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I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2373
Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 16 1896
The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1652
A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won 1 eridani Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 1671
at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1855
The ACLU: Complaint Says Charter Schools Are Resegregating Public Education 21 QED Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 6587
Of Cosby, Students First, Campbell Brown and Whoopi. 1 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1764
Why Children's Theatre Matters 3 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 1773
University of Alabama at Birmingham to end football program, citing costs 2 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1844
Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Dec 2014 13 2373
Three Myths About Teacher Tenure 1 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1862
Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1554
Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 1979
Students to Teach for America CEOs: You Are ‘Complicit’ in Attacks on Public Education 2 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 20 2035
Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education. 5 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 2319
It’s starve, test, and destroy. How hunger games are coming to NY schools. 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 1650
Robert Reich: Why College is Necessary, but Gets You Nowhere 0 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1658
toon- If testing is so great... 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 14 1787
Eva Moskowitz fundraiser brought almost 8 million to her Success Academy 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1773
Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools 5 liberal N proud Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 2510
Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2156
"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 3912
Seven TX charter schools that lost charter are still open for business. 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 1947
How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today 10 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 15 2644
Charter of Fools 3 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 1957
Running a school on $160 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 9 1773
States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F. 7 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 12 2409
Corporate ED "Reformers" Crash and Burn in Cal. 5 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2101
I'm beginning to understand why people hate Common Core. 13 RandySF Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 3321
This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America 12 eridani Oct 2014 Nov 2014 27 3633

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Race to the Top: "Not Long For this World"? 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1725
Tony Blair's back and working with Arne Duncan and ed "reformers". 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 1824
Saw a video on Twitter about callous way LA legislatures spoke of education and Katrina. 0 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1494
Submissiveness required by zero tolerance, no excuses. Loss of individuality by high stakes testing 5 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 9 2655
Cuomo Calls Public Schools a "Monopoly." 23 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Nov 2014 3 4562
Steep Drops Seen In Teacher-Prep Enrollment Numbers 3 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 4505
Florida school must now teach Algebra to those who are really in need of math life skills. 9 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 20 3352
whoever may be suffering due to charter schools, here in chicago it is the pedophiles. 3 mopinko Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2038
Brian Jones on: Cuomo, Education, Teachout and the Democratic Party. 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1913
English-speaking students misidentified as 'English learners' 2 RandySF Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2195
The Big Problem With Time's Teacher-Bashing Cover Story 2 eridani Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 1947
Special Ed teacher alarmed at amount of testing as she returns to public schools after 6 years. 7 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 19 2575
Florida's Mavericks Charter School has problems. Over 1000 pages of them. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 1882
With the First Early Decision Deadline Rapidly Approaching 2 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2115
Former Teacher Calls Parent Trigger School 'Law-Breakingly Unprofessional' 0 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 13 1743
Recommendation for 2014: CA State Supt of Public Instruction 0 Triana Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1622
Outstanding article at Plunderbund: Kasich’s Mishandling Of Higher Ed Is A Problem For Everyone 1 greatlaurel Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 1679
State OKs Christel House Academy appeal to boost grade (school tied to Tony Bennett) 1 AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1770
This is cool... 5 YvonneCa May 2011 Oct 2014 1 2711
Toon: Happy Teachers Day 3 n2doc Sep 2014 Oct 2014 19 4275
Renton high school student sues over ‘F’ 4 QED Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2291
K12 Online Charter Schools having lots of problems. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 1811
Study: Chicago charter schools lag traditional ones 4 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 15 2191
Bachelor of Arts degree now equivalent to a high school diploma 12 Thespian2 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 4035
Karen Lewis has brain tumor, not running for mayor 9 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 23 3215
(NC) Parent upset teacher not fired for attacking evolution, comparing public schools to Nazi death 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2250
The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class. 9 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2830
Figuring out which "grassroots" education groups are fake. 0 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1678
A Musical Fix for American Schools 1 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 16 1891
Lewis Black positive rant about teachers 0 knitter4democracy Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2333

Education Continued...

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"Good teachers are not good soldiers" Great post. 2 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2366
The Plot Against Public Education 2 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1787
Chomsky: Thinking Like Corporations Is Harming American Universities 1 eridani Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1695
Philly Students Walkout As City Cancels Teachers' Contract ( Video ) 0 Jefferson23 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1591
The Games Charter Schools Play. 4 madfloridian Sep 2014 Oct 2014 18 2148
Let the Children Play: Schools Must Relearn Importance of Recess 6 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 12 2625
Charles P Pierce- Reading, Writing, Ransacking 1 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 18 1837
American Federation of Teachers Endorses Democratic Congressional Candidate Kelly Westlund 5 mopinko Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1968
NYC ED Bureaucracy *STILL* Coming After Whistleblower Portelos 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1632
STEM is incredibly valuable, but if we want the best innovators we must teach the arts 7 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2677
School Reform Commission Imposes Work Rules on Philadelphia Teachers 1 YoungDemCA Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1696
New report on charter school industry...$100 million taken in 15 states from public education. 3 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 18 2299
Lynda Barry and Matt Groening Talk Love, Hate & Comics (with an Alternative Education emphasis)... 0 adirondacker Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2112
Second graders tackle ancient technology. Welcome to Pulleys 101! 2 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1893
Race to Nowhere airs on local PBS stations Sept 25- Oct 5. About education reform's dark side. 5 madfloridian Sep 2014 Oct 2014 9 2279
Charter schools, civil rights and the theft of education funds 2 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 8 1845
Protesters pack meeting on education changes 1 lunasun Oct 2014 Oct 2014 10 1659
Harvard Students Ask University to Cut Ties with Teach for America 5 alp227 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 33 2736
Teacher fired protecting student from bullying - why due process is important. 9 QED Sep 2014 Sep 2014 15 3327
The "education market is ripe for disruption" Great article in The Nation. A must read. 4 greatlaurel Sep 2014 Sep 2014 15 1937
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