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Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2620

Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2105

Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4170

NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2491

Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2704

PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2342

California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2575

Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1968

Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 5619

Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2482

"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2230

CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2030

Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3281

the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3082

CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 4901

Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3139

Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1850

This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1650

Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2162

Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3410

My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2175

CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2141

Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 2508

Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 4663

These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2285

What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2079

Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1691

NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2944

DR Alison Coviello and her Calvinist Approach at PS 154 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1786

A Love Letter to PS 154 in the Bronx Principal DR Alison Coviello 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3531

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Stormy Atlanta outside. Anger and common sense from the delegates inside. 8 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 3452

On the lighter side of education... 1 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 1957

NEA President says NEA will deemphasize collective bargaining & concentrate on 'teaching quality' 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2216

Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) 3 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2454

I'm so angry- Charter school tells African American girls they must chemically alter their hair? 18 Iris Jun 2013 Jun 2013 8 4887

I'm sort of famous, not really. My blog post was re-blogged. 3 knitter4democracy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2106

Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland 17 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 43 3860

Does School Discipline Over Uniform Infractions Go too Far? 8 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 3744

To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: 8 raccoon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2363

A summer joke for teachers... 0 1monster Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 3869

CTU President Lewis Blames "Elites" For Public Education Inequality 1 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 1821

X-POST from GD: Impromptu graduation ceremony is lesson in kindness 4 OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2198

Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2581

NSBA: Dems Support Federal Control of Education 1 duffyduff Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1841

Badass Teachers Association Shows a New Spirit of Defiance 8 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 18 3022

A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3542

A final message to my students after my firing 32 wilsonbooks Jun 2013 Jun 2013 37 8937

Voucher Group Urges PA Governor to use school funding crisis as wedge issue to help his reelection 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1668

Latest goings-on with NCLB re-authorization in Congress 0 femmocrat Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1828

School Data Profiteering 0 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 1831

Thought you might appreciate this. 1 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2005

Toon: Miss Utah 2 n2doc Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 2311

To Teachers on DU: 12 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 9 5342

Anyone else struggle with geometry? 12 skippercollector Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3485

San Jose State animation program: Hundreds of students shut out 5 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3334

Teacher of the Year used by StudentsFirst to promote teacher pay bill he doesn’t support 4 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2637

Does Class Size Count? 18 elleng May 2013 Jun 2013 1 5099

Daily inspiring text messages fail to inspire US students to perform better 5 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2737

Gov. Corbett's Education Cuts Devastate Pennsylvania Students & Schools [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1774

Teacher blogger fired. 26 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 7327

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Sen. Toomey supports doubling of student loan interest rates 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1930

Help NYS Get A Better ED Commissioner 0 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1784

A teacher’s perspective: Firing Day at a Charter School 40 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 61 10052

Who Is Charlotte Danielson, Really? And Look At The $$$ She's Rakin' In. 2 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 3548

(CA) Bill requires more disclosure from charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2201

Teacher Evaluations vs. doing what's right for kids 14 noamnety May 2013 Jun 2013 13 3262

Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor 11 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2871

School "reformers" are full of it 5 gejohnston Jun 2013 Jun 2013 26 2713

New York to Evaluate Teachers With New System 6 alp227 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2539

Seeds, Storms and Transitions 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2044

This is how I found out about my particular job situation: 8 knitter4democracy May 2013 Jun 2013 7 3438

Amy Bishop, Christopher Dorner personality and false accusation 19 JackN415 May 2013 Jun 2013 2 4604

More bullcrap education deform 7 n2doc May 2013 Jun 2013 9 2853

22-year old ... running a for-profit charter school. 5 GeorgeGist May 2013 Jun 2013 15 2694

Helping-or-hovering-when-helicopter-parenting-backfires?l 5 tinymontgomery May 2013 Jun 2013 8 2863

Teachers union leader lauded for tragedy response (Newtown) 2 Starry Messenger May 2013 May 2013 6 1866

Playing the race card - (cont.) 1 JackN415 May 2013 May 2013 0 1721

School database loses backers as parents balk over privacy 0 Starry Messenger May 2013 May 2013 4 1684

Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists’ 40 n2doc Apr 2013 May 2013 72 11090

Should Wealthier Students Get to Jump the Line For College Classes? 15 Addison May 2013 May 2013 1 3669

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