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Hidden Costs of Choice + NY: Eval Overhaul In Scary Hands - CURMUDGUCATION
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Network for Public Education Endorses Helen Gym for Philadelphia City Council | Diane Ravitch's blog
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SUPES Owner's Sketchy Past Revealed As Scandal Deepens for Byrd-Bennett: Chicagoist
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Badass Teachers Association
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Why We Should Trust Teachers to Determine Who is Career and College Ready
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Corporate Reformer Pretending to be something he isn’t - the wealthy are buying the U.S. one election at a time
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How to Buy a School District - Education Under Attack
Education Under Attack | Attacks on public education system hurt America: How to Buy a School DistrictThe Lyons Elementary School District 103 was recently purchased for $11,512. The district, serving 2,600 students in west Cook County, has an annual budget over $30 million. What a great deal!How the school district was bought:The mayor of one of the five communities the district serves, Chris G
Evaluation regs to be adopted without formal public comment | Capital New York
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Jersey Jazzman: One Newark: "Choosing" Segregated Schools?
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Louisiana Educator: Latest News in the War Against Public Education and the Teaching Profession
Louisiana Educator: Latest News in the War Against Public Education and the Teaching Profession:Latest News in the War Against Public Education and the Teaching ProfessionFirst the Good News:HB 330 which would have greatly expanded vouchers, and HB 505 that would have taken away all due process rights of teachers were removed from the House Education Committee agenda for last week. These bills may
Are government officials trying to intimidate parents who resist testing? - The Washington Post
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Michigan Governor Takes Recovery School District Model to New Chaotic Level | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Michigan Governor Takes Recovery School District Model to New Chaotic Level | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Michigan Governor Takes Recovery School District Model to New Chaotic LevelFiled under: Recovery District — millerlf @ 2:47 am By Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press Education April 30, 2015Story Highlights• Snyder wants to create new education boards whose members he and Mayor M
Yong Zhao’s NPE Speech, Transcribed– Part I | deutsch29
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Activist Ignites Heated Debate Over Whether Charter Schools Can Save Baltimore - Yahoo News
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They turned college into McDonald’s: Adjunct professors, fast-food wages and how colleges screw more than just students - Salon.com
They turned college into McDonald’s: Adjunct professors, fast-food wages and how colleges screw more than just students - Salon.com: They turned college into McDonald’s: Adjunct professors, fast-food wages and how colleges screw more than just studentsAdjunct professors are joining the fight for a living wage -- and show us all education isn't a guarantee of a job The fight to raise the minimum wa
Charter schools’ five-mile enrollment under scrutiny
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Vouchers on the Move: Return to School Segregation?
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"Opting Out" (Cuomo's Song) sort of by Billy Joel
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New booklets celebrate May, Labor History Month
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#ThankATeacher | WagTheDog
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Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 5/1/15
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