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Missouri Board of Education strips Kansas City Schools of their accreditation

Missouri’s K-12 education commissioner and vice president of the state board of education talk about the decision to revoke the Kansas City School District’s academic accreditation on Sept. 20, 2011.

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Laurinaitis Presents Rogers Middle School with Check

ST. LOUIS, MO. (Nicole Woodie, St. Louis Rams) – When the bell for fourth period rang at Rogers Middle School on Tuesday November 15, a special guest reported to the gymnasium — Rams linebacker James...

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Rams Accepting Nominations For High School Football Teams Of Year

ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine – St. Louis Rams) – As part of the St. Louis Rams commitment to local football, one team from Missouri and Illinois will be chosen and named as the 2011 St....

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Royals invite 16 to Major League Spring Training

KANSAS CITY, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has invited 16 players to Major League Spring Training in Surprise, Ariz.  The Royals have invited...

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WI: Polls show Obama, Baldwin on the rise in Wisconsin

By Kirsten Adshead and Kathryn Watson | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON — Wisconsin’s independent voters swung widely toward Tammy Baldwin and President Barack Obama, bolstering the Democratic Party’s...

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DeGROW: Critics need to check facts before attacking reform board

By Ben DeGrow | Special to Colorado Watchdog Ben DeGrow Critics of Colorado‘s reform-minded Douglas County Board of Education have asserted that the School Board is responsible for a declining rating...

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CO: State Internet agency with no oversight spends millions

By Dan Njegomir | Colorado Watchdog Financial records obtained from rural Colorado broadband project EAGLE-Net Alliance depict a government program that spares no expense on its well-paid executives,...

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THURBER: OH might choke on cost for Heimlich mandate

By Maggie Thurber | Special to Ohio Watchdog Maggie Thurber The Heimlich Maneuver or back slaps for choking? For years, people had been told that the best way to help someone who was choking was to...

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NV: Whistle-blower sues school district for retaliation

By Karen Gray | Nevada Journal CARSON CITY — Whistle-blower Elena Rodriguez — whom readers may recall from a series of interviews aired earlier this year by Nevada’s Contact 13 Investigative Reporter...

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MO: Taxpayers will shell out $55 million more for state pensions in 2013

Missouri’s MOSERS pension fund gained 2.24 percent last year — the expected return was 8.5 percent. (Photo Ken Teegardin) By Johnny Kampis | Missouri Watchdog ST. LOUIS — Missouri taxpayers will foot...

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WI: Teacher fights union dues in Act 10 timing battle

By M.D. Kittle  Wisconsin Reporter MADISON – Amy Anaya wanted nothing to do with her teachers union. The former Greenwood High School Spanish teacher said Lindsay Meisener, then-president of the...

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VA: 93 percent of schools are accredited, but 100 are on ‘warning’ status

By Kenric Ward | Virginia Watchdog FREDERICKSBURG — The state Department of Education announced Wednesday that 93 percent of public schools earned accreditation for the current year. But there’s a...

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WI: Marquette poll not bowing to political pressure, director says

By Kirsten Adshead  |  Wisconsin Reporter FRANKLIN: Partisan complaints are not the reason Marquette Law School decided to conduct another poll two weeks, after the previous one was released. MADISON...

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WI: Presidential campaigns of ’08, ’12 markedly different

By Kirsten Adshead  |  Wisconsin Reporter MADISON – President Barack Obama’s next trip to Wisconsin – Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – may well be his last of the campaign, a...

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SC: University lobbyist lobbied for private companies

By Rick Brundrett | The Nerve HAND OVER FIST: University lobbyist was paid by Amazon.com and AT&T. COLUMBIA — A University of South Carolina administrator who lobbies on behalf of the school also...

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SMITH: AL must put parties aside, focus on ed reform

By Cameron Smith | Alabama Policy Institute Cameron Smith Teachers unions have long been staunch allies of the Democrats. In 2010 alone, teachers unions nationwide gave more than $33 million to...

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