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Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5125
Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1731
Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1540
Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2218
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1868
Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1701
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 3688
Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1862
How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1635
Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1786
Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1979
Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3283
Uh-oh. Suburbia seems to be turning on Common Core. Video. 2 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2082
NYC Parents to DOE : No, You Will *NOT* Test Our 4-Year Olds. 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 2384
Darien, Ct Board of Education found in violation of IDEA ( Heroic SLP's memo ) 2 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 4145
Another day, another fishy charter school 6 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 31 2850
Mindup, Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn, Press Club links 0 kickysnana Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1874
The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' 12 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 6511
From my article, "Teaching is Not Rocket Science; it’s More Important" 2 texshelters Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1907
Surprise state visit finds problems at Hope Academy charter school 1 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 11 1981
The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty 2 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Nov 2013 9 1967
"Believe in ESU": Students, Professors & Union Activists Rally Against Education Cuts [FULL VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2059
"Children of the Core": The Final Sacrifice 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2682
The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children 3 DonViejo Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2087
Shameful! Yes, Some New Jersey Students Have To Go To Schools That Look Like This 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2128
FOUR IMPORTANT MYTHBUSTERS ABOUT THE COMMON CORE 2 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2013 Oct 2013 7 2049
Mayor Rahm to Prosser High: Beat it! 3 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1945
damn that rahm emanuel 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2030
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K. 2 elleng Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2058
Alan Grayson on Living Through NYC's Legendary Teachers Strikes. 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1764

Education Continued...

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Grambling football dispute draws attention to cuts 0 exboyfil Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2065
What poor children need in school 1 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1960
Favorite Teachers 13 jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 3203
The Age of the Docile Educator 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 2012
Dear Michelle Rhee, Your School Privatization Schemes Were Hatched By Southern Segregationists 2 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 10 2167
Why I Stopped Writing Recommendation Letters for Teach for America 1 caraher Oct 2013 Oct 2013 12 2063
Cross posted from GD: 0 LWolf Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1598
Only 60 percent of students from Chicago's closed schools turn up at 'welcoming schools' 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1849
Health insurance and math achievement... 4 Sancho Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2273
Philanthropy and Sycophancy 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 1700
Diane Ravitch television town hall 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1851
Creepy Stuff at NYC Whistleblower's Dismissal Hearing 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 2768
Non-cognitive Variables--their importance in future success 1 Celebration Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2986
Caltech named best research university in the world -- again 3 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2013 2 2300
Georgia 2013 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES 6 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 3282
Absolutely every teacher everywhere should play Bohemian Gravity for their students. UNBELIEVABLE 7 snagglepuss Sep 2013 Oct 2013 15 2878
Right-Wing Blog Pushes Private Schools Over Scandal, but Public Schools are More Accountable [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2428
The Apostate: An Interview With Diane Ravitch 0 DonViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1724
Oregon school district wants to require college or trade school admission for grads 4 alp227 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2527
Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2013 Oct 2013 17 2170
How Test Obsession is Killing Education 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1838
Do You Know Where Your Ph.D.'s Are? 2 KansDem Sep 2013 Oct 2013 4 1936
On the lighter side... 2 progressoid Sep 2013 Oct 2013 6 2315
Giving kids iPads won't solve the education challenge 9 Renew Deal Aug 2013 Sep 2013 7 3283
Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools 19 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 32 4476
New teacher ratings not dramatically different 3 mopinko Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2395
Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem 7 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2586
Parent raises concerns about Killeen ISD students sitting in aisle of crowded school bus 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2759
The hidden truth behind Teach for America’s political empire 2 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 2071
Problems that schools are expected to solve 1 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 1893

Education Continued...

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Tennessee's House DEM Leader Kicks ED 'Reform's ASS. 3 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2106
"Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned Common Core" 2 Squinch Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2702
Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic... 24 alp227 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 11103
Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores 6 eridani Sep 2013 Sep 2013 17 2712
Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education 2 groovedaddy Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2003
Christian School That Gave Creationist Quiz Is Mercifully Euthanized 3 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 2465
A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1802
It's Time To Fire "Bad" Union Leaders Like Randi Weingarten 20 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Sep 2013 4 5687
At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 9 groovedaddy Aug 2013 Sep 2013 3 4202
Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1716
Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 3831
Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 1961
civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 5179
New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 1921
Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2433
Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2331
True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2031
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2618
Chile: The Most Pro-Market School System in the World, Part 1 1 duffyduff Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2058
Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2119
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