Education Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

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Is There a Conflict of Interest at PS 154 Concerning DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal? 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2128

Trying something new re: "Help a DUer" 1 OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2070

Can you recommend a program for free or low-cost college textbooks? 9 OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 3825

DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal, Puts PS 154 in the Bronx on LOCK DOWN!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2701

City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform 0 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2457

About those PISA scores and Exxon Mobil commercials: 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3058

Newark Teachers Union endorses TFA-linked "Teachers Village" -- a round robin of corruption... 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2225

Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 4883

Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 3152

The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2610

What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 3767

Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3688

In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2830

Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2935

Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2404

Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4888

NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2802

Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 3046

PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2712

California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2935

Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2283

Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 7082

Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2836

"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2551

CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2222

Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3758

the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3531

CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 5110

Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3768

Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2089

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This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1791

Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2482

Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3961

My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2464

CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2411

Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 2788

Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 5982

These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2519

What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2420

Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1867

NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3436

DR Alison Coviello and her Calvinist Approach at PS 154 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2027

A Love Letter to PS 154 in the Bronx Principal DR Alison Coviello 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3767

Stormy Atlanta outside. Anger and common sense from the delegates inside. 8 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 4166

On the lighter side of education... 1 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2178

NEA President says NEA will deemphasize collective bargaining & concentrate on 'teaching quality' 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2507

Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) 3 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3087

I'm so angry- Charter school tells African American girls they must chemically alter their hair? 18 Iris Jun 2013 Jun 2013 8 5937

I'm sort of famous, not really. My blog post was re-blogged. 3 knitter4democracy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2380

Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland 17 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 43 4711

Does School Discipline Over Uniform Infractions Go too Far? 8 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4263

To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: 8 raccoon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2774

A summer joke for teachers... 0 1monster Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 4200

CTU President Lewis Blames "Elites" For Public Education Inequality 1 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2068

X-POST from GD: Impromptu graduation ceremony is lesson in kindness 4 OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2528

Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2913

NSBA: Dems Support Federal Control of Education 1 duffyduff Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2073

Badass Teachers Association Shows a New Spirit of Defiance 8 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 18 3481

A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 4108

A final message to my students after my firing 32 wilsonbooks Jun 2013 Jun 2013 37 10494

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Voucher Group Urges PA Governor to use school funding crisis as wedge issue to help his reelection 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1872

Latest goings-on with NCLB re-authorization in Congress 0 femmocrat Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2030

School Data Profiteering 0 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2167

Thought you might appreciate this. 1 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2267

Toon: Miss Utah 2 n2doc Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 2532

To Teachers on DU: 12 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 9 6057

Anyone else struggle with geometry? 12 skippercollector Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 4052

San Jose State animation program: Hundreds of students shut out 5 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3643

Teacher of the Year used by StudentsFirst to promote teacher pay bill he doesn’t support 4 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2955

Does Class Size Count? 18 elleng May 2013 Jun 2013 1 6107

Daily inspiring text messages fail to inspire US students to perform better 5 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3055

Gov. Corbett's Education Cuts Devastate Pennsylvania Students & Schools [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2010

Teacher blogger fired. 26 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 8753

Sen. Toomey supports doubling of student loan interest rates 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2157

Help NYS Get A Better ED Commissioner 0 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2007

A teacher’s perspective: Firing Day at a Charter School 40 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 61 12144

Who Is Charlotte Danielson, Really? And Look At The $$$ She's Rakin' In. 2 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 3846

(CA) Bill requires more disclosure from charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2644

Teacher Evaluations vs. doing what's right for kids 14 noamnety May 2013 Jun 2013 13 3873

Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor 11 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3340

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