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Talking to my second graders about shootings 12 teach1st Feb 2018 Feb 2018 13 2813

California’s War on Public Education 3 Modern School Jan 2012 Feb 2018 4 3542

Publicly Funded Schools Becoming Things of the Past 1 Modern School Jan 2012 Feb 2018 5 2710

Los Angeles Unified School District to eliminate ALL Adult Ed 3 radhika Jan 2012 Feb 2018 5 4272

Whoever has less math anxiety wins 6 Boojatta Feb 2012 Feb 2018 4 4408

Suggestions for teaching geography to a kindergartner? 28 RandySF Feb 2012 Feb 2018 0 10752

Education Department’s obsession with test scores deepens 13 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 Feb 2018 8 5252

UC-Berkeley and other ‘public Ivies’ in fiscal peril 2 n2doc Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 3299

Alabama Students Limited In Teacher Gifting Under New Law 10 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 4862

I received a mailer from "studentsFirst" 6 w8liftinglady Dec 2011 Feb 2018 4 3464

Good a group for this issue is paramount. 3 Rex Dec 2011 Feb 2018 1 3348

New England colleges have one big worry: 2025 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2913

Will the NEA (not the NRA) have to deal with shootings now? 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1982

'Hurtful' Harper Lee and Mark Twain dropped from Minnesota curriculum 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2299

Puerto Rico governor announces public education overhaul 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1676

Do School Vouchers Work? Milwaukees Experiment Suggests an Answer (depends..) 1 question everything Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1932

We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, 10 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 2740

US opts out of test designed to teach students to spot biased reporting 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1816

Education Dept. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1873

Can a No Excuses Charter Teach Students to Think for Themselves? 0 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1741

A School's Way To Fight Phones In Class: Lock 'Em Up 6 Cattledog Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 2415

No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study 7 exboyfil Jan 2018 Jan 2018 6 3834

I had an interesting day while teaching. 11 no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 Jan 2018 18 4833

Have you heard This American Life episode 550: Three Miles? 7 GaryM Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 3494

Introverts and Schools 4 elleng Oct 2017 Jan 2018 3 2723

Can Kindness Be Taught? 9 elleng Dec 2017 Jan 2018 5 2260

Ohio State wants white nationalist's lawsuit dismissed 1 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1704

The French apprentices thriving on medieval roots 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1431

University presidents: We've been blindsided 2 ffr Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 2039

The government and education...one family's story... 1 Sancho Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1519

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'Derelict' school becomes national leader by making a surprising subject compulsory. 2 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 11 3444

Special Education 2 no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 Dec 2017 5 1463

Betsy DeVos warns teachers unions: 'I'm not going anywhere. In fact I'm just getting started.' 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 2065

Some Schools Are Abolishing Homework In Favor Of Reading, And That's A Good Thing. 5 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 10 5524

How Reading Rewires Your Brain for More Intelligence and Empathy. 6 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 14 2815

Substitute Teaching 23 no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 3783

As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away. 2 elleng Jul 2017 Nov 2017 10 3286

(Austin) AISD moves to rename remaining schools with Confederate ties by August 1 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1610

Swelling College Endowments Tempt Lawmakers Looking for Tax Dollars 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2012

Reading buddies are such a hit at Lowell School. 4 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2556

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Returns to Mississippi School's Reading List After Outcry 4 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2869

DeVos offers buyouts to shrink Education Department workforce 2 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1945

Have you ever taken or given an IQ test? 14 BigmanPigman Oct 2017 Oct 2017 8 5205

DeVos calls for another delay of rule to protect students from predatory colleges 2 workinclasszero Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1526

I had a terrible day teaching today. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 6445

Educating Future Voters in the Age of Social Media 1 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1741

Campus Hate Lives on the Internet. Administrators Need to Catch Up. 0 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2206

U. of Southern California Removes Medical-School Dean as Newspaper Reports Sexual-Misconduct Claim 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2620

The Best Public Colleges in the U.S. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2785

Some FL colleges waive out-of-state tuition for PR and USVI students 2 Sancho Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 3484

School administrator who stole $75k gives up job certificate 2 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2422

Librarian faces backlash for rejecting book donation from Melania Trump 3 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 3233

Education secretary faces largely silent protest at Harvard speech 2 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 2364

Nearly half of all US high schoolers graduate with an "A" average 10 n2doc Jul 2017 Sep 2017 6 5498

Suddenly, Trump wants to spend millions of dollars on STEM in public schools 5 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 3783

Buenos Aires students and scientists stage sit-ins to protest unpaid internships, cutbacks 0 sandensea Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1679

'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey 2 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 2262

Why we will never start school at a decent time (and why our politics will always be fucked) 8 NCDem777 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 9 4235

Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos tears up Obama's rules on campus sex assault investigations 3 sandensea Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2658

The best educational experiences are those where the teacher understands 4 elleng Mar 2017 Aug 2017 1 3853

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Why Kids Shouldnt Sit Still in Class 4 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 3512

I'm on our local school board! 5 Fluke a Snooker Aug 2017 Aug 2017 11 4566

Illinois Senate overrides Rauner school funding veto, but House hurdle remains 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 3485

A Stanford researchers 15-minute study hack lifts B+ students into the As 3 QED Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 4311

New Florida law lets any resident challenge what's taught in science classes 5 Eugene Jul 2017 Aug 2017 4 3351

Justice Department denies 'personnel posting' reflects new policy on affirmative action 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 4192

Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions 1 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2443

Schools near state lines perform worse and rules discouraging teachers from moving may be to blame 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 6 2497

Money for Illinois schools in limbo amid political bickering 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1814

Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls Starting at Age 5 4 DesertRat Jul 2017 Jul 2017 10 3346

27% proficient in English? 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2502

Building Information Literacy Skills in the Era of Fake News 2 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2463

Florida's education system - the one Betsy DeVos cites as a model - is in chaos 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2549

Doing "Research" has radically changed in the modern world.. 5 Stuart G Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2971

Key Democrat calls for ouster of DeVos's civil rights chief in light of 'egregious' remarks about se 1 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2399

Redesigning Social Studies Education: Empowering Students through Authentic Inquiry 4 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2639

DeVos: Too many college students have been treated unfairly under Obama-era sexual assault policy 2 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2450

Question: Which cities and states have Civics taught in K-6th? 5 BigmanPigman Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2823

Maryland becomes first state to outlaw scholarship displacement by public colleges 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2592

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