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The "education market is ripe for disruption" Great article in The Nation. A must read. 4 greatlaurel Sep 2014 Sep 2014 15 2156

Are these the best and worst states for teachers? 1 QED Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1894

I missed this post in June from Peter Greene's blog. Anti-teacher trolls. 2 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 6 1917

Flipping the Classroom 8 TexasTowelie Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2592

Making a Splash on Campus-College Recreation Now Includes Pool Parties and River Rides 2 antigop Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2916

Cuomo: Still won't cater to teachers' union. Says he doesn't need their endorsement. 1 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1786

UK community wins battle to prevent their school from becoming an academy 0 n2doc Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1666

A New Way to Pay for a Year of University? 2 xocet Jul 2014 Sep 2014 1 2543

Wesleyan, accused of harboring ‘Rape Factory,’ orders frats to admit women 9 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2482

Understanding Common Core is About Seeing a Much Larger Picture 4 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2014 Sep 2014 6 2128

Inside the Mammoth Backlash to Common Core - Mother Jones 13 Android3.14 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 3883

Center for Union Facts says Randi Weingarten is ruining nation’s schools 4 Starry Messenger Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 2210

no, no, no, no, no 0 rogerashton Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1688

Free online physics courses with Brian Greene 2 Shankapotomus Sep 2014 Sep 2014 12 2185

Well written article from Alternet about the math common core. Makes a lot of great points. 15 greatlaurel Sep 2014 Sep 2014 11 4528

Student Debt Factories: The Scandal of For-Profit Colleges 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1790

I would never have expected this level of vitriol about a faulty test item. 16 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 3937

I just ran across this at Twitter. A rant from a father of a special education student. 20 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 18 5216

9 college freshmen dead in alcohol-related incidents in first weeks of new school year 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2080

How The Koch Brothers Corrupted Florida State University (+163 Other Colleges) (Young Turks) 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 6 1997

Teacher tells of throwing students to the "testing wolves." 3 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 15 2111

cross posting because no one in GD seems to care about education. 7 liberal_at_heart Aug 2014 Sep 2014 11 2766

New York State Teacher Evaluations Are Rigged 4 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2014 Sep 2014 6 2436

Spending cuts to education and nutrition will hurt kids 3 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2492

State still owes city $2.5B for school funding 0 Sherman A1 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1657

FL DOE stops K-2 testing for now. Thank a teacher who put her job on the line. 3 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 4026

26 school districts stock up on free military gear 3 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 9 2071

The 2 groups suing NY teachers are feuding with each other. 0 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 9 1691

David Boies has a plan. Go state by state stripping teachers of due process. 2 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 2204

Satanists plan to send materials to Orange County schools 4 teach1st Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2116

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Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today 30 n2doc Jul 2014 Sep 2014 31 9836

Koch foundation proposal to college: Teach our curriculum, get millions 4 n2doc Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 2248

The Conspiracy at PS 154 in the Bronx 0 SoBronxSchool Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1748

Interesting article at Alternet about homeschooling. 8 greatlaurel Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 2564

Florida Charter schools continue to rip off taxpayers... 4 Sancho Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 2148

I wonder if Arne Duncan is trying to end the category of special education? 35 madfloridian Aug 2014 Sep 2014 14 7576

I don't know how much more of this Common Core bullshit I can take. 17 AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 10392

The Battle for New York Schools: Eva Moskowitz vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio 2 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2163

New materials to explore, books to read, friendships to make. 2 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1785

On the First Day of Kindergarten 1 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1836

The unstoppable TI-84 Plus: How an outdated calculator still holds a monopoly on classrooms 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 7391

On the first day Primary School Science Teacher Kelly Hoffmaster wanted to get her students thinking 0 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1962

California schools chief to appeal ruling striking down teacher tenure 9 Starry Messenger Sep 2014 Sep 2014 15 2515

Louie Gohmert: Ban non-English speakers from schools because they ‘bring education down’ 4 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2298

Florida School District Opts out of Opting-Out 0 Ka hrnt Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1669

This Labor Day there was something missing. Respect for teachers and their unions. 0 madfloridian Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1688

FCC to devote $2 billion toward pushing Wi-Fi Internet at schools, libraries 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1708

Arne Duncan may allow Rick Scott to look very good to teachers and parents. 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 1944

ALEC And Jeb Bush Are Conspiring To Kill Off Public Schools For Good 6 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 16 2460

Tucson Weekly: Schools, Society And Snake Oil Salesmen 0 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 1669

Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today. 15 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 5180

D.C. Charter Leader Objects To Plan Setting Aside Seats For At-Risk Students 13 Jefferson23 Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 3042

United States: Boy held for 'killing pet dinosaur' (BBC) {or, that's what he wrote ...} 2 eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2024

Inside LA’s ‘teacher jail’: Educators are ‘broken, depressed, suicidal’ 4 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 13 2298

Give a read to this post in GD about many reasons tenured NY teachers can be fired... 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1662

What's wrong with "school reform"? 3 ellenrr Aug 2014 Aug 2014 8 2066

Education Secretary Allows Reprieve on Test-Based Teacher Ratings. 3 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 1908

Fox Dem strategist Kirsten Powers at it again. Says teachers making "sexist" attacks.... 0 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1830

I'm contemplating asking Skinner to start a "College Parents" group 8 Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2707

Union Trouble: NYC Teachers Clash w. Cops Over Planned Brutality March 0 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1675

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Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 10 eridani Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 3249

SF teachers union still counting strike authorization votes 0 RandySF Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1704

Rand Paul gets schooled: Libertarian fantasies don’t help kids learn — teachers do 7 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 2639

Test scores, rating plunged at top elementary after Dallas ISD determined teachers had been cheating 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 1982

Michelle Rhee drops out of school group 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2443

Charles P Pierce- Who the fck is Campbell Brown? 17 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 61 5147

Lunch lady rises to teachers union leader and takes on all comers, bluntly 2 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 20 2228

UFT's Mulgrew Ridicules Common Core Critics; Threatens to "Punch You in the Face..." 8 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3172

My Own Story. Why Teachers So Desperately Need Tenure 7 SoBronxSchool Aug 2014 Aug 2014 21 2819

Keoni Wright, plaintiff in Campbell Brown's lawsuit, is a member of Michelle Rhee's Students First. 4 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 2036

Toon: Back to testing 1 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 11 1978

Whoopi Goldberg taking up fight against teachers. Post in GD 1 madfloridian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2041

Classic Math vs. Common Core 4 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2700

Go Public: A day in the life of an american school district 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Aug 2014 7 2648

‘Education reform’ now a pejorative term to many progressive Democrats 6 n2doc Jul 2014 Aug 2014 10 2407

City Council Committee Puts the Brakes on Charter School Expansion 1 NJCher Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1815

Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5 elleng Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2601

Lively ( and funny) thread re. Campbell Brown in NY Forum 1 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1902

How The Koch Brothers Are Buying Their Way Into The Minds Of Public School Students 3 n2doc Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2287

Two of Jeb's Chiefs for Change have anti-teachers-union op ed in WP. 3 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 12 2287

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