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The Myth Behind Public School Failure 7 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 3512
Washington State Senate revolts against teaching to the test in key vote 1 eridani Feb 2014 Mar 2014 12 2037
BREAKING: Federal Consumer Agency Sues For-Profit College ITT Tech 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2852
Does anyone know if WA schools are obligated to provide educational assistants to 10 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 3042
Anyone here ever deal with WyzAnt tutoring, either as a student or a tutor ? 1 eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2040
UNM gets supercomputer from NM Consortium 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1731
Restorative Justice 1 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2084
Why test-based school reform isn’t working — by the numbers 1 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 2095
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 3360
The Real Problem with US Common Core: It Further Outsources Education 3 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 11 2533
NYS Allies for Public Education Endorses anti-Common Core candidates to the Board of Regents 1 Renew Deal Feb 2014 Feb 2014 6 2343
Colorado superintendents unite in plea for money for K-12 education 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2061
GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1751
What Could be Wrong With ‘School Choice? 0 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1865
Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 4519
Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 4980
St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1864
Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2582
Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3304
Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2218
Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2178
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2166
What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2826
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 4595
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2243
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2449
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 3161
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 2134
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2044
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2646

Education Continued...

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Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3549
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1972
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2757
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2404
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2860
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2255
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2296
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2256
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2191
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2055
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2273
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2242
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2548
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1888
Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1865
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 3160
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 3136
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 3140
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2617
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2748
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2336
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2334
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 3347
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 3239
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1989
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1876
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2046
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 4809
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2393
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 2033

Education Continued...

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Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 3354
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4685
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 2261
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1792
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3585
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2703
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2178
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 5007
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2008
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2278
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1841
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 2044
The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 6593
Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2468
The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1867
Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 3554
Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 3157
What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 3419
What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2448
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 4455
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