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The values behind ‘value-added’

takingnote.learningmatters.tv - Does the current push for “Value Added” measures mean that education has finally figured it out, or is this yet another silver bullet that will fail — and perhaps do more harm than good along the w...

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JamesBoutin's Blog | Teacher Leaders Network

teacherleaders.org - Over the past weekend, a group of Washington State teachers participated in a multi-prompt asynchronous chat around the creation and use of new systems of teacher evaluation in the Seattle area. Af...

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 An Assault on the Right to Protest

huffingtonpost.com - On Monday, I had the honor of joining in our nation's celebration of the life and legacy of one of the great protesters of the last century. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched, and led historic ma...

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Newt Gingrich wanted 'open marriage,' ex-wife says

cnn.com - Ex-wife: Gingrich wanted 'open marriage'(CNN) -- Newt Gingrich offered his second wife a choice of an open marriage or a divorce when he revealed to her he was having an affair with the woman he la...

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Rahm's retreat was phony

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Protesting the mayor's latest assault on free speech. With protesters chanting “We vote no” outside, a compliant city council approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to deny First Amendment rights to ...

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Big Hollywood's Big Copyright Defeat

motherjones.com - One draft for a "blackout screen" for Wikipedia, which plans to "go dark" on Wednesday in protest of two Hollywood-backed copyright bills pending in the US Congress. WikipediaOnly two American indu...

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You’ll Do Fine | California Father

californiafather.com - I need to put a new connector on a cable that plugs an antenna into my video camera, so I go to a place called Electronic City in Burbank. The guy there doesn’t have the correct connector but can o...

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The Bold & Self-Sufficient Occupiers of Flint, Michigan

dissenter.firedoglake.com - Occupy Flint There are about forty to fifty Occupy encampments left in the United States. But, as I found out during a demonstration against Governor Rick Snyder’s emergency manager law on Martin L...

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Are You Kidding Me? Another Month of Job Losses? |

bluecheddar.net - I have mixed feelings about the ease of my self-assigned task of reporting Wisconsin’s employment data in the worst light possible. Obviously it hurts to see so many Wisconsinites still looking for...

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Students disrupt UC regents in Riverside to protest cuts

latimesblogs.latimes.com - January 19, 2012 | 11:12 am Students protesting budget cuts temporarily disrupted the UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday in Riverside, at one point forcing officials to move to another room. Abou...

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Ed Dept. seeks public input on cheating

boston.com - WASHINGTON—The Education Department wants the public's input to develop guidelines to prevent and detect cheating. The effort comes after several cheating scandals involving teachers.The department...

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Today's Teamster News 01.19.12

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Indiana Democrats show no sign of ending boycott Associated Press ...Most Indiana House Democrats aren’t showing signs of ending their boycott over the right-to-work bill despite threats of $1,0...

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