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Secret Agents for Change 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1845
X-post from Wisconsin: School Superintendent writes staff about legislative action in Madison 0 Scuba Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1901
xpost The most important skill in science or self-improvement is noticing the unexpected 0 n2doc Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1875
Can't believe they gave a whole city of PA schools to these FL rich fools. 3 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 17 2544
Court gives York, PA schools to Charter Schools USA. Stripped local school board of power. 2 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 2145
“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.' 7 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 7 3279
Alfie Kohn's righteous anger. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 12 2645
Typical PR special in Pinellas... 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1831
To Raise Science Scores, Colleges Look Beyond the Lecture. 4 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2503
Banksy twitter cartoon on Modern Education. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 14 5926
Florida makes sure that there are not too many A schools by adjusting standards yearly. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2165
White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges 1 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1913
New York City’s best public schools are harder to get into than the Ivy Leagues 0 n2doc Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1812
12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music 8 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 44 6679
Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math." 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2385
Music and Math -- the genius of Beethoven (video) 0 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 2053
New video series on Antiacademics. 0 lenrely Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2239
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools 3 ellenrr Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2643
22 yr old charter school owner outed by principal of his high school. More discrepancies as well. 3 madfloridian Nov 2014 Dec 2014 11 2841
I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 3051
Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 16 2194
The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2034
A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won 1 eridani Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2077
at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2223
The ACLU: Complaint Says Charter Schools Are Resegregating Public Education 21 QED Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 8630
Of Cosby, Students First, Campbell Brown and Whoopi. 1 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 2136
Why Children's Theatre Matters 3 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 2518
University of Alabama at Birmingham to end football program, citing costs 2 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 2292
Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Dec 2014 13 3081
Three Myths About Teacher Tenure 1 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 2211

Education Continued...

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Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1867
Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 2417
Students to Teach for America CEOs: You Are ‘Complicit’ in Attacks on Public Education 2 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 20 2442
Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education. 5 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 3014
It’s starve, test, and destroy. How hunger games are coming to NY schools. 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 2122
Robert Reich: Why College is Necessary, but Gets You Nowhere 0 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 2037
toon- If testing is so great... 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 14 2095
Eva Moskowitz fundraiser brought almost 8 million to her Success Academy 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2133
Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools 5 liberal N proud Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 3270
Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2591
"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 5251
Seven TX charter schools that lost charter are still open for business. 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2351
How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today 10 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 15 3621
Charter of Fools 3 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 2494
Running a school on $160 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 9 2179
States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F. 7 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 12 3190
Corporate ED "Reformers" Crash and Burn in Cal. 5 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2758
I'm beginning to understand why people hate Common Core. 13 RandySF Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 4566
This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America 12 eridani Oct 2014 Nov 2014 27 4761
Race to the Top: "Not Long For this World"? 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2101
Tony Blair's back and working with Arne Duncan and ed "reformers". 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2202
Saw a video on Twitter about callous way LA legislatures spoke of education and Katrina. 0 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1850
Submissiveness required by zero tolerance, no excuses. Loss of individuality by high stakes testing 5 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 9 3393
Cuomo Calls Public Schools a "Monopoly." 23 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Nov 2014 3 6806
Steep Drops Seen In Teacher-Prep Enrollment Numbers 3 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 5345
Florida school must now teach Algebra to those who are really in need of math life skills. 9 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 20 4402
whoever may be suffering due to charter schools, here in chicago it is the pedophiles. 3 mopinko Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2553
Brian Jones on: Cuomo, Education, Teachout and the Democratic Party. 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2389
English-speaking students misidentified as 'English learners' 2 RandySF Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2738
The Big Problem With Time's Teacher-Bashing Cover Story 2 eridani Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 2444

Education Continued...

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Special Ed teacher alarmed at amount of testing as she returns to public schools after 6 years. 7 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 19 3329
Florida's Mavericks Charter School has problems. Over 1000 pages of them. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2243
With the First Early Decision Deadline Rapidly Approaching 2 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2715
Former Teacher Calls Parent Trigger School 'Law-Breakingly Unprofessional' 0 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 13 2027
Recommendation for 2014: CA State Supt of Public Instruction 0 Triana Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1918
Outstanding article at Plunderbund: Kasich’s Mishandling Of Higher Ed Is A Problem For Everyone 1 greatlaurel Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2042
State OKs Christel House Academy appeal to boost grade (school tied to Tony Bennett) 1 AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2155
This is cool... 5 YvonneCa May 2011 Oct 2014 1 3921
Toon: Happy Teachers Day 3 n2doc Sep 2014 Oct 2014 19 4711
Renton high school student sues over ‘F’ 4 QED Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 3076
K12 Online Charter Schools having lots of problems. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 2175
Study: Chicago charter schools lag traditional ones 4 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 15 2861
Bachelor of Arts degree now equivalent to a high school diploma 12 Thespian2 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 5698
Karen Lewis has brain tumor, not running for mayor 9 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 23 4544
(NC) Parent upset teacher not fired for attacking evolution, comparing public schools to Nazi death 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3168
The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class. 9 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 3909
Figuring out which "grassroots" education groups are fake. 0 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 2037
A Musical Fix for American Schools 1 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 16 2433
Lewis Black positive rant about teachers 0 knitter4democracy Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2616
"Good teachers are not good soldiers" Great post. 2 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 3081
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