onofre” Momentum builds following Radioactivity Release and Design-Error Shutdown of t...
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Lobbying Spending Database - Pearson Education, 2011

opensecrets.org - Lobbying A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain ...
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nypost.com - State Education Department officials were blind to the feelings of deaf students on this week’s English exams — heartlessly asking them questions about sounds such as the clickety-clack of a woman’...
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Lobbying Spending Database - Pearson Education, 2011

opensecrets.org - Lobbying A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain ...
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