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Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1672
Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1655
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2665
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2567
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2564
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2281
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2303
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 1976
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2046
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2756
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2706
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1730
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1629
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1717
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3547
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2005
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1775
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2733
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 3780
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1780
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1591
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 2982
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2285
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 1945
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 4199
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1740
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1981
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1645
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1784
The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5259

Education Continued...

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Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2112
The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1670
Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 2877
Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2648
What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 2844
What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1998
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 3884
Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1877
Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3248
MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1732
Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5406
Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1760
Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1571
Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2301
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1912
Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1731
I Never Thought I'd Want To High-Five A Teacher For Yelling At A Student, But I Was Wrong 5 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 3750
Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1889
How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1669
Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1821
Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2050
Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3468
Uh-oh. Suburbia seems to be turning on Common Core. Video. 2 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2135
NYC Parents to DOE : No, You Will *NOT* Test Our 4-Year Olds. 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 2434
Darien, Ct Board of Education found in violation of IDEA ( Heroic SLP's memo ) 2 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 4229
Another day, another fishy charter school 6 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 31 2915
Mindup, Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn, Press Club links 0 kickysnana Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1913
The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' 12 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 6666
From my article, "Teaching is Not Rocket Science; it’s More Important" 2 texshelters Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1945
Surprise state visit finds problems at Hope Academy charter school 1 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 11 2027

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty 2 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Nov 2013 9 2015
"Believe in ESU": Students, Professors & Union Activists Rally Against Education Cuts [FULL VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2124
"Children of the Core": The Final Sacrifice 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2799
The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children 3 DonViejo Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2138
Shameful! Yes, Some New Jersey Students Have To Go To Schools That Look Like This 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2168
FOUR IMPORTANT MYTHBUSTERS ABOUT THE COMMON CORE 2 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2013 Oct 2013 7 2097
Mayor Rahm to Prosser High: Beat it! 3 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1999
damn that rahm emanuel 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2069
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K. 2 elleng Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2126
Alan Grayson on Living Through NYC's Legendary Teachers Strikes. 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1807
Grambling football dispute draws attention to cuts 0 exboyfil Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2121
What poor children need in school 1 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1999
Favorite Teachers 13 jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 3331
The Age of the Docile Educator 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 2060
Dear Michelle Rhee, Your School Privatization Schemes Were Hatched By Southern Segregationists 2 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 10 2210
Why I Stopped Writing Recommendation Letters for Teach for America 1 caraher Oct 2013 Oct 2013 12 2102
Cross posted from GD: 0 LWolf Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1630
Only 60 percent of students from Chicago's closed schools turn up at 'welcoming schools' 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1892
Health insurance and math achievement... 4 Sancho Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2355
Philanthropy and Sycophancy 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 1736
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