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Why I Stopped Writing Recommendation Letters for Teach for America 1 caraher Oct 2013 Oct 2013 12 2114
Cross posted from GD: 0 LWolf Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1645
Only 60 percent of students from Chicago's closed schools turn up at 'welcoming schools' 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1907
Health insurance and math achievement... 4 Sancho Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2367
Philanthropy and Sycophancy 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 1750
Diane Ravitch television town hall 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1910
Creepy Stuff at NYC Whistleblower's Dismissal Hearing 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 2824
Non-cognitive Variables--their importance in future success 1 Celebration Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 3054
Caltech named best research university in the world -- again 3 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2013 2 2374
Georgia 2013 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES 6 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 3625
Absolutely every teacher everywhere should play Bohemian Gravity for their students. UNBELIEVABLE 7 snagglepuss Sep 2013 Oct 2013 15 2962
Right-Wing Blog Pushes Private Schools Over Scandal, but Public Schools are More Accountable [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2503
The Apostate: An Interview With Diane Ravitch 0 DonViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1772
Oregon school district wants to require college or trade school admission for grads 4 alp227 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2648
Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2013 Oct 2013 17 2228
How Test Obsession is Killing Education 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 1884
Do You Know Where Your Ph.D.'s Are? 2 KansDem Sep 2013 Oct 2013 4 1986
On the lighter side... 2 progressoid Sep 2013 Oct 2013 6 2408
Giving kids iPads won't solve the education challenge 9 Renew Deal Aug 2013 Sep 2013 7 3393
Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools 19 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 32 4807
New teacher ratings not dramatically different 3 mopinko Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2454
Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem 7 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2672
Parent raises concerns about Killeen ISD students sitting in aisle of crowded school bus 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2816
The hidden truth behind Teach for America’s political empire 2 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 2127
Problems that schools are expected to solve 1 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 1941
Tennessee's House DEM Leader Kicks ED 'Reform's ASS. 3 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2159
"Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned Common Core" 2 Squinch Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2819
Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic... 24 alp227 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 11631
Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores 6 eridani Sep 2013 Sep 2013 17 2803
Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education 2 groovedaddy Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2067

Education Continued...

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Christian School That Gave Creationist Quiz Is Mercifully Euthanized 3 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 2541
A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1864
It's Time To Fire "Bad" Union Leaders Like Randi Weingarten 20 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Sep 2013 4 6006
At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 9 groovedaddy Aug 2013 Sep 2013 3 4324
Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1784
Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 3928
Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2030
civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 5411
New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 1975
Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2507
Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2398
True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2088
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2735
Chile: The Most Pro-Market School System in the World, Part 1 1 duffyduff Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2125
Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2177
"God Bless America" in a public school 17 Xenolith Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 8358
Bill Gates is wrong 13 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Aug 2013 25 3739
Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools 7 azurnoir Jul 2013 Aug 2013 11 3032
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed 4 caraher Jul 2013 Aug 2013 6 5415
Is There a Conflict of Interest at PS 154 Concerning DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal? 0 SoBronxSchool Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2018
Trying something new re: "Help a DUer" 1 OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 1945
Can you recommend a program for free or low-cost college textbooks? 9 OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 3511
DR Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal, Puts PS 154 in the Bronx on LOCK DOWN!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2576
City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform 0 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2300
About those PISA scores and Exxon Mobil commercials: 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2842
Newark Teachers Union endorses TFA-linked "Teachers Village" -- a round robin of corruption... 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2126
Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 4398
Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2988
The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2414
What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 3439

Education Continued...

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Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3570
In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2574
Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2749
Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2217
Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4451
NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2606
Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2823
PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2496
California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2708
Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2086
Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 6187
Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2602
"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2366
CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2103
Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3491
the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3245
CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 4988
Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3423
Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1941
This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1697
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