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New York City Teachers Told to Keep Opt-Out Opinions to Themselves. 1 elleng Mar 2016 Mar 2016 4 2013

So Many Children Left Behind: An Interview With Educational Reformer Diane Ravitch 1 eridani Mar 2016 Mar 2016 7 1811

US Government Cuts Grants to Jewish College, Citing Fraud 3 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2425

Oklahoma City Public Schools District announces teacher layoffs 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1883

The Rise of Liberal Arts in Hong Kong 0 n2doc Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2367

What Will it Take for the Candidates to Talk About Public Education? 6 Jefferson23 Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 2587

TiSA Is a Threat to Quality Education! : European Trade Union Committee for Education 0 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2088

US to fire monitor overseeing formerly for-profit colleges 1 unhappycamper Mar 2016 Mar 2016 5 1975

Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools? 5 eridani Mar 2016 Mar 2016 11 2700

Son of maintenance worker gets perfect score on AP Calculus exam -- 1 of 12 in the world to do so 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 Mar 2016 17 4825

Tell Your Senator to Vote No on John King for Sec of Ed 1 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 Mar 2016 5 2186

Is it Really A.D.H.D. or Just Immaturity? 1 elleng Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 1875

Senate Committee Votes to Approve New Education Secretary 2 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2041

Missouri professor who sought 'muscle' at protest appeals firing 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1954

Is there a US "Lost Generation" who Cannot Afford A Globally Competitive Education? 6 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 2447

Like US, Indian government has now sacrificed their students right to education to join the WTO 0 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 7 1610

Chicago teachers set April 1 for 'showdown' with schools 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1889

How Do You Fix Schools? Maybe Just Give Them More Money. 4 eridani Feb 2016 Mar 2016 3 2381

Bill on Sexually Explicit Books Gets Final OK in Virginia 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 5 1695

Chicago schools fast running out of cash as standoff with Illinois governor worsens 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 5 1828

("drown the bunnies") Mount St. Mary's University president Simon Newman resigns 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Mar 2016 2 2141

Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit Colleges? These Guys 0 eridani Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1694

Students Testify on Capitol Hill Against Predatory For-Profit Colleges 3 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 5 2062

850 College European University Assn. Status Reports on US-Europe Privatization/Liberalisation Deals 0 Baobab Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1762

How Finland broke every rule — and created a top school system 3 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 15 2745

A theory that may explain school privatization, charter schools, etc. 13 Baobab Feb 2016 Feb 2016 11 4579

Controversial Charter School May Be Pushing Out Students With Disabilities 0 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1945

Corporate reformers wreck public schools 3 n2doc Feb 2016 Feb 2016 12 1957

'Got to Go': high-performing charter schools shed students quickly 4 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 14 2144

University of Phoenix Owner, Apollo Education Group, Will Be Taken Private 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 4 1737

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("drown the bunnies") The Latest: Faculty Asks University's President to Resign 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 5 2028

Illinois launches financial probe into Chicago Public Schools 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 6 1523

Reclaim Our Schools': Cities Rally Nationwide to Save Public Education 2 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 11 1884

Can you answer this math question from a practice test for the SAT? 8 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 3204

Charter school all-star teacher caught ripping up schoolwork, humiliating student 1 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 2857

Mizzou prof seen cursing at cop in new video 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1728

Charter school of 11,000 students drops foreign language 5 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 8 2315

Getting Low-Income Kids Ready for College Means Skipping the Test Prep Status Quo 0 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1583

The controversy at Mount St. Mary’s goes national after professors are fired 4 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 2619

Standardized Testing 2 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 3144

English Lit 2 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 3077

Arts Education 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2323

School Funding 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2561

Detroit school system's manager to step down this month 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1670

Chicago teachers' bargaining team rejects contract offer 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1627

This from a high school classmate of mine: 2 elleng Jan 2016 Feb 2016 8 1989

Alabama legislature is looking for an excuse to cut teachers' tenure (al.com) 2 eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2071

Transdisciplinarity: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box 1 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1850

College application questions about police contact under scrutiny 1 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 1762

Alabama schools now allowed to use non-certified teachers 8 n2doc Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2977

Teachers' union sues Detroit schools, demands removal of emergency manager 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1546

Educators Deserve A Raise, But The Proposed Merit Pay Bill Has Serious Flaws (al.com) 1 eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1803

RAISE Act Of 2016 Is Fatally Flawed (Larry Lee) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1862

My Young Son Should Dream, Not Have Testing Nightmares 2 eridani Jan 2016 Jan 2016 7 2173

So How Do You Know They Got It? Showing Evidence of Learning 2 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1736

Kommon Kore Krazies Drive Another All-Star Teacher Into Retirement 0 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 2370

12 Ways to Avoid Student Humiliation 2 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 2091

University president allegedly says struggling freshmen are bunnies that should be drowned 6 n2doc Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 2385

How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers 3 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 2038

"You want kids to come to class? You want them to get excited?" 48 Addison May 2013 Jan 2016 7 15979

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A University of Louisville job ad excluded whites and Asians. Is that OK? 3 n2doc Dec 2015 Jan 2016 0 2652

Bernie: “I’m not in favor of privately run charter schools." 7 madfloridian Jan 2016 Jan 2016 20 3001

Cities look at subsidized housing to stem teacher shortages 10 nitpicker Jan 2016 Jan 2016 11 2465

The Responsive Classroom: "Why Is Everyone So Nice Here?" 3 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 12 2073

6 Reasons Your Kid Could Have Less Standardized Testing in 2016 2 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 7 1879

Obama to cancel millions in student loans swindled by Rubio-supported Corinthian Colleges 1 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 12 1740

Another school educator scandal 5 nitpicker Dec 2015 Dec 2015 11 2707

Arne's leaving. More charter school scandals coming out. 3 madfloridian Dec 2015 Dec 2015 17 2102

Study Finds Unions Improve Teacher Quality, Lead To Lower Dropout Rates 1 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 7 1553

Any GED teachers here? I have a couple of questions. nt 2 ellenrr Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1833

Using Creativity to Boost Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking 3 elleng Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2016

A 4th Grade standardized test practice question from my 4th grade daughter 18 hughee99 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 3594

New report: Charter schools great at making money for private business, not much else 3 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 11 1807

A boy told his teacher she can't understand him because she's white. Her response is on point. 3 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 20 3160

President Obama Signs Education Law, Leaving 'No Child' Behind 1 nitpicker Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1610

What can we learn from the spectacular failure of Obama-era school "reform"? 3 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2015 Dec 2015 7 1866

Avoiding "Learned Helplessness" 5 elleng Nov 2015 Dec 2015 3 2091

Charter schools are a ‘gravy train,’ say researchers 3 n2doc Dec 2015 Dec 2015 14 1973

A Mother’s Touching Way of Teaching 0 Mary A. Osborne Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1977

A teacher gave her 8-year-old students iPads and discovered one huge drawback 34 n2doc Dec 2015 Dec 2015 43 6700

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