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Mike Klonsky: Robert Gates' Epiphany and the Fate of Public Education #WIunion #WeAreWI

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky: Robert Gates' Epiphany and the Fate of Public EducationMike KlonskyEducator, Author of "Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society"Posted: March 4, 2011 12:06 PMR...

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Michael Moore in Madison: ' | The Nation #WIunion #WeAreWI #SolidarityWI

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Michael Moore in Madison: 'This is our Last Chance to Wrestle America Away From the Grubby Hands of the Greedy Rich.' | The NationMichael Moore in Madison: 'This is our Last Chance to Wrestle Ameri...

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A Letter to Scott Walker from a Wisconsin Teacher #StateSOS #WIunion #SolidarityWI

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Letter to Scott Walker from a Wisconsin Teacher A Letter to Scott Walker from a Wisconsin TeacherThis letter was sent by a teacher from Endeavor, WI to Governor Walker. I forward it not only bec...

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Solidarity Wisconsin WEB Site #StateSOS #WIunion #SolidarityWI

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Solidarity WisconsinFeatured ArticlesWalker Transparency LawsuitScott Walker’s Nightmare: Explosion of Solidarity Weekend EventsSome Saturday readingFull rally information for Saturday, March 5Scot...

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STAND UP FOR WISCONSIN'S FAMILIES! Stop Walker's Budget #WIunion #WeAreWI #SolidarityWI

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stop Walker's BudgetSTAND UP FOR WISCONSIN'S FAMILIES!Scott Walker's budget is an attack against the hard-working, dedicated families in our state. The plan will devastate our communities. It is fi...

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Focus on the Facts - PDD & PLP - SEIU 1000

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Walker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin? | FDL News Desk #wiunion bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Walker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin? | FDL News DeskWalker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin?by David Dayenboxed in?Scott Walker is boxed in. He missed his ... coopmike48

UW Milwaukee Dance Party « occupy california occupyca.wordpress.com - By * MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Pajama dance party tonight at 11pm in occupied UWM Theater.(RSVP on facebook) This entry was posted on 5 March 2011 at 2:53 pm and is filed under Events, Wisconsin. You ... coopmike48

Big Education Ape: 3-5-11, Special AM#wiunion Edition #WeAreWI #WIUnion bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now, #wiunionBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 9 hoursBack to front pageHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSART ... coopmike48

Boycott Toolkit | Boycott Koch Industries #WeAreWI #WIUnion bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Boycott Toolkit | Boycott Koch IndustriesBOYCOTTTOOLKITStart a CampaignAdd a CompanyAdd a ProductAdd a StoreCampaignsCompaniesProductsStoresAboutContactBoycott Koch IndustriesWhy? Koch Industries i... coopmike48

A personal story of why we are here

defendwisconsin.org - My grandfather was a proud American patriot, a devout Catholic, a tireless laborer, and a staunch unionist whose American dream was fulfilled. He would never have imagined that his granddaughter an...

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Solidarity Wisconsin | Internet Radio

blogtalkradio.com - Upcoming Episodes Join Steve Hanson and Bluecheddar for a discussion of events over the weekend in Madison, and the fight for workers' rights. Featured Episode Host Steve Hanson talks with Jennifer...

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Big Education Ape: 3-4-11, Special PM #wiunion Edition #StateSOS #SolidarityWI

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PressTV - Quick Facts: WI protests -

presstv.ir - Quick Facts: WI protests -- a timeline Protesters in the U.S. state of Wisconsin are still keeping up pressure on authorities over plans that restrict collective bargaining for most government work...

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Slow Jam The News: Wisconsin Protests (3/2/11) - Video

latenightwithjimmyfallon.com - We've detected that you have NBC Direct installed. We're sorry to inform you that NBC Direct is no longer in service. HD NBC videos are now available through our new streaming-only player. The NBC ...

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Protesters, Police Ready for Another Rally in Wisconsin

foxnews.com - Another Saturday, another demonstration in Madison. Protesters and police are preparing for what figures to be more massive rallies at the state Capitol. Protesters were busy early erecting a stage...

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#DMEA: Time to Take A Stand - Monday, March 7, 5 PM!!! #StateSOS #WIunion #SolidarityWI Time to Take A Stand - Monday, March 7, 5 PM!!! bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Des Moines Education Association: Time to Take A Stand - Monday, March 7, 5 PM!!!Time to Take A Stand - Monday, March 7, 5 PM!!!In 2002 we faced across the boards cuts in education spending that we... coopmike48

CMD Volunteers to "Clean Up" Capitol (and Spin Over Clean Up Costs) prwatch.org - MADISON--Responding to claims by the Walker Department of Administration that the cost to clean up the tape from citizens' signs in the Capitol would be $7.5 million, the Center for Media and Democ... coopmike48

Defend Wisconsin | Against Scott Walker #StateSOS #WIunion #SolidarityWI bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Defend Wisconsin | Against Scott Walker's Budget Repair BillPreservationist: Demonstrators Treat Capitol With RespectRemarkably, the protesters have adopted an ownership ethic in the building, trea... coopmike48

The Spirit of Wisconsin | Defend Wisconsin

defendwisconsin.org - Late on a frigid Wisconsin afternoon, an hour before another of the evening demonstrations that brought thousands, then tens of thousands, then more than 100,000 public employees, teachers, student...

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Full rally information for Saturday, March 5

defendwisconsin.org - – March 4, 2011Posted in: Announcements Expect downtown Madison to be abuzz with protesters again on Saturday: Wisconsin Wave is hosting a rally at noon at the King St. entrance to the Capitol AFSC...

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The Budget: Who's Really to Blame?

theatlanticwire.com - Tony Auth wonders if Republicans are pointing the finger in the right direction. This feature may not be reproduced or distributed electronically, in print or otherwise without the written permissi...

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US Union Fights Spark Recall Campaigns

myfoxtampabay.com - (NewsCore) - MADISON, Wis. -- Unions and Democratic activists in Wisconsin and Ohio are opening new fronts in their opposition to state bills that would limit public employees' collective bargainin...

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Arne Duncan: Friend of Unions & Enemy of Teachers

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/arne-duncan-friend-of-unions-enemy-of.html"; Education blogger Dana Goldstein recently had breakfast at the Department of Education with Arne D...

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Salon: Wisconsin: The Tea Party's Waterloo?

kochwatch.org - Don't celebrate quite yet, but Republican support for Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill is frayingMarch 4, 2011- Just how nervous is Scott Walker feeling in Wisconsin? The Washington Post's Greg Sarg...

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Walker Transparency Lawsuit | Solidarity Wisconsin

solidaritywisconsin.com - Remember the 8000/31000/infinite number of emails that Scott Walker claims he's received, "most of which" support him? The Isthmus and AP have tried to get the emails in an Open Records Request - ...

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IL Young Republicans Seeking to help Wisconsin return 14 fugitive lawmakers- TOO Funny (VIDEO)

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 8:00 am, March 5, 2011 Photo Credits: "Wisconsin Criminals" Illinois young republicans today re-released their web ad in wake of the action today taken by the Wisconsin State Senate.Se...

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Popthomology: SONG & VIDEO: "BORN IN WISCONSIN"

popthomology.com - In my apparent on-going quest to bring back the Hootenanny, I have written my SECOND protest song! The first was "How Can You Tell?" because I was (and am) so disgusted by Arizona's blatant anti-im...

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Gov. Scott Walker Has Lost The War - Rick Ungar - The Policy Page

blogs.forbes.com - Mar. 4 2011 - 2:46 pm | 23 views | 0 recommendations | In what may be the result of one of the great political miscalculations of our time, Scott Walker’s popularity in his home state is fast going...

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36,000 Sign Petition for Workers’ Rights – Are You on the List? #WIunion #WeAreWI #p2

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA - Federal Legislative Updates36,000 Sign Petition for Workers’ Rights – Are You on the List?As protests in Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget repair bill enter their third w...

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Come Saturday Morning: A Tale of Two Franchise Operations | Firedoglake #WeAreWI #WIUnion

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Come Saturday Morning: A Tale of Two Franchise Operations | FiredoglakeCome Saturday Morning: A Tale of Two Franchise Operationsby Phoenix WomanThe respective models of Ian’s Pizza and Baja Sol sho...

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Douglas County lawmaker tackled at Capitol, says Walker is to blame | Duluth News Tribune

duluthnewstribune.com - Wisconsin Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, made national headlines Friday after video showed him being tackled to the ground by police as he tried to enter the state Capitol in Madison on Thursday ...

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In union strongholds, residents wrestle with cuts

boston.com - RACINE, Wis.—There once was a time when Harry and Nancy Harrington -- their teenage children in tow -- walked the picket line outside the nursing home where she was a medical aide, protesting the l...

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Unions Unite! And The Undercover Liberal Visits The Gun Show

mommapolitico.blogspot.com - WI workers support teachers in battle for worker's rights. From Blogging BlueFirst Up: "Thanks, Scott! How thoughtful of you! And it's not even Christmas!" Walker's gift to The Democratic Party You...

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Rachel Maddow | Nick Milroy | Wisconsin Palm Tree

mediaite.com - videoWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s public relations battle has gone from bad to worse, as poll after poll shows overwhelming support for the collective bargaining rights he is trying to strip from ...

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Republican War On Working Families #WIunion #SolidarityWI

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - BoldProgressives on Mar 1, 2011Help put this on TV:https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/waronworkingfamilies?refcode=youtube This ad was launched March 2, 2012 by the Progressive Change Campa...

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National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Woes in Wisconsin (And Elsewhere)

education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, February 28, 2011It's getting down to the wire in Wisconsin. Teachers' contracts might not be renewed if Gov. Scott Walker has his way and enacts legislation stripping most public employees...

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5 WEAC Activities | Support Our Union #WeAreWI #WIUnion #WEAC

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Activities | Support Our Union | Legislative Resources | Issues & Advocacy | Wisconsin Education Association CouncilKeep raising your voice!Note: AFSCME also is maintaining a list of activities and...

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Talking Points Memo: The Next Union Battlefield In Ohio: The Ballot Box

kochwatch.org - March 4, 2011- As the Ohio state House prepares to take up the controversial collective bargaining and union rights provisions contained in the just-passed state Senate Bill 5, union supporters and...

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The Nation: The Spirit of Wisconsin

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Union Blues | Defend Wisconsin

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Hate Comes to Orange County

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Hate Comes to Orange County

Hate Comes to Orange County

by Paul B

A disturbing, frightening and shameful example of contemporary racism, live from the OC.
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There’s No Crying While Teaching! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!

There’s No Crying While Teaching! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!

There’s No Crying While Teaching! I was watching a Geico commercial where a pyschiatrist told his patient to “Man up!”. Well, not in those words, but that’s what he meant. I really laughed when he offered the patient the tissue box, and as he reached for it, he threw it past him. ...

Learning Begins at Home I hosted a cookout at my house yesterday. While I was sitting on the deck, one of my guest’s 8 year old daughter walked by, and I noticed her shoelaces were untied. I asked her to tie her shoelaces because I didn’t want her to trip and fall. She ...

Tick! Tock! Time to Go Back! Got a phone call from a colleague today telling me to check my school email! “Oh,oh”, I thought,”That doesn’t sound good.” Sure enough, I had received an email from my principal, a foreboding of what’s to come. It’s time to go back to work! On one ...

Students Are Not Your Friends! Repeat after me, “I am not my students’s friend”, “I am not my students’s friend.” The sooner teachers come to realize this, the more control they will have of their classrooms. Too many times, teachers worry about whether the kids will like them. ...

Reading IS Fundamental! I took my teenage son and two of his friends to the mall today, not to shop, but to meet District English teachers to discuss the book they had to read for their Mandatory Reading assignment. No, I wasn’t forced to grab both his legs and drag him, ...

Skating Party! I love going to social events with the students! Tonight was our annual after school skating party. It gives me a chance to relax and have a good time with my students in a different setting. Even the ones that got on my nerves all day, are given a hug ...

The Five States Where Teachers Unions Are Illegal Have The Lowest Test Scores In America*

The Five States Where Teachers Unions Are Illegal Have The Lowest Test Scores In America*

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Update: A commenter points out this fact uses test scores from 1999. Based on 2007 test scores the trend is weaker: NC is 47th; TX is 45th; SC is 39th; GA is 26th; VA is 25th. These rankings come from a composite of ACT and SAT scores among high school graduates, which is a measure that accounts for different participation rates.

Previously: Here's an impossibly good statistic for union defenders, dug up by the Maureen Downey at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Only five states do not allow

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/states-where-teachers-unions-are-illegal-2011-2#ixzz1Fm8j7fFc

Shanker Blog » How To Make A Misleading Public/Private Earnings Gap Disappear

Shanker Blog » How To Make A Misleading Public/Private Earnings Gap Disappear

How To Make A Misleading Public/Private Earnings Gap Disappear

by Matthew Di Carlo

USA Today last week published yet another story claiming that public sector workers make more that their private sector counterparts – this one saying that Wisconsin is one of many states where this is the case. Their “analysis” used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and compared total compensation (salary+benefits) between workers in the private sector and state/local government.

No matter how many times they are told that you can’t just make a straight comparison of dissimilar groups of workers, apparently they still don’t get it. Incredibly, this particular article admits as much, and even quotes economist Jeffrey Keefe, who tells them that the gross comparisons don’t account for important sectoral differences in education and other factors. In other words, their numbers don’t tell us much of anything about public versus private sector compensation. Still, there is the headline: “Wisconsin one of 41 states where public workers earn more.” How many people saw that headline, and now believe that public workers are “overpaid?”

USA Today, of course, is not alone. These assertions have lately become insidious, coming from governors,commentators, and others. But when a major national newspaper decides to run this story at this politically-

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 WEAC Activities | Support Our Union #WeAreWI #WIUnion #WEAC

Activities | Support Our Union | Legislative Resources | Issues & Advocacy | Wisconsin Education Association Council

Keep raising your voice!

Note: AFSCME also is maintaining a list of activities and events. If you don't see an event in your community here you may find one on the AFSCME activities list.

In addition to events listed here, ongoing canvassing is taking place in many communities. Contact your UniServ office for deails in your area.

Check back often. This page is being constantly updated.

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Ongoing event in Eau Claire: The UW-Eau Claire faculty union (AFT local #6481) is planning a protest every work day at 5:14 p.m. at the Downtown City Parking Lot at the corner of Farwell & Gray to thank our 14 Wisconsin Senators who were forced to leave the state.

Ongoing event in Menomonie: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. every day Monday through Friday, a peaceful march at the Veteran’s Memorial Park on Crescent Street in Menomonie. Signs available. Participants are welcome to come for whatever time they are available.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5

Counter rallies to the Americans for Prosperity Bus Tour Stop. Let’s be there to show them how Wisconsin really feels about the governor’s budget!

• EAU CLAIRE @ 10:30 AM (Holiday Inn, 2703 Craig Road)
• HUDSON @ 1:30 PM (Best Western Hudson House, 1616 Crest View Dr)
• LA CROSSE @ 6:30 PM (Radisson Hotel, 200 Front Street)

MADISON:

A Step It Up: We Are Wisconsin Rally! is now planned for Noon - 3 p.m. on the King Street side of the State Capitol. Musical guests include Michelle Shocked, Jon Langford and Ryan Bingham. Speakers include:

• Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin
• State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys
• Kabzuag Vaj of the community justice advocates at Freedom, Inc.
• Leland Pan of the Student Labor Action Coalition
• Jim Goodman of Family Farm Defenders
• Paul Soglin and David Cieslewicz
• Matt Nelson of Color of Change
• MCs Patrick Depula with Sarah Ben Manski

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Machines That Think, Diagnose, and Teach–Brave New World | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Machines That Think, Diagnose, and Teach–Brave New World | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Machines That Think, Diagnose, and Teach–Brave New World

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In 1950, the Turing Test–named after Alan Turing, a British mathematician and founder of computer science–was established to determine if an artificial intelligence (AI) program could be written that would convince judges–who would pose questions through a computer terminal to a human and the AI program–that they knew whether a human or machine was answering their questions. For the past two decades, a prize of $3,000 was given. In2009, a human won–but just barely.

Recall also Garry Kasparov beating Big Blue in chess in 1996 and then losing to the machine next year.

And just a month ago, Watson beat two human contestants at “Jeopardy.” Looks like AI machines are on a roll