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Award-Winning Teacher Fired for Reading an Allen Ginsberg Poem 3 eridani May 2015 May 2015 7 2181

This researcher asked kids what's wrong with U.S. schools. Here are their ideas. 3 eridani May 2015 May 2015 19 2186

Superintendent voted out of Tampa district becomes NY's state education commissioner. 0 madfloridian May 2015 May 2015 2 1644

*If Any Charter School Needs a Union, It’s Urban Prep* 0 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 10 1818

I posted Peter Greene's post about the stupidity of scripted test directions... 1 madfloridian May 2015 May 2015 5 1747

Testing glitches aside, Stewart is praised for stabilizing Florida's education system 0 Sancho May 2015 May 2015 2 1502

Platinum Pay in Ivory Towers 1 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 5 1738

Supreme Court Punts On Special Ed, ADA Cases 0 Jefferson23 May 2015 May 2015 2 1534

Let the kids learn through play. 3 elleng May 2015 May 2015 4 1982

Message to My Freshman Students 4 TexasTowelie May 2015 May 2015 1 2512

North Carolina To Teachers: No Free Speech For You! | Crooks and Liars 1 Panich52 May 2015 May 2015 2 1863

Student Course Evaluations Get An 'F' 4 n2doc Oct 2014 May 2015 5 2705

Many states mislead the public about whether students are proficient 1 Panich52 May 2015 May 2015 2 1624

Canadian Teachers Union Leading the Way on LGBT Issues 1 Smarmie Doofus May 2015 May 2015 0 1652

What’s the Point of a Professor? 15 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 4 3749

An Adjunct’s Farewell 4 n2doc May 2015 May 2015 8 2374

Juan Gonzalez: Feds did not keep track of over 3 billion going to charter schools. 7 madfloridian May 2015 May 2015 12 2732

Why My Charter School Needs a Union 0 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 8 1651

Texas high school that doesn't teach sex ed surprised by chlamydia outbreak 3 eridani May 2015 May 2015 5 1956

John Oliver perfectly sums up everything that’s wrong with standardized testing 5 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 16 2233

Building Hope$: Big charter, big money, big prizes, big hou$e$ 2 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 4 2876

Fraud, Waste, and Lies: Charter Schools Cheating Communities Out of Millions of Dollars 0 eridani May 2015 May 2015 12 1821

How to Lose $1 Billion: Yeshiva University Blows Its Future on Loser Hedge Funds 0 eridani May 2015 May 2015 0 1727

Arne has nerve to threaten fed intervention over opt outs. Blames parents for test anxiety. 4 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2043

NBC: Amid Funding Cuts, Will LSU Have to Declare 'Bankruptcy'? 0 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 2091

So, the college search that began two years ago ended today 12 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 3599

Schools Warned On Pushing Families Into Due Process 2 Jefferson23 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1933

An Alternative To Failed Education ‘Reform’ (If We Want One) 0 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1684

America Is Criminalizing Black Teachers 3 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 10 2242

This Article May Be Illegal: Lifting the Veil of Silence on Standardized Testing 4 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 2159

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Many U.S. schools still resist challenging all their students. 0 elleng Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1651

Big testing opt out in NY this week. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1689

My rant about what I think teachers might do in 2016. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1887

DeBlasio said they must stop enabling Moskowitz. But Cuomo to hold huge fundraiser for her. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 2431

Eva Moskowitz Success Academy and the restroom usage rules. Unacceptable. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2159

Someone Calculated How Many Adjunct Professors Are on Public Assistance, and the Number Is Startling 5 n2doc Apr 2015 Apr 2015 21 2769

HEY HARRISON AND THE REST OF NEW YORK STATE IT'S TIME TO OPT OUT!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1765

7 N.Y. Teachers of the Year blast Cuomo 1 n2doc Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 2563

Senate Proposal Cuts Off Duncan at the Knees 7 LWolf Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2896

Children And Society As Fair Game | Emanuele Corso 4 Tace Apr 2015 Apr 2015 10 2173

Charter financing: Study finds too little accountability in California 0 alp227 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1817

Game on! Teaching science with games 0 Panich52 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1660

For some opting out of testing is easy. Those in public schools must fight battles. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1802

Arkansas school privatization bill fails 0 Panich52 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1815

Albany charter schools. The education model that fell apart. 2 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 18 2195

The R-Word and Teaching Kids about the Power of Language 2 elleng Mar 2015 Apr 2015 2 1868

Two more FL Republican state senators speak strongly against overtesting. Kudos to them. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1873

Learning Through Tinkering 3 elleng Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1928

Oregon's 2014 Teacher of Year fired today. Had been warned not to speak about being gay. 4 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 11 2181

My post with the video of Republican FL state senator putting down Americans for Prosperity rep. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 11 2081

The Right’s Fear of Education: What I Learned As a (Former) Conservative Military Man 5 Panich52 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 16 2667

NY Dems pass Cuomo bill with "heavy hearts". One holds his nose. They hold a majority... 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1731

If you need proof standardized testing is setting students up for failure, just ask the students. 2 eridani Mar 2015 Mar 2015 8 2028

Stunning revelation Bill Gates has spent $2.3 Billion on Common Core – #PARCC 5 eridani Mar 2015 Mar 2015 15 2594

Conservatives, Please Stop Trashing the Liberal Arts 0 question everything Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2014

Former Dean is Victorious in Legal Fight with For-Profit College After Blowing the Whistle 0 swarmster Mar 2015 Mar 2015 6 1727

Nancy Atwell. 3 LWolf Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1891

9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools—Here’s Their Story 3 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1960

Oregon's 2014 Teacher of Year placed on leave. Had been warned not to speak about being gay... 3 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1967

Kids have no idea what a VCR is. Nor VHS format. Makes me feel old. 5 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 2192

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Alan Singer: Teaching History the Pearson Way 2 eridani Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1906

FL Republican House votes to cut back on testing. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1710

Miami Herald column: Florida flunked the test, failed the kids. 1 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1667

Caveon, Pearson's eye on internet...We "cast a really broad and deep net". 2 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 2240

PA Gov Tom Wolf spares York city schools from being handed over to FL charter school company. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 17 1934

Creationism teaching ban to be considered (in Scotland) 0 Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 2163

Bipartisan Bill to Repeal Common Core is Proposed in Washington State 4 eridani Feb 2015 Mar 2015 3 2366

Bellevue College in WA is fast becoming my favorite school! 1 liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 Mar 2015 9 1993

More about messed up Florida testing time. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1599

Study Shows NYC Charter School Suspensions Far Outpace Public School Ones 1 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1749

How conservatives capsized school reform 2 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1789

Testing company Pearson, NJ, spying on social media of students taking PARCC tests. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1766

Arizona cuts support for largest community colleges and Universities 4 n2doc Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2548

Kindergartners asked to ‘check out’ college scholarships and ‘select jobs’ 3 QED Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1881

Alaska legislature considers suspending reimbursements for school construction 0 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1583

(CA) State suspends use of test scores to measure school quality 1 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1965

Lake County parents organizing, fighting back, opting out. Videos. 1 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1806

Lynn University To Track Student Attendance by iPad Location 4 Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2027

Testing company claims hacker attacks caused cancellation of Florida computer tests. 2 Sancho Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1828

When Kansas tests were hacked last year they trashed them. What will Florida do? 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1644

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