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Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 4386
St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1693
Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2316
Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3064
Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2034
Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2001
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1944
What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2397
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 3913
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2015
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2208
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2807
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1920
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1864
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2374
Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3106
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1701
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2336
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2128
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2648
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2026
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2049
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2065
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1970
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1861
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2088
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2023
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2266
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1728
Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1705

Education Continued...

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City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2830
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2706
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2716
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2363
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2454
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2074
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2120
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2914
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2873
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1775
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1692
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1794
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3917
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2113
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1847
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2883
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4109
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1872
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1640
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3175
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2414
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 1998
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 4482
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1798
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2075
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1690
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1844
The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5609
Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2206
The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1712

Education Continued...

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Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 3061
Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2801
What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 3010
What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2146
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 4078
Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1944
Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3447
MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1780
Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5924
Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1802
Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1625
Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2424
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1974
Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1778
I Never Thought I'd Want To High-Five A Teacher For Yelling At A Student, But I Was Wrong 5 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 3919
Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1944
How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1720
Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1876
Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2167
Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3737
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