The Advocate Weekly
posted by shari L @ 11:00 AM
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"An old soul...
...is nothing but a very slow learner". Dr. Peebles in To Dance With Angels
Monday, October 03, 2005
The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the supression (sic) of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is preservative of the whole.
John Peter Zenger (1697-1746)
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- Senator Boxer
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"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious".
C. J. Jung
To Make A Difference
- Act For Change
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"We have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it". Fred Rogers
Working for the public interest
- Center for Public Integrity
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- Institute for Policy Studies
- FAIR
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- Theocracy Watch
- National Priorities Project
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein
Notable Links
- Common Dreams
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- Tom Paine
- Truthout
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Breaking News
Blogtopia
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- All Facts and Opinions
- TAPPED
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- Gropinator
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- iddybud
- Mad Kane
- Collective Sigh
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- Estimated Prophet
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- Thoughts That Get Stuck in My Head
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- Spectre
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- Happening Here?
- mudholer
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- What Do I Know
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- Rough and Tumble
- green LA girl
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Communities
The Advocates
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- mesoj
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- chris correa
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- NYC Educator
- A History Teacher
- Schools Matter
"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation". John F. Kennedy
Education
- Rethinking schools
- Teacher Professionalism
- Fair Test
- Special Ed Law
- Our Children Left Behind
- Edtrust
- NEA
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- EdSource
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- Education News
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- calla lillie
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- Education at the Brink
- Liberal Politics page: education
- A View From the Classroom
- The Endless Faculty Meeting
- Minnesotans for Better Education
- Education in Texas
- What the voices in my head are saying now
- howl'd all night
- dialogue
- Shut Up and Teach
- Post-Hip Chick
- EDDRA/ Gerald Bracey
- Coalition for Better Education
- Citizens for Public Schools
- Substance Online
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- No NCLB
- An Empire Wilderness
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- Testing Abuse
- Make Democracy Work
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- Mothers Against WASL
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- two feet in
- mesoj
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- Educational Justice
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- Edwize
- From the TFA Trenches
- A Shrewdness of Apes
- Transform Education
- Mi Corazon
- HorseSense and Nonsense
- Practical Theory: Chris Lehmann
Books I'm Reading
- Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
- The Iron Triangle by Dan Briody
- A Dog Year by Jon Katz
- A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank
- Thou Shalt Not Be Aware by Alice Miller
Books I Recommend
- For Preschoolers
- A Fairy Went A-Marketing by JaMichael Henterly and Rose Fyleman
- Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger
- For Kindergarteners
- Tales of Wisdom and Wonder by Hugh Lipton
- Mole Music by David McPhail
- The Lion's Share by Chris Conover
- The Little Wizard by Jody Bergsma
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- For Adults
- Thy Will Be Done by Gerard Colby with Charlotte Dennett
- Please support your local independent book store!
Personal Favorites
- Chinaberry Books
- BookSurfer
- Barefoot Books
- K. Schweizer
- The Yarn Junkie
- A Gardener's Notebook
- Theodore Payne Foundation
- TechTales
- Big Bad Chinese Mama
- Super Devoiche
- Daily Zen
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- Citizen Scientist
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Kerry Links
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Dean Links
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