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Toon: Back to testing 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 11 2077

Whoopi Goldberg taking up fight against teachers. Post in GD 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2150

Classic Math vs. Common Core 4 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2879

Go Public: A day in the life of an american school district 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Aug 2014 7 2788

‘Education reform’ now a pejorative term to many progressive Democrats 6 n2doc Jul 2014 Aug 2014 10 2579

City Council Committee Puts the Brakes on Charter School Expansion 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1932

Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5 elleng Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2752

Lively ( and funny) thread re. Campbell Brown in NY Forum 1 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1997

How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into The Minds Of Public School Students 3 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2419

Two of Jeb's Chiefs for Change have anti-teachers-union op ed in WP. 3 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2429

Spotlights and Solutions for College Rape 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1729

Her son has been suspended five times. He’s 3. 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2476

I posted more about Campbell Brown and Dan Senor and their attacks on teachers. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 14 2436

Here's why they REALLY want to end teacher tenure. 8 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2923

The principal who wrestles an F school to a C in one year gets demotion and pay cut 6 teach1st Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 3002

Ravitch's very apt description of Arne Duncan. 10 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 31 3707

White House Adds New Disability Adviser 4 Jefferson23 Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2341

Gravy train charter schools and the EB-5 visa. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 7 2125

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BLAMES TEACHERS FOR A FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 13 newblewtoo Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 3409

MICHAEL GOVE IS OUT AS BRITISH EDUCATION SECRETARY!!! 9 LeftishBrit Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 3012

Great video compares charter school scandals to sub prime mortgages. Many similarities. 0 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 1983

New pro-public-school group. Democrats for Public Education. 1 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 2517

AFT joins NEA with conditions, asks Arne to resign. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 19 4404

Unreal! NYDOE gave principals 24 hour notice to clean, clear space for Success Charter Academies. 5 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2285

Can the teachers' unions come back? 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2411

Study: Kids Bullied in Gym, Sports Avoid Future Activity 12 radicalliberal Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 4170

Cuomo's GOP Foe Hopes to Unite Left and Right Vs. Common Core 7 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 2572

School superintendent banned in NJ finds work in FL, brings banned colleagues with him. 2 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2293

New Orleans-area school district agrees to rules protecting Hispanics 0 Eugene Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1714

Centinela school board votes to fire high-paid superintendent 2 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2096

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Another Teachers’ Union Could Call For Obama’s Education Secretary To Resign 10 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 3470

Is the Charter Movement Imploding? 11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 18 3285

Good to see an administrator speak out at AJC about Arne's policies. 12 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jul 2014 15 3052

Ronald Reagan stuck it to millennials: A college debt history lesson no one tells 6 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 39 4330

NEA Calls for Secretary Duncan's Resignation 47 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 70 10535

Gotta love this Florida mom. Supports teachers, slams TPTB for testing extremism. 6 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 2761

Good Riddance to Common Core Testing 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 16 2185

For-profit college to sell most campuses 4 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2242

this is not my rant. this is the rant from a psyche worker in chicago public schools. karen lewis. 17 mopinko Jun 2014 Jul 2014 1 4275

Great post at Muckety on widespread influence of Campbell Brown, hubby Dan Senor. 13 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 4534

I still post in GD in spite of posts dropping. Can't cross post here... 9 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2749

CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS CALL FOR DUNCAN RESIGNATION 13 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 55 3350

Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" 9 tinymontgomery Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2950

Will Anyone Stop Charter School Corruption? 1 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 2004

Ravitch: Do Public School Teachers Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration? 2 eridani Jul 2014 Jul 2014 11 1940

The big money and profits behind the push for charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 13 2149

ASU English Professor Assaulted by Campus Police 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2181

Just now saw this on Twitter. Makes me kind of proud. 14 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 35 3590

OK, Ed "Reformers"; You're ON! 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 3750

St. Paul schools looking to ease concerns about discipline, disorder 2 kickysnana Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3193

Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates Foundation 4 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 12 2252

Montclair NJ rejects corporate deformers! 2 ellenrr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2149

Daily Kos Labor digest: Teachers face firing for speaking out for their students 4 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2221

My economic life has become a sinking ship.... 30 citizen blues Jun 2014 Jun 2014 62 6124

Unbelievable use of surveillance tactics in Belleview NJ. 1 madfloridian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1797

New Evidence of Mental Benefits From Music Training 5 antigop Jun 2014 Jun 2014 11 2351

Obama alums join anti teachers union case 2 QED Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2099

Detroit News: DPS plans bigger classes, but won't close schools amid $49M loss in revenue 1 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1958

Why education become important in developing country? 0 petson Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2603

Teaching creationism as science now banned in all UK public schools. 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 21 2327

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Linda Darling-Hammond on the common core standards 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2077

California judge rules teacher tenure unconstitutional 0 Starry Messenger Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1809

Tennessee Tied Teachers’ Jobs to Standardized Test Scores. Here’s How They Pushed Back—and Won 6 eridani Jun 2014 Jun 2014 19 2496

The Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled 3 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 59 3274

Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes 2 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2624

Detroit News: Head of EAA reportedly to resign 0 theaocp Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1882

Teachers Sound Alarm over 'Anti-Public Education' Ruling 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2120

I just wonder if learning by reading from a book is different than from a tablet/computer 7 Leme Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 5931

Student Debt: Blame Law-Makers, Tax-Shirking Rich, War on Drugs, not Universities 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 1935

Sen. Berger meets with North Carolina protesters 0 littlemissmartypants Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1736

Obama to take executive steps on student loans 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 8 2037

New (MASS.) Teachers Union Chief is Unapologetically Adversarial 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 9 4615

If you are/were a certified teacher, did you in any of your coursework 12 raccoon May 2014 Jun 2014 0 2914

The truth behind Arizona’s sudden withdrawal from PARCC 0 QED Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1819

For Lessons About Class, a Field Trip Takes Students Home 2 elleng May 2014 May 2014 6 2095

The Newark School Reform Wars 2 eridani May 2014 May 2014 6 1891

Florida League of Women Voters Releases Bombshell Charter Study 16 QED May 2014 May 2014 72 4616

Ravitch Mulls Cuomo Challenge 1 Smarmie Doofus May 2014 May 2014 6 1749

Turning Holocaust Denial Into Homework 0 question everything May 2014 May 2014 2 1742

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