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Money and L.A. Unified - latimes.com

latimes.com - These days, public schools have to get their money where they can. And that's what the Los Angeles Unified School District is doing. Last week, The Times reported that about 20 senior jobs in the s...
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Bill Gates: Selling Bad Advice to the Public Schools

thedailybeast.com - Everyone agrees that American schools need help. But as Diane Ravitch argues, the fixes proposed by billionaire savior Bill Gates will only makes things worse. Over the weekend, the New York Times ...
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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Noreen Ahmed-Ullah Tribune reporter 11:04 a.m. CDT, May 25, 2011 Community activists used today’s meeting at which Jean-Claude Brizard was to be approved to head Chicago Public Schools to advoca...
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Rush Limbaugh Ratings Tumble

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Media huckster Rupert Murdoch discovers school reform.

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Look out kids!Rupert Murdoch, the power and money behind FOX News and the right-wing Weekly Standard, has almost single-handedly turned the world's news media into tabloidworld and now wants to do ...
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chicagobreakingnews.com - Greenpeace activists climb the smokestack at the Fisk power plant in the Pilsen neighborhood Tuesday. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune / May 24, 2011) Staff report 11:55 a.m. CDT, May 24, 2011 Eig...
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Use Less, Pay More under PG&E's Proposed Rate Hike

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Veterans committees to look at suicides - Brett Coughlin

politico.com - More active-duty soldiers and veterans have died from suicide than from combat wounds over the last two years — and Congress wants to know why the VA hasn’t done more to prevent it.The Senate Veter...
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Planificación de mi verano | vivirlaeducacion

vivirlaeducacion.com - Publicado el 26 Mayo 2011Archivado en Josep | Mi esposo y yo estamos empezando a planificar las actividades de nuestro verano. Me gustaría tomar un curso de titulados en Winthrop, como he llegado ...
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Tax Breaks for Big Oil vs. Education

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Veterans committees to look at suicides - Brett Coughlin

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    Modern School: Dairy Industry Lies to Fatten Profits (and Children)

    Modern School: Dairy Industry Lies to Fatten Profits (and Children)

    Dairy Industry Lies to Fatten Profits (and Children)

    by Michael Dunn

    "Bubbles" by John Isaac, 2003 (photographed by Grahamc99)
    A report by the Associated Press last week said that a number of professional and medical groups, including the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), had issued a “joint statement” favoring flavored milk in the schools. Their statement supposedly asserted that “the nutritional value of
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    New York City to Roll Out New Tests to Rate Teachers - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

    New York City to Roll Out New Tests to Rate Teachers - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

    New York City to Roll Out New Tests to Rate Teachers

    by E.D. Kain

    Something tells me this will not end well:

    New York City education officials are developing more than a dozen new standardized tests, but in a sign of the times, their main purpose will be to grade teachers, not the students who take them.

    Elementary school students would most likely take at least one or two additional tests every year, beginning in the third grade. High school students could take up to eight additional tests a year, and middle school students would also have extra tests. These would be in addition to the state English, math and Regents exams that students already take.

    The new tests are part of New York’s effort to comply with Race to the Top funding requirements which require states to rate teachers. While officials are attempting to make the tests more involved than simple multiple-

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    Schools Matter: Proposal: convert schools into prisons to improve student life

    Schools Matter: Proposal: convert schools into prisons to improve student life

    Proposal: convert schools into prisons to improve student life

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    Ithaca public schools superintendent Nathan Bootz proposes making schools into prisons to improve things for students. I add a comment.

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    05/24/2011

    Dear Governor Snyder,

    In these tough economic times, schools are hurting. And yes, everyone in Michigan is hurting right now financially, but why aren't we protecting schools? Schools are the one place on Earth that people look to to "fix" what is wrong with society by educating our youth and preparing them to take on the issues that society has created.

    One solution I believe we must do is take a look at our corrections system in Michigan. We rank nationally at the top in the number of people we incarcerate. We also spend the most money per prisoner annually tha

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    OfficialWire: Open Government Advocates Strike Deal With UC, CSU On Transparency Act

    OfficialWire: Open Government Advocates Strike Deal With UC, CSU On Transparency Act

    Open Government Advocates Strike Deal With UC, CSU On Transparency Act

    Public Universities to Drop Opposition to Yee’s Bill, Sunshine Law Now Likely

    Published on May 25, 2011

    by Adam J. Keigwin

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    SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (USA)
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    For the past three years, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), along with open government advocates, students, and workers, have been trying to bring greater transparency and accountability to California’s public higher education institutions – University of California, California State University, and the state’s community college system.

    Previous legislative efforts have been opposed by the administrations of UC and CSU and vetoed by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles), but today, the sides announced a compromise that will remove the universities’ opposition, protect donor anonymity in most cases, and increase transparency at

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