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    Right wing takes aim at public education

    JULY 23, 2012 10:32AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, education, public schools, charter schools, texas board of education, right wing, history, massachusetts education reform act, a nation at risk, william weld, bi-partisanship, curriculum frameworks, teachers unions, tenure, mandatory testing, class size, republican party, rick scott, scott walker, president obama, mitt romney, diane ravitch, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, school vouchers, school choice, evolution, creationism, bible-based math, religious right, christian fundamentalism, outcomes based education, john birch society, john adams, horace mann, civil war, confederates, jim crow, ku klux klan, mccarthyism, education reform, tax cuts, national governors association, federal student loans, privitization

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    Maybe Private School is Cheaper than Ritalin

    JANUARY 31, 2012 4:55PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: school choice, charter schools, montessori, private schools, stimulants, psychotropic medications, mental health, child psychiatry, boys, school adjustment, education, hyperactivity, adderall, ritalin, adhd, add, parenting

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    Thousands of Teachers Face Layoffs in 2010-2011

    APRIL 22, 2010 12:58PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, keep our educators working act, help committee, tom harkin, lausd, teacher firings, teacher furloughs, teacher pay, class sizes, school choice, school funding, local budgets, state budgets, education spending, education

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