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TIR Poll: 61% of Iowans Oppose Labor Agenda
9 hours ago ago from The Iowa Republican
Now that we are in the midst of another session of the Iowa legislature, the labor unions are once again trying to advance their agenda. Just a year ago, all four legislative priorities of the unions were defeated by the Democrat controlled legislature. That would make a normal person think that the chances of passing any labor bill this year is slim to none. Politics, however, isn’t an arena where normal people play and common sense ...
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4 hours ago ago from ParentsOutloud
Here is a snap shot of views and reports over the last decade of our education system, there are many more but some more negative other more positive. In the next few months we the parents will be asked to make our own decisions based on how it has been and is for our children. It would be good to have a debate on Parentsoutloud so we have some informed views. Look up other commentaries read these and let’s discuss:- In 1997 “Mr. Blair ...
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9 hours ago ago from Jeff Pelline's Blog
As predictable as a cuckoo clock Last week, I observed how The Union’s editor/publisher wrote a front-page news story about proposed high-school district cutbacks, including furloughs, without any comment whatsoever from teachers or the teachers union. None. It was a glaring omission in a “news” story. As I observed: “The Union largely is siding with the administration in its reporting' — while it bashes public unions over on ...
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3 hours ago ago from ISTA Exposed
Indiana public schools will literally get a reality check this week. School corporations are expected to see their first state funding payments this week since Gov. Mitch Daniels announced $300 million in cuts to the K-12 budget, and we suspect it won’t be pretty. Those checks will put added pressure on districts to cut millions of dollars from their budget without laying off teachers, as suggested by Gov. Mitch ...
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14 hours ago ago from EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL
N.C. Schools: Those Who Erase History It is one thing to forget, ignore or misinterpret our nation’s history, but a group of uber-liberal educrats in North Carolina is taking the radical revisionism of America one step further. These politically-correct, taxpayer-funded “thought police” are actually trying to erase American history from our children’s textbooks. What do they want to replace it with? Radical environmental propaganda from ...
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Greece Unveils Austerity Measures
3 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
ATHENS The Greek government, facing pressure from financial markets on one side and union protests on the other, Tuesday announced measures to cap public-sector salaries and reform the country's tax code in a bid to fix the country's finances. "The outlines of the [public sector] wage policy, as well as the tax reform policy, are part of the broader effort to reform our public finances," Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said at a ...
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