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.Centers See New Faces Seeking Test Prep. 0 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2400

Something to laugh about. Or cry about. Apparently they're serious. 4 Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 Apr 2013 11 3289

For your consideration. 6 NYC_SKP Mar 2013 Apr 2013 0 3198

Teach for America critics organizing �resistance� at summit 2 proud2BlibKansan Apr 2013 Apr 2013 9 2464

Toon: Pay 1 n2doc Apr 2013 Apr 2013 12 2443

Whatever Happened to the $100 Million Mark Zuckerberg Gave to Newark Schools? 0 antigop Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2702

Occupy Kindergarten 3 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Mar 2013 5 3813

near Asheville, NC, from my cousin, who wrote the first paragraph: 15 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 5067

The Secret to Fixing School Discipline? Change the Behavior of Adults 2 eridani Mar 2013 Mar 2013 8 2802

Vote For Julie Cavanagh and the MORE Slate in UFT Elections 0 SoBronxSchool Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2420

Department of Sleeping with the Enemy 3 HiPointDem Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2548

Can Charlotte Danielson "cure" Down's Syndrome? (No.) 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 3492

Andrew Hacker: Is Algebra Necessary? (PUUUUUUUUKE) [View all] 67 alp227 Jul 2012 Mar 2013 13 36098

An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies 10 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 16 4097

iCivics educational video games: 7 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3370

Yesterday I substitute-taught a journalism class. 9 no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 3873

toon 0 n2doc Mar 2013 Mar 2013 22 2205

Video: NYC Union Faces Growing Insurgency: MORE 3 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 7 2782

REAL education, history, geography, social studies all together now! 0 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2050

Grand Rapids teachers say paycheck cuts qualify them for food stamps 6 theaocp Mar 2013 Mar 2013 10 3501

Randi on Board of (Gates-funded) inBloom: AFT dues-paying members, how much will you stand for? 3 HiPointDem Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3797

Mr. Teachbad evaluates Michelle Rhee's reform efforts in DC 3 Reader Rabbit Mar 2013 Mar 2013 12 2688

NYC Activist Mocks Randi's "Rosa Parks" Moment; Delivers a Punch in the Political Nose 8 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3929

NM Could Become First State With Pre-School Funding Constitutionally Guaranteed 3 appleannie1 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2629

WSJ: New Front in Charter Schools 6 antigop Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 3944

Adjuncts - a thought to possibly help each other 2 2Design Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2956

Parents, Teachers and Community Take Back Their Schools 0 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 2286

Strongsville teachers strike spurs talk of SB5 and subsequent repeal, but issue unlikely to resurfac 0 Klukie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2201

23 Philly schools to close; some arrested at rally 2 Starry Messenger Mar 2013 Mar 2013 13 2647

Pinch Me: Ravitch, et al. Announce New National *REAL* Reform Org: 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 14 2745

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Student Debt Crisis play FOR PROFIT to be put on and livestreamed at College of Wooster 0 eridani Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 2395

Link to vimeo: "NYC Teachers Hit Back" ( "Whistleblowers" Public Forum) 6 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Mar 2013 5 3360

Video from the MORE "Protect Free Speech from School 'Reform'" Forum, Part Two 0 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2050

Is anybody talking about the idea of "Guerrilla Education"? 5 Ken Burch Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2877

Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools and March to the White House: April 4-7. 2013 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2842

Teacher pink slips claim by Duncan not backed by evidence 2 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 3001

The World Bank as Prime Mover in the Global Privatization of Public Education: Mexico 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2162

Mexico has just arrested the head of their teachers' union, in the wake of an education reform bill. 1 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2264

The lines of influence in education 'reform' 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2910

Protecting White Kids From History. 6 HoosierRadical Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 3229

Union Rep to NYC Teacher: Leave me the fuck alone. 2 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3119

OccupyTeachForAmerica 10 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 3578

Wash Post: Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school 19 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 8956

Education Week: Leadership lessons from Donald Rumsfeld. Seriously. 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2332

Feds to cut $1.3 billion in education funding, but the tests will survive 6 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2931

NYC Teachers Hit Back... At Long *Friggin'* LAST. 8 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 3334

There is no one in power who wants the populace to be better prepared to call bullshit 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2089

Ohanian: AFT took 1 million from Gates to promote CC. 1 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2489

Michael Gove: This Year's Academy (cross-posted from the UK forum) 0 LeftishBrit Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2157

Support the Garfield teachers (Seattle) 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1870

Ed deformers running stooge against Karen Lewis in next election? 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2305

How charter schools choose desirable students 18 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 12 5728

California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 4003

Teachers' evaluations on steroids. 15 no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 4450

An MBA: The founder�s recipe for failure 2 Renew Deal Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2933

Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3694

Has anyone here gone to EdCamp before? 0 knitter4democracy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1901

Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence 3 toddmiller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2872

Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats 33 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 9450

The emotional violence of the accountability regime 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2657

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Let�s measure love (just like we measure teachers) 1 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2178

The disease is spreading to Canada ... 6 eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3311

The Loveliest Child 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 16 2715

Simple spectrometer (cross-posted from Science) 1 caraher Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2333

OECD: Reading performance inequality is high in the USA, but decreasing 2 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2391

The back of the class kid 8 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3409

An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? 8 Coyotl Feb 2013 Feb 2013 14 3689

Pearson testing: no comment 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2161

Chicago heating up again 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2084

NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 4170

Portelos: Value-Added for *Everyone* ! 3 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2631

Story Time�s Over Kindergartners�Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 5604

Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4692

Who�s Hurting NY�s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3780

Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 3395

Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3473

Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3036

California Flunks Rhee�s Reform Ratings�Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 5320

Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2753

To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2547

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