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More Than Half Of U.S. States Wiggle Out Of Bush Education Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.21.2012 | Home
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The states of Washington and Wisconsin will be allowed to wiggle out of No Child Left Behind's rigorous test requirements, joining two dozen other U.S...

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Wisconsin Teachers Union Lays Off 40% Of Staff

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 10.16.2011 | Home
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Wisconsin's largest teachers' union issued layoff notices to 40 percent of its staff Monday following legislation that limits collective bargaining ri...

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Tea Party Candidate Admits Comparing Public Schools To Nazi Germany

Posted 10.01.2011 | Home
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Wisconsin tea party organizer and children's book author Kim Simac has admitted to comparing American public schools to the Nazi regime. Simac, als...

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Matt Damon: Recall Scott Walker

ThinkProgress | Posted 09.29.2011 | Politics
Read More: Scott Walker Collective Bargaining, Scott Walker Recall, Wisconsin, Matt Damon Scott Walker, Wisconsin Election, Wisconsin Education, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Buget Cuts, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Matt Damon, Scott Walker Education, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

In a brief interview with ThinkProgress at today’s Save Our Schools march in Washington, actor Matt Damon said he supported the movement in Wisconsi...

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Walker Pushes For New Schools Accountability Model

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.10.2011 | Home
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After slashing education funding and reducing teachers' collective bargaining rights earlier this year, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced his ...

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Reading, writing, rollbacks as stimulus ends

Reuters | Karen Pierog | Posted 09.04.2011 | Home
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RACINE, WI -- The public school system in this city hugging the shore of Lake Michigan is running low on money and options for educating its 21,000 st...

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How It Feels To Be A Teacher In Wisconsin On June 27

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.27.2011 | Home
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Margarette Allen was never ashamed to be a teacher. She still isn't -- for the most part. "I'm proud of what I do," the Manitowoc, Wis., high scho...

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