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How to learn like a memory champion (BBC) 0 eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2008
College, the Great Unleveler 2 exboyfil Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 4518
The Lurking Disaster of American Education, Why Do We Work So Hard? 2 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Mar 2014 6 2201
Jeb Bush's Friends Cashing In On Kids. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 8 2472
I just went to the TFA website and am aghast at the horrible wages! 14 AllyCat Feb 2014 Mar 2014 13 6582
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 femmocrat Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2164
David Welch: The Man Behind Vergara v. California 0 Starry Messenger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1912
Charter Schools to March in Albany, NY 2 NJCher Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2421
The Myth Behind Public School Failure 7 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 3738
Washington State Senate revolts against teaching to the test in key vote 1 eridani Feb 2014 Mar 2014 12 2102
BREAKING: Federal Consumer Agency Sues For-Profit College ITT Tech 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2957
Does anyone know if WA schools are obligated to provide educational assistants to 10 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 3286
Anyone here ever deal with WyzAnt tutoring, either as a student or a tutor ? 1 eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2104
UNM gets supercomputer from NM Consortium 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1780
Restorative Justice 1 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2151
Why test-based school reform isn’t working — by the numbers 1 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 2168
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 3555
The Real Problem with US Common Core: It Further Outsources Education 3 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 11 2631
NYS Allies for Public Education Endorses anti-Common Core candidates to the Board of Regents 1 Renew Deal Feb 2014 Feb 2014 6 2409
Colorado superintendents unite in plea for money for K-12 education 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2130
GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1811
What Could be Wrong With ‘School Choice? 0 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1923
Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 4801
Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 5214
St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1917
Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2657
Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3418
Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2285
Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2234
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2251

Education Continued...

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What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 3029
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 4905
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2327
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2539
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 3285
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 2207
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2098
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2733
Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3691
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2038
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2915
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2494
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2953
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2341
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2372
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2324
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2262
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2124
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2343
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2331
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2710
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1940
Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1914
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 3337
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 3321
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 3352
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2703
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2855
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2435
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2400

Education Continued...

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Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 3533
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 3425
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 2033
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1946
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2107
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 5200
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2504
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 2113
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 3574
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4990
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 2347
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1849
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3688
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2854
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2239
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 5351
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2079
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2369
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1893
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 2104
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