Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 93 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Education
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Education

Related: About this forum
Start a new discussionStart discussion Subscribe to this forum (see My DU » Subscriptions)Subscribe Mark this forum as read (yellow icons will turn white)Mark as read Search this forum using Advanced SearchSearch forum You will no longer see this forum (see My DU > Trash Can)Trash forum Get forum information and statisticsAbout forum
This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.
Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1937
What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2376
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 3878
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2005
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2196
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2794
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1913
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1858
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2362
Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3084
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1688
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2319
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2117
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2636
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2015
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2042
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2057
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1959
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1854
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2084
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2018
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2253
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1723
Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1699
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2815
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2694
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2690
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2356
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2438
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2058

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2113
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2893
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2856
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1766
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1685
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1783
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3881
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2102
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1837
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2869
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4064
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1856
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1634
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3158
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2394
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 1991
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 4466
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1791
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2061
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1686
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1836
The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5569
Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2193
The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1707
Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 3034
Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2786
What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 2985
What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2132
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 4057
Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1936

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3434
MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1774
Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5876
Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1796
Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1617
Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2410
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1968
Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1770
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 3904
Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1939
How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1712
Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1866
Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2156
Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3692
Uh-oh. Suburbia seems to be turning on Common Core. Video. 2 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2199
NYC Parents to DOE : No, You Will *NOT* Test Our 4-Year Olds. 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 2520
Darien, Ct Board of Education found in violation of IDEA ( Heroic SLP's memo ) 2 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 4340
Another day, another fishy charter school 6 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 31 3065
Mindup, Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn, Press Club links 0 kickysnana Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1971
The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' 12 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 6888
Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Education
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2025 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.