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Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2132
Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 4818
Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2465
civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 7132
New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2306
Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2899
Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2884
True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2485
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 3462
Chile: The Most Pro-Market School System in the World, Part 1 1 duffyduff Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2571
Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2751
"God Bless America" in a public school 17 Xenolith Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 10340
Bill Gates is wrong 13 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Aug 2013 25 4872
Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools 7 azurnoir Jul 2013 Aug 2013 11 3755
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed 4 caraher Jul 2013 Aug 2013 6 6287
Is There a Conflict of Interest at PS 154 Concerning DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal? 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2286
Trying something new re: "Help a DUer" 1 OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2246
Can you recommend a program for free or low-cost college textbooks? 9 OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 4449
DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal, Puts PS 154 in the Bronx on LOCK DOWN!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2869
City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform 0 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2647
About those PISA scores and Exxon Mobil commercials: 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3449
Newark Teachers Union endorses TFA-linked "Teachers Village" -- a round robin of corruption... 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2384
Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 5783
Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 3451
The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2905
What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 4494
Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3839
In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3322
Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3233
Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2649

Education Continued...

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Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 5654
NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3109
Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 3425
PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 3017
California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 3312
Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2498
Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 9066
Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 3199
"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2754
CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2395
Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 4284
the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3896
CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 5288
Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 4578
Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2271
This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1908
Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2752
Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 4583
My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2732
CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2702
Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 3068
Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 7413
These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2716
What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2755
Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2030
NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3973
DR Alison Coviello and her Calvinist Approach at PS 154 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2251
A Love Letter to PS 154 in the Bronx Principal DR Alison Coviello 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3968
Stormy Atlanta outside. Anger and common sense from the delegates inside. 8 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 4766
On the lighter side of education... 1 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2382

Education Continued...

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NEA President says NEA will deemphasize collective bargaining & concentrate on 'teaching quality' 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2756
Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) 3 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3542
I'm so angry- Charter school tells African American girls they must chemically alter their hair? 18 Iris Jun 2013 Jun 2013 8 7026
I'm sort of famous, not really. My blog post was re-blogged. 3 knitter4democracy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2637
Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland 17 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 43 5813
Does School Discipline Over Uniform Infractions Go too Far? 8 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4751
To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: 8 raccoon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3200
A summer joke for teachers... 0 1monster Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 4402
CTU President Lewis Blames "Elites" For Public Education Inequality 1 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2265
X-POST from GD: Impromptu graduation ceremony is lesson in kindness 4 OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2908
Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3215
NSBA: Dems Support Federal Control of Education 1 duffyduff Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2288
Badass Teachers Association Shows a New Spirit of Defiance 8 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 18 3977
A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 4778
A final message to my students after my firing 32 wilsonbooks Jun 2013 Jun 2013 37 12421
Voucher Group Urges PA Governor to use school funding crisis as wedge issue to help his reelection 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2064
Latest goings-on with NCLB re-authorization in Congress 0 femmocrat Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2215
School Data Profiteering 0 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2501
Thought you might appreciate this. 1 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2555
Toon: Miss Utah 2 n2doc Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 2765
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