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Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1860

Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1777

What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2172

Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 3388

Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1883

Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2046

Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2437

Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1786

Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1761

Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2191

Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 2876

What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1575

Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2143

An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1959

DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2496

I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1870

Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1908

Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1904

Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1807

Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1732

A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1957

Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1881

Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2046

Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1623

Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1596

City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2517

Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2407

Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2407

Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2200

Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2181

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A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 1859

A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 1942

Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2625

Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2566

So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1689

U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1562

Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1664

Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3266

Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1925

Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1684

Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2568

An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 3585

Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1717

Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1544

"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 2847

North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2192

Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 1860

Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 3868

UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1693

University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1910

Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1594

The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1719

The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 4873

Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2010

The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1618

Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 2688

Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2497

What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 2652

What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1879

How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 3663

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Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1803

Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3044

MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1685

Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5078

Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1708

Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1520

Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2157

How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1845

Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1677

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 3637

Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1828

How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1606

Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1767

Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1939

Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3211

Uh-oh. Suburbia seems to be turning on Common Core. Video. 2 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2046

NYC Parents to DOE : No, You Will *NOT* Test Our 4-Year Olds. 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 2312

Darien, Ct Board of Education found in violation of IDEA ( Heroic SLP's memo ) 2 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 4057

Another day, another fishy charter school 6 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 31 2794

Mindup, Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn, Press Club links 0 kickysnana Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1849

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