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Duncan Calls for Urgency in Lowering College Costs

nytimes.com - Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a speech Tuesday pushed higher education officials to “think more creatively — and with much greater urgency — about how to contain the spiraling costs of college...

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Why Rich Kids Cheat On The SAT

forbes.com - Shortly before Thanksgiving, The New York Times reported that criminal charges have been filed against 20 students in an affluent New York suburb for allegedly cheating on the SAT. Some of those ch...

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K12 Inc.: Public Online Schools, Private Profits

kunc.org - At a time when public schools are seeing deep cuts in funding, there’s a growing market for companies running online elementary, middle and high schools. The largest for-profit company overseeing t...

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An Urban Teacher's Education: Distraction Matters

anurbanteacherseducation.com - I spent a large portion of my Thanksgiving Break doing things like watching The Walking Dead and Dexter. (I don't really love either of the shows, but my affinity for both end-of-the-world scenario...

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Best and Worst in American Education, 2011

hoover.org - This was truly harmful for standards-based education reform, particularly because of how thoroughly it has been misinterpreted and misrepresented. What the public should have learned from the Atlan...

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Occupy Durban! | Abahlali baseMjondolo

abahlali.org - 27 November 2011 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Occupy Durban!Occupations Currently Underway in Hillary, KwaMashu and Pinetown We are human beings, not dogs, and every human being has a righ...

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Teacher Arrested Protesting for Education Funding in Olympia

seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - Jesse Hagopian, teacher in the Seattle Public School System and Founding Member of Seattle Equality Educators (SEE) was arrested on Monday for standing up for his students. Jesse Hagopian standing ...

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Bob Herbert: Occupy Wall Street's Cry of the Heart

thenation.com - Despite all the dismissive criticism, Occupy Wall Street has spread across the globe since its inception three month ago. How could a leaderless and seemingly amorphous movement achieve such global...

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Latest #OccupySupply Update – Coats Arrive!

fdlaction.firedoglake.com - Jon Walker models the new OccupySupply Coat We took delivery on our first shipment of heavyweight duck blanket lined jackets, made by UFCW local 1541 workers and modeled by Jon Walker in the photo....

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Banks made billions on secret Federal Reserve loans

sfgate.com - Karen Bleier / AFP/Getty Images The Federal Reserve and a group of big banks battled in court for two-plus years to keep details of the huge 2007-2010 bailout a secret. The Federal Reserve and the ...

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Hank Paulson’s Secret: Of Course the System Is Rigged

fdlaction.firedoglake.com - When former Goldman Sachs exec Henry Paulson was Treasury Secretary he apparently gave his hedge fund buddies extremely helpful and lucrative secret information about his plans to seize Freddie Mae...

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2 Occupy Demonstrations Face Eviction

nytimes.com - In center city Philadelphia, hundreds gathered outside City Hall in a show of solidarity ahead of a city-imposed Sunday evening deadline to clear a campsite there. The protesters braced for a polic...

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Iran Students Storm British Embassy in Tehran - Global

theatlanticwire.com - Students in Tehran stormed the British embassy there on Tuesday, forcing their way inside, where they threw papers from the windows and took down the British flag. The attack started with dozens pr...

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Schools Matter: Got 4K? Start Teaching Today--in Texas

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Got 4K? Start Teaching Today--in Texas:Got 4K? Start Teaching Today--in Texasby Jim HornOnline and for-profit teacher "preparation," another innovative job creating strategy from th...

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OCCUPY EDUCATION I occupy Education...

occupyedu.tumblr.com - 29th November 2011 Photo with 6 notes From a student at Occupy High… I occupy Education because I am the future, the pillars of society. We are the future, the pillars of society. The good and the...

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OCCUPY EDUCATION Don’t analyze me....

occupyedu.tumblr.com - This is a collection of adults and children's messages that challenge public school to become something more than it is - messages that dare public school to serve students' passions instead of pol...

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