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Rand Paul gets schooled: Libertarian fantasies don’t help kids learn — teachers do 7 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 3124
Test scores, rating plunged at top elementary after Dallas ISD determined teachers had been cheating 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2240
Michelle Rhee drops out of school group 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2908
Charles P Pierce- Who the fck is Campbell Brown? 17 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 61 6465
Lunch lady rises to teachers union leader and takes on all comers, bluntly 2 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 20 2499
UFT's Mulgrew Ridicules Common Core Critics; Threatens to "Punch You in the Face..." 8 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3732
My Own Story. Why Teachers So Desperately Need Tenure 7 SoBronxSchool Aug 2014 Aug 2014 21 3301
Keoni Wright, plaintiff in Campbell Brown's lawsuit, is a member of Michelle Rhee's Students First. 4 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 2385
Toon: Back to testing 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 11 2192
Whoopi Goldberg taking up fight against teachers. Post in GD 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2292
Classic Math vs. Common Core 4 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3121
Go Public: A day in the life of an american school district 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Aug 2014 7 3012
‘Education reform’ now a pejorative term to many progressive Democrats 6 n2doc Jul 2014 Aug 2014 10 2861
City Council Committee Puts the Brakes on Charter School Expansion 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2104
Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5 elleng Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 3038
Lively ( and funny) thread re. Campbell Brown in NY Forum 1 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2132
How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into The Minds Of Public School Students 3 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2630
Two of Jeb's Chiefs for Change have anti-teachers-union op ed in WP. 3 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2655
Spotlights and Solutions for College Rape 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1839
Her son has been suspended five times. He’s 3. 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2630
I posted more about Campbell Brown and Dan Senor and their attacks on teachers. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 14 2556
Here's why they REALLY want to end teacher tenure. 8 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 3301
The principal who wrestles an F school to a C in one year gets demotion and pay cut 6 teach1st Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 3278
Ravitch's very apt description of Arne Duncan. 10 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 31 4219
White House Adds New Disability Adviser 4 Jefferson23 Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2538
Gravy train charter schools and the EB-5 visa. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 7 2243
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BLAMES TEACHERS FOR A FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 13 newblewtoo Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 3975
MICHAEL GOVE IS OUT AS BRITISH EDUCATION SECRETARY!!! 9 LeftishBrit Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 3385
Great video compares charter school scandals to sub prime mortgages. Many similarities. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2129
New pro-public-school group. Democrats for Public Education. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 2656

Education Continued...

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AFT joins NEA with conditions, asks Arne to resign. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 19 5173
Unreal! NYDOE gave principals 24 hour notice to clean, clear space for Success Charter Academies. 5 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2526
Can the teachers' unions come back? 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2674
Study: Kids Bullied in Gym, Sports Avoid Future Activity 12 radicalliberal Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 4861
Cuomo's GOP Foe Hopes to Unite Left and Right Vs. Common Core 7 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2911
School superintendent banned in NJ finds work in FL, brings banned colleagues with him. 2 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2442
New Orleans-area school district agrees to rules protecting Hispanics 0 Eugene Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1824
Centinela school board votes to fire high-paid superintendent 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2309
Another Teachers’ Union Could Call For Obama’s Education Secretary To Resign 10 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 4000
Is the Charter Movement Imploding? 11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 18 3815
Good to see an administrator speak out at AJC about Arne's policies. 12 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 15 3483
Ronald Reagan stuck it to millennials: A college debt history lesson no one tells 6 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 39 4629
NEA Calls for Secretary Duncan's Resignation 47 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 70 12817
Gotta love this Florida mom. Supports teachers, slams TPTB for testing extremism. 6 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 3081
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 16 2362
For-profit college to sell most campuses 4 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2478
this is not my rant. this is the rant from a psyche worker in chicago public schools. karen lewis. 17 mopinko Jun 2014 Jul 2014 1 5125
Great post at Muckety on widespread influence of Campbell Brown, hubby Dan Senor. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 5319
I still post in GD in spite of posts dropping. Can't cross post here... 9 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 3143
CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS CALL FOR DUNCAN RESIGNATION 13 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 55 3981
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" 9 tinymontgomery Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 3350
Will Anyone Stop Charter School Corruption? 1 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 2188
Ravitch: Do Public School Teachers Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration? 2 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2115
The big money and profits behind the push for charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 13 2347
ASU English Professor Assaulted by Campus Police 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2328
Just now saw this on Twitter. Makes me kind of proud. 14 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 35 4215
OK, Ed "Reformers"; You're ON! 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 4184
St. Paul schools looking to ease concerns about discipline, disorder 2 kickysnana Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3397
Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates Foundation 4 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 12 2531
Montclair NJ rejects corporate deformers! 2 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2405

Education Continued...

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Daily Kos Labor digest: Teachers face firing for speaking out for their students 4 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2450
My economic life has become a sinking ship.... 30 citizen blues Jun 2014 Jun 2014 62 7516
Unbelievable use of surveillance tactics in Belleview NJ. 1 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1926
New Evidence of Mental Benefits From Music Training 5 antigop Jun 2014 Jun 2014 11 2680
Obama alums join anti teachers union case 2 QED Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2244
Detroit News: DPS plans bigger classes, but won't close schools amid $49M loss in revenue 1 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2166
Why education become important in developing country? 0 petson Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2801
Teaching creationism as science now banned in all UK public schools. 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 21 2589
Linda Darling-Hammond on the common core standards 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2296
California judge rules teacher tenure unconstitutional 0 Starry Messenger Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1921
Tennessee Tied Teachers’ Jobs to Standardized Test Scores. Here’s How They Pushed Back—and Won 6 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 19 2796
The Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled 3 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 59 3481
Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes 2 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2789
Detroit News: Head of EAA reportedly to resign 0 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2034
Teachers Sound Alarm over 'Anti-Public Education' Ruling 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2321
I just wonder if learning by reading from a book is different than from a tablet/computer 7 Leme Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 6372
Student Debt: Blame Law-Makers, Tax-Shirking Rich, War on Drugs, not Universities 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 2108
Sen. Berger meets with North Carolina protesters 0 littlemissmartypants Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1835
Obama to take executive steps on student loans 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 8 2185
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