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Why test-based school reform isn’t working — by the numbers 1 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1976

Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 3053

The Real Problem with US Common Core: It Further Outsources Education 3 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 11 2365

NYS Allies for Public Education Endorses anti-Common Core candidates to the Board of Regents 1 Renew Deal Feb 2014 Feb 2014 6 2227

Colorado superintendents unite in plea for money for K-12 education 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1929

GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1650

What Could be Wrong With ‘School Choice? 0 eridani Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 1758

Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 3989

Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 4547

St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1767

Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2423

Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 3146

Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2109

Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2075

Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2022

What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2534

Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 4111

Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2097

Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2289

Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2931

Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1998

Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1931

Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2475

Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 3260

What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1802

Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2479

An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2237

DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2725

I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2109

Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2132

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Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2134

Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2060

Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1926

A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2150

Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 2097

Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2365

Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1786

Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1765

City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2946

Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2864

Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2852

Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2440

Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2550

A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 2164

A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 2194

Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 3077

Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 3000

So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1848

U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1763

Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1892

Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 4146

Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2214

Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1908

Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 3040

An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 4297

Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 2013

Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1692

"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 3313

North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2526

Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2064

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Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 4642

UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1869

University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2158

Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1748

The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1916

The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5817

Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2300

The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1767

Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 3207

Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2918

What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 3149

What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2258

How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 4203

Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 2023

Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3620

MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1850

Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 6237

Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1860

Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1708

Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2544

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