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Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4782

Who�s Hurting NY�s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3909

Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 3488

Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3571

Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3112

California Flunks Rhee�s Reform Ratings�Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 5522

Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2823

To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2610

Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 3315

xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 3004

In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 7777

I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 3395

ATTENTION NYC TEACHERS: YOU HAVE BEEN HAD BY YOUR UNION 3 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Feb 2013 16 2874

Sequestration and Head Start 6 Sadiedog Oct 2012 Jan 2013 1 3885

Question about financing college for a kid who's now in kindergarten. 6 Nay Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3626

Powerful video in video section shows Chicago lawyer/parent in brilliant speech. 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2088

Anger at UFT Building (Significant because NYC's UFT is the linchpin of control for AFT) 6 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3890

Video from Democracy Now on Seattle teachers and MAP 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 2144

So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask? 31 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 16353

Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... 15 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5103

"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost} 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3230

Test Your Public Ed Savvy 3 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2672

CA Education. MY Governor on... 9 YvonneCa Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3903

Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Charter Schools Fail Their Own Hype 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2529

Website ban lifted Tuesday (+TSTA EMAIL) Teacher union site blocked, unblocked by district 5 mbperrin May 2012 Jan 2013 4 4680

Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all] 86 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 33 37734

Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 3186

"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control" 9 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 4532

Some charter schools admit sending students back to public schools. How they "counsel out" kids. 9 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 5225

Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 4176

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Students love Khan Academy? 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 8114

Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5222

Fighting Education Shock Therapy 3 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2748

Teachers' Lack of Rights at Work AND Home 7 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 4050

LA state senator shows his ignorance asking for 'proof' of evolution 0 LongTomH Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2423

My Anti-Bullying Project (needs you) 0 knixphan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2075

the latest on the school closings in chicago..... 3 madrchsod Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3703

Online courses need human element to educate 3 Starry Messenger Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2778

Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer 18 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 Jan 2013 10 7098

Will longer school year help or hurt US students? (AP/Yahoo!) 42 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 13033

Pop Quiz on Standardized Testing 0 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2149

movement to end high-stakes testing steps up in seattle 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2229

Josh Edelman ID'd in test cheating cover-up 4 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5685

College Enrollment decreasing because of High Tuition 5 AProgressiveThinker Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3597

You are the leaders 0 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 1929

Karen Lewis: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 3776

At edX, Distance Learning Moves to an Open-Source Honors Track 26 Renew Deal Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 9023

Milken is ready to milk us in WA State 7 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Jan 2013 7 3195

HISD teachers walk out of contracts in high numbers, union says 7 AnneD Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 4268

�Frontline� raises questions about test-score tampering under Rhee 9 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 3686

Karen lewis talks guillotines; limbaugh attacks 5 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3323

Pedagogy of the Depressed: experiences as a special ed student in the 1990s. 5 n2doc Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3809

Why public education should be scrapped 44 Left Turn Only Dec 2012 Jan 2013 1 14925

�Elections shouldn�t exist�: The new war on school boards 1 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2687

The Great Montessori Schism 4 xchrom Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 4579

Ailing Philadelphia District Plans to Close 37 Schools 3 alp227 Dec 2012 Jan 2013 4 3036

To the "Beloved Community" of Education Activists 12 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Jan 2013 20 4773

Teacher 2 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 8 2385

Why the good ones leave 10 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 15 4197

Can Rocketship Launch a Fleet of Successful, Mass-Produced Schools? 23 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 6 10909

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Michigan 2-year colleges now can offer bachelor's degrees 2 Redfairen Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2833

Visiting MI capitol on Tuesday...need suggestions 12 TruthTeller Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 5882

California fails to win waivers from restrictive No Child Left Behind education law 7 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 3770

Failing Schools? Record Number of Americans Have Bachelor's Degrees 15 Modern School Apr 2012 Dec 2012 2 6808

For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall 5 n2doc Dec 2012 Dec 2012 9 7267

Milton school superintendent resigns over Facebook photo 2 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2911

Common Core: New Frontiers in Profit 2 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 10 2743

Karen Lewis reacts to TFA exec's criticism of Diane Ravitch's praise for teachers in CT tragedy 7 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 11 4263

Crowd-sourcing curriculum, evaluations 0 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2236

Mexico�s New President Launches Massive Educational Reform for Country 6 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 9 3309

As its universities turn out engineering grads, Poland attracts US tech giants 1 DreamGypsy Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 2593

Orwellian Education 7 harpslay Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 3582

Is poverty destiny? Ideology vs. evidence in school reform 20 Starry Messenger Sep 2012 Dec 2012 7 8732

Hey. My Local Rag Blasts the Hell Out of Bloombamacation. 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 Dec 2012 9 2534

The Everyday Heroism of Our Nation's Teachers 3 xchrom Dec 2012 Dec 2012 12 2717

Just so very sad tonight. 40 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 9632

6 Reasons Teachers Unions Are Good for Kids 4 proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 Dec 2012 13 3899

Want your class to do something for the children at Sandy Hook? 6 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 20 3485

Indignities that our children face. 19 rainin Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 12668

Some realistic advice: 1 knitter4democracy Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2193

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