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Oklahoma Wants to Ban A.P. U.S. History, and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 1970

Rick Scott and FL ed chief say have fewer tests. I agree. 2 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1733

One Connecticut Public School Student Was Restrained Over 700 Times in One Year 1 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1615

OLSAT test. What is this? 1 AllyCat Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 4438

Higher Ed: Technology, Art, Ethics and More Converge in 3-D Printing 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1552

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin: Let’s protect our children in schools 1 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1754

Higher Ed: 175 Years of History in 11 Minutes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1611

The Anti-Standardized Testing Movement Claims a Victory in Chicago 0 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 1469

ESAs getting steam now. FL, AZ already turning state school money over to parents. 4 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1867

Excellent description of how FL's 2-tier education works. 0 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 8 1690

More Is More | Emanuele Corso 4 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1839

Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You 8 antigop Jan 2015 Feb 2015 11 3739

What do you think of the College Board? 5 Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2390

Weaponizing Children | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1603

Susana’s Trojan Horse | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1547

The Skandera Loop | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1485

Chancellor Carmen Fariña Changes New York City Schools’ Course. 2 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 8 1937

Anchorage Assembly passes property tax exemption for charter schools 0 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1630

Education Secretary Says Administration Is Committed to Testing. 3 elleng Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 2278

"This International Student Edition is for use outside the U.S." 3 mike_c Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2257

A Boy Praises the Principal of His Brooklyn School, and a Fund-Raising Campaign Takes Off. 1 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 8 2004

3 articles about Deion Sanders charter school being shut down this week. 1 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1822

Myth Busting Scott Walker's Bogus "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" Got Fired Story 0 Panich52 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 2275

Higher Ed: The Ins & Outs of Liberal Arts 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2089

"When you really listen to a child read, 2 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 2044

Math and Science combine forces for 6th graders 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1649

Student writes how Jesus would give pot to the sick. Teacher put on admin leave, resigns. 14 madfloridian Dec 2014 Jan 2015 8 3465

Black Lives Matter—at School, Too 0 Starry Messenger Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 1541

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1287

Kindergarten writing in their journals 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1717

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Civil rights groups back high stakes testing 7 eridani Jan 2015 Jan 2015 7 2217

Peter Greene's super description of Arne's words about testing. Curmudgucation. 3 madfloridian Jan 2015 Jan 2015 11 2033

What does math look like in second grade? 4 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2367

Kindergarteners exploring the characteristics of paper, 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1569

Fulton school chief to Georgia Legislature: Raise teacher pay. Lower time spent on testing. 4 n2doc Jan 2015 Jan 2015 8 2154

Ethan's Story. Commentary on high stakes test obsession. 3 madfloridian Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 2027

The Disturbing Transformation of Kindergarten 5 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 37 3451

anybody here teach phonological awareness? 11 ellenrr Dec 2014 Jan 2015 2 3414

Secret Agents for Change 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1580

X-post from Wisconsin: School Superintendent writes staff about legislative action in Madison 0 Scuba Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1693

xpost The most important skill in science or self-improvement is noticing the unexpected 0 n2doc Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1636

Can't believe they gave a whole city of PA schools to these FL rich fools. 3 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 17 2171

Court gives York, PA schools to Charter Schools USA. Stripped local school board of power. 2 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 1829

“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.' 7 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 7 2652

Alfie Kohn's righteous anger. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 12 2322

Typical PR special in Pinellas... 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1598

To Raise Science Scores, Colleges Look Beyond the Lecture. 4 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2054

Banksy twitter cartoon on Modern Education. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 14 5666

Florida makes sure that there are not too many A schools by adjusting standards yearly. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 1902

White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges 1 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1647

New York City’s best public schools are harder to get into than the Ivy Leagues 0 n2doc Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1594

12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music 8 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 44 5830

Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math." 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2064

Music and Math -- the genius of Beethoven (video) 0 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1697

New video series on Antiacademics. 0 lenrely Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1918

The Myth of Chinese Super Schools 3 ellenrr Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2241

22 yr old charter school owner outed by principal of his high school. More discrepancies as well. 3 madfloridian Nov 2014 Dec 2014 11 2460

I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2526

Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 16 1951

The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1729

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A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won 1 eridani Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 1754

at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1931

The ACLU: Complaint Says Charter Schools Are Resegregating Public Education 21 QED Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 6997

Of Cosby, Students First, Campbell Brown and Whoopi. 1 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1839

Why Children's Theatre Matters 3 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 1962

University of Alabama at Birmingham to end football program, citing costs 2 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1946

Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Dec 2014 13 2545

Three Myths About Teacher Tenure 1 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1937

Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1619

Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 2061

Students to Teach for America CEOs: You Are ‘Complicit’ in Attacks on Public Education 2 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 20 2107

Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education. 5 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 2465

It’s starve, test, and destroy. How hunger games are coming to NY schools. 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 1716

Robert Reich: Why College is Necessary, but Gets You Nowhere 0 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1726

toon- If testing is so great... 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 14 1850

Eva Moskowitz fundraiser brought almost 8 million to her Success Academy 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1854

Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools 5 liberal N proud Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 2662

Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2241

"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 4218

Seven TX charter schools that lost charter are still open for business. 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2021

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