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Rick Scott and FL ed chief say have fewer tests. I agree. 2 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1729
One Connecticut Public School Student Was Restrained Over 700 Times in One Year 1 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1613
OLSAT test. What is this? 1 AllyCat Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 4435
Higher Ed: Technology, Art, Ethics and More Converge in 3-D Printing 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1549
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin: Let’s protect our children in schools 1 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1750
Higher Ed: 175 Years of History in 11 Minutes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1607
The Anti-Standardized Testing Movement Claims a Victory in Chicago 0 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 1466
ESAs getting steam now. FL, AZ already turning state school money over to parents. 4 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1863
Excellent description of how FL's 2-tier education works. 0 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 8 1686
More Is More | Emanuele Corso 4 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1835
Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You 8 antigop Jan 2015 Feb 2015 11 3721
What do you think of the College Board? 5 Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2366
Weaponizing Children | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1601
Susana’s Trojan Horse | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1545
The Skandera Loop | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1483
Chancellor Carmen Fariña Changes New York City Schools’ Course. 2 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 8 1933
Anchorage Assembly passes property tax exemption for charter schools 0 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1627
Education Secretary Says Administration Is Committed to Testing. 3 elleng Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 2276
"This International Student Edition is for use outside the U.S." 3 mike_c Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2249
A Boy Praises the Principal of His Brooklyn School, and a Fund-Raising Campaign Takes Off. 1 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 8 2002
3 articles about Deion Sanders charter school being shut down this week. 1 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1819
Myth Busting Scott Walker's Bogus "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" Got Fired Story 0 Panich52 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 2270
Higher Ed: The Ins & Outs of Liberal Arts 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2087
"When you really listen to a child read, 2 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 2037
Math and Science combine forces for 6th graders 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1647
Student writes how Jesus would give pot to the sick. Teacher put on admin leave, resigns. 14 madfloridian Dec 2014 Jan 2015 8 3459
Black Lives Matter—at School, Too 0 Starry Messenger Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 1539
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1283
Kindergarten writing in their journals 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1713
Civil rights groups back high stakes testing 7 eridani Jan 2015 Jan 2015 7 2212

Education Continued...

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Peter Greene's super description of Arne's words about testing. Curmudgucation. 3 madfloridian Jan 2015 Jan 2015 11 2030
What does math look like in second grade? 4 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2360
Kindergarteners exploring the characteristics of paper, 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1564
Fulton school chief to Georgia Legislature: Raise teacher pay. Lower time spent on testing. 4 n2doc Jan 2015 Jan 2015 8 2150
Ethan's Story. Commentary on high stakes test obsession. 3 madfloridian Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 2025
The Disturbing Transformation of Kindergarten 5 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 37 3448
anybody here teach phonological awareness? 11 ellenrr Dec 2014 Jan 2015 2 3399
Secret Agents for Change 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1577
X-post from Wisconsin: School Superintendent writes staff about legislative action in Madison 0 Scuba Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1690
xpost The most important skill in science or self-improvement is noticing the unexpected 0 n2doc Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1632
Can't believe they gave a whole city of PA schools to these FL rich fools. 3 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 17 2165
Court gives York, PA schools to Charter Schools USA. Stripped local school board of power. 2 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 1825
“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.' 7 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 7 2647
Alfie Kohn's righteous anger. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 12 2318
Typical PR special in Pinellas... 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1595
To Raise Science Scores, Colleges Look Beyond the Lecture. 4 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2049
Banksy twitter cartoon on Modern Education. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 14 5662
Florida makes sure that there are not too many A schools by adjusting standards yearly. 1 madfloridian Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 1898
White House releases snapshot of plan to rate U.S. colleges 1 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1644
New York City’s best public schools are harder to get into than the Ivy Leagues 0 n2doc Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1590
12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music 8 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 44 5816
Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math." 2 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2061
Music and Math -- the genius of Beethoven (video) 0 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1693
New video series on Antiacademics. 0 lenrely Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1909
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools 3 ellenrr Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2234
22 yr old charter school owner outed by principal of his high school. More discrepancies as well. 3 madfloridian Nov 2014 Dec 2014 11 2457
I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2514
Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands 0 Sancho Dec 2014 Dec 2014 16 1948
The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1727
A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won 1 eridani Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 1747

Education Continued...

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at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1927
The ACLU: Complaint Says Charter Schools Are Resegregating Public Education 21 QED Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 6984
Of Cosby, Students First, Campbell Brown and Whoopi. 1 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1837
Why Children's Theatre Matters 3 antigop Dec 2014 Dec 2014 6 1950
University of Alabama at Birmingham to end football program, citing costs 2 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1943
Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2014 Dec 2014 13 2536
Three Myths About Teacher Tenure 1 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1935
Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1616
Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 2058
Students to Teach for America CEOs: You Are ‘Complicit’ in Attacks on Public Education 2 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 20 2104
Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education. 5 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 2463
It’s starve, test, and destroy. How hunger games are coming to NY schools. 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 8 1712
Robert Reich: Why College is Necessary, but Gets You Nowhere 0 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 13 1724
toon- If testing is so great... 1 n2doc Nov 2014 Nov 2014 14 1845
Eva Moskowitz fundraiser brought almost 8 million to her Success Academy 1 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1848
Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools 5 liberal N proud Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 2657
Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2237
"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 4203
Seven TX charter schools that lost charter are still open for business. 2 madfloridian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2018
How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today 10 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 15 2857
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