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New York To Cut Education Spending

February 3, 2011
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Governor of New York State

Albany, NY – the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, voiced a recommendation that administrators in the Public Education Department as well as educators themselves agree to a salary freeze this fiscal year which starts on April 1st 2011.   However, this is no joke, as Gov. Cuomo proposed this plan in an effort...
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12,000 New York City Teacher Ratings And Names To Be Made Public

January 10, 2011
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education

New York City, NY – Justice Cynthia Kern of the Manhattan State Supreme Court issued her ruling today regarding the names of  teachers and their ratings being made public.  Justice Kern ruled that making public the teacher ratings for 12,000 New York City teachers and their names attached is not going to be arbitrary...
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Larry King Retires After 25 Years

December 18, 2010
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Larry King

New York City, NY – While still in celebration of CNN’s 25th anniversary back June, Larry King revealed he will be retiring from his show after two and a half decades of continuous programing.  Now at the age of 77, King made the decision that it must be time for Larry King Live to...
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12,000 NYC Teachers Possibly On the Hook For Their Students Preformance

December 6, 2010
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School Bus

New York -  An argument around whether or not to give off efficiency scores with regard to 12,000 New York City teachers is placing the parents right to know first, in opposition to the fears of educators.  Teachers worry that they’re going to end up being unfairly put through ridicule determined by student test...
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Supreme Court To Decide Definition Of Class Action Suit

December 6, 2010
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supreme court decides class action lawsuit

Washington D.C. – The Supreme Court decided to listen to not one but two significant appeals coming from commercial America trying to prevent large legal cases. One particular circumstance consists of an enormous sexual discrimination lawsuit towards Wal-Mart. The other case facing the justices will be an enormous climatic change lawsuit delivered towards a...
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Is “Dropping Out,” Dropping out?

December 2, 2010
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High School Drop Out

Atlanta -  The quantity of “dropout factory” high schools in America has decreased since 2002, converting to at a minimum, 100,000 extra students obtaining a diploma, according to a new study. However, this report coming from America’s Promise Alliance being released Tuesday  asserted that improvement needs to increase fivefold so that the united states...
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MedTech Members Addressed Bio/Med Industry Issues with Congressman Scott Murphy

October 24, 2010
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MedTech Members Addressed Bio/Med Industry Issues with Congressman Scott Murphy

ALBANY -  U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy joined a small group of MedTech members in Albany for a round table forum to discuss key issues facing companies in the bio-science and medical technology industry. MedTech members from AMRI Global, AngioDynamics, BioSensors, Inc., Hodgson Russ LLP, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, as well as representatives from...
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