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Paying teachers @ $3/hr like a babysitter would give them salaries of $105,000/year. 12 eridani Jan 2014 Feb 2014 9 3257
Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 3969
St. Paul teachers union heads mull strike vote; district braces 0 kickysnana Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1607
Tennessee teachers push back on evaluation process 1 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2134
Toon: Become a California Teacher! 4 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 41 2889
Question About Box Tops For Education 2 RiffRandell Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1913
Colorado Springs charter school in turmoil over leadership, contracts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1884
Portland, Oregon, teachers vote to authorize strike 2 Eugene Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1799
What is a "Virtual Charter School"?? 6 Redfairen Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2203
Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch 12 Jefferson23 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 16 3434
Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1904
Toon- Rotten to the Common Core 3 n2doc Feb 2014 Feb 2014 7 2066
Friend claims that teacher tenure enables child abuse 3 alp227 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2486
Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article. 1 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 1803
Republicans blitz four states with five creationism bills so far this year 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1775
Texas board changes textbook review rules after years of cultural battles 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 2211
Toon- Merit Pay 5 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 2894
What the PS 154 Bronx Community Needs to Know About the Common Core, And Now! 0 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1588
Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits 5 lutefisk Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2170
An Unsafe Environment at PS 154 in the Bronx as Students Run Amok,Yet Again 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1984
DR Alison Coviello; EdD and Principal Misplaces The Flash at PS 154 in the Bronx 2 SoBronxSchool Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2517
I'm wondering what unionized teachers and others think of the following arrangement: 2 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1895
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1927
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1924
Admins harangue student journalist over editorial critical of school's naming policy 0 UrbScotty Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1825
Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts (NC) 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1747
A U.S. Teacher in Finland: Teaching Less, Collaborating More 1 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1975
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It. 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1902
Truly learning math makes wise thinkers 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2078
Houston school board bars race-based team names, mascots 0 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1635

Education Continued...

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Birmingham, AL seeks authority to void tenure for teachers working in 'innovation zone' 0 Redfairen Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1612
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2556
Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2447
Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2431
Banner Ad that summarizes why I dislike Business Schools 3 ThoughtCriminal Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2222
Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) 2 alp227 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2198
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 1883
A Ghost Town With a Quad 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Jan 2014 8 1988
Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2654
Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2596
So I am considering starting a website 0 blur256 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 1702
U.S. acts to keep minority, disabled students out of jail 1 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1586
Clinton Pitches KKR-Backed College Chain Amid Controversy 0 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1679
Education, wealth and school quality 17 NewJeffCT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 3315
Dial back group work 4 jeffrey_pdx Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1939
Downingtown (PA) school ranks first in state performance scores 1 modrepub Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 1723
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2601
An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 3632
Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug 1 eridani Dec 2013 Dec 2013 10 1739
Is Bloomberg's DOE Destroying Evidence of Possible Criminality? 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1556
"china teaches its kids to sit exams,sweden its kids to think"... 1 madrchsod Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 2879
North Carolina Home Schools To Get Public School Money 5 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2221
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools 1 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 1880
Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 3916
UFT REP, Whistleblower, "Celebrates" 600 Days in Rubber Room 0 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1710
University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks 2 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1935
Sentence Cut in Texas for School Official Jailed in Test Scandal 0 n2doc Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1608
The assault on Indiana schools proceeds 1 caraher Dec 2013 Dec 2013 7 1741
The renewed war on the veteran teacher 20 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2013 Dec 2013 17 5009
Ponder This: Privately-Paid Advisors Embedded in NYS Dept of Ed..... 4 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Dec 2013 9 2030

Education Continued...

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The PISA 2012 scores show the failure of 'market based' education reform 0 Redfairen Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 1631
Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 2746
Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2521
What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 2670
What business is it of the government to fund high-quality preschool and child care? 1 Addison Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1901
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 3692
Teaching While Black and Blue 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 1825
Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 3070
MO state senator asks education commissioner to step down 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1702
Do College Professors Deserve a Living Wage? 23 n2doc Sep 2013 Nov 2013 8 5091
Six Questions for Teach for America 0 Jefferson23 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1725
Seattle judge to hear arguments on Washington charter schools 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1534
Populist school board candidate beats challenger's $250,000 worth of negative ads 4 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 10 2180
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1859
Education commissioner’s emails create flap in Missouri 0 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1693
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 3663
Stop This Train: The Common Core and the Uncommon Student 1 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1847
How Our Public Schools Became a ‘Communist Threat’ 0 eridani Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1624
Toon- When do we learn how to read? 1 n2doc Nov 2013 Nov 2013 13 1777
Common Core Protesters 4 LynnTTT Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1958
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