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Toon: American Education 15 n2doc Jan 2014 Mar 2014 33 5397
Florida mother has to prove her dying son can't take a standardized test 5 eridani Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 2903
To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In. 11 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 4220
Rules to limit marketing unhealthy food in schools 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 2 2121
Valerie Strauss- The link between charter school expansion and increasing segregation 1 n2doc Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 2523
How to learn like a memory champion (BBC) 0 eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2047
College, the Great Unleveler 2 exboyfil Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 4567
The Lurking Disaster of American Education, Why Do We Work So Hard? 2 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Mar 2014 6 2243
Jeb Bush's Friends Cashing In On Kids. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 8 2517
I just went to the TFA website and am aghast at the horrible wages! 14 AllyCat Feb 2014 Mar 2014 13 6755
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 femmocrat Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2216
David Welch: The Man Behind Vergara v. California 0 Starry Messenger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1954
Charter Schools to March in Albany, NY 2 NJCher Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2466
The Myth Behind Public School Failure 7 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 3840
Washington State Senate revolts against teaching to the test in key vote 1 eridani Feb 2014 Mar 2014 12 2142
BREAKING: Federal Consumer Agency Sues For-Profit College ITT Tech 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 3021
Does anyone know if WA schools are obligated to provide educational assistants to 10 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 3415
Anyone here ever deal with WyzAnt tutoring, either as a student or a tutor ? 1 eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2148
UNM gets supercomputer from NM Consortium 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1825
Restorative Justice 1 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2192
Why test-based school reform isn’t working — by the numbers 1 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 2204
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 3678
The Real Problem with US Common Core: It Further Outsources Education 3 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 11 2692
NYS Allies for Public Education Endorses anti-Common Core candidates to the Board of Regents 1 Renew Deal Feb 2014 Feb 2014 6 2458
Colorado superintendents unite in plea for money for K-12 education 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2171
GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1867
What Could be Wrong With ‘School Choice? 0 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1951
Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 4912
Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 5334
St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1949

Education Continued...

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Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2713
Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3480
Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2323
Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2299
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2292
What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 3090
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 5071
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2372
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2580
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 3365
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 2245
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2145
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2782
Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3755
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2073
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2980
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2540
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 3000
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2386
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2419
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2367
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2333
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2166
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2386
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2368
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2776
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1987
Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1950
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 3435
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 3443

Education Continued...

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Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 3464
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2760
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2914
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2481
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2440
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 3654
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 3512
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 2080
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1985
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2157
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 5392
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2566
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 2150
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 3665
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 5136
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 2395
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1887
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3743
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2929
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2282
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