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Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

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Judge To Decide If 9-Year-Old Liberian Refugee Will Stand Trial In Arizona Rape

AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Rape, Attorney, Crime, Children, Camelview Elementary School, Liberia, Dawn Bergin, 9 Year Old, Boys, Arizona, Teacher, Judge Bergin, Phoenix, Teens, Africa, West Africa, West Phoenix, Liberian Boys, Teacher Testimony, Art Merchant, Judge Dawn Bergin, Toya Abrams, Liberia Refugee, Refugees, Shed, Home News

PHOENIX (AP)-- A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely...

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The Chicago Public School Teacher's Husband

David Murray | Posted 09.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Henry Horner Homes, Lake Street El, Poverty, Chicago Public Schools, There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz, Oak Park, Teacher, Education, Education Reform, Public Schools, Inner City, Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Chicago News
David Murray

Our troubles had begun when my wife Kirsten took the job teaching art, K-8, at a West Side elementary school. Then came the informal adoptions.

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Kym Krocza: Fox Lake Teacher Allegedly Paid Students For Housework With Zoloft, Marijuana, Alcohol

Chicago Sun-Times | Dan Rozek | Posted 09.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Math Teacher, School, Marijuana, Teacher, Alcohol, Housework, Chicago, Fox Lake, Students, Crime, Kym Krocza, Zoloft, Chicago News

A teacher at a Fox Lake high school recruited two teenage girls to do chores around her home -- then paid the 14-year-olds for their work with marijua...

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The Four Noble Truths

Noah Levine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Vipassana, Jack Kornfield, Dharma Punx, Teacher, Living News, Steven Levine, Psychology, Meditation, Nirvana, Mahayanan, Theravadan, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Noah Levine, Belief, Againt the Stream, Punk Rock, Rebel, Insight, Mindfulness, Spiritual Practice, Samsara, Buddhism, Suffering, Recovery, Living News
Noah Levine

The Buddha taught that life by its very nature is unsatisfactory, that some level of difficulty exists for all unenlightened beings in creation.

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The Four Noble Truths of the Revolutionary Path to Freedom

Noah Levine | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Jack Kornfield, Dharma Punx, Vipassana, Steven Levine, Punk Rock, Nirvana, Rebel, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Psychology, Noah Levine, Teacher, Spiritual Practice, Againt the Stream, Insight, Suffering, Mindfulness, Meditation, Samsara, Buddhism, Belief, Recovery, Mahayanan, Theravadan, Living News
Noah Levine

The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.

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Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Time, President Obama, Time Magazine, Randi Weingarten, No Child Left Behind, Teach for America, Teacher Unions, Teacher, Barack Obama, Freedom Writers, Newsweek, Jonathan Alter, Dangerous Minds, Education Reform, Wendy Kopp, Washington University, Media News
Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.

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Education Reform's Big Stake

Marc Lampkin | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Failing, Education, Achievement Gap, Reform, Minority, Teacher, Status Quo, Union, Classroom, Lampkin, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

As we approach the 55th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the reality is there are still great inequities in the quality of education delivered to students.

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Overhyping Teach For America, Undercutting Millions of Students

Dan Brown | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Dan Brown

I'm concerned that Teach for America is being propped up by many as a cure-all for America's education woes, when it is nothing of the kind.

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How to Look, Sound and Act Just Like A Real Live Yogi

Lauren Cahn | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: India, Yoga, Yoga Sutra, Indian, Ayurveda, Kapha, The Inner Life, Chai, Teacher, Indian Food, Mindful, Dosha, My Teacher, Yogi, Living, Patanjali, Yoga Journal, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Forget brushing up on politics, if you want to make a hit at a cocktail party these days, you need to get with the yogi program. By "cocktail party," I mean an early-evening gathering of slender, well-muscled women.

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