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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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#AskVP Your Questions About College Affordability

whitehouse.gov - On Tuesday, April 3rd, Vice President Biden is traveling to Norfolk, VA to discuss how the Obama Administration is tackling rising college costs. Higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an econom...
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Oakland charter school accused of fraud may close

sfgate.com - A controversial Oakland charter school with a history of rigid rules, harsh discipline and the second highest test scores in the state faces closure after an investigation found evidence of fraud a...
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The Ingram Shift « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - H/T to Bob Haisman whose Pension 101 emails provided most of the following information. A year ago, TRS Executive Director Richard Ingram was singing a different tune when it came to TRS sustainabi...
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City Revokes Testing Word Ban – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - April 2, 2012, 6:14 p.m. New York City Department of Education officials said late Monday that they were pulling back on a clause in contracts for testing companies that list 50 words and topics th...
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nypost.com - The Bloomberg administration is waging an all-out battle to suppress a scathing report aptly called “911 CPR’’ — which has determined that the city’s emergency-dispatch system is on life support, T...
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Tell Scott Walker he's not welcome in Illinois!

afscme31.org - 03/28/2012Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is coming to Springfield on April 17 -- and we're going to be there to tell him, "Go home!" Join in solidarity, Tuesday, April 17, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Abr...
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GSA chief resigns amid reports of excessive spending

washingtonpost.com - Public Buildings Service chief Robert A. Peck, a fixture in the Washington area real estate community on his second stint running the department, was forced out, along with Johnson’s top adviser, S...
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Rahm paving path for 2016 prez bid - Chicago Sun

suntimes.com - LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com April 2, 2012 9:30AM Laura Washington storyidforme: 28198619 tmspicid: 1032729 fileheaderid: 731012 Updated: April 2, 2012 9:38AM Look out, Clinton, Cuomo ...
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Children clamor for Congress to act against Kony

boston.com - WASHINGTON—The voices demanding that Congress stop the brutality of African warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army belong to America's children."All three of my kids, in different conte...
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Where Have All The Teachers Gone?

dcgmentor.com - …Long time gone,  marches on DC drew hundreds of thousands. In 1969, I marched on Washington as part of a massive crowd of 500,000 larger than the actual population of the city. In the summer of 20...
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2012 Time 'Person' Of The Year Prediction: The Slacktivist

forbes.com - Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” dates back to 1927. Charles Lindbergh’s famous aviation earned him the title in what was widely seen as an attempt to make up for Time’s lack of coverage on the...
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Raising My Voice Without Freedom

dailycensored.com - Raising My Voice Without Freedom By Liliana Valdez   Here in this sea of grief they cover my voice and tie me! I can’t say anything. This intrigues me, it kills me, but at the same time relieves me...
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BPA, Flame Retardants & Toxic Jewelry « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO, Healthy Child Healthy Worldwww.healthychild.org So many news stories that relate to children’s environmental health, it’s hard to keep up! The FDA ...
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UC Davis ‘robosquirrels’ take on rattlesnakes

davisenterprise.com - UC Davis animal behavior researchers use remote-controled robot squirrels to study rattlesnake behavior. UCD scientists are working along side researchers from San Diego State. Andy Fell (UCD)/Cour...
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