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GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1637

What Could be Wrong With ‘School Choice? 0 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1739

Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 3902

Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 4478

St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1748

Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2392

Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3125

Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2091

Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2053

Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2004

What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2488

Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 4015

Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2076

Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2259

Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2899

Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1980

Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1915

Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2447

Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3213

What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1774

Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2428

An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2209

DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2704

I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2074

Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2108

Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2117

Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2041

Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1906

A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2135

Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2075

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Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2335

Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1777

Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1753

City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2908

Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2799

Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2809

Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2417

Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2527

A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2137

A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2177

Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 3020

Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2953

So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1829

U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1745

Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1861

Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 4053

Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2181

Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1897

Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2971

An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4225

Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1971

Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1678

"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3278

North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2489

Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2048

Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 4576

UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1847

University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2135

Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1738

The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1899

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The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5754

Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2273

The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1757

Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 3152

Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2882

What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 3102

What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2236

How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 4163

Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1996

Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3550

MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1835

Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 6083

Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1850

Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1687

Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2503

How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2020

Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1833

I Never Thought I'd Want To High-Five A Teacher For Yelling At A Student, But I Was Wrong 5 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 4013

Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 2003

How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1782

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