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Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1456

How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1775

Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1605

How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 3569

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 3562

How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1548

Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1700

Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1761

Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 2483

Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1859

Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3100

Uh-oh. Suburbia seems to be turning on Common Core. Video. 2 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 1970

Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2074

NYC Parents to DOE : No, You Will *NOT* Test Our 4-Year Olds. 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 2204

Another day, another fishy charter school 6 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 31 2721

Mindup, Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn, Press Club links 0 kickysnana Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1783

Surprise state visit finds problems at Hope Academy charter school 1 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 11 1855

Darien, Ct Board of Education found in violation of IDEA ( Heroic SLP's memo ) 2 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 3937

From my article, "Teaching is Not Rocket Science; it’s More Important" 2 texshelters Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1793

Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 3728

The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty 2 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Nov 2013 9 1840

"Believe in ESU": Students, Professors & Union Activists Rally Against Education Cuts [FULL VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1904

"Children of the Core": The Final Sacrifice 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2467

Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2482

The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children 3 DonViejo Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 1957

The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' 12 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 6151

Shameful! Yes, Some New Jersey Students Have To Go To Schools That Look Like This 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2000

FOUR IMPORTANT MYTHBUSTERS ABOUT THE COMMON CORE 2 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2013 Oct 2013 7 1928

damn that rahm emanuel 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1913

Alan Grayson on Living Through NYC's Legendary Teachers Strikes. 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1640

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Grambling football dispute draws attention to cuts 0 exboyfil Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1907

Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K. 2 elleng Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1911

What poor children need in school 1 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1804

The Age of the Docile Educator 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 1914

Dear Michelle Rhee, Your School Privatization Schemes Were Hatched By Southern Segregationists 2 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 10 2051

Mayor Rahm to Prosser High: Beat it! 3 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1830

Cross posted from GD: 0 LWolf Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1508

Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 2937

Only 60 percent of students from Chicago's closed schools turn up at 'welcoming schools' 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1723

Philanthropy and Sycophancy 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 1600

Health insurance and math achievement... 4 Sancho Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2155

Diane Ravitch television town hall 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1733

Non-cognitive Variables--their importance in future success 1 Celebration Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2870

Why I Stopped Writing Recommendation Letters for Teach for America 1 caraher Oct 2013 Oct 2013 12 1966

Creepy Stuff at NYC Whistleblower's Dismissal Hearing 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 2650

Georgia 2013 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES 6 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 2826

Right-Wing Blog Pushes Private Schools Over Scandal, but Public Schools are More Accountable [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2232

The Apostate: An Interview With Diane Ravitch 0 DonViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1615

Favorite Teachers 13 jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2994

Oregon school district wants to require college or trade school admission for grads 4 alp227 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2380

Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2013 Oct 2013 17 2059

How Test Obsession is Killing Education 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1727

On the lighter side... 2 progressoid Sep 2013 Oct 2013 6 2117

Do You Know Where Your Ph.D.'s Are? 2 KansDem Sep 2013 Oct 2013 4 1838

Absolutely every teacher everywhere should play Bohemian Gravity for their students. UNBELIEVABLE 7 snagglepuss Sep 2013 Oct 2013 15 2712

New teacher ratings not dramatically different 3 mopinko Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2249

Parent raises concerns about Killeen ISD students sitting in aisle of crowded school bus 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2654

Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 4953

The hidden truth behind Teach for America’s political empire 2 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 1960

Problems that schools are expected to solve 1 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 1788

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Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools 19 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 32 4261

Tennessee's House DEM Leader Kicks ED 'Reform's ASS. 3 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 1999

Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem 7 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2438

Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic... 24 alp227 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 10548

Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education 2 groovedaddy Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 1888

Christian School That Gave Creationist Quiz Is Mercifully Euthanized 3 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 2360

A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1705

Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores 6 eridani Sep 2013 Sep 2013 17 2573

"Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned Common Core" 2 Squinch Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2509

The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 4594

Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1615

Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 3688

At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 9 groovedaddy Aug 2013 Sep 2013 3 4031

civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 4853

New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 1822

True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1927

Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2319

The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2462

Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2207

Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 1832

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