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40 Years of the Mexican-American Revolution
"The Chicano Moratorium brought together 30,000 people - mainly from the Mexican American communities in the Los Angeles area - to protest the Vietnam War and "racism towards people of Mexican heritage"."
"In many ways this was the birth of the modern Chicano rights movement, now so prominent in the the illegal immigration debate."
9/1/2010
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9/1/2010
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Teachers, public sharply divided on key issues
"The national poll provides “strong evidence . . . that most Americans support merit pay for teachers, while teachers oppose the policy by a large margin; there is strong opposition among the public to teacher tenure, while teachers favor it; and teachers are significantly more opposed to the Race to the Top program than the broader public.’’
8/27/2010
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8/23/2010
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Obama home state Illinois is bankrupt
"After 18 months of frosty relations that at times bordered on outright hostility, it seems that Obama has called a truce — one that several education experts noted comes just in time for the midterm elections, when teachers unions can be a powerful Democratic ally."
8/23/2010
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8/20/2010
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U.S. schools chief endorses release of teacher data
"U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that parents have a right to know if their children's teachers are effective, endorsing the public release of information about how well individual teachers fare at raising their students' test scores."
8/17/2010
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The Incandescent Bulb Ban: Another Regulatory Overreach
"Is the modern incandescent light bulb ready to retire from society and find its final resting place in the halls of the American History Museum? Politicians seem to think so, but consumer behavior indicates otherwise. According to an article in The New York Times, ..."
8/15/2010
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The Fiscal Burden of Educating Children of Illegal Aliens
"According to a new report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the single largest cost of illegal immigration is educating the children of illegal aliens. Of the estimated $113 billion the U.S. spends on illegal immigration annually, roughly $52 billion goes toward educating the children of illegal aliens."
8/13/2010
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Not Just a ‘Special Interest,’ A Super Special Interest
" ...according to time-diary research done a few years ago, during the months when teachers are actually working as teachers — so not including lengthy summer and other vacations — the average teacher only does about 7.3 hours of education work inside or outside the school on weekdays, and about two hours on weekends. That’s 18 minutes less per day than the average person in a comparable, full-time professional job. And again, that doesn’t account for teachers’ long, built-in vacations."
"So get off it, teacher unionists and apologists. Teacher unions are a gigantic special interest, and all the super-earnest-sounding, unkempt video subjects in the world aren’t going to change that."
8/11/2010
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Governor Christie may say “No thanks” to $268M U.S. education aid
"When Governor Chris Christie says he is serious about reforming the education and financial situation in New Jersey he means it. And he won’t let the federal government stand in his way either."
8/10/2010
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Further thoughts on the higher education bubble
"Right now, people are still borrowing heavily to pay the steadily increasing tuitions levied by higher education. But that borrowing is based on the expectation that students will earn enough to pay off their loans with a portion of the extra income their educations generate. Once people doubt that, the bubble will burst."
8/8/2010
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8/7/2010
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