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Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 3228
xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 2916
In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 7399
I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 3263
ATTENTION NYC TEACHERS: YOU HAVE BEEN HAD BY YOUR UNION 3 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Feb 2013 16 2786
Sequestration and Head Start 6 Sadiedog Oct 2012 Jan 2013 1 3738
Question about financing college for a kid who's now in kindergarten. 6 Nay Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3493
Powerful video in video section shows Chicago lawyer/parent in brilliant speech. 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2031
Anger at UFT Building (Significant because NYC's UFT is the linchpin of control for AFT) 6 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3744
Video from Democracy Now on Seattle teachers and MAP 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 2079
So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask? 31 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 15801
Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... 15 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 4845
"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost} 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3142
Test Your Public Ed Savvy 3 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2592
CA Education. MY Governor on... 9 YvonneCa Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3723
Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Charter Schools Fail Their Own Hype 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2463
Website ban lifted Tuesday (+TSTA EMAIL) Teacher union site blocked, unblocked by district 5 mbperrin May 2012 Jan 2013 4 4525
Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all] 86 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 33 35838
Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 3075
"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control" 9 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 4338
Some charter schools admit sending students back to public schools. How they "counsel out" kids. 9 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 5055
Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 3968
Students love Khan Academy? 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 7974
Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5058
Fighting Education Shock Therapy 3 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2659
Teachers' Lack of Rights at Work AND Home 7 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3882
LA state senator shows his ignorance asking for 'proof' of evolution 0 LongTomH Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2354
My Anti-Bullying Project (needs you) 0 knixphan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1997
the latest on the school closings in chicago..... 3 madrchsod Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3601
Online courses need human element to educate 3 Starry Messenger Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2682

Education Continued...

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Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer 18 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 Jan 2013 10 6786
Will longer school year help or hurt US students? (AP/Yahoo!) 42 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 12161
Pop Quiz on Standardized Testing 0 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2082
movement to end high-stakes testing steps up in seattle 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2154
Josh Edelman ID'd in test cheating cover-up 4 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5584
College Enrollment decreasing because of High Tuition 5 AProgressiveThinker Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3466
You are the leaders 0 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 1867
Karen Lewis: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 3633
At edX, Distance Learning Moves to an Open-Source Honors Track 26 Renew Deal Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 8599
Milken is ready to milk us in WA State 7 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Jan 2013 7 3048
HISD teachers walk out of contracts in high numbers, union says 7 AnneD Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 4126
‘Frontline’ raises questions about test-score tampering under Rhee 9 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 3509
Karen lewis talks guillotines; limbaugh attacks 5 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3219
Pedagogy of the Depressed: experiences as a special ed student in the 1990s. 5 n2doc Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3671
Why public education should be scrapped 44 Left Turn Only Dec 2012 Jan 2013 1 14100
“Elections shouldn’t exist”: The new war on school boards 1 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2614
The Great Montessori Schism 4 xchrom Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 4450
Ailing Philadelphia District Plans to Close 37 Schools 3 alp227 Dec 2012 Jan 2013 4 2886
To the "Beloved Community" of Education Activists 12 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Jan 2013 20 4537
Teacher 2 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 8 2325
Why the good ones leave 10 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 15 4013
Can Rocketship Launch a Fleet of Successful, Mass-Produced Schools? 23 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 6 10375
Michigan 2-year colleges now can offer bachelor's degrees 2 Redfairen Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2747
Visiting MI capitol on Tuesday...need suggestions 12 TruthTeller Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 5708
California fails to win waivers from restrictive No Child Left Behind education law 7 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 3559
Failing Schools? Record Number of Americans Have Bachelor's Degrees 15 Modern School Apr 2012 Dec 2012 2 6480
For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall 5 n2doc Dec 2012 Dec 2012 9 7135
Milton school superintendent resigns over Facebook photo 2 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2849
Common Core: New Frontiers in Profit 2 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 10 2670
Karen Lewis reacts to TFA exec's criticism of Diane Ravitch's praise for teachers in CT tragedy 7 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 11 4110

Education Continued...

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Crowd-sourcing curriculum, evaluations 0 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2159
Mexico’s New President Launches Massive Educational Reform for Country 6 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 9 3154
As its universities turn out engineering grads, Poland attracts US tech giants 1 DreamGypsy Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2510
Orwellian Education 7 harpslay Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 3458
Is poverty destiny? Ideology vs. evidence in school reform 20 Starry Messenger Sep 2012 Dec 2012 7 8351
Hey. My Local Rag Blasts the Hell Out of Bloombamacation. 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 Dec 2012 9 2443
The Everyday Heroism of Our Nation's Teachers 3 xchrom Dec 2012 Dec 2012 12 2620
Just so very sad tonight. 40 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 9136
6 Reasons Teachers Unions Are Good for Kids 4 proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 Dec 2012 13 3791
Want your class to do something for the children at Sandy Hook? 6 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 20 3328
Indignities that our children face. 19 rainin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 12349
Some realistic advice: 1 knitter4democracy Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2134
Frustrated Rhode Island Teacher Resigns Via YouTube (VIDEO) 0 ashling Dec 2012 Dec 2012 6 2247
Michelle Rhee Never Misses an Opportunity To Exploit a Tragedy 0 SoBronxSchool Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2270
The Silent Treatment: A Day in the Life of a Student in ‘No Excuses’ Land 9 n2doc Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 4214
In Ignorance We Trust. 1 elleng Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2359
A degree in education 12 Riftaxe Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 4403
Teaching in 2012 - Teachers...Is It Worth It? 21 NeedleCast Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 6365
10 ways to oppose high-stakes standardized tests 3 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 Dec 2012 7 3088
REAL education! 3 elleng Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2614
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