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Can anyone name this fiction book: a better world where children and adults learn at their own 4 ellenrr Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1927

Mr. de Blasio: Tear Up This Blacklist 0 Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1857

The Perfect Lobby: How One Industry Captured Washington 1 n2doc Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 1828

Has Teach For America reached its Waterloo? 0 n2doc Apr 2014 Apr 2014 10 8243

Share Your Story about the Common Core Tests By dianeravitch 2 Jefferson23 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2185

a tip from my daughters' pre-k - 3rd grade school, 0 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1672

You Can’t Bounce Off the Walls if There are No Walls: Outdoor Schools-- 2 eridani Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 2035

New insight into how children learn maths (BBC) 2 eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 10254

Teacher-Whistleblower Portelos JAILED for..... wait for it....... BLOG POST. 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 Mar 2014 13 3021

I didn't think opting out of testing would be a big deal; boy, was I wrong 8 TexasTowelie Mar 2014 Mar 2014 16 2472

50 myths and lies about public schools 4 n2doc Mar 2014 Mar 2014 10 2670

Teachers And Friends: Check-out This Online Petition To End The Blacklisting Of NYC Educators 1 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 1723

Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word 0 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1530

Mass. schools require dramatic change, report says 3 alp227 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2046

Tell me about Charlotte Danielson, please. [View all] 55 femmocrat Feb 2014 Mar 2014 2 34930

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants to ‘steadlily’ replace school boards with charter schools 6 Starry Messenger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 6 2286

Illinois budget cuts could mean 13,400 teacher layoffs 2 Redfairen Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1699

Common Core Standards: A Costly and Ineffective Prescription for Schools 1 texshelters Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 1856

Teacher Gets 58 Surprise Classroom Observations. 11 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 Mar 2014 19 3334

Toon: American Education 15 n2doc Jan 2014 Mar 2014 33 3932

Florida mother has to prove her dying son can't take a standardized test 5 eridani Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 2199

To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In. 11 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2951

Rules to limit marketing unhealthy food in schools 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 2 1707

Valerie Strauss- The link between charter school expansion and increasing segregation 1 n2doc Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 2186

How to learn like a memory champion (BBC) 0 eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1722

College, the Great Unleveler 2 exboyfil Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 4016

The Lurking Disaster of American Education, Why Do We Work So Hard? 2 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Mar 2014 6 1862

Jeb Bush's Friends Cashing In On Kids. 3 DhhD Mar 2014 Mar 2014 8 2033

I just went to the TFA website and am aghast at the horrible wages! 14 AllyCat Feb 2014 Mar 2014 13 4693

This message was self-deleted by its author 3 femmocrat Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1761

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David Welch: The Man Behind Vergara v. California 0 Starry Messenger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1630

Charter Schools to March in Albany, NY 2 NJCher Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 1990

The Myth Behind Public School Failure 7 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 2826

Washington State Senate revolts against teaching to the test in key vote 1 eridani Feb 2014 Mar 2014 12 1802

BREAKING: Federal Consumer Agency Sues For-Profit College ITT Tech 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2531

Does anyone know if WA schools are obligated to provide educational assistants to 10 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2335

Anyone here ever deal with WyzAnt tutoring, either as a student or a tutor ? 1 eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1788

UNM gets supercomputer from NM Consortium 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1518

Restorative Justice 1 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1827

Why test-based school reform isn’t working — by the numbers 1 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1864

Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 2777

The Real Problem with US Common Core: It Further Outsources Education 3 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 11 2140

NYS Allies for Public Education Endorses anti-Common Core candidates to the Board of Regents 1 Renew Deal Feb 2014 Feb 2014 6 2083

Colorado superintendents unite in plea for money for K-12 education 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1790

GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1524

What Could be Wrong With ‘School Choice? 0 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1617

Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 3447

Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 4124

St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1638

Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2193

Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 2962

Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1971

Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1932

Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1858

What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2259

Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 3600

Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1950

Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2125

Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2604

Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1853

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Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1811

Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2282

Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 2972

What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1625

Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2232

An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2035

DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2568

I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1939

Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1979

Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1995

Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1880

Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1793

A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2026

Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1951

Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2158

Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1665

Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1649

City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2649

Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2556

Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2555

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