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I'm contemplating asking Skinner to start a "College Parents" group 8 Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 3386
Union Trouble: NYC Teachers Clash w. Cops Over Planned Brutality March 0 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1878
Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 10 eridani Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 3913
SF teachers union still counting strike authorization votes 0 RandySF Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1916
Rand Paul gets schooled: Libertarian fantasies don’t help kids learn — teachers do 7 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 3159
Test scores, rating plunged at top elementary after Dallas ISD determined teachers had been cheating 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2255
Michelle Rhee drops out of school group 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2941
Charles P Pierce- Who the fck is Campbell Brown? 17 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 61 6551
Lunch lady rises to teachers union leader and takes on all comers, bluntly 2 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 20 2515
UFT's Mulgrew Ridicules Common Core Critics; Threatens to "Punch You in the Face..." 8 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3782
My Own Story. Why Teachers So Desperately Need Tenure 7 SoBronxSchool Aug 2014 Aug 2014 21 3344
Keoni Wright, plaintiff in Campbell Brown's lawsuit, is a member of Michelle Rhee's Students First. 4 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 2414
Toon: Back to testing 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 11 2204
Whoopi Goldberg taking up fight against teachers. Post in GD 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2307
Classic Math vs. Common Core 4 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3146
Go Public: A day in the life of an american school district 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Aug 2014 7 3038
‘Education reform’ now a pejorative term to many progressive Democrats 6 n2doc Jul 2014 Aug 2014 10 2916
City Council Committee Puts the Brakes on Charter School Expansion 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2120
Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5 elleng Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 3065
Lively ( and funny) thread re. Campbell Brown in NY Forum 1 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2151
How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into The Minds Of Public School Students 3 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2652
Two of Jeb's Chiefs for Change have anti-teachers-union op ed in WP. 3 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2674
Spotlights and Solutions for College Rape 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1849
Her son has been suspended five times. He’s 3. 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2648
I posted more about Campbell Brown and Dan Senor and their attacks on teachers. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 14 2573
Here's why they REALLY want to end teacher tenure. 8 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 3351
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 3311
Ravitch's very apt description of Arne Duncan. 10 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 31 4264
White House Adds New Disability Adviser 4 Jefferson23 Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2561
Gravy train charter schools and the EB-5 visa. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 7 2258

Education Continued...

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THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BLAMES TEACHERS FOR A FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 13 newblewtoo Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 4041
MICHAEL GOVE IS OUT AS BRITISH EDUCATION SECRETARY!!! 9 LeftishBrit Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 3423
Great video compares charter school scandals to sub prime mortgages. Many similarities. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2145
New pro-public-school group. Democrats for Public Education. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 2683
AFT joins NEA with conditions, asks Arne to resign. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 19 5259
Unreal! NYDOE gave principals 24 hour notice to clean, clear space for Success Charter Academies. 5 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2560
Can the teachers' unions come back? 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2709
Study: Kids Bullied in Gym, Sports Avoid Future Activity 12 radicalliberal Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 4918
Cuomo's GOP Foe Hopes to Unite Left and Right Vs. Common Core 7 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2959
School superintendent banned in NJ finds work in FL, brings banned colleagues with him. 2 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2458
New Orleans-area school district agrees to rules protecting Hispanics 0 Eugene Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1840
Centinela school board votes to fire high-paid superintendent 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2328
Another Teachers’ Union Could Call For Obama’s Education Secretary To Resign 10 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 4070
Is the Charter Movement Imploding? 11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 18 3868
Good to see an administrator speak out at AJC about Arne's policies. 12 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 15 3551
Ronald Reagan stuck it to millennials: A college debt history lesson no one tells 6 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 39 4664
NEA Calls for Secretary Duncan's Resignation 47 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 70 13045
Gotta love this Florida mom. Supports teachers, slams TPTB for testing extremism. 6 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 3118
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 16 2383
For-profit college to sell most campuses 4 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2504
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 5200
Great post at Muckety on widespread influence of Campbell Brown, hubby Dan Senor. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 5430
I still post in GD in spite of posts dropping. Can't cross post here... 9 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 3184
CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS CALL FOR DUNCAN RESIGNATION 13 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 55 4030
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" 9 tinymontgomery Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 3399
Will Anyone Stop Charter School Corruption? 1 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 2202
Ravitch: Do Public School Teachers Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration? 2 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2130
The big money and profits behind the push for charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 13 2382
ASU English Professor Assaulted by Campus Police 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2344
Just now saw this on Twitter. Makes me kind of proud. 14 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 35 4306

Education Continued...

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OK, Ed "Reformers"; You're ON! 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 4239
St. Paul schools looking to ease concerns about discipline, disorder 2 kickysnana Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3425
Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates Foundation 4 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 12 2558
Montclair NJ rejects corporate deformers! 2 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2424
Daily Kos Labor digest: Teachers face firing for speaking out for their students 4 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2478
My economic life has become a sinking ship.... 30 citizen blues Jun 2014 Jun 2014 62 7650
Unbelievable use of surveillance tactics in Belleview NJ. 1 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1944
New Evidence of Mental Benefits From Music Training 5 antigop Jun 2014 Jun 2014 11 2716
Obama alums join anti teachers union case 2 QED Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2261
Detroit News: DPS plans bigger classes, but won't close schools amid $49M loss in revenue 1 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2184
Why education become important in developing country? 0 petson Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2815
Teaching creationism as science now banned in all UK public schools. 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 21 2617
Linda Darling-Hammond on the common core standards 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2319
California judge rules teacher tenure unconstitutional 0 Starry Messenger Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1937
Tennessee Tied Teachers’ Jobs to Standardized Test Scores. Here’s How They Pushed Back—and Won 6 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 19 2830
The Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled 3 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 59 3512
Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes 2 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2806
Detroit News: Head of EAA reportedly to resign 0 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2049
Teachers Sound Alarm over 'Anti-Public Education' Ruling 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2344
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