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Lunch lady rises to teachers union leader and takes on all comers, bluntly 2 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 20 2442
UFT's Mulgrew Ridicules Common Core Critics; Threatens to "Punch You in the Face..." 8 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3575
My Own Story. Why Teachers So Desperately Need Tenure 7 SoBronxSchool Aug 2014 Aug 2014 21 3178
Keoni Wright, plaintiff in Campbell Brown's lawsuit, is a member of Michelle Rhee's Students First. 4 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 2295
Toon: Back to testing 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 11 2154
Whoopi Goldberg taking up fight against teachers. Post in GD 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2248
Classic Math vs. Common Core 4 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3041
Go Public: A day in the life of an american school district 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Aug 2014 7 2899
‘Education reform’ now a pejorative term to many progressive Democrats 6 n2doc Jul 2014 Aug 2014 10 2755
City Council Committee Puts the Brakes on Charter School Expansion 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2038
Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5 elleng Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2925
Lively ( and funny) thread re. Campbell Brown in NY Forum 1 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2085
How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into The Minds Of Public School Students 3 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2540
Two of Jeb's Chiefs for Change have anti-teachers-union op ed in WP. 3 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2573
Spotlights and Solutions for College Rape 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1804
Her son has been suspended five times. He’s 3. 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2575
I posted more about Campbell Brown and Dan Senor and their attacks on teachers. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 14 2518
Here's why they REALLY want to end teacher tenure. 8 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 3163
The principal who wrestles an F school to a C in one year gets demotion and pay cut 6 teach1st Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 3192
Ravitch's very apt description of Arne Duncan. 10 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 31 4025
White House Adds New Disability Adviser 4 Jefferson23 Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2457
Gravy train charter schools and the EB-5 visa. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 7 2202
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BLAMES TEACHERS FOR A FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 13 newblewtoo Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 3779
MICHAEL GOVE IS OUT AS BRITISH EDUCATION SECRETARY!!! 9 LeftishBrit Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 3266
Great video compares charter school scandals to sub prime mortgages. Many similarities. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2087
New pro-public-school group. Democrats for Public Education. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 2611
AFT joins NEA with conditions, asks Arne to resign. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 19 4871
Unreal! NYDOE gave principals 24 hour notice to clean, clear space for Success Charter Academies. 5 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2416
Can the teachers' unions come back? 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2584
Study: Kids Bullied in Gym, Sports Avoid Future Activity 12 radicalliberal Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 4636

Education Continued...

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Cuomo's GOP Foe Hopes to Unite Left and Right Vs. Common Core 7 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2778
School superintendent banned in NJ finds work in FL, brings banned colleagues with him. 2 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2389
New Orleans-area school district agrees to rules protecting Hispanics 0 Eugene Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1791
Centinela school board votes to fire high-paid superintendent 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2228
Another Teachers’ Union Could Call For Obama’s Education Secretary To Resign 10 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 3825
Is the Charter Movement Imploding? 11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 18 3608
Good to see an administrator speak out at AJC about Arne's policies. 12 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 15 3325
Ronald Reagan stuck it to millennials: A college debt history lesson no one tells 6 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 39 4527
NEA Calls for Secretary Duncan's Resignation 47 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 70 12091
Gotta love this Florida mom. Supports teachers, slams TPTB for testing extremism. 6 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2953
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 16 2300
For-profit college to sell most campuses 4 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2390
this is not my rant. this is the rant from a psyche worker in chicago public schools. karen lewis. 17 mopinko Jun 2014 Jul 2014 1 4823
Great post at Muckety on widespread influence of Campbell Brown, hubby Dan Senor. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 4996
I still post in GD in spite of posts dropping. Can't cross post here... 9 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 3001
CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS CALL FOR DUNCAN RESIGNATION 13 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 55 3767
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" 9 tinymontgomery Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 3166
Will Anyone Stop Charter School Corruption? 1 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 2133
Ravitch: Do Public School Teachers Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration? 2 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2051
The big money and profits behind the push for charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 13 2265
ASU English Professor Assaulted by Campus Police 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2275
Just now saw this on Twitter. Makes me kind of proud. 14 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 35 3989
OK, Ed "Reformers"; You're ON! 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 3998
St. Paul schools looking to ease concerns about discipline, disorder 2 kickysnana Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3340
Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates Foundation 4 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 12 2433
Montclair NJ rejects corporate deformers! 2 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2333
Daily Kos Labor digest: Teachers face firing for speaking out for their students 4 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2355
My economic life has become a sinking ship.... 30 citizen blues Jun 2014 Jun 2014 62 7022
Unbelievable use of surveillance tactics in Belleview NJ. 1 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1878
New Evidence of Mental Benefits From Music Training 5 antigop Jun 2014 Jun 2014 11 2571

Education Continued...

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Obama alums join anti teachers union case 2 QED Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2186
Detroit News: DPS plans bigger classes, but won't close schools amid $49M loss in revenue 1 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2109
Why education become important in developing country? 0 petson Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2749
Teaching creationism as science now banned in all UK public schools. 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 21 2496
Linda Darling-Hammond on the common core standards 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2214
California judge rules teacher tenure unconstitutional 0 Starry Messenger Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1883
Tennessee Tied Teachers’ Jobs to Standardized Test Scores. Here’s How They Pushed Back—and Won 6 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 19 2685
The Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled 3 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 59 3388
Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes 2 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2731
Detroit News: Head of EAA reportedly to resign 0 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1991
Teachers Sound Alarm over 'Anti-Public Education' Ruling 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2254
I just wonder if learning by reading from a book is different than from a tablet/computer 7 Leme Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 6204
Student Debt: Blame Law-Makers, Tax-Shirking Rich, War on Drugs, not Universities 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 2038
Sen. Berger meets with North Carolina protesters 0 littlemissmartypants Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1803
Obama to take executive steps on student loans 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 8 2125
New (MASS.) Teachers Union Chief is Unapologetically Adversarial 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 9 4888
If you are/were a certified teacher, did you in any of your coursework 12 raccoon May 2014 Jun 2014 0 3258
The truth behind Arizona’s sudden withdrawal from PARCC 0 QED Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1903
For Lessons About Class, a Field Trip Takes Students Home 2 elleng May 2014 May 2014 6 2201
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