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White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges 1 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1749
New York City’s best public schools are harder to get into than the Ivy Leagues 0 n2doc Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1683
12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music 8 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 44 6183
Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math." 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2199
Music and Math -- the genius of Beethoven (video) 0 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1868
New video series on Antiacademics. 0 lenrely Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2073
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools 3 ellenrr Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2399
22 yr old charter school owner outed by principal of his high school. More discrepancies as well. 3 madfloridian Nov 2014 Dec 2014 11 2617
I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2758
Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 16 2064
The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1858
A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won 1 eridani Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 1905
at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2055
The ACLU: Complaint Says Charter Schools Are Resegregating Public Education 21 QED Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 7607
Of Cosby, Students First, Campbell Brown and Whoopi. 1 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1978
Why Children's Theatre Matters 3 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 2209
University of Alabama at Birmingham to end football program, citing costs 2 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 2088
Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Dec 2014 13 2771
Three Myths About Teacher Tenure 1 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 2060
Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1724
Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 2212
Students to Teach for America CEOs: You Are ‘Complicit’ in Attacks on Public Education 2 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 20 2239
Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education. 5 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 2666
It’s starve, test, and destroy. How hunger games are coming to NY schools. 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 1880
Robert Reich: Why College is Necessary, but Gets You Nowhere 0 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1850
toon- If testing is so great... 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 14 1953
Eva Moskowitz fundraiser brought almost 8 million to her Success Academy 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1976
Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools 5 liberal N proud Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 2938
Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2408
"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 4663

Education Continued...

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Seven TX charter schools that lost charter are still open for business. 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2162
How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today 10 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 15 3202
Charter of Fools 3 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 2250
Running a school on $160 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 9 1998
States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F. 7 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 12 2806
Corporate ED "Reformers" Crash and Burn in Cal. 5 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2429
I'm beginning to understand why people hate Common Core. 13 RandySF Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 3980
This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America 12 eridani Oct 2014 Nov 2014 27 4166
Race to the Top: "Not Long For this World"? 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1938
Tony Blair's back and working with Arne Duncan and ed "reformers". 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2024
Saw a video on Twitter about callous way LA legislatures spoke of education and Katrina. 0 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1669
Submissiveness required by zero tolerance, no excuses. Loss of individuality by high stakes testing 5 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 9 3085
Cuomo Calls Public Schools a "Monopoly." 23 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Nov 2014 3 5647
Steep Drops Seen In Teacher-Prep Enrollment Numbers 3 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 5027
Florida school must now teach Algebra to those who are really in need of math life skills. 9 madfloridian Oct 2014 Nov 2014 20 3908
whoever may be suffering due to charter schools, here in chicago it is the pedophiles. 3 mopinko Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2315
Brian Jones on: Cuomo, Education, Teachout and the Democratic Party. 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2198
English-speaking students misidentified as 'English learners' 2 RandySF Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2533
The Big Problem With Time's Teacher-Bashing Cover Story 2 eridani Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 2231
Special Ed teacher alarmed at amount of testing as she returns to public schools after 6 years. 7 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 19 3000
Florida's Mavericks Charter School has problems. Over 1000 pages of them. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2076
With the First Early Decision Deadline Rapidly Approaching 2 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2467
Former Teacher Calls Parent Trigger School 'Law-Breakingly Unprofessional' 0 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 13 1896
Recommendation for 2014: CA State Supt of Public Instruction 0 Triana Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1784
Outstanding article at Plunderbund: Kasich’s Mishandling Of Higher Ed Is A Problem For Everyone 1 greatlaurel Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 1878
State OKs Christel House Academy appeal to boost grade (school tied to Tony Bennett) 1 AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1984
This is cool... 5 YvonneCa May 2011 Oct 2014 1 3319
Toon: Happy Teachers Day 3 n2doc Sep 2014 Oct 2014 19 4517
Renton high school student sues over ‘F’ 4 QED Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2768
K12 Online Charter Schools having lots of problems. 1 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 2011

Education Continued...

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Study: Chicago charter schools lag traditional ones 4 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 15 2583
Bachelor of Arts degree now equivalent to a high school diploma 12 Thespian2 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 5048
Karen Lewis has brain tumor, not running for mayor 9 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 23 3980
(NC) Parent upset teacher not fired for attacking evolution, comparing public schools to Nazi death 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2791
The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class. 9 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 3426
Figuring out which "grassroots" education groups are fake. 0 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1891
A Musical Fix for American Schools 1 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 16 2206
Lewis Black positive rant about teachers 0 knitter4democracy Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2488
"Good teachers are not good soldiers" Great post. 2 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2812
The Plot Against Public Education 2 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 2016
Chomsky: Thinking Like Corporations Is Harming American Universities 1 eridani Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1917
Philly Students Walkout As City Cancels Teachers' Contract ( Video ) 0 Jefferson23 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1740
The Games Charter Schools Play. 4 madfloridian Sep 2014 Oct 2014 18 2474
Let the Children Play: Schools Must Relearn Importance of Recess 6 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 12 3100
Charles P Pierce- Reading, Writing, Ransacking 1 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 18 2077
American Federation of Teachers Endorses Democratic Congressional Candidate Kelly Westlund 5 mopinko Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2338
NYC ED Bureaucracy *STILL* Coming After Whistleblower Portelos 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1783
STEM is incredibly valuable, but if we want the best innovators we must teach the arts 7 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 3329
School Reform Commission Imposes Work Rules on Philadelphia Teachers 1 YoungDemCA Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1907
New report on charter school industry...$100 million taken in 15 states from public education. 3 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 18 2561
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