July 2012
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Virtual Schools Not Passing the Test →
By Emma Chadband
Children who enroll in a K12 Inc. cyberschool are more likely to fall behind in reading and math, move between schools or leave school altogether, according to a new study from the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of Colorado.
K12 Inc. is the nation’s largest virtual school company. It operates 48 full-time virtual schools in 2011-12, and provides...
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With Student Learning at Stake, Group Calls for... →
The Chronicle of Higher Education July 31, 2012
By Audrey Williams June
Academe needs a new model for the professoriate that better supports the
growing number of instructors who are off the tenure track, the
participants in a national project about the changing faculty have
concluded.
The participants, who represent a cross-section of academe and its
stakeholders, also said in a...
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NUHW-Machinists Alliance: What’s the Game Plan? →
Posted on July 12, 2012 by dsalaborblogmoderator
by Carl Finamore
It surprised many when the National Union of Healthcare Workers—a quintessential service sector union—announced in February its intent to affiliate with the Machinists, which has an extensive industrial union history.
Details are still under discussion, but an alliance would ultimately bring more than 9,000 NUHW members together...
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American Education: The Modern Feudal System →
We have written about the impact of state cuts to fund higher education for students and the impact that has on student tuition (it goes up) in great detail. The bottom line is that every $ cut from student education is one more step towards an unequal and imbalanced society. And this lack of funding and ever increasing school tuition makes higher education out of reach for more and more...
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Anheuser-Busch forces Teamster strike →
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Anheuser-Busch-owned beer distributorship in Riverside, Calif., wanted to implement its own business model - we’re talking money, folks - but apparently forgot the Teamsters represent its 120-person workforce.
The result? Bargaining broke down and A-B, now a subsidiary of a Belgian brewer, forced Teamsters Local 166 to strike.
The conflict between Anheuser-Busch...
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GM Workers In Brazil May Strike As Soon As Monday →
By Paulo Winterstein
SAO PAULO—As many as 7,500 General Motors Co. (GM) workers in Brazil may go on strike as soon as Monday should their union not come to an agreement with the car maker over a production line in the city of Sao Jose dos Campos.
Members of the metalworkers union of Sao Jose dos Campos approved on Thursday plans to strike, and may stop work after the mandatory 48-hour...
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Conn. governor joins locked out workers at... →
by: Joelle Fishman
July 12 2012
tags: workers’ rights,
HARTFORD, Conn. - A week after nearly 700 nurses, nurse assistants and laundry, dietary and housekeeping staff began walking the picket lines at five HealthBridge nursing homes in a strike over unfair labor practices, Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman came out to join them.
The National Labor...
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8 reasons why Ronald Reagan was the worst... →
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Robert Sobel
Orlando Liberal Examiner
If you ever happen to come across a Republican on television these days, chances are that you will hear the name Ronald Reagan. Recent Republican debates are the perfect example of the love fest that the current Republican party has for Reagan as each candidate name drops the former president at every turn. If you only listened to conservatives you...
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Can we call it class war yet? →
Corporate profits are at an all-time high; wages are at an all-time low
Topics: Business, Consumerism, Inequality, wages
(Credit: Sarah Jaffe)
This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
This week, David Segal at the New York Times broke the news to America that not only was Apple — the computer and gadget manufacturer formerly seen as a symbol of good old American ingenuity — making its...
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Arbitrator: Give Chicago teachers 35.7% raise over... →
L-R are: Library Commissioner Brian Bannon and Mayor Emanuel at the Northtown Branch Library. Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
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Arbitrator in teacher talks knows his way around the hot seat
Updated: July 17, 2012 7:53AM
The independent fact finder’s recommendation that Chicago Public Schools officials have been pinning their hopes on to resolve a contentious teachers...
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