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    Sep 11, 2012 |Story| RedEye

  1. How Chicago's Teacher Strike Explains the Education De-revolution

    Several good friends of mine work as Chicago Public School teachers, and as the strike continues this week, I can’t help but point out it seems like Chicago’s great at coughing up money for Olympic bids, NATO summits, and TIFF slush funds, but pay a public school teacher for the extra time she’s being asked to work? There’s just no money in the budget! Times are hard!
    Several good friends of mine work as Chicago Public School teachers, and as the strike continues this week, I can’t help but point out it seems like Chicago’s great at coughing up money for Olympic bids, NATO summits, and TIFF slush funds, but...

    Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Ear Infection, Ravenswood, NATO, Democratic Party

    2. Sep 5, 2012 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  2. Renton School District considers using 'Teach for America' candidates to fill open jobs

    Teach for America -- a nonprofit organization that places college graduates, professionals and others without traditional teaching degrees in schools -- has been touted for its success in bringing talented people into the field of education.
    Q13 FOX News anchor
    Teach for America -- a nonprofit organization that places college graduates, professionals and others without traditional teaching degrees in schools -- has been touted for its success in bringing talented people into the field of education. But in the...

    Tags: Politics, Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Teaching and Learning

    3. Aug 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Family remembers Elizabeth Nass as 'smart, bold, intelligent'

    Just a week ago, Elizabeth Conway Nass sat down with her father, Eric, to plan out a semester abroad in Norway.
    Just a week ago, Elizabeth Conway Nass sat down with her father, Eric, to plan out a semester abroad in Norway. She wanted his advice on how she would spend the second half of her junior year overseas while staying on track to earn a bachelor's degree in...

    Tags: Ellicott City, General Electric Company, Education, Colleges and Universities, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia)

    4. Jul 23, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  4. Roanoke woman first in family to go to college is now a Harvard graduate

    <span style="font-size: small;">An update to a story we first reported at WDBJ four years ago. It's the story of a young Roanoke woman who is the first in her family not only to go to college, but to go to Harvard University. </span>
    WDBJ-TV Anchor/Reporter
    An update to a story we first reported at WDBJ four years ago. It's the story of a young Roanoke woman who is the first in her family not only to go to college, but to go to Harvard University. It was 2008 when we first met Salena Sullivan, the bubbly...

    Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Education, Colleges and Universities, Harvard University

    5. Aug 13, 2012 |Story| WGNO-LTV

  5. Teach For America teacher experiences first day

    It&rsquo;s not just the first day of school for the 9th graders at Helen Cox's Algebra 1 class, their teacher is experiencing his first day as well. &nbsp;Brandon Rapp is a Yale graduate with a degree in chemical engineering but because of Teach for America he now has the opportunity to teach at his Alma Mater. When Brandon attended Helen Cox he was a scholar and an athlete but as he put it, it took his peers too long to realize their potential.
    It’s not just the first day of school for the 9th graders at Helen Cox's Algebra 1 class, their teacher is experiencing his first day as well.  Brandon Rapp is a Yale graduate with a degree in chemical engineering but because of Teach for America he...

    Tags: Graduation, Science and Technology, Education, Teachers, Teaching and Learning

    6. Jul 15, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Malia Burns and Bill Kiolbasa: Matchmaker, matchmaker

    It was just after Labor Day in 2008 when Malia Burns took a break from the commotion at the Seattle wedding reception of her dear high school friend, Rose Pierce.
    It was just after Labor Day in 2008 when Malia Burns took a break from the commotion at the Seattle wedding reception of her dear high school friend, Rose Pierce. Alone in a small alcove away from the action, Malia was watching the Ohio State-USC game on...

    Tags: Labor Day, Weddings, Marriage, College Sports, Football

    7. Jan 18, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  7. Country in crisis: Looking to America's mayors to rise to the challenge

    Arianna Huffington
    The juxtaposition between our national leaders and our local leaders has never been more stark. On a national level, we're paralyzed and polarized. The institutions whose failure led to the biggest economic crisis since the Depression are still broken....

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., U.S. House of Representatives, Arianna Huffington, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Rolling Stone

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