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California’s War on Public Education 3 Modern School Jan 2012 Feb 2018 4 3104

Publicly Funded Schools Becoming Things of the Past 1 Modern School Jan 2012 Feb 2018 5 2371

Los Angeles Unified School District to eliminate ALL Adult Ed 3 radhika Jan 2012 Feb 2018 5 3790

Whoever has less math anxiety wins 6 Boojatta Feb 2012 Feb 2018 4 3722

Suggestions for teaching geography to a kindergartner? 28 RandySF Feb 2012 Feb 2018 0 8388

Education Department’s obsession with test scores deepens 13 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 Feb 2018 8 4177

UC-Berkeley and other ‘public Ivies’ in fiscal peril 2 n2doc Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 2938

Alabama Students Limited In Teacher Gifting Under New Law 10 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 3881

I received a mailer from "studentsFirst" 6 w8liftinglady Dec 2011 Feb 2018 4 2931

Good a group for this issue is paramount. 3 Rex Dec 2011 Feb 2018 1 2663

New England colleges have one big worry: 2025 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2549

Will the NEA (not the NRA) have to deal with shootings now? 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1621

'Hurtful' Harper Lee and Mark Twain dropped from Minnesota curriculum 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1846

Puerto Rico governor announces public education overhaul 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1300

Do School Vouchers Work? Milwaukees Experiment Suggests an Answer (depends..) 1 question everything Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1620

We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, 10 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1979

US opts out of test designed to teach students to spot biased reporting 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1492

Education Dept. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1521

Can a No Excuses Charter Teach Students to Think for Themselves? 0 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1444

A School's Way To Fight Phones In Class: Lock 'Em Up 6 Cattledog Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1805

No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study 7 exboyfil Jan 2018 Jan 2018 6 2977

I had an interesting day while teaching. 11 no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 Jan 2018 18 3710

Have you heard This American Life episode 550: Three Miles? 7 GaryM Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2686

Introverts and Schools 4 elleng Oct 2017 Jan 2018 3 2289

Can Kindness Be Taught? 9 elleng Dec 2017 Jan 2018 5 1576

Ohio State wants white nationalist's lawsuit dismissed 1 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1393

The French apprentices thriving on medieval roots 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1170

University presidents: We've been blindsided 2 ffr Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1683

The government and education...one family's story... 1 Sancho Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1244

'Derelict' school becomes national leader by making a surprising subject compulsory. 2 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 11 2976

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Special Education 2 no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 Dec 2017 5 1191

Betsy DeVos warns teachers unions: 'I'm not going anywhere. In fact I'm just getting started.' 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1696

Some Schools Are Abolishing Homework In Favor Of Reading, And That's A Good Thing. 5 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 10 5009

How Reading Rewires Your Brain for More Intelligence and Empathy. 6 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 14 2246

Substitute Teaching 23 no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2315

As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away. 2 elleng Jul 2017 Nov 2017 10 2934

(Austin) AISD moves to rename remaining schools with Confederate ties by August 1 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1175

Swelling College Endowments Tempt Lawmakers Looking for Tax Dollars 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 1680

Reading buddies are such a hit at Lowell School. 4 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2137

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Returns to Mississippi School's Reading List After Outcry 4 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2266

DeVos offers buyouts to shrink Education Department workforce 2 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1584

Have you ever taken or given an IQ test? 14 BigmanPigman Oct 2017 Oct 2017 8 4037

DeVos calls for another delay of rule to protect students from predatory colleges 2 workinclasszero Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1202

I had a terrible day teaching today. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 5784

Educating Future Voters in the Age of Social Media 1 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1412

Campus Hate Lives on the Internet. Administrators Need to Catch Up. 0 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1931

U. of Southern California Removes Medical-School Dean as Newspaper Reports Sexual-Misconduct Claim 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2341

The Best Public Colleges in the U.S. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2524

Some FL colleges waive out-of-state tuition for PR and USVI students 2 Sancho Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 3063

School administrator who stole $75k gives up job certificate 2 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2028

Librarian faces backlash for rejecting book donation from Melania Trump 3 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2835

Education secretary faces largely silent protest at Harvard speech 2 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 2001

Nearly half of all US high schoolers graduate with an "A" average 10 n2doc Jul 2017 Sep 2017 6 4815

Suddenly, Trump wants to spend millions of dollars on STEM in public schools 5 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 3275

Buenos Aires students and scientists stage sit-ins to protest unpaid internships, cutbacks 0 sandensea Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1393

'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey 2 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 1839

Why we will never start school at a decent time (and why our politics will always be fucked) 8 NCDem777 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 9 3376

Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos tears up Obama's rules on campus sex assault investigations 3 sandensea Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2222

The best educational experiences are those where the teacher understands 4 elleng Mar 2017 Aug 2017 1 3534

Why Kids Shouldnt Sit Still in Class 4 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 3031

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I'm on our local school board! 5 Fluke a Snooker Aug 2017 Aug 2017 11 4111

Illinois Senate overrides Rauner school funding veto, but House hurdle remains 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 3133

A Stanford researchers 15-minute study hack lifts B+ students into the As 3 QED Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 3898

New Florida law lets any resident challenge what's taught in science classes 5 Eugene Jul 2017 Aug 2017 4 2907

Justice Department denies 'personnel posting' reflects new policy on affirmative action 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3901

Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions 1 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2140

Schools near state lines perform worse and rules discouraging teachers from moving may be to blame 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 6 2200

Money for Illinois schools in limbo amid political bickering 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1513

Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls Starting at Age 5 4 DesertRat Jul 2017 Jul 2017 10 2928

27% proficient in English? 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2197

Building Information Literacy Skills in the Era of Fake News 2 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2038

Florida's education system - the one Betsy DeVos cites as a model - is in chaos 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2238

Doing "Research" has radically changed in the modern world.. 5 Stuart G Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2530

Key Democrat calls for ouster of DeVos's civil rights chief in light of 'egregious' remarks about se 1 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2115

Redesigning Social Studies Education: Empowering Students through Authentic Inquiry 4 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2298

DeVos: Too many college students have been treated unfairly under Obama-era sexual assault policy 2 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2149

Question: Which cities and states have Civics taught in K-6th? 5 BigmanPigman Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2354

Maryland becomes first state to outlaw scholarship displacement by public colleges 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2327

Science teachers: DeVos's Education Department is misinterpreting federal law 1 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 7 2452

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