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Well, this is discouraging... 1 Backseat Driver Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 3117
Facing lawsuit, DeVos erases student loans for 1,500 3 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 11 2582
Secret Service study: School attackers showed warning signs 1 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 1867
The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low Income Students 3 ArtTownsend Oct 2019 Nov 2019 2 2479
Trump administration let nearly $11 million in student aid go to unaccredited for-profit colleges 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1814
School suspends girls, says rape-awareness note was bullying 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 18 2611
Rural School Districts Look To After-School Programs And Teacher Training To Expand STEM Offerings 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1680
A professor spoke about whiteness at Georgia Southern University. Students burned her book. 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1956
Mississippi student scores 27 on ACT in sixth-grade 5 mfcorey1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 2854
Attention, parents and students! ACT announces big changes to testing policies 0 mfcorey1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 2173
A once-acclaimed attorney who paid $75,000 to cheat on daughter's ACT sentenced to 1 month in prison 5 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 2971
DeVos violated a court order to stop collecting on the debts of Corinthian College students. Now, th 4 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 2353
Betsy DeVos calls $5 billion school tax credit plan 'the conservative answer to what ails American e 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 2353
FINLAND'S School System Is The Envy Of The World, It's Easy To See Why 2 appalachiablue Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 2033
CA issues subpoenas to doctors over vaccines. 0 BigmanPigman Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1911
Charter Schools Were Never A Good Idea, Corporate Plot To Privatize & Make Money 24 appalachiablue Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 7628
Needing Help 19 littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 5724
Falwell blasted Liberty student as 'retarded,' police chief as 'half-wit' in emails 3 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 2448
When Students In India Can't Earn College Admission On Merit, They Buy Their Way In 5 Shrek Aug 2019 Sep 2019 0 2477
Study says non-mathematicians can see beauty in math 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 1764
College admissions bribery scandal: Prosecutors call for Felicity Huffman to spend a month in jail 3 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 2380
Study finds carving up school districts worsens segregation 1 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1699
The University Of Alaska Avoids The Worst As Governor Shows How Not To Govern 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1819
The Humanities in the Age of Loneliness (Combating ecological and constitutional crises) 1 bronxiteforever Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 2508
The Hot New Gen-Z Trend Is Skipping College (For trade school) 6 Renew Deal Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 2737
Small colleges teetering as they fight for dollars, students 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 2783
Parents are warned their children could be put in foster care over lunch debt 8 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 3257
FCC votes 3-2 to auction key 2.5 GHz spectrum band for 5G 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 2107
Florida principal to parent: 'Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened' 5 Cattledog Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 2774
Alaska fears 'brain drain' after 41 percent proposed cut to university system 2 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 2216

Education Continued...

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After lobbying by for-profit colleges, Trump administration scraps rule on 'gainful employment' 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1930
More white supremacist propaganda showing up on US campuses 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1973
Raimondo: Providence Public Schools are in crisis 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1881
Are Republicans Punishing Striking Teachers? WV Teacher Jay O'Neal 0 appalachiablue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1796
Oxford to receive biggest single donation 'since the Renaissance' 1 nitpicker Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 2172
"Today I resigned from the school district. I would like to share with you what I gave them." 6 demmiblue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 16 3477
Students in Rural America Ask, 'What Is a University Without a History Major?' 4 elleng Jan 2019 Jun 2019 12 4123
Supreme Court rejects appeal from DC prep school student 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2111
West Virginia House GOP education bill moving forward as teachers protest 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1735
How does a $50 million charter scam work? Here's what happened in California (before 11 people were 5 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 6 4099
DeVos' student aid chief quits foundation board following questions on conflict of interest 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 5 1821
California university says students tied to admissions scam could face expulsion 5 Eugene Mar 2019 Jun 2019 0 2763
Virginia College students sue DeVos for reinstating controversial for-profit college accreditor 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 1811
Former Oklahoma student alleges university misreported data 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2018
'I've Been Waiting On This Day': Goodwill Adult High School Graduates 1st Class In St. Louis 1 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 7 1955
Eleven people connected to online charter schools are indicted 1 Starry Messenger May 2019 May 2019 5 2071
Don't know if this question belongs here but... 2 prodigitalson May 2019 May 2019 0 2807
I am looking for those SRA history boxes and SRA reading boxes 10 demtenjeep May 2019 May 2019 2 4193
Missouri Lawmakers Set Later Start Date For Schools 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 1 1912
An Eagle Feather? 1 Backseat Driver May 2019 May 2019 2 2122
High School Students To Get Instruction In A Hot Field -- Geospatial Training 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 3 1789
Groups want probe into DeVos stance on states using federal funds to arm teachers 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 3 1689
Award-winning media adviser resigns after censorship, conflict with school principal 0 jayschool2013 May 2019 May 2019 2 2199
Urban Superintendents Want More Ways To Get Teachers In Classrooms 2 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 1 1932
Missouri Teachers Say Pay Is Biggest Reason They Quit 1 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 0 1951
Trump targets Pell Grant money for NASA's budget boost 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 2161
California overhauls sex education guidance for teachers 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 3 1643
Education chief says teacher strikes 'ultimately hurt kids' 2 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 2064
Teachers Begin To See Unfair Student Loans Disappear 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 2209
Emails show Missouri lobbyist's efforts to help expelled son 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1833

Education Continued...

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Charles Koch gave $25m to our university. Has it become a rightwing mouthpiece? 4 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 2439
FL legislature expands vouchers. Public dollars going to Christian schools. Please comment. 2 OrlandoDem2 May 2019 May 2019 1 2351
Charges dropped for University of Arizona students who protested Border Patrol 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1722
Congress Confronts Betsy DeVos With $1 Billion Charter School Fraud in US Educ. Dept. 0 appalachiablue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 6 1915
Wash U Announces Free Tuition For Up To Half Of New Med Students 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1860
Prosecutors are sending 'target letters' to others linked to college admissions scam, an official te 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1796
Kentucky attorney general seeks to block teacher subpoenas 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1777
Veterans could be first to pay as DeVos rolls back for-profit college oversight 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1713
Florida: Graveyard of American Public Education, By Diane Ravitch 0 appalachiablue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1840
Randy Rainbow salutes Betsy Devos... 3 BigmanPigman Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2191
Internal memo contradicts DeVos on using federal money to buy guns for teachers 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1714
'Blatant Violation of the First Amendment': Public Citizen Sues Betsy DeVos for Censoring Its Websit 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 9 2067
Missouri Retired Teachers Association donates almost $18 million in community service 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1693
The Latest: Felicity Huffman to plead guilty in college scam 2 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 2191
Second wealthy parent to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1949
Education Dept. rejects vast majority of applicants for temporary student loan forgiveness program 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1817
After Trump Casts Blame for a Special Olympics Cut, Betsy DeVos Flashes Pique 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 2531
Federal judge forbids charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1667
Key cooperating witnesses in college admissions scam sign plea agreements 3 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 2087
Report: U.S. government wasted up to $1 billion on charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 3136
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