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Imagine the profits | The Journal Gazette

journalgazette.net - Elisa Crouch of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an interesting series on the city's Imagine Inc.-operated charter schools, examining academic performance and the questionable real estate arrangemen...

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coopmike48 Smart Tech Games combining hands AND mind - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. -http://t.co/pu0aYBjh9 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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tbfurman @DianeRavitch hi rents are a sign that the charter loan originator has received New Market Tax Credits, which extend only for 7 years.8 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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coopmike48 Stephen Colbert Infiltrates Occupy Wall Street - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. -http://t.co/gR7VJT5O #ows8 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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A Look at a Finnish School

huffingtonpost.com - Aurora School Principal Martti Hellström in the classroom with his pupilsIf you thought you knew everything about the remarkable transformation of Finland's schools from mediocre to one of the top ...

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More to worry about than pensions

dailyherald.com - Article posted: 11/1/2011 5:00 AM Shouldn’t our state legislators be discussing stagnant or falling wages and a more equitable tax system in Illinois, the state’s crumbling infrastructure, economic...

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Allegations of Exam-Tampering Soar

nytimes.com - Complaints of tampering with state Regents exams have ballooned since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of New York City’s schools, newly released data show, placing in stark relief the confl...

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The amazing Justin Wedes!

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Justin Wedes has emerged as one of the key spokespeople behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Justin, a 27 year old former NYC teacher, was on WNYC radio a couple of weeks ago, and on the Colbe...

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Topless protest against DSK in Paris

euronews.net - A protest with a difference has taken place outside the home of the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn in Paris.A Ukrainian feminist organisation organised a “topless demonstration” to protest...

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Neo-Cons Blame Obama for Iraq “Loss” to Iran

tomhayden.com - The neo-conservatives were the vanguard who advocated, lobbied for and won the authorization forcibly replace Saddam Hussein with Shiite Iraqis linked to Iran.* Having installed those forces in pow...

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OWS has transformed public opinion - Occupy Wall Street

salon.com - You took me by surprise. For all I know, you took yourself by surprise, the first of you who arrived at Zuccotti Park and, inspired by a bunch of Egyptian students, didn’t go home again. And when t...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release November 01, 2011 Private Residence New Orleans, Louisiana1:33 P.M. CDTMRS. OBAMA: Well, thank you so much. (Applause.) Please, res...

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Latin America Celebrates “Día De los Muertos”

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:11 pm, November 1, 2011 Photo Credits: Day of The Dead is Here! Celebrate With us “Dia de los Muertos,” the Latin American holiday that starts on “All Saints Day” (November 1st) and ...

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How midyear school cuts could be “triggered”

signonsandiego.com - The San Diego Unified School District faces numerous budget problems, the most immediate being the possibility of having to slash millions in spending early next year.School officials recently expr...

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Cops Say Quan's 'Confusing' Decisions Put Them at Risk

baycitizen.org - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oakland Mayor Jean Quan pauses during a press conference on October 26, 2011 in Oakland Oakland cops are worried about a showdown with Occupy Oakland protesters on Wedn...

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Iraq Invades Oakland

tomhayden.com - The predicted police violence rapidly is coming true. First, on October 18, US Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas, back from two tours in Iraq, intervened to reproach the NYPD for wanton attacks on peaceful...

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In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Date – SchoolBook

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Date – SchoolBook:In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Dateby Claire LambrechtTo say that the new Afterword in the paperback edition of “The Death and...

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