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Growing Evidence that Charter Schools Are Failing 5 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 18 2180

I have no idea where to post this? 1 kkilicer Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1908

The Educational Value of Field Trips 2 elleng Jun 2015 Jul 2015 2 1708

Reich: Ten Ideas to Save the Economy #5: How to Reinvent Education 2 eridani May 2015 Jul 2015 5 1717

FL charter principal smokes pot with students, her shirt unbuttoned....secretary fired when she 6 madfloridian Jun 2015 Jul 2015 12 2878

This Is How We Are Spending Billions On The Sexual Mis-Education Of America’s Youth 2 Panich52 Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 1844

Chicago Public Schools make full pension payment by deadline 0 Eugene Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1416

Oregon Gov Kate Brown signs test opt out bill in spite of funding threats from Arne Duncan 2 madfloridian Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1604

“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.” 1 elleng Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2154

Who'd a thunk it? Sweden teaches us about the perils of school privatization 5 eridani Jun 2015 Jun 2015 25 2184

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott picks homeschooler to chair State Board of Education 0 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1430

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott picks homeschooler to chair State Board of Education 4 theaocp Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1726

Nevada Will Pay Parents $5K Per Kid They Take Out of Public School 9 theaocp Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 2221

Sanders and O'Malley Court Teachers Unions. 2 elleng Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1546

What do you get with an "education" governor - like Jeb? What's happened with Rick Scott? 0 Sancho Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1330

Cancel All Corinthian Colleges Student Debt 0 eridani Jun 2015 Jun 2015 5 1431

Tell Waltons to stop privatizing education 0 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1431

Why teachers are fleeing Arizona in droves 6 n2doc Jun 2015 Jun 2015 15 2182

Higher Ed: Conquering Math 'Phobia' 9 TexasTowelie Jun 2015 Jun 2015 6 2581

WSJ Article on Obama's Moves to Make Student Loan Default Easier 8 NJCher Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1921

ATR HORRORS 0 SoBronxSchool Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1580

Folks catching on to Charters' failed promise | Secret group wants control of schools (2 fm Alternet 2 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 6 1855

Arne Duncan’s Patently False Promise to Forgive Student Debts at For-Profit Schools 1 eridani Jun 2015 Jun 2015 8 1639

11-year-old has criminal and felony charges against him for kicking trash can in school 16 eridani Apr 2015 Jun 2015 17 3408

Are IEP's Taken Seriously at PS 154 in the Bronx? 2 SoBronxSchool Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1847

The Double Standard World of DR Alison Coviello at PS 154 in the Bronx 0 SoBronxSchool Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1655

DR Alison Coviello of PS 154 Gets Caught Again! 0 SoBronxSchool Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 2583

DR Alison Coviello of PS 154 Bronx Has a Case of Truthiness 0 SoBronxSchool Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 2729

Cute video by a Wisconsin teacher, former DUer. 0 madfloridian Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1532

Alaska Safe Children’s Act: education & bill on dating & sexual abuse 0 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1432

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Out of the Books in Kindergarten, and into the Sandbox 2 elleng Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1670

Governors push private vouchers; ignore majority opinion 1 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1486

Two more FL charter schools go belly up, one during school day with kids there. 3 madfloridian Jun 2015 Jun 2015 17 1899

The U.S. Shows Again That it Needs Age Appropriate, Comprehensive Sex-Ed 1 Panich52 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1512

This message was self-deleted by its author 3 madfloridian Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1637

Wisconsin Wants You To Be Able To Quit High School To Teach High School 0 votesparks Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1636

Senate approves bill for private school vouchers 5 theaocp Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1988

Florida science teacher suspended for signal-jamming students’ cell phones 4 NJCher Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 2088

a recent essay 9 historian May 2015 Jun 2015 0 2032

'American Universities Are Addicted to Chinese Students' 5 eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1959

U.S. Colleges Expelled as Many as 8,000 Chinese Students in 3 Years 1 n2doc Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1603

Teachers using pens and paper in the classroom “not fair” to students, Microsoft official says 9 MisterP May 2015 May 2015 1 2288

Christie flips on Common Core, leaves Jeb Bush by himself 0 Panich52 May 2015 May 2015 1 1506

The Cost of an Adjunct 5 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 10 1941

Award-Winning Teacher Fired for Reading an Allen Ginsberg Poem 3 eridani May 2015 May 2015 7 1973

This researcher asked kids what's wrong with U.S. schools. Here are their ideas. 3 eridani May 2015 May 2015 19 1986

Superintendent voted out of Tampa district becomes NY's state education commissioner. 0 madfloridian May 2015 May 2015 2 1542

*If Any Charter School Needs a Union, It’s Urban Prep* 0 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 10 1706

I posted Peter Greene's post about the stupidity of scripted test directions... 1 madfloridian May 2015 May 2015 5 1589

Testing glitches aside, Stewart is praised for stabilizing Florida's education system 0 Sancho May 2015 May 2015 2 1392

Platinum Pay in Ivory Towers 1 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 5 1604

Supreme Court Punts On Special Ed, ADA Cases 0 Jefferson23 May 2015 May 2015 2 1437

Let the kids learn through play. 3 elleng May 2015 May 2015 4 1805

Message to My Freshman Students 4 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 2303

North Carolina To Teachers: No Free Speech For You! | Crooks and Liars 1 Panich52 May 2015 May 2015 2 1733

Student Course Evaluations Get An 'F' 4 n2doc Oct 2014 May 2015 5 2520

Many states mislead the public about whether students are proficient 1 Panich52 May 2015 May 2015 2 1505

Canadian Teachers Union Leading the Way on LGBT Issues 1 Smarmie Doofus May 2015 May 2015 0 1517

What’s the Point of a Professor? 15 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 4 3313

An Adjunct’s Farewell 4 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 8 2188

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Juan Gonzalez: Feds did not keep track of over 3 billion going to charter schools. 7 madfloridian May 2015 May 2015 12 2458

Why My Charter School Needs a Union 0 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 8 1541

Texas high school that doesn't teach sex ed surprised by chlamydia outbreak 3 eridani May 2015 May 2015 5 1772

John Oliver perfectly sums up everything that’s wrong with standardized testing 5 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 16 1993

Building Hope$: Big charter, big money, big prizes, big hou$e$ 2 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 4 2676

Fraud, Waste, and Lies: Charter Schools Cheating Communities Out of Millions of Dollars 0 eridani May 2015 May 2015 12 1706

How to Lose $1 Billion: Yeshiva University Blows Its Future on Loser Hedge Funds 0 eridani May 2015 May 2015 0 1599

Arne has nerve to threaten fed intervention over opt outs. Blames parents for test anxiety. 4 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 1853

NBC: Amid Funding Cuts, Will LSU Have to Declare 'Bankruptcy'? 0 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1904

So, the college search that began two years ago ended today 12 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 3048

Schools Warned On Pushing Families Into Due Process 2 Jefferson23 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1792

An Alternative To Failed Education ‘Reform’ (If We Want One) 0 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1544

America Is Criminalizing Black Teachers 3 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 10 2030

This Article May Be Illegal: Lifting the Veil of Silence on Standardized Testing 4 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 1960

Many U.S. schools still resist challenging all their students. 0 elleng Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1534

Big testing opt out in NY this week. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1577

My rant about what I think teachers might do in 2016. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1781

DeBlasio said they must stop enabling Moskowitz. But Cuomo to hold huge fundraiser for her. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 2280

Eva Moskowitz Success Academy and the restroom usage rules. Unacceptable. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2030

Someone Calculated How Many Adjunct Professors Are on Public Assistance, and the Number Is Startling 5 n2doc Apr 2015 Apr 2015 21 2548

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