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Republicans vote to cut University of Wisconsin System's budget by $32M in diversity programs spat 2 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2124
Florida official who criticized DeSantis reaches settlement with education department 1 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 958
Ron DeSantis is trying to cut LGBTQ subjects from AP courses. The College Board says no. 0 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2209
The Will Rogers Experiment (podcast)- E8 0 Across-the-Desk Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1119
Educators Are Nation Builders: Sanders Bill Would Ensure Min $60K Salary for Public School Teachers 1 appalachiablue Mar 2023 May 2023 3 3298
Hundreds gather at Florida school board meeting over Disney movie controversy 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 7 2207
TX: Bill allowing chaplains in schools raises some concerns 6 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 4 1525
FL: Petition to remove Hernando Co. school board member for Disney movie complaint hits 18K names 4 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 10 2798
South Dakota governor asks college board to ban drag shows, opens hotline 5 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 1 1813
DeSantis appears to back woman who led Amanda Gorman poem school ban 3 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 2 1898
We don't want reading to interfere with target practice! 0 Wonder Why May 2023 May 2023 3 1638
'Trump was great at this': How conservatives transformed a Colorado school district 4 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 4 2444
Florida Republicans pass bills on pronoun usage at schools, ban on diversity programs 1 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 0 2938
'Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students 8 Jilly_in_VA May 2023 May 2023 16 3323
Oklahoma's top education official embraces culture wars 6 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 1672
The Road to May 3: How a Growing Coalition of Feminists and Activists Are Fighting the Right's Anti 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2701
"Conservative activist faces Maine school boards in free-speech court cases" 4 GPV Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2966
Changes planned for College Board's Black history class 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1108
Conceding missteps, College Board pledges to revise Black studies course 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 2771
The struggle to read: One third grader's winding journey 0 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1231
Harvard to rename school after top Republican donor Ken Griffin following $300m gift 1 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 3217
Across the Desk - S7:E13 (OK Sec. of State Ryan Walters and the Autocratic Theocracy) 0 Across-the-Desk Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 2949
"Here is a must-read post from children's author Maggie Tokuda-Hall ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 2685
After strike, LA school district workers approve labor deal 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1178
How Feminists and Academics Are Fighting the Right's 'Anti-Woke' Agenda 1 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 2117
@ my daughters' elementary school (today's curriculum. Daughters now have 3rd grade boys.) 4 elleng Mar 2023 Mar 2023 33 3133
Parents' Rights': GOP Wages Education Culture War Ahead of 2024 - 'Peddling Hysteria & Fear' - Ed 1 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 3110
FL 'Universal Choice' School Vouchers for All Students, Est $4B Public School Drain, Parents Rts -Ed 3 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 2158
The Internet Archive Is a Library 2 douglas9 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 1598
The money grab thinking behind charter schools 3 Timeflyer Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 2697

Education Continued...

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Dear Mike Mulgrew: Will I Die, Become Physically Disabled, or Go Insane? 1 SoBronxSchool Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 3313
I am asking you to be my sounding board 23 melm00se Jan 2021 Mar 2023 12 6370
'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 2658
'We Can't Afford Rent': US Teachers Grapple with A Growing Housing Crisis 6 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 3325
S7:E5 (Sen. Shane Jett's Glass Jaw & The Attack on Public Ed.) 0 Across-the-Desk Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1482
Public Ed in Florida under attack from HB 1. Ultimate goal--ed. privatization. 0 Timeflyer Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 2955
Temple University Cuts Tuition and Health Benefits for Striking Graduate Students 0 appalachiablue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 1416
If one Florida public school library book is "challenged" it can cost thousand$. 1 Timeflyer Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 2235
Across the Desk - S7:E4 (Dem. Files Bill To Ban Church Camps As Cesspools of Child Sex Exploitation) 1 Across-the-Desk Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 2934
Hamline U update: faculty votes overwhelmingly no confidence in president ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2374
Are You There, M.B.A.? It's Me, Industry 1 question everything Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 2064
Fallout from shooting by first-grader includes staff shakeup 4 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 2744
Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia 6 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 2451
Across the Desk - S7:E2 (Special Guest Rep. Jacob Rosecrants) 0 Across-the-Desk Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 2651
S.C. committee advances limits to classroom teaching on race 1 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2098
#LetHerLearn--And Progress will Follow 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 1448
Stanford, Columbia Medical Schools Withdraw From U.S. News Ranking, Expanding Exodus 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 2955
Will a small, quirky Florida college become 'DeSantis U'? 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1647
School downplayed warnings about 6-year-old before teacher's shooting, staffers say 2 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 2849
Oregon school board drops ban on gay pride, BLM and other symbols 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2411
Training new recruits to take over school boards (Steve Bannon's loving this-"the Proud Boys on 0 Timeflyer Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2648
Hamline University under fire for art professor's dismissal 4 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 16 2049
Kentucky parents concerned after teen who compiled 'kill list' was allowed to return to school 2 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 2676
Speech groups criticize Florida school for scrapping play "Indecent" 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2048
Cyberattack keeps Iowa's largest school district closed 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1441
They Were Loving College. Then Ron DeSantis Got Involved. 2 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 11 2473
Harvard Kennedy School condemned for denying fellowship to Israel critic 2 cbabe Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2804
Ex-Southern Cal official gets 6 months in college bribe case 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1905
Just saw a meme about reading 2 Marthe48 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1591
College admissions scam mastermind set to be sentenced for role in Operation Varsity Blues 1 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2662

Education Continued...

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A Teacher Transformed Her Kinder Students' Drawings of Monsters into Plush Toys 5 iluvtennis Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 2566
I'm sad. 6 no_hypocrisy Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 2034
High school football incidents spark racism talks, programs 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1972
Penn State remembers Franco Harris as 'true steward' of the university 2 Joe Cool Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 3279
Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed Into Military's Junior R.O.T.C. 4 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 7 2344
Great minds think alike: Twins beat school's cheating claim, win $1.5M 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 9 3181
Is education the answer? 6 intrepidity Nov 2022 Dec 2022 4 2024
Goal--public school privatization. Tactic--take over school board, fire superintendent. 3 Timeflyer Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 2769
Mike Pompeo 'The Stupidist Person in the World' - Diane Ravitch, Pro Public Educ., Teachers Unions 3 appalachiablue Nov 2022 Nov 2022 13 3816
American Rhodes Scholarship Winners 2023 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 1842
Analysis: How Alabama and West Virginia snagged the nation's highest graduation rates 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 2837
Threat assessment teams have arisen across the country at colleges and universities 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 1926
I suppose that this goes in this group. 5 OldBaldy1701E Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 2223
AG Ferguson: Judge dismisses Seattle Pacific University's lawsuit to stop Attorney General inquiry i 0 cbabe Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 2493
Battle rages in W.Va. over control of public school policy 0 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1895
Opinion: Colleges Aren't as Rich as They Look 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 1785
Koch Bros.'s Puppet Cuts 33 Faculty at Emporia State University 3 Mr.Mystery Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 4007
U.S. News college rankings draw new complaints and competitors 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Oct 2022 2 2812
Kids with disabilities face off-the-books school suspensions 1 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1658
'Thomas and Friends' introduces Bruno the Brake Car, its first character with autism. 4 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 3219
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