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How charter schools choose desirable students 18 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 12 4201
California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3220
Teachers' evaluations on steroids. 15 no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3389
An MBA: The founder’s recipe for failure 2 Renew Deal Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2495
Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2922
Has anyone here gone to EdCamp before? 0 knitter4democracy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1684
Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence 3 toddmiller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2290
Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats 33 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 6652
The emotional violence of the accountability regime 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2274
Let’s measure love (just like we measure teachers) 1 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 1848
The disease is spreading to Canada ... 6 eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2624
The Loveliest Child 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 16 2294
Simple spectrometer (cross-posted from Science) 1 caraher Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1929
OECD: Reading performance inequality is high in the USA, but decreasing 2 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2012
The back of the class kid 8 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2538
An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? 8 Coyotl Feb 2013 Feb 2013 14 2766
Pearson testing: no comment 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1839
Chicago heating up again 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 1778
NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 3468
Portelos: Value-Added for *Everyone* ! 3 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2194
Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 4396
Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4180
Who’s Hurting NY’s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3130
Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2894
Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2799
Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2637
California Flunks Rhee’s Reform Ratings—Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 4297
Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2300
To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2102
Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2763

Education Continued...

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xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 2337
In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 5365
I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 2622
ATTENTION NYC TEACHERS: YOU HAVE BEEN HAD BY YOUR UNION 3 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Feb 2013 16 2284
Sequestration and Head Start 6 Sadiedog Oct 2012 Jan 2013 1 3072
Question about financing college for a kid who's now in kindergarten. 6 Nay Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2893
Powerful video in video section shows Chicago lawyer/parent in brilliant speech. 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 1774
Anger at UFT Building (Significant because NYC's UFT is the linchpin of control for AFT) 6 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3012
Video from Democracy Now on Seattle teachers and MAP 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1816
So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask? 31 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 12903
Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... 15 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3493
"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost} 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2554
Test Your Public Ed Savvy 3 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2173
CA Education. MY Governor on... 9 YvonneCa Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2849
Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Charter Schools Fail Their Own Hype 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2158
Website ban lifted Tuesday (+TSTA EMAIL) Teacher union site blocked, unblocked by district 5 mbperrin May 2012 Jan 2013 4 3857
Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all] 86 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 33 24911
Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2528
"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control" 9 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3262
Some charter schools admit sending students back to public schools. How they "counsel out" kids. 9 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 4204
Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2988
Students love Khan Academy? 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 6959
Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 4060
Fighting Education Shock Therapy 3 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2218
Teachers' Lack of Rights at Work AND Home 7 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3155
LA state senator shows his ignorance asking for 'proof' of evolution 0 LongTomH Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2060
My Anti-Bullying Project (needs you) 0 knixphan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1717
the latest on the school closings in chicago..... 3 madrchsod Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3045
Online courses need human element to educate 3 Starry Messenger Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2247
Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer 18 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 Jan 2013 10 4937

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Will longer school year help or hurt US students? (AP/Yahoo!) 42 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 7850
Pop Quiz on Standardized Testing 0 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 1809
movement to end high-stakes testing steps up in seattle 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 1833
Josh Edelman ID'd in test cheating cover-up 4 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5114
College Enrollment decreasing because of High Tuition 5 AProgressiveThinker Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2830
You are the leaders 0 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 1593
Karen Lewis: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 2838
At edX, Distance Learning Moves to an Open-Source Honors Track 26 Renew Deal Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 6104
Milken is ready to milk us in WA State 7 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Jan 2013 7 2379
HISD teachers walk out of contracts in high numbers, union says 7 AnneD Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3205
‘Frontline’ raises questions about test-score tampering under Rhee 9 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 2639
Karen lewis talks guillotines; limbaugh attacks 5 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2655
Pedagogy of the Depressed: experiences as a special ed student in the 1990s. 5 n2doc Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3093
Why public education should be scrapped 44 Left Turn Only Dec 2012 Jan 2013 1 9866
“Elections shouldn’t exist”: The new war on school boards 1 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2283
The Great Montessori Schism 4 xchrom Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 3937
Ailing Philadelphia District Plans to Close 37 Schools 3 alp227 Dec 2012 Jan 2013 4 2237
To the "Beloved Community" of Education Activists 12 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Jan 2013 20 3518
Teacher 2 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 8 1993
Why the good ones leave 10 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 15 2849
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