Education Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

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WSJ: New Front in Charter Schools 6 antigop Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2789

Adjuncts - a thought to possibly help each other 2 2Design Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2235

Parents, Teachers and Community Take Back Their Schools 0 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 1948

Strongsville teachers strike spurs talk of SB5 and subsequent repeal, but issue unlikely to resurfac 0 Klukie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1854

23 Philly schools to close; some arrested at rally 2 Starry Messenger Mar 2013 Mar 2013 13 2106

Pinch Me: Ravitch, et al. Announce New National *REAL* Reform Org: 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 14 2106

Student Debt Crisis play FOR PROFIT to be put on and livestreamed at College of Wooster 0 eridani Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 1883

Link to vimeo: "NYC Teachers Hit Back" ( "Whistleblowers" Public Forum) 6 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Mar 2013 5 2585

Video from the MORE "Protect Free Speech from School 'Reform'" Forum, Part Two 0 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 1695

Is anybody talking about the idea of "Guerrilla Education"? 5 Ken Burch Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2206

Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools and March to the White House: April 4-7. 2013 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2231

Teacher pink slips claim by Duncan not backed by evidence 2 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2289

The World Bank as Prime Mover in the Global Privatization of Public Education: Mexico 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1803

Mexico has just arrested the head of their teachers' union, in the wake of an education reform bill. 1 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 1854

The lines of influence in education 'reform' 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2491

Protecting White Kids From History. 6 HoosierRadical Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2386

Union Rep to NYC Teacher: Leave me the fuck alone. 2 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2641

OccupyTeachForAmerica 10 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2537

Wash Post: Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school 19 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 6753

Education Week: Leadership lessons from Donald Rumsfeld. Seriously. 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1856

Feds to cut $1.3 billion in education funding, but the tests will survive 6 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2193

NYC Teachers Hit Back... At Long *Friggin'* LAST. 8 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2452

There is no one in power who wants the populace to be better prepared to call bullshit 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 1747

Ohanian: AFT took 1 million from Gates to promote CC. 1 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2082

Michael Gove: This Year's Academy (cross-posted from the UK forum) 0 LeftishBrit Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1704

Support the Garfield teachers (Seattle) 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1538

Ed deformers running stooge against Karen Lewis in next election? 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1846

How charter schools choose desirable students 18 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 12 3952

California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3100

Teachers' evaluations on steroids. 15 no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3054

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An MBA: The founder’s recipe for failure 2 Renew Deal Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2403

Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2751

Has anyone here gone to EdCamp before? 0 knitter4democracy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1634

Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence 3 toddmiller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2156

Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats 33 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 6084

The emotional violence of the accountability regime 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2172

Let’s measure love (just like we measure teachers) 1 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 1775

The disease is spreading to Canada ... 6 eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2469

The Loveliest Child 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 16 2171

Simple spectrometer (cross-posted from Science) 1 caraher Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1854

OECD: Reading performance inequality is high in the USA, but decreasing 2 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1916

The back of the class kid 8 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2335

An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? 8 Coyotl Feb 2013 Feb 2013 14 2593

Pearson testing: no comment 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1756

Chicago heating up again 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 1719

NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 3326

Portelos: Value-Added for *Everyone* ! 3 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2110

Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 4122

Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4056

Who’s Hurting NY’s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2946

Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2749

Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2654

Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2501

California Flunks Rhee’s Reform Ratings—Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 4030

Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2180

To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2029

Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2656

xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 2221

In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 5000

I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 2458

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ATTENTION NYC TEACHERS: YOU HAVE BEEN HAD BY YOUR UNION 3 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Feb 2013 16 2162

Sequestration and Head Start 6 Sadiedog Oct 2012 Jan 2013 1 2936

Question about financing college for a kid who's now in kindergarten. 6 Nay Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2782

Powerful video in video section shows Chicago lawyer/parent in brilliant speech. 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 1720

Anger at UFT Building (Significant because NYC's UFT is the linchpin of control for AFT) 6 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2817

Video from Democracy Now on Seattle teachers and MAP 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1760

So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask? 31 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 11931

Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... 15 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3265

"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost} 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2463

Test Your Public Ed Savvy 3 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2083

CA Education. MY Governor on... 9 YvonneCa Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2677

Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Charter Schools Fail Their Own Hype 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2087

Website ban lifted Tuesday (+TSTA EMAIL) Teacher union site blocked, unblocked by district 5 mbperrin May 2012 Jan 2013 4 3666

Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all] 86 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 33 23037

Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2403

"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control" 9 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3057

Some charter schools admit sending students back to public schools. How they "counsel out" kids. 9 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 3985

Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2812

Students love Khan Academy? 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 6780

Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3845

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