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Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 3783
Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 4395
St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1700
Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2330
Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3070
Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2041
Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2010
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1949
What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2413
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 3921
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2021
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2214
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2822
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1930
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1875
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2387
Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3118
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1710
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2352
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2140
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2653
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2033
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2056
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2071
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1980
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1867
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2092
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2030
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2276
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1734

Education Continued...

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Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1711
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2838
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2718
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2729
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2367
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2464
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2084
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2131
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2922
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2881
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1782
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1703
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1805
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3931
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2119
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1851
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2898
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4129
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1886
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1646
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3197
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2426
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2002
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 4510
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1809
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2084
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1695
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1850
The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5627
Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2211

Education Continued...

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The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1717
Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 3083
Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2809
What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 3024
What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2161
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 4091
Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1953
Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3467
MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1787
Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5943
Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1809
Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1634
Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2440
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1979
Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1786
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 3931
Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1952
How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1729
Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1881
Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2176
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