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A Veteran Commits Suicide Every 80 Minutes
veteranstoday.com - A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes, according to a study published Monday. Military suicides have increased since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Center for...
State's new list of troubled schools paints bleak picture
nydailynews.com - Over a third of the city’s public schools are failing their students, according to new state standards that paint a much bleaker picture than the one offered by the city. The New York State Educati...
Shanker Blog » When The Legend Becomes Fact, Print The Fact Sheet
shankerblog.org - The New Teacher Project (TNTP) just released a “fact sheet” on value-added (VA) analysis. I’m all for efforts to clarify complex topics such as VA, and, without question, there is a great deal of m...
Jeff David: Jindal’s version of school ‘reform’ targets us
livingstonparishnews.com - Let's be very clear about it. The primary stated goal of the Bobby Jindal administration during its second four years will be the elimination of the public school systems in the state of Louisiana,...
No Testing Week: Part Deux - Finding Common Ground
blogs.edweek.org - Although, we have always been a close staff we have had open and honest discussions about testing, NCLB and how we can move forward in a time with so many mandates.As adults, we can all remember th...
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telosophers.org - We are a student movement, an effort to change culture in our communities, to encourage one another to engage in more meaningful discussion. Culturally we are taught to avoid conversation...
New York's Rebellious School Principals
huffingtonpost.com - Principal Skinner may cower in the face of authority, but his counterparts on Long Island have not hesitated to take a stand against policymakers pushing a wrongheaded agenda.Head over to www.longi...
N.J. education chief to present Gov. Christie's ideas today at annual teachers convention
nj.com - ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey's education chief is taking Gov. Chris Christie's ideas for overhauling the state's public schools to a tough crowd: The state's largest teachers union.Acting Education C...
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Looking for Mr. Velderman. FOIA requests go both ways. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Ben Velderman of the Education Action Group.Ben Velderman, who filed the original FOIA request for my emails and works or worked for the anti-union Education Action Group, taught for a short time f...
Occupy San Diego Matters
obrag.org - Here are matters that concern our very own version of Occupy Wall Street : Occupy San Diego – going since October 7, 2011.90% of Calls and emails to Mayor Sanders Support OccupySDAt the City Beat, ...
Veterans Day: By the Numbers
baycitizen.org - Shah Marai, AFP/Getty Images U.S. soldiers salute at a Veteran's Day ceremony in Kabul. Veterans Day tends to be a quiet holiday in the Bay Area, a region where most of the military bases have clos...
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Colin Powell: Listen to Occupy Wall Street - MJ Lee
politico.com - Colin Powell says the Occupy Wall Street protests are “as American as apple pie,” and political leaders need to do more than just “scream” at the demonstrators.“Demonstrating like this is is as Ame...
Israel Will Not Attack Iran. Period.
palestinechronicle.com - By Uri AvneryEverybody knows the scene from school: a small boy quarrels with a bigger boy. 'Hold me back!' he shouts to his comrades, 'Before I break his bones!'Our government seems to be behaving...
Big news: We won. You won.
tarsandsaction.org - Um, we won. You won. Not completely. The president didn’t outright reject the pipeline permit. My particular fantasy–that he would invite the 1253 people arrested on his doorstep in August inside t...
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The Inequality Map
nytimes.com - Foreign tourists are coming up to me on the streets and asking, “David, you have so many different kinds of inequality in your country. How can I tell which are socially acceptable and which are no...
Does it Poo?
ideasandthoughts.org - From the "bragging about my kids file"…. My talented daughter is having to take a few more courses at the University of Regina to get her teacher certification here in Saskatchewan. She's taking an...
The Presentation Karaoke
ideasandthoughts.org - I've had a few people ask me about this so I thought I'd share something I've been doing recently. Having done my share of workshops, I recognize it's challenging to spend a half day or full day wi...
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Paid sick days are good for families and businesses! « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Let’s face it. Children share everything. Unfortunately, that included colds and the flu. Moms and dads know this and want to protect the health of all children by staying home, which helps speed t...
SAT Wars: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS SAT Wars: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SAT Wars: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS:SAT Wars: EXPOSING NEW EVIDENCE OF FLAWS IN STANDARDIZED TESTSSAT WARS: EXPOSING NEW EVID...
Massachusetts- transgender people need paid sick days too « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - As a transgender person, I realize how important it is to have paid sick days. If you don’t know, a transgender person is just like anyone else, but refers to people who transition from one gender ...
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Oakland police plead with protesters to leave
boston.com - OAKLAND, Calif.—Citing a strain on limited crime-fighting resources, police officers pleaded with Occupy Oakland protesters Friday to leave their encampment at the City Hall plaza where a man was s...
BREAKING NEWS Mexico’s Secretary of Interior Dies in Chopper Crash
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:48 pm, November 11, 2011 Photo Credits: Jose Francisco Blake Mora Mexican Government officials have confirmed Secretary of Interior Jose Francisco Blake Mora died today, after his he...
Body, possibly Occupy protester, found in SLC’s Pioneer Park
democraticunderground.com - Source: The Salt Lake TribunePolice were called to Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park late Friday morning after a man, possibly one of the Occupy Salt Lake protesters, was found dead inside a tent.Follo...
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Occupy Wall Street is winning - Ben Smith
politico.com - Main Content November 11, 2011 Whatever the objectives of protesters involved in Occupy Wall Street, they have succeeded in engaging the country in a conversation about income inequality. A quick s...
Occupy San Diego Matters
obrag.org - Here are matters that concern our very own version of Occupy Wall Street : Occupy San Diego – going since October 7, 2011.90% of Calls and emails to Mayor Sanders Support OccupySDAt the City Beat, ...
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Former KIPP Teachers: Share Your Story Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 hour ago Schools Matter: Former KIPP Teachers: Share Your Story:Former KIPP Teachers: Shar...
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Pennsylvania State University - Rankings
psu.edu - U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges 2012 (Undergraduate Programs) Best National Universities PENN STATE TIED FOR 45th NATIONALLY (+2 from last year) Top 50 Public National Universities...
