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MAY DAY CHARTS: We Don’t Currently Reward Our Workers

thinkprogress.org - via OccuprintThe 99 Percent Movement is bringing May Day, the worldwide annual celebration of labor, to the United States today with protests in over 135 cities. The theme of the protests is “A Day...
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Arizona Public Media | AZPM Home

azpm.org - House OKs Scholarship Plan for Private, Home Schooling Story By Andrea Kelly April 30, 2012 The Arizona House of Representatives has agreed to expand an academic scholarship program that allows stu...
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What You Need To Know About ALEC - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Since the 2010 elections, when Republicans took control of many states, there has been an explosion of legislation advancing privatization of public schools and stripping teachers of j...
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Teachers vs. Kenneth Cole – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - May 1, 2012, 8:12 a.m. Happy May Day. Here’s some of what’s in the news this Tuesday morning: Kenneth Cole, the designer, has long been known for his topical slogans that use puns to promote his sh...
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Advocates: School overusing 911 for behavior problems 

nydailynews.com - Public schools are overusing hospital emergency rooms, calling 911 when kids exhibit behavioral problems, advocates charged at a City Council hearing Tuesday.There were nearly 1,000 calls to 911 la...
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Quinn Quits Wage Rally After Bloomberg Is Insulted

nytimes.com - Saying she would not tolerate name-calling in political debates, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, walked out of a rally on Monday after a participant derided New York’s mayor as “Phara...
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Occupy May Day in Bryant Park : The New Yorker

newyorker.com - The Bank of America branch at One Bryant Park was scheduled to open at eight this morning, but just before eight-thirty, a sign was taped to the revolving doors: “Due to circumstances beyond our co...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg – A History Of Insults

cityandstateny.com - Compared to some of the various acid barbs, odd gaffes and cruel-sounding quips Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been known to lob at humans, animals and the press corps, it seemed possibly out of propo...
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British Panel Finds Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Empire

nytimes.com - LONDON — In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers here, a British parliamentary panel concluded on Tuesday that Mr. Murdoch was “not...
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Daley strikes back with poke at longer school day

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - The growing rift between Rahm Emanuel and former Mayor Daley has begun to surface publicly. Daley is punching back (well, maybe slapping is a better word) at Rahm's longer-school-day initiative. L...
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School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?

schooltechconnect.com - I have evidently announced my ambulatory status too soon. I'm going to do this one post and then crawl to bed. In any event, in case you missed it, Rich Miller had this to say today, among other th...
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School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Cry Me A River?: Cry Me A River?by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)I have evidently announced my ambulatory status too soon. I'm going to do this one post and then crawl to bed...
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LAX workers hold May Day protest amid heightened security

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Authorities at Los Angeles International Airport could have a busy day Tuesday. Not only are they dealing with airport workers picketing because of May Day, but they are also contending with height...
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Disparities Report: Health Care Challenges For Minorities

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Underscores importance of Affordable Care Act efforts to improve health care quality and accessThe latest National Healthcare Disparities Report released today by the Agency for Healthcare Research...
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