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Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1728

Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2571

How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2058

Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1869

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 4086

Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 2036

How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1824

Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1973

Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2281

Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3992

Uh-oh. Suburbia seems to be turning on Common Core. Video. 2 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2339

NYC Parents to DOE : No, You Will *NOT* Test Our 4-Year Olds. 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 17 2652

Darien, Ct Board of Education found in violation of IDEA ( Heroic SLP's memo ) 2 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 4456

Another day, another fishy charter school 6 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 31 3235

Mindup, Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn, Press Club links 0 kickysnana Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 2063

The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' 12 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 7183

From my article, "Teaching is Not Rocket Science; it’s More Important" 2 texshelters Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 2114

Surprise state visit finds problems at Hope Academy charter school 1 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 11 2228

The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty 2 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Nov 2013 9 2210

"Believe in ESU": Students, Professors & Union Activists Rally Against Education Cuts [FULL VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2349

"Children of the Core": The Final Sacrifice 4 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 3163

The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children 3 DonViejo Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2361

Shameful! Yes, Some New Jersey Students Have To Go To Schools That Look Like This 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 5 2387

FOUR IMPORTANT MYTHBUSTERS ABOUT THE COMMON CORE 2 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2013 Oct 2013 7 2287

Mayor Rahm to Prosser High: Beat it! 3 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2245

damn that rahm emanuel 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2248

Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K. 2 elleng Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2330

Alan Grayson on Living Through NYC's Legendary Teachers Strikes. 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1984

Grambling football dispute draws attention to cuts 0 exboyfil Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2357

What poor children need in school 1 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2174

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Favorite Teachers 13 jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 3828

The Age of the Docile Educator 1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 2239

Dear Michelle Rhee, Your School Privatization Schemes Were Hatched By Southern Segregationists 2 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 10 2405

Why I Stopped Writing Recommendation Letters for Teach for America 1 caraher Oct 2013 Oct 2013 12 2263

Cross posted from GD: 0 LWolf Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1773

Only 60 percent of students from Chicago's closed schools turn up at 'welcoming schools' 0 mopinko Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2062

Health insurance and math achievement... 4 Sancho Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2582

Philanthropy and Sycophancy 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 1877

Diane Ravitch television town hall 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 2078

Creepy Stuff at NYC Whistleblower's Dismissal Hearing 2 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 Oct 2013 6 3004

Non-cognitive Variables--their importance in future success 1 Celebration Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 3225

Caltech named best research university in the world -- again 3 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2013 2 2577

Georgia 2013 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES 6 n2doc Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 3952

Absolutely every teacher everywhere should play Bohemian Gravity for their students. UNBELIEVABLE 7 snagglepuss Sep 2013 Oct 2013 15 3271

Right-Wing Blog Pushes Private Schools Over Scandal, but Public Schools are More Accountable [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2720

The Apostate: An Interview With Diane Ravitch 0 DonViejo Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1903

Oregon school district wants to require college or trade school admission for grads 4 alp227 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2941

Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2013 Oct 2013 17 2352

How Test Obsession is Killing Education 1 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2013 8 2050

Do You Know Where Your Ph.D.'s Are? 2 KansDem Sep 2013 Oct 2013 4 2176

On the lighter side... 2 progressoid Sep 2013 Oct 2013 6 2632

Giving kids iPads won't solve the education challenge 9 Renew Deal Aug 2013 Sep 2013 7 3739

Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools 19 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 32 5468

New teacher ratings not dramatically different 3 mopinko Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2649

Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem 7 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2947

Parent raises concerns about Killeen ISD students sitting in aisle of crowded school bus 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2960

The hidden truth behind Teach for America’s political empire 2 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 2280

Problems that schools are expected to solve 1 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 2091

Tennessee's House DEM Leader Kicks ED 'Reform's ASS. 3 Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2326

"Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned Common Core" 2 Squinch Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 3127

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Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic... 24 alp227 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 12565

Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores 6 eridani Sep 2013 Sep 2013 17 3067

Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education 2 groovedaddy Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2226

Christian School That Gave Creationist Quiz Is Mercifully Euthanized 3 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 2721

A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2003

It's Time To Fire "Bad" Union Leaders Like Randi Weingarten 20 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Sep 2013 4 6642

At Charter Schools, Short Careers by Choice 9 groovedaddy Aug 2013 Sep 2013 3 4617

Obama Proposes Linking Federal Aid to New College Ranking 1 eridani Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1934

Worst governor ever! Calls for an education conference...then... 8 Sancho Aug 2013 Aug 2013 25 4266

Cost Of College Eclipses Inflation By 27 Percent in Last Five Years 3 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2219

civil Rights groups call for Arne Duncan's ouster!! 18 Orlandodem Aug 2013 Aug 2013 49 6024

New state report card proves Ohio’s charter school experiment has failed 1 votesparks Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2113

Ravitch: Please Help Krugman Understand the Common Core 2 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2671

Only Teachers Would Put-up With This. 4 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 Aug 2013 14 2587

True Grit... or fail. 0 defacto7 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2295

The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 3010

Chile: The Most Pro-Market School System in the World, Part 1 1 duffyduff Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2320

Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2424

"God Bless America" in a public school 17 Xenolith Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 9113

Bill Gates is wrong 13 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Aug 2013 25 4119

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