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Knucklehead alert 1 Ohiogal Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 2034

School Walkouts March 14th 10:00 AM in all time zones. 2 BigmanPigman Mar 2018 Mar 2018 8 2201

*The West Virginia Teachers Strike is Over. But Oklahoma and Arizona May Be Next* 0 appalachiablue Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1589

More Adventures in Substitute Teaching 13 no_hypocrisy Mar 2018 Mar 2018 12 3284

W Virginia GOP leaders accidentally vote to give teachers their raise! 1 BigmanPigman Mar 2018 Mar 2018 6 2320

DeVos delays Obama-era rule on minority special-education students 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1891

Nationwide Walkout NO GUNS scheduled across the country. 2 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Feb 2018 5 2440

KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg fired over sexual misconduct allegations 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1698

Stoneman Douglas teacher Diane Wolk-Rogers - town hall tonight 3 Leghorn21 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 2256

As a former teacher I would 5 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Feb 2018 7 2430

Talking to my second graders about shootings 12 teach1st Feb 2018 Feb 2018 13 3147

California�s War on Public Education 3 Modern School Jan 2012 Feb 2018 4 3709

Publicly Funded Schools Becoming Things of the Past 1 Modern School Jan 2012 Feb 2018 5 2803

Los Angeles Unified School District to eliminate ALL Adult Ed 3 radhika Jan 2012 Feb 2018 5 4413

Whoever has less math anxiety wins 6 Boojatta Feb 2012 Feb 2018 4 4671

Suggestions for teaching geography to a kindergartner? 28 RandySF Feb 2012 Feb 2018 0 11758

Education Department�s obsession with test scores deepens 13 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 Feb 2018 8 5644

UC-Berkeley and other �public Ivies� in fiscal peril 2 n2doc Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 3429

Alabama Students Limited In Teacher Gifting Under New Law 10 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 5229

I received a mailer from "studentsFirst" 6 w8liftinglady Dec 2011 Feb 2018 4 3718

Good a group for this issue is paramount. 3 Rex Dec 2011 Feb 2018 1 3606

New England colleges have one big worry: 2025 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 3047

Will the NEA (not the NRA) have to deal with shootings now? 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 2158

'Hurtful' Harper Lee and Mark Twain dropped from Minnesota curriculum 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2478

Puerto Rico governor announces public education overhaul 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1797

Do School Vouchers Work? Milwaukees Experiment Suggests an Answer (depends..) 1 question everything Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 2036

We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, 10 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 2986

US opts out of test designed to teach students to spot biased reporting 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1934

Education Dept. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1995

Can a No Excuses Charter Teach Students to Think for Themselves? 0 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1857

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A School's Way To Fight Phones In Class: Lock 'Em Up 6 Cattledog Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 2624

No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study 7 exboyfil Jan 2018 Jan 2018 6 4138

I had an interesting day while teaching. 11 no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 Jan 2018 18 5070

Have you heard This American Life episode 550: Three Miles? 7 GaryM Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 3722

Introverts and Schools 4 elleng Oct 2017 Jan 2018 3 2899

Can Kindness Be Taught? 9 elleng Dec 2017 Jan 2018 5 2544

Ohio State wants white nationalist's lawsuit dismissed 1 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1816

The French apprentices thriving on medieval roots 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1524

University presidents: We've been blindsided 2 ffr Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 2169

The government and education...one family's story... 1 Sancho Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1605

'Derelict' school becomes national leader by making a surprising subject compulsory. 2 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 11 3597

Special Education 2 no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 Dec 2017 5 1568

Betsy DeVos warns teachers unions: 'I'm not going anywhere. In fact I'm just getting started.' 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 2191

Some Schools Are Abolishing Homework In Favor Of Reading, And That's A Good Thing. 5 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 10 5688

How Reading Rewires Your Brain for More Intelligence and Empathy. 6 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 14 3025

Substitute Teaching 23 no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 4666

As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away. 2 elleng Jul 2017 Nov 2017 10 3415

(Austin) AISD moves to rename remaining schools with Confederate ties by August 1 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1747

Swelling College Endowments Tempt Lawmakers Looking for Tax Dollars 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2143

Reading buddies are such a hit at Lowell School. 4 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2714

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Returns to Mississippi School's Reading List After Outcry 4 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 3106

DeVos offers buyouts to shrink Education Department workforce 2 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2059

Have you ever taken or given an IQ test? 14 BigmanPigman Oct 2017 Oct 2017 8 5633

DeVos calls for another delay of rule to protect students from predatory colleges 2 workinclasszero Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1638

I had a terrible day teaching today. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 6718

Educating Future Voters in the Age of Social Media 1 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1844

Campus Hate Lives on the Internet. Administrators Need to Catch Up. 0 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2306

U. of Southern California Removes Medical-School Dean as Newspaper Reports Sexual-Misconduct Claim 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2720

The Best Public Colleges in the U.S. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2872

Some FL colleges waive out-of-state tuition for PR and USVI students 2 Sancho Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 3639

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School administrator who stole $75k gives up job certificate 2 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2553

Librarian faces backlash for rejecting book donation from Melania Trump 3 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 3394

Education secretary faces largely silent protest at Harvard speech 2 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 2495

Nearly half of all US high schoolers graduate with an "A" average 10 n2doc Jul 2017 Sep 2017 6 5861

Suddenly, Trump wants to spend millions of dollars on STEM in public schools 5 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 3956

Buenos Aires students and scientists stage sit-ins to protest unpaid internships, cutbacks 0 sandensea Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1767

'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey 2 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 2436

Why we will never start school at a decent time (and why our politics will always be fucked) 8 NCDem777 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 9 4515

Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos tears up Obama's rules on campus sex assault investigations 3 sandensea Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2808

The best educational experiences are those where the teacher understands 4 elleng Mar 2017 Aug 2017 1 3994

Why Kids Shouldnt Sit Still in Class 4 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 3705

I'm on our local school board! 5 Fluke a Snooker Aug 2017 Aug 2017 11 4755

Illinois Senate overrides Rauner school funding veto, but House hurdle remains 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 3611

A Stanford researchers 15-minute study hack lifts B+ students into the As 3 QED Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 4499

New Florida law lets any resident challenge what's taught in science classes 5 Eugene Jul 2017 Aug 2017 4 3528

Justice Department denies 'personnel posting' reflects new policy on affirmative action 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 4280

Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions 1 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2567

Schools near state lines perform worse and rules discouraging teachers from moving may be to blame 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 6 2628

Money for Illinois schools in limbo amid political bickering 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1918

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