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Toon: Pay 1 n2doc Apr 2013 Apr 2013 12 2430
Whatever Happened to the $100 Million Mark Zuckerberg Gave to Newark Schools? 0 antigop Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2658
Occupy Kindergarten 3 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Mar 2013 5 3761
near Asheville, NC, from my cousin, who wrote the first paragraph: 15 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 4954
The Secret to Fixing School Discipline? Change the Behavior of Adults 2 eridani Mar 2013 Mar 2013 8 2762
Vote For Julie Cavanagh and the MORE Slate in UFT Elections 0 SoBronxSchool Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2395
Department of Sleeping with the Enemy 3 HiPointDem Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2504
Can Charlotte Danielson "cure" Down's Syndrome? (No.) 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 3434
Andrew Hacker: Is Algebra Necessary? (PUUUUUUUUKE) [View all] 67 alp227 Jul 2012 Mar 2013 13 35140
An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies 10 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 16 4013
iCivics educational video games: 7 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3274
Yesterday I substitute-taught a journalism class. 9 no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 3814
toon 0 n2doc Mar 2013 Mar 2013 22 2189
Video: NYC Union Faces Growing Insurgency: MORE 3 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 7 2728
REAL education, history, geography, social studies all together now! 0 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2021
Grand Rapids teachers say paycheck cuts qualify them for food stamps 6 theaocp Mar 2013 Mar 2013 10 3446
Randi on Board of (Gates-funded) inBloom: AFT dues-paying members, how much will you stand for? 3 HiPointDem Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3750
Mr. Teachbad evaluates Michelle Rhee's reform efforts in DC 3 Reader Rabbit Mar 2013 Mar 2013 12 2647
NYC Activist Mocks Randi's "Rosa Parks" Moment; Delivers a Punch in the Political Nose 8 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3825
NM Could Become First State With Pre-School Funding Constitutionally Guaranteed 3 appleannie1 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2584
WSJ: New Front in Charter Schools 6 antigop Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 3865
Adjuncts - a thought to possibly help each other 2 2Design Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2916
Parents, Teachers and Community Take Back Their Schools 0 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 2263
Strongsville teachers strike spurs talk of SB5 and subsequent repeal, but issue unlikely to resurfac 0 Klukie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2178
23 Philly schools to close; some arrested at rally 2 Starry Messenger Mar 2013 Mar 2013 13 2605
Pinch Me: Ravitch, et al. Announce New National *REAL* Reform Org: 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 14 2690
Student Debt Crisis play FOR PROFIT to be put on and livestreamed at College of Wooster 0 eridani Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 2367
Link to vimeo: "NYC Teachers Hit Back" ( "Whistleblowers" Public Forum) 6 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Mar 2013 5 3303
Video from the MORE "Protect Free Speech from School 'Reform'" Forum, Part Two 0 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2023
Is anybody talking about the idea of "Guerrilla Education"? 5 Ken Burch Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2821

Education Continued...

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Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools and March to the White House: April 4-7. 2013 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2793
Teacher pink slips claim by Duncan not backed by evidence 2 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2965
The World Bank as Prime Mover in the Global Privatization of Public Education: Mexico 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2139
Mexico has just arrested the head of their teachers' union, in the wake of an education reform bill. 1 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2226
The lines of influence in education 'reform' 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2894
Protecting White Kids From History. 6 HoosierRadical Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 3147
Union Rep to NYC Teacher: Leave me the fuck alone. 2 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3079
OccupyTeachForAmerica 10 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 3498
Wash Post: Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school 19 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 8781
Education Week: Leadership lessons from Donald Rumsfeld. Seriously. 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2287
Feds to cut $1.3 billion in education funding, but the tests will survive 6 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2889
NYC Teachers Hit Back... At Long *Friggin'* LAST. 8 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 3268
There is no one in power who wants the populace to be better prepared to call bullshit 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2064
Ohanian: AFT took 1 million from Gates to promote CC. 1 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2463
Michael Gove: This Year's Academy (cross-posted from the UK forum) 0 LeftishBrit Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2126
Support the Garfield teachers (Seattle) 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1844
Ed deformers running stooge against Karen Lewis in next election? 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2279
How charter schools choose desirable students 18 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 12 5543
California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3929
Teachers' evaluations on steroids. 15 no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 4335
An MBA: The founder’s recipe for failure 2 Renew Deal Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2891
Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3612
Has anyone here gone to EdCamp before? 0 knitter4democracy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1887
Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence 3 toddmiller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2826
Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats 33 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 9088
The emotional violence of the accountability regime 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2625
Let’s measure love (just like we measure teachers) 1 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2140
The disease is spreading to Canada ... 6 eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3249
The Loveliest Child 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 16 2672
Simple spectrometer (cross-posted from Science) 1 caraher Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2301

Education Continued...

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OECD: Reading performance inequality is high in the USA, but decreasing 2 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2354
The back of the class kid 8 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3338
An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? 8 Coyotl Feb 2013 Feb 2013 14 3623
Pearson testing: no comment 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2138
Chicago heating up again 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2059
NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 4100
Portelos: Value-Added for *Everyone* ! 3 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2598
Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 5472
Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4658
Who’s Hurting NY’s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3710
Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 3348
Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3432
Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3006
California Flunks Rhee’s Reform Ratings—Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 5217
Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2716
To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2511
Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 3180
xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 2852
In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 7210
I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 3196
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