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Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 4694

Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 3067

The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2513

What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 3631

Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3623

In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2702

Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2842

Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2312

Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4705

NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2709

Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2948

PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2622

California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2829

Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2196

Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 6723

Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2731

"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2457

CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2153

Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3622

the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3408

CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 5042

Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3616

Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2015

This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1736

Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2388

Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3813

My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2384

CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2303

Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 2694

Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 5669

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These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2448

What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2306

Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1801

NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3295

DR Alison Coviello and her Calvinist Approach at PS 154 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1921

A Love Letter to PS 154 in the Bronx Principal DR Alison Coviello 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3671

Stormy Atlanta outside. Anger and common sense from the delegates inside. 8 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 4008

On the lighter side of education... 1 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2098

NEA President says NEA will deemphasize collective bargaining & concentrate on 'teaching quality' 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2420

Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) 3 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2964

I'm so angry- Charter school tells African American girls they must chemically alter their hair? 18 Iris Jun 2013 Jun 2013 8 5656

I'm sort of famous, not really. My blog post was re-blogged. 3 knitter4democracy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2293

Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland 17 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 43 4483

Does School Discipline Over Uniform Infractions Go too Far? 8 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4129

To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: 8 raccoon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2646

A summer joke for teachers... 0 1monster Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 4119

CTU President Lewis Blames "Elites" For Public Education Inequality 1 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 1996

X-POST from GD: Impromptu graduation ceremony is lesson in kindness 4 OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2408

Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2807

NSBA: Dems Support Federal Control of Education 1 duffyduff Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2000

Badass Teachers Association Shows a New Spirit of Defiance 8 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 18 3354

A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3944

A final message to my students after my firing 32 wilsonbooks Jun 2013 Jun 2013 37 10140

Voucher Group Urges PA Governor to use school funding crisis as wedge issue to help his reelection 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1788

Latest goings-on with NCLB re-authorization in Congress 0 femmocrat Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1959

School Data Profiteering 0 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2036

Thought you might appreciate this. 1 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2155

Toon: Miss Utah 2 n2doc Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 2454

To Teachers on DU: 12 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 9 5883

Anyone else struggle with geometry? 12 skippercollector Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3899

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San Jose State animation program: Hundreds of students shut out 5 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3537

Teacher of the Year used by StudentsFirst to promote teacher pay bill he doesn’t support 4 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2864

Does Class Size Count? 18 elleng May 2013 Jun 2013 1 5867

Daily inspiring text messages fail to inspire US students to perform better 5 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2965

Gov. Corbett's Education Cuts Devastate Pennsylvania Students & Schools [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1916

Teacher blogger fired. 26 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 8441

Sen. Toomey supports doubling of student loan interest rates 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2045

Help NYS Get A Better ED Commissioner 0 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1917

A teacher’s perspective: Firing Day at a Charter School 40 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 61 11661

Who Is Charlotte Danielson, Really? And Look At The $$$ She's Rakin' In. 2 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 3745

(CA) Bill requires more disclosure from charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2535

Teacher Evaluations vs. doing what's right for kids 14 noamnety May 2013 Jun 2013 13 3685

Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor 11 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3195

School "reformers" are full of it 5 gejohnston Jun 2013 Jun 2013 26 2931

New York to Evaluate Teachers With New System 6 alp227 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2887

Seeds, Storms and Transitions 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2217

This is how I found out about my particular job situation: 8 knitter4democracy May 2013 Jun 2013 7 3767

Amy Bishop, Christopher Dorner personality and false accusation 19 JackN415 May 2013 Jun 2013 2 5407

More bullcrap education deform 7 n2doc May 2013 Jun 2013 9 3118

22-year old ... running a for-profit charter school. 5 GeorgeGist May 2013 Jun 2013 15 2993

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