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Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education 2 groovedaddy Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2484
Christian School That Gave Creationist Quiz Is Mercifully Euthanized 3 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 3053
A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2222
It's Time To Fire "Bad" Union Leaders Like Randi Weingarten 20 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Sep 2013 4 8229
At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 9 groovedaddy Aug 2013 Sep 2013 3 5360
Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2178
Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 4941
Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2536
civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 7366
New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2356
Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2974
Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2959
True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2513
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 3606
Chile: The Most Pro-Market School System in the World, Part 1 1 duffyduff Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2623
Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2806
"God Bless America" in a public school 17 Xenolith Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 10638
Bill Gates is wrong 13 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Aug 2013 25 5064
Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools 7 azurnoir Jul 2013 Aug 2013 11 3862
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed 4 caraher Jul 2013 Aug 2013 6 6382
Is There a Conflict of Interest at PS 154 Concerning DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal? 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2336
Trying something new re: "Help a DUer" 1 OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2301
Can you recommend a program for free or low-cost college textbooks? 9 OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 4581
DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal, Puts PS 154 in the Bronx on LOCK DOWN!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2918
City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform 0 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2691
About those PISA scores and Exxon Mobil commercials: 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3534
Newark Teachers Union endorses TFA-linked "Teachers Village" -- a round robin of corruption... 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2417
Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 5975
Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 3517
The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2975

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 4659
Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3900
In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3471
Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3286
Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2698
Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 5842
NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3169
Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 3513
PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 3139
California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 3435
Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2563
Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 9421
Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 3300
"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2818
CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2443
Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 4365
the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3981
CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 5329
Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 4744
Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2330
This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1951
Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2819
Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 4759
My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2795
CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2738
Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 3134
Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 7696
These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2765
What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2825
Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2059

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 4124
DR Alison Coviello and her Calvinist Approach at PS 154 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2288
A Love Letter to PS 154 in the Bronx Principal DR Alison Coviello 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 4022
Stormy Atlanta outside. Anger and common sense from the delegates inside. 8 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 4884
On the lighter side of education... 1 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2421
NEA President says NEA will deemphasize collective bargaining & concentrate on 'teaching quality' 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2801
Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) 3 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3653
I'm so angry- Charter school tells African American girls they must chemically alter their hair? 18 Iris Jun 2013 Jun 2013 8 7265
I'm sort of famous, not really. My blog post was re-blogged. 3 knitter4democracy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2715
Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland 17 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 43 6049
Does School Discipline Over Uniform Infractions Go too Far? 8 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4898
To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: 8 raccoon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3323
A summer joke for teachers... 0 1monster Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 4448
CTU President Lewis Blames "Elites" For Public Education Inequality 1 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2315
X-POST from GD: Impromptu graduation ceremony is lesson in kindness 4 OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2983
Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3299
NSBA: Dems Support Federal Control of Education 1 duffyduff Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2346
Badass Teachers Association Shows a New Spirit of Defiance 8 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 18 4122
A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 4960
A final message to my students after my firing 32 wilsonbooks Jun 2013 Jun 2013 37 12818
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