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Absolutely every teacher everywhere should play Bohemian Gravity for their students. UNBELIEVABLE 7 snagglepuss Sep 2013 Oct 2013 15 2934
Right-Wing Blog Pushes Private Schools Over Scandal, but Public Schools are More Accountable [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2488
The Apostate: An Interview With Diane Ravitch 0 DonViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1758
Oregon school district wants to require college or trade school admission for grads 4 alp227 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2592
Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2013 Oct 2013 17 2194
How Test Obsession is Killing Education 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1867
Do You Know Where Your Ph.D.'s Are? 2 KansDem Sep 2013 Oct 2013 4 1968
On the lighter side... 2 progressoid Sep 2013 Oct 2013 6 2368
Giving kids iPads won't solve the education challenge 9 Renew Deal Aug 2013 Sep 2013 7 3367
Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools 19 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 32 4681
New teacher ratings not dramatically different 3 mopinko Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2435
Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem 7 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2648
Parent raises concerns about Killeen ISD students sitting in aisle of crowded school bus 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2798
The hidden truth behind Teach for America’s political empire 2 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 2110
Problems that schools are expected to solve 1 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 1928
Tennessee's House DEM Leader Kicks ED 'Reform's ASS. 3 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2144
"Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned Common Core" 2 Squinch Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2771
Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic... 24 alp227 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 11303
Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores 6 eridani Sep 2013 Sep 2013 17 2771
Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education 2 groovedaddy Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2049
Christian School That Gave Creationist Quiz Is Mercifully Euthanized 3 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 2509
A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1836
It's Time To Fire "Bad" Union Leaders Like Randi Weingarten 20 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Sep 2013 4 5919
At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 9 groovedaddy Aug 2013 Sep 2013 3 4273
Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1754
Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 3897
Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2014
civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 5325
New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 1957
Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2483

Education Continued...

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Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2381
True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2064
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2697
Chile: The Most Pro-Market School System in the World, Part 1 1 duffyduff Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2096
Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2147
"God Bless America" in a public school 17 Xenolith Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 8166
Bill Gates is wrong 13 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Aug 2013 25 3687
Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools 7 azurnoir Jul 2013 Aug 2013 11 3003
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed 4 caraher Jul 2013 Aug 2013 6 5355
Is There a Conflict of Interest at PS 154 Concerning DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal? 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1996
Trying something new re: "Help a DUer" 1 OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 1922
Can you recommend a program for free or low-cost college textbooks? 9 OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 3466
DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal, Puts PS 154 in the Bronx on LOCK DOWN!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2553
City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform 0 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2259
About those PISA scores and Exxon Mobil commercials: 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2813
Newark Teachers Union endorses TFA-linked "Teachers Village" -- a round robin of corruption... 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2108
Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 4323
Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2957
The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2394
What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 3378
Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3547
In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2523
Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2730
Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2186
Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4388
NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2584
Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2802
PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2459
California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2681
Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2048

Education Continued...

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Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 6038
Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2578
"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2327
CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2077
Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3463
the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3213
CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 4960
Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3348
Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1922
This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1685
Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2243
Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3560
My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2279
CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2199
Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 2578
Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 5086
These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2351
What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2187
Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1743
NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3071
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