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High-Stakes Testing: Lessons Ignored
(Photo: dieselbug2007) The historical and current focus on test-based accountability to drive education evaluation and reform is often situated within another historical and current approach to judging …
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Looking at FBI Entrapment
(Photo: Loteria Films) On August 28, 2008, two childhood friends from Midland, Texas, Bradley Crowder and David McKay, traveled north to join thousands of protesters at the …
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The Fall of the House of Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. (Photo: World Economic Forum) New York - During the four decades since the Watergate affair engulfed US President Richard Nixon, politicians have repeatedly …
The Whistleblower From the Madoff Scandal Tells How to Reform the SEC
(Image: JR / Truthout) Harry Markopolos is an American hero for trying to warn the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the infamous Bernie Madoff, who, for …
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Lawsuit Abuse, Indeed
A product malfunctions causing severe injury to your eight year old son. A corporation lays off your neighbor without reason after thirty years of service and age discrimination is …
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Egyptian Revolution Back to Square One
A couple enter Tahrir Square just before dawn to get married, in Cairo, July 11, 2011.Almost 6 months after the Egypt revolution that successfully saw the toppling of former …
Get Mad at Judges, Not Juries!
Last week, an HBO film crew was in my Manhattan neighborhood shooting a movie about legendary record producer Phil Spector, now serving 19 years to life for the 2003 …
Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 2)
Global warming is no longer a fear for the future, it’s threatening human civilization now. But a good portion of humanity doesn’t seem that concerned. On this edition, part …
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Gordon Brown Alleges Shuttered Murdoch Paper Hired “Known Criminals“
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused The Sunday Times - owned by News International, the British subsidiary of Mr. Murdoch’s News Corporation - of employing “known criminals” to …
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Tea Party Group Admits It Wants to “Shut Down Public Schools“
As ThinkProgress has documented, a tightly-knit group of right-wing Political Action Committees (PACs) and corporate foundations have unleashed an assault on public education, pushing school voucher schemes nationwide that …