Education Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

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Diane Ravitch is encouraging everyone with an interest in education to write a letter 5 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 2265

University of Phoenix closing 115 locations (AP/BloomburgBusinessWeek) 5 eppur_se_muova Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 3051

Former NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein Is Not Telling the Whole Truth About His Personal History [View all] 50 xchrom Oct 2012 Oct 2012 12 23819

KUHN: The Exhaustion of the American Teacher... 3 YvonneCa Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 2393

NYC: Ground Zero for Edu-Hucksterism 0 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 1659

St. Louis public school district sheds 'unaccredited' label 0 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 1714

Do you want Rupert Murdoch to have your child's personal & educational data? 2 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1851

Cohen firings draw ire 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 2006

Want to Ruin Teaching? Give Ratings 5 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2633

The False Promises of “School Choice” by Barbara Miner 2 xchrom Oct 2012 Oct 2012 9 2185

Check out this picture of Matt Damon 22 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 65 6928

Luckovich Toon: Hand us the keys 10 n2doc Oct 2012 Oct 2012 35 4011

Teachbad wrote a song! 0 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1809

The Real Audience for 'Won't Back Down' May Not Have Been Moviegoers 5 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 2227

"Race-based student goals prompt controversy in South Florida" 1 jody Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2112

20 school lunches from around the world. 12 RandySF Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 6311

Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard out by ‘mutual agreement’ 4 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2476

Charter school: Enroll here, get a free Nintendo DSi 6 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2662

Many traditional public schools send special ed kids to continuation schools every day. 8 NYC_SKP Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2675

What do you think of Indistar? 1 RobertAustin Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2067

Got a question, 6 MadHound Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2417

Live From the Rubber Room! 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1873

How Gloria Romero (D-CA Ed Deformer) Became the Face of Proposition 32 3 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 5 3530

Attention Disorder or Not, Pills to Help in School 5 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2466

Teaching jobs come back after four years of layoffs 0 FBaggins Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 1714

Education profiteering -Wall Street’s next big thing? 5 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 11 2517

Hey NYC-Skip What subjects do you teach? Grade level 6 demtenjeep Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2621

This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] 105 NYC_SKP Sep 2012 Oct 2012 0 25897

Please help... 17 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 5 3109

I teach 1 ashling Oct 2012 Oct 2012 13 2048

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How a Teacher Made $1 Million Selling Lesson Plans 4 ErikJ Sep 2012 Oct 2012 4 2759

One of the best Education videos I've seen... 4 YvonneCa Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 2215

Help Write a Letter to President Obama 11 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 2696

AFT's endorsements for upcoming election 1 noamnety Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1965

Wendy Kopp (Teach For America) to Jonathan Kozol: Your book didn't mention me once! 3 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 8 2456

Imagine where there is no chess team and this is the school... 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1965

"Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team" 21 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 32 9021

Today's lesson: charters do not outperform unionized schools 1 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 1860

Anti-teacher-union “Won’t Back Down” flunks at box office 19 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 21 4802

Stuff (wealthy) white people like: Education reform. 6 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 2885

Questions about "Won't Back Down" movie 3 spedtr90 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 2421

Michelle Rhee’s Plan to Destroy Public Education 4 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 13 2199

Seven Days that shook the Windy City: Reflections on a Chicago teachers strike 2 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 12 1900

Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Create Free Open Textbooks 12 NYC_SKP Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 3336

Don’t turn teachers into scapegoats 10 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 Oct 2012 8 3026

Oh, DISGUSTING! Private Sector "Sponsors" of State Sanctioned "Partnership Academies"!!!!11!!11 0 NYC_SKP Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1676

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NYC_SKP Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1480

Petition to Congress to Cut the Pay of Administrators -- two more signatures needed from Illinois... 0 RobertAustin Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1920

Tellin’ Ain’t Teachin’: The Need for Frequent Processing by Spencer Kagan 8 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 Sep 2012 8 3057

Toon: Cheating Stops, Scores drop 0 n2doc Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 2154

Now We Know Our ABCs. And Charter Schools Get an F. 2 eridani Sep 2012 Sep 2012 11 2117

Students, Experts Recoil at Alcohol Enema Case 1 struggle4progress Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2118

Contextual Accountability by John Kuhn 3 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 Sep 2012 8 2468

Teachers (and Friends): So who's running for Congress this year that "gets it"? 7 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2012 Sep 2012 3 3595

It occurs to me what American schools really need to do. 10 RandySF Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 3085

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 silentwarrior Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 2338

Toon- Any of you want to actually Teach? 4 n2doc Sep 2012 Sep 2012 20 2519

Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals 0 elleng Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1805

These are the folks leading ed policy: Common Core model lesson doesn't fit guidelines 1 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 6 2128

Democrats endorsing parent trigger 5 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 2488

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This year's Education Nation: teachers in a feisty mood 3 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 6 1927

The Ohio State University in the news and how public dollars are spent there. 0 kathman-duzi Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1728

National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing 0 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 1579

Student test scores waaay down in Philly. Tighter proctoring (less cheating) suspected as cause. 0 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 2178

National annual mean income for teachers and other similar professions 2 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 Sep 2012 5 2130

QUESTION: Property taxes for Education 10 Angry Dragon Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 3352

The Endeavor flew over my school today! 6 Starry Messenger Sep 2012 Sep 2012 9 4019

what the chicago teachers won (comparative chart from ctu) 9 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 2735

Sigh...Union groups supporting an add on 2 the state constitution to bar 0 MichiganVote Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1782

Part-time faculty pay reaching poverty level 15 Starry Messenger Sep 2012 Sep 2012 17 4946

Heads up: Tony Danza is the lone guest tonight on Tavis' PBS show 5 Bozita Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 2413

Went to my 25th Back-to-school night last night and heard something I haven't come across before. 26 FSogol Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 6586

Why Do People Hate Teachers Unions? Because They Hate Teachers. 17 n2doc Sep 2012 Sep 2012 11 4936

Bill Cosby signs on with 'students first' 28 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 6724

Duke University "Talent Identification Program" 2 jody Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1959

Broward County, Fla. is First Major System to support Nat'l LGBT History Month. 0 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 1843

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1668

School bullies beware: San Francisco won’t tolerate that behavior 1 RandySF Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 2065

a very different take on the education debate- this american life 11 mopinko Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 3532

Edmonton teacher fired for giving zeros gets new job 1 alp227 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 2508

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