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White House looks to new rules to curb student debt 0 nitpicker Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1358
Special ed teacher quits: ‘I just cannot justify making students cry anymore’ 3 elleng Oct 2015 Oct 2015 13 1921
Standardized Tests are a Form of Racial Profiling 1 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1962
Jindal loses suit against Common Core 0 Panich52 Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1475
House Passes DC Private School Vouchers Program Reauthorization 0 Panich52 Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1912
Obama Administration Calls for Limits on Testing in Schools. 3 elleng Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1709
Landmark Look at US Charter System Reveals Waste, Fraud, 'Ghost Schools' 8 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 27 2094
what happened to the $100 millions Zuckerberg gave to Newark schools? 1 ellenrr Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1647
Black Lives Matter, Teach for America, and Racial Justice in Education 2 ellenrr Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1877
Oil collapse gives US colleges a test on backpedaling donors 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1470
Diane Ravitch on the East Ramapo School board, yeshivas and Orthodox Jews 3 ellenrr Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 2115
Principal Doesn't Want Teachers Sitting , So...... 13 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 Oct 2015 23 2843
They Put A Pre-School In A Nursing Home And It Changed Everyone’s Life. 4 elleng Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 1860
American Colleges Pay Agents to Woo Foreigners, Despite Fraud Risk 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1985
Tennessee official offers mind-blowing explanation for abruptly closing entire school district 1 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 1553
A Florida style school board meeting. I wanted to laugh and cry...that bad. 7 madfloridian Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2187
L.A. school board votes to fire teacher Rafe Esquith, accused of misconduct 1 n2doc Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1573
The Plot to Steal Millions From Chicago’s Schoolkids 0 n2doc Oct 2015 Oct 2015 8 1531
So Apparently This is How Ed Reform Really Works in Chicago. 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 1420
 The Legacy of Arne Duncan, ‘A Hero in the Education Business’ 0 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1865
from Mr. Rogers: 2 elleng Oct 2015 Oct 2015 13 1940
October is LGBT History Month 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1350
Charter schools and EB-5 visas...bringing in big money. 0 madfloridian Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1528
UFT Solidarity Goes Blah, Blah, Blah 0 SoBronxSchool Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1555
Ravitch Challenges Charter Schools: Put up, or SHUT up. 4 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1852
The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan Is Leaving Behind 3 n2doc Oct 2015 Oct 2015 10 1736
Ex school CEO in Chicago faces criminal charges for 23 million in no bid contracts. 0 madfloridian Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1511
Recess in Seattle: How We Won the Right to Play 0 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1476
If you thought Arne Duncan was controversial, meet his successor 3 n2doc Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1766
‘The Teacher Shortage’ Is No Accident—It’s the Result of Corporate Education Reform Policies 7 eridani Aug 2015 Oct 2015 12 2372

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Japan Dumbs Down Its Universities 6 n2doc Sep 2015 Oct 2015 6 2366
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year 7 Android3.14 Oct 2015 Oct 2015 9 2590
Teacher who told 4-year-old that being left-handed was evil and sinister resigns 6 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 17 2096
I would love to know the real truth about the NEA, Bernie, Hillary, and tele-town halls. 0 madfloridian Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1549
10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans’ All-Charter School System Has Proven a Failure 1 ellenrr Sep 2015 Sep 2015 7 1881
I'm Being Interviewed Live on Radio 9/29/15 0 SoBronxSchool Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1463
From NY Times: Room in Catholic High School for Gay-Straight Alliance 1 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1601
Charter School Staff urge public school students to walk out of school for 5 days 1 JPZenger Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1630
Charter School Network Challenges NLRB Ruling Allowing Teach for America Members To Unionize 0 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1536
Broad, others want half of LAUSD students in charter schools in eight years, report says 3 n2doc Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1699
Parents who criticize "Common Core math" ... are actually showing that we NEED Common Core 2 Dr. Strange Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1719
Higher Ed: Liberal Arts, Democracy, and the Media 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1423
Outraged Dad Wonders If a Public Speaking Class Is Only for Rich Kids 13 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 37 3313
How Common Core Hurts English Language Learners 1 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1822
These New York Schools Aren’t Just Letting Kids Opt Out of Testing—They’re Giving Them an Alternativ 0 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1432
First Days of School, Decade by Decade 0 elleng Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 1518
One of nation’s largest school districts ditches high school final exams. 2 elleng Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1899
The Neoliberal Arts How College sold its soul to the market (Harper's) 2 Democrats_win Aug 2015 Sep 2015 11 2958
Washington Supreme Court: Charter Schools are Unconstitutional. 1 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1797
Latest SAT Scores Raise New Alarms Over 'Test-and-Punish' Education 3 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 27 2171
The MOOC revolution that wasn’t 8 n2doc Aug 2015 Sep 2015 5 2171
That “Volunteer Professor” Ad 3 n2doc Jul 2015 Sep 2015 5 2022
Teachers in This Broke School District Are Working for Free 2 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1731
The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools 1 mopinko Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1783
10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans’ All-Charter School System Has Proven a Failure 4 eridani Aug 2015 Aug 2015 12 1956
Why Some Fear Political Correctness Is Ruining Education 5 libodem Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 3059
Flash Mob "One More Day" (Les Mis) - West Des Moines Schools - Welcome Back 2 LWolf Aug 2015 Aug 2015 3 1784
Skip the Scantron: Americans Are Fed Up With Standardized Testing 3 eridani Aug 2015 Aug 2015 13 1832
WATCH: Duggar son-in-law tells black friend that believing in evolution is racist 5 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 3 2125
Republicans' deep hatred for teachers can't be denied and they're not trying 4 n2doc Aug 2015 Aug 2015 7 1994

Education Continued...

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Four 529 college savings traps to avoid 0 Lodestar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 3 1585
Tips for back-to-school savings from a thrifty mom 0 Lodestar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1535
North Carolina’s step-by-step war on public education 0 n2doc Aug 2015 Aug 2015 7 1705
Educate me on your take on Common Core. 3 AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 2943
What If Teachers Were Treated Like Pro Athletes? 4 progressoid Aug 2015 Aug 2015 4 2057
O'Malley touts all-day preschool in Cedar Rapids stop. 0 elleng Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1531
S&P downgrades Chicago Public Schools credit to BB 1 Eugene Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1521
The Coddling of the American Mind 9 TexasTowelie Aug 2015 Aug 2015 9 2911
Good News: NY Times Acknowledges a Nat'l Teacher Shortage. Bad News: 7 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 Aug 2015 11 2274
Major charter school expansion in the works for L.A. Unified students 2 n2doc Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1658
"Changes to AP History make conservatives happy" 3 Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 Aug 2015 10 2776
Can Jewish Educators Have Faith in UFT Solidarity? 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1583
The UFT Solidarity Circus Comes to Town 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1501
Toon: Welcome Back! 1 n2doc Aug 2015 Aug 2015 11 1699
Georgia is Segregating Troublesome Kids in Schools Used During Jim Crow 1 n2doc Jul 2015 Aug 2015 7 1671
Just How Bad is Arne Duncan's Dept. of Ed Reform? BAD. Really, Really BAD. 7 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 Aug 2015 19 2423
The Case for Federal Intervention in Math Education 15 ericson00 Jul 2015 Aug 2015 4 2866
Principal commits suicide amid Common Core test scandal 6 n2doc Jul 2015 Jul 2015 11 2430
At what age does hard work make lousy rewards appealing? 3 Panich52 Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1689
New Resources Addressing School Discipline Policies 0 Panich52 Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1505
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