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NYC Activist Mocks Randi's "Rosa Parks" Moment; Delivers a Punch in the Political Nose 8 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3015

NM Could Become First State With Pre-School Funding Constitutionally Guaranteed 3 appleannie1 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2008

WSJ: New Front in Charter Schools 6 antigop Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2803

Adjuncts - a thought to possibly help each other 2 2Design Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2243

Parents, Teachers and Community Take Back Their Schools 0 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 1959

Strongsville teachers strike spurs talk of SB5 and subsequent repeal, but issue unlikely to resurfac 0 Klukie Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1862

23 Philly schools to close; some arrested at rally 2 Starry Messenger Mar 2013 Mar 2013 13 2121

Pinch Me: Ravitch, et al. Announce New National *REAL* Reform Org: 4 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 Mar 2013 14 2122

Student Debt Crisis play FOR PROFIT to be put on and livestreamed at College of Wooster 0 eridani Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 1891

Link to vimeo: "NYC Teachers Hit Back" ( "Whistleblowers" Public Forum) 6 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Mar 2013 5 2602

Video from the MORE "Protect Free Speech from School 'Reform'" Forum, Part Two 0 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 1706

Is anybody talking about the idea of "Guerrilla Education"? 5 Ken Burch Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2221

Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools and March to the White House: April 4-7. 2013 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2247

Teacher pink slips claim by Duncan not backed by evidence 2 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2322

The World Bank as Prime Mover in the Global Privatization of Public Education: Mexico 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1811

Mexico has just arrested the head of their teachers' union, in the wake of an education reform bill. 1 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 1868

The lines of influence in education 'reform' 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2498

Protecting White Kids From History. 6 HoosierRadical Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2409

Union Rep to NYC Teacher: Leave me the fuck alone. 2 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2658

OccupyTeachForAmerica 10 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2558

Wash Post: Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school 19 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 6770

Education Week: Leadership lessons from Donald Rumsfeld. Seriously. 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1868

Feds to cut $1.3 billion in education funding, but the tests will survive 6 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2208

NYC Teachers Hit Back... At Long *Friggin'* LAST. 8 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2466

There is no one in power who wants the populace to be better prepared to call bullshit 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 1755

Ohanian: AFT took 1 million from Gates to promote CC. 1 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2093

Michael Gove: This Year's Academy (cross-posted from the UK forum) 0 LeftishBrit Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1715

Support the Garfield teachers (Seattle) 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1549

Ed deformers running stooge against Karen Lewis in next election? 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1858

How charter schools choose desirable students 18 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 12 3982

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California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3115

Teachers' evaluations on steroids. 15 no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3078

An MBA: The founder’s recipe for failure 2 Renew Deal Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2415

Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2766

Has anyone here gone to EdCamp before? 0 knitter4democracy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1643

Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence 3 toddmiller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2188

Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats 33 n2doc Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 6212

The emotional violence of the accountability regime 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 2188

Let’s measure love (just like we measure teachers) 1 proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 1789

The disease is spreading to Canada ... 6 eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2485

The Loveliest Child 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 16 2191

Simple spectrometer (cross-posted from Science) 1 caraher Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1865

OECD: Reading performance inequality is high in the USA, but decreasing 2 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1935

The back of the class kid 8 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2364

An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? 8 Coyotl Feb 2013 Feb 2013 14 2612

Pearson testing: no comment 2 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 1768

Chicago heating up again 0 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 9 1731

NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 3346

Portelos: Value-Added for *Everyone* ! 3 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 5 2132

Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 4148

Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 8 4073

Who’s Hurting NY’s Kids? Cuomo's Attack on Collective Bargaining 3 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 6 2965

Skyrocketing Executive Pay and the Educational Salary Gap 2 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2768

Deasy Sued in Miramonte Molestation Scandal 1 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2671

Misguided Moralism From Both Sides of the Gun Debate 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2515

California Flunks Rhee’s Reform Ratings—Badge of Honor? 8 Modern School Jan 2013 Feb 2013 7 4049

Another Domino Falls--UTLA Rolls Over and Accepts Student Test Data to Evaluate Teachers 0 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2191

To teach 2 ashling Feb 2013 Feb 2013 13 2041

Deb Gist threatens sanctions for Rhode Island districts using seniority as a factor in layoffs 3 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 7 2672

xpost: books on math for grade school children 5 phantom power Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 2233

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In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused 18 alp227 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 5026

I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 2482

ATTENTION NYC TEACHERS: YOU HAVE BEEN HAD BY YOUR UNION 3 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Feb 2013 16 2178

Sequestration and Head Start 6 Sadiedog Oct 2012 Jan 2013 1 2954

Question about financing college for a kid who's now in kindergarten. 6 Nay Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2796

Powerful video in video section shows Chicago lawyer/parent in brilliant speech. 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 1728

Anger at UFT Building (Significant because NYC's UFT is the linchpin of control for AFT) 6 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2842

Video from Democracy Now on Seattle teachers and MAP 0 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1770

So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask? 31 OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 12030

Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... 15 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 3290

"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost} 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 2475

Test Your Public Ed Savvy 3 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 Jan 2013 8 2098

CA Education. MY Governor on... 9 YvonneCa Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 2699

Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Charter Schools Fail Their Own Hype 1 xchrom Jan 2013 Jan 2013 11 2102

Website ban lifted Tuesday (+TSTA EMAIL) Teacher union site blocked, unblocked by district 5 mbperrin May 2012 Jan 2013 4 3689

Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all] 86 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 33 23248

Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2422

"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control" 9 HiPointDem Jan 2013 Jan 2013 6 3081

Some charter schools admit sending students back to public schools. How they "counsel out" kids. 9 madfloridian Jan 2013 Jan 2013 13 4008

Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2829

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