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Feds to cut $1.3 billion in education funding, but the tests will survive 6 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2381

NYC Teachers Hit Back... At Long *Friggin'* LAST. 8 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2626

There is no one in power who wants the populace to be better prepared to call bullshit 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 1813

Ohanian: AFT took 1 million from Gates to promote CC. 1 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2180

Michael Gove: This Year's Academy (cross-posted from the UK forum) 0 LeftishBrit Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1760

Support the Garfield teachers (Seattle) 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1611

Ed deformers running stooge against Karen Lewis in next election? 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1947

How charter schools choose desirable students 18 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 12 4234

California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3229

Teachers' evaluations on steroids. 15 no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3419

An MBA: The founder’s recipe for failure 2 Renew Deal Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2505

Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2942

Has anyone here gone to EdCamp before? 0 knitter4democracy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1687

Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence 3 toddmiller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2309

Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats 33 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 6719

The emotional violence of the accountability regime 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2287

Let’s measure love (just like we measure teachers) 1 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 1855

The disease is spreading to Canada ... 6 eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2648

The Loveliest Child 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 16 2306

Simple spectrometer (cross-posted from Science) 1 caraher Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1940

OECD: Reading performance inequality is high in the USA, but decreasing 2 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2016

The back of the class kid 8 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2573

An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? 8 Coyotl Feb 2013 Feb 2013 14 2780

Pearson testing: no comment 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1853

Chicago heating up again 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 1794

NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 3491

Portelos: Value-Added for *Everyone* ! 3 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2203

Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 4469

Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4210

Who’s Hurting NY’s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 3165

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Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2916

Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2857

Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2670

California Flunks Rhee’s Reform Ratings—Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 4368

Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2331

To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2111

Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2793

xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 2345

In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 5451

I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 2631

ATTENTION NYC TEACHERS: YOU HAVE BEEN HAD BY YOUR UNION 3 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Feb 2013 16 2313

Sequestration and Head Start 6 Sadiedog Oct 2012 Jan 2013 1 3101

Question about financing college for a kid who's now in kindergarten. 6 Nay Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2910

Powerful video in video section shows Chicago lawyer/parent in brilliant speech. 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 1783

Anger at UFT Building (Significant because NYC's UFT is the linchpin of control for AFT) 6 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3039

Video from Democracy Now on Seattle teachers and MAP 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1824

So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask? 31 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 13068

Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... 15 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3533

"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost} 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2572

Test Your Public Ed Savvy 3 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2186

CA Education. MY Governor on... 9 YvonneCa Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2862

Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Charter Schools Fail Their Own Hype 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2169

Website ban lifted Tuesday (+TSTA EMAIL) Teacher union site blocked, unblocked by district 5 mbperrin May 2012 Jan 2013 4 3886

Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all] 86 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 33 25629

Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2540

"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control" 9 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3325

Some charter schools admit sending students back to public schools. How they "counsel out" kids. 9 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 4217

Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 3017

Students love Khan Academy? 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 6991

Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 4087

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Fighting Education Shock Therapy 3 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2227

Teachers' Lack of Rights at Work AND Home 7 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3178

LA state senator shows his ignorance asking for 'proof' of evolution 0 LongTomH Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2071

My Anti-Bullying Project (needs you) 0 knixphan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1727

the latest on the school closings in chicago..... 3 madrchsod Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3070

Online courses need human element to educate 3 Starry Messenger Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2256

Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer 18 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 Jan 2013 10 5002

Will longer school year help or hurt US students? (AP/Yahoo!) 42 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 7990

Pop Quiz on Standardized Testing 0 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 1818

movement to end high-stakes testing steps up in seattle 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 1842

Josh Edelman ID'd in test cheating cover-up 4 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 5123

College Enrollment decreasing because of High Tuition 5 AProgressiveThinker Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2859

You are the leaders 0 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 1601

Karen Lewis: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism 8 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 2850

At edX, Distance Learning Moves to an Open-Source Honors Track 26 Renew Deal Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 6179

Milken is ready to milk us in WA State 7 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Jan 2013 7 2386

HISD teachers walk out of contracts in high numbers, union says 7 AnneD Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3238

‘Frontline’ raises questions about test-score tampering under Rhee 9 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 2672

Karen lewis talks guillotines; limbaugh attacks 5 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2668

Pedagogy of the Depressed: experiences as a special ed student in the 1990s. 5 n2doc Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 3108

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