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September 23, 2005
The California Teachers Association is charging all teachers $60 bucks a year in order to support their fight against three propositions from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Being fed up with this obvious political action by their union after being forced to ...
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Posted by Digger at 02:04 AM
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September 01, 2005
EdWonk over at The Education Wonks reports that his first day of school shows his class sizes packed to the gills at 35 students per class. While he goes on to cover the salary cuts, lack of teachers and other ...
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Posted by Digger at 04:13 PM
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July 26, 2005
(Phoenix, Arizona) A public interest lawyer wants to allow high school students to graduate without learning English. Starting in 2006, Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test must be passed prior to receiving a diploma. From The Arizona Republic: AIMS ...
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Posted by Mike Pechar at 01:34 PM
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June 08, 2005
The latest report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that the recent push to give illegal aliens in-state tuition could cost taxpayers as much as $756 million per year to make up the difference between normal and ...
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The latest estimated costs of educating the children of illegal aliens is out and it is set at an astounding $28.6 billion per year to the taxpayers of the United States. The report Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration ...
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Posted by Digger at 09:02 PM
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June 04, 2005
This is another example of the kind of nonsense that occurs all-too-frequently in America's public school system. Classes were cancelled at Central Bucks East High School [Doylestown, Pennsylvania] Friday after two bomb threats were discovered inside the building. [school's web ...
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Posted by Edwonk at 01:30 AM
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May 13, 2005
Once again the teachers union leadership are taking their members money and spending it for political purposes. In California you have to pay dues if you are a teacher. These groups do not need to consult any of their members ...
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May 12, 2005
Education spending in Massachusetts is full of fraud. I'm sure this is not isolated and can be found throughout the country. Boston Herald State Auditor Joe DeNucci issued a scathing report yesterday on the Everett Public Schools that depicts a ...
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