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Chicago schools fast running out of cash as standoff with Illinois governor worsens 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 5 1761

("drown the bunnies") Mount St. Mary's University president Simon Newman resigns 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 2024

Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit Colleges? These Guys 0 eridani Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1616

Students Testify on Capitol Hill Against Predatory For-Profit Colleges 3 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 5 1938

850 College European University Assn. Status Reports on US-Europe Privatization/Liberalisation Deals 0 Baobab Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1663

How Finland broke every rule — and created a top school system 3 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 15 2614

A theory that may explain school privatization, charter schools, etc. 13 Baobab Feb 2016 Feb 2016 11 4271

Controversial Charter School May Be Pushing Out Students With Disabilities 0 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1875

Corporate reformers wreck public schools 3 n2doc Feb 2016 Feb 2016 12 1841

'Got to Go': high-performing charter schools shed students quickly 4 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 14 1991

University of Phoenix Owner, Apollo Education Group, Will Be Taken Private 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 4 1642

("drown the bunnies") The Latest: Faculty Asks University's President to Resign 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 5 1922

Illinois launches financial probe into Chicago Public Schools 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 6 1443

Reclaim Our Schools': Cities Rally Nationwide to Save Public Education 2 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 11 1766

Can you answer this math question from a practice test for the SAT? 8 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 3033

Charter school all-star teacher caught ripping up schoolwork, humiliating student 1 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 2768

Mizzou prof seen cursing at cop in new video 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1621

Charter school of 11,000 students drops foreign language 5 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 8 2174

Getting Low-Income Kids Ready for College Means Skipping the Test Prep Status Quo 0 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1511

The controversy at Mount St. Mary’s goes national after professors are fired 4 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 2491

Standardized Testing 2 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 3050

English Lit 2 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2959

Arts Education 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2211

School Funding 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2457

Detroit school system's manager to step down this month 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1578

Chicago teachers' bargaining team rejects contract offer 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1544

This from a high school classmate of mine: 2 elleng Jan 2016 Feb 2016 8 1909

Alabama legislature is looking for an excuse to cut teachers' tenure (al.com) 2 eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1950

Transdisciplinarity: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box 1 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1753

College application questions about police contact under scrutiny 1 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 1675

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Alabama schools now allowed to use non-certified teachers 8 n2doc Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2798

Teachers' union sues Detroit schools, demands removal of emergency manager 0 Eugene Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1472

Educators Deserve A Raise, But The Proposed Merit Pay Bill Has Serious Flaws (al.com) 1 eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1709

RAISE Act Of 2016 Is Fatally Flawed (Larry Lee) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1784

My Young Son Should Dream, Not Have Testing Nightmares 2 eridani Jan 2016 Jan 2016 7 2043

So How Do You Know They Got It? Showing Evidence of Learning 2 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1646

Kommon Kore Krazies Drive Another All-Star Teacher Into Retirement 0 Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 2298

12 Ways to Avoid Student Humiliation 2 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1987

University president allegedly says struggling freshmen are bunnies that should be drowned 6 n2doc Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 2251

How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers 3 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 1931

"You want kids to come to class? You want them to get excited?" 48 Addison May 2013 Jan 2016 7 15026

A University of Louisville job ad excluded whites and Asians. Is that OK? 3 n2doc Dec 2015 Jan 2016 0 2539

Bernie: “I’m not in favor of privately run charter schools." 7 madfloridian Jan 2016 Jan 2016 20 2792

Cities look at subsidized housing to stem teacher shortages 10 nitpicker Jan 2016 Jan 2016 11 2316

The Responsive Classroom: "Why Is Everyone So Nice Here?" 3 elleng Jan 2016 Jan 2016 12 1977

6 Reasons Your Kid Could Have Less Standardized Testing in 2016 2 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 7 1795

Obama to cancel millions in student loans swindled by Rubio-supported Corinthian Colleges 1 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 12 1657

Another school educator scandal 5 nitpicker Dec 2015 Dec 2015 11 2586

Arne's leaving. More charter school scandals coming out. 3 madfloridian Dec 2015 Dec 2015 17 2000

Study Finds Unions Improve Teacher Quality, Lead To Lower Dropout Rates 1 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 7 1467

Any GED teachers here? I have a couple of questions. nt 2 ellenrr Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1722

Using Creativity to Boost Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking 3 elleng Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1897

A 4th Grade standardized test practice question from my 4th grade daughter 18 hughee99 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 3210

New report: Charter schools great at making money for private business, not much else 3 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 11 1693

A boy told his teacher she can't understand him because she's white. Her response is on point. 3 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 20 3042

President Obama Signs Education Law, Leaving 'No Child' Behind 1 nitpicker Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1521

What can we learn from the spectacular failure of Obama-era school "reform"? 3 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2015 Dec 2015 7 1757

Avoiding "Learned Helplessness" 5 elleng Nov 2015 Dec 2015 3 1942

Charter schools are a ‘gravy train,’ say researchers 3 n2doc Dec 2015 Dec 2015 14 1853

A Mother’s Touching Way of Teaching 0 Mary A. Osborne Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1883

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A teacher gave her 8-year-old students iPads and discovered one huge drawback 34 n2doc Dec 2015 Dec 2015 43 6087

Supporting Young Children's Friendships 3 elleng Oct 2015 Dec 2015 0 1785

Macri nixes talk show producer as Secretary of University Policy nominee after political firestorm. 0 forest444 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1467

All Aboard the Kindergarten Express 1 elleng Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1599

His class attendance went from 40% to 93%. Because of a garden? 5 eridani Oct 2015 Dec 2015 37 2259

Learning Together and Giving Thanks 0 elleng Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1461

Google Pledges Funds For Special Education 5 Jefferson23 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1741

The Place Where Ranking Schools Proves They're Actually Equal 2 elleng Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 1630

PhDs need real jobs too 4 n2doc Nov 2015 Nov 2015 6 1862

Today's Doonesbury 3 n2doc Nov 2015 Nov 2015 20 2170

A shift toward private schools/colleges means a shift away from secular education. 2 eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1775

Montgomery County moves ahead with plans to scrap high school finals. 1 elleng Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1598

After Video of Calif. Police Breaking Up Teachers Union Meeting Goes Viral, School Apologizes 2 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 34 2215

The Big Education Fight In The Democratic Party 0 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 7 1524

Got in trouble at work today over common core. 4 elephant hunter Nov 2015 Nov 2015 7 1873

So: Are There Any Actual Policy Distinctions Between Sanders and Clinton on Education? 3 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 Nov 2015 1 1622

Texas abstinence-only high school struggling to deal with chlamydia epidemic 13 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 30 3239

TeachStrong 0 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 2183

Court hears case of home-schoolers who didn't teach their kids because they expected to be raptured 3 Panich52 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 8 1833

Alabama Education Official Warns Of 'Homosexualist' Common Core Takeover 5 riversedge Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1837

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