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Secret Agents for Change 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1853
X-post from Wisconsin: School Superintendent writes staff about legislative action in Madison 0 Scuba Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1904
xpost The most important skill in science or self-improvement is noticing the unexpected 0 n2doc Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1884
Can't believe they gave a whole city of PA schools to these FL rich fools. 3 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 17 2557
Court gives York, PA schools to Charter Schools USA. Stripped local school board of power. 2 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 2157
“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.' 7 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 7 3317
Alfie Kohn's righteous anger. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 12 2654
Typical PR special in Pinellas... 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1840
To Raise Science Scores, Colleges Look Beyond the Lecture. 4 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2519
Banksy twitter cartoon on Modern Education. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 14 5933
Florida makes sure that there are not too many A schools by adjusting standards yearly. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2172
White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges 1 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1920
New York City’s best public schools are harder to get into than the Ivy Leagues 0 n2doc Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1818
12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music 8 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 44 6726
Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math." 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2401
Music and Math -- the genius of Beethoven (video) 0 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 2063
New video series on Antiacademics. 0 lenrely Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2246
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools 3 ellenrr Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2661
22 yr old charter school owner outed by principal of his high school. More discrepancies as well. 3 madfloridian Nov 2014 Dec 2014 11 2855
I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 3088
Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 16 2202
The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2045
A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won 1 eridani Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2088
at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2234
The ACLU: Complaint Says Charter Schools Are Resegregating Public Education 21 QED Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 8703
Of Cosby, Students First, Campbell Brown and Whoopi. 1 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 2149
Why Children's Theatre Matters 3 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 2539
University of Alabama at Birmingham to end football program, citing costs 2 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 2303
Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Dec 2014 13 3118
Three Myths About Teacher Tenure 1 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 2224

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Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1877
Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 2429
Students to Teach for America CEOs: You Are ‘Complicit’ in Attacks on Public Education 2 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 20 2454
Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education. 5 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 3036
It’s starve, test, and destroy. How hunger games are coming to NY schools. 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 2135
Robert Reich: Why College is Necessary, but Gets You Nowhere 0 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 2047
toon- If testing is so great... 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 14 2101
Eva Moskowitz fundraiser brought almost 8 million to her Success Academy 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2143
Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools 5 liberal N proud Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 3289
Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2604
"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 5321
Seven TX charter schools that lost charter are still open for business. 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2361
How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today 10 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 15 3665
Charter of Fools 3 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 2508
Running a school on $160 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 9 2192
States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F. 7 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 12 3219
Corporate ED "Reformers" Crash and Burn in Cal. 5 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2782
I'm beginning to understand why people hate Common Core. 13 RandySF Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 4621
This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America 12 eridani Oct 2014 Nov 2014 27 4798
Race to the Top: "Not Long For this World"? 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2113
Tony Blair's back and working with Arne Duncan and ed "reformers". 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2215
Saw a video on Twitter about callous way LA legislatures spoke of education and Katrina. 0 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1862
Submissiveness required by zero tolerance, no excuses. Loss of individuality by high stakes testing 5 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 9 3416
Cuomo Calls Public Schools a "Monopoly." 23 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Nov 2014 3 6915
Steep Drops Seen In Teacher-Prep Enrollment Numbers 3 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 5361
Florida school must now teach Algebra to those who are really in need of math life skills. 9 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 20 4441
whoever may be suffering due to charter schools, here in chicago it is the pedophiles. 3 mopinko Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2572
Brian Jones on: Cuomo, Education, Teachout and the Democratic Party. 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2407
English-speaking students misidentified as 'English learners' 2 RandySF Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2755
The Big Problem With Time's Teacher-Bashing Cover Story 2 eridani Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 2459

Education Continued...

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Special Ed teacher alarmed at amount of testing as she returns to public schools after 6 years. 7 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 19 3355
Florida's Mavericks Charter School has problems. Over 1000 pages of them. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2256
With the First Early Decision Deadline Rapidly Approaching 2 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2730
Former Teacher Calls Parent Trigger School 'Law-Breakingly Unprofessional' 0 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 13 2036
Recommendation for 2014: CA State Supt of Public Instruction 0 Triana Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1926
Outstanding article at Plunderbund: Kasich’s Mishandling Of Higher Ed Is A Problem For Everyone 1 greatlaurel Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2058
State OKs Christel House Academy appeal to boost grade (school tied to Tony Bennett) 1 AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2164
This is cool... 5 YvonneCa May 2011 Oct 2014 1 3961
Toon: Happy Teachers Day 3 n2doc Sep 2014 Oct 2014 19 4721
Renton high school student sues over ‘F’ 4 QED Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 3117
K12 Online Charter Schools having lots of problems. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 2186
Study: Chicago charter schools lag traditional ones 4 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 15 2883
Bachelor of Arts degree now equivalent to a high school diploma 12 Thespian2 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 5741
Karen Lewis has brain tumor, not running for mayor 9 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 23 4601
(NC) Parent upset teacher not fired for attacking evolution, comparing public schools to Nazi death 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3187
The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class. 9 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 3955
Figuring out which "grassroots" education groups are fake. 0 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 2048
A Musical Fix for American Schools 1 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 16 2455
Lewis Black positive rant about teachers 0 knitter4democracy Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2623
"Good teachers are not good soldiers" Great post. 2 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 3098
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