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Arne has nerve to threaten fed intervention over opt outs. Blames parents for test anxiety. 4 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 1914

NBC: Amid Funding Cuts, Will LSU Have to Declare 'Bankruptcy'? 0 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1978

So, the college search that began two years ago ended today 12 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 3334

Schools Warned On Pushing Families Into Due Process 2 Jefferson23 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1826

An Alternative To Failed Education ‘Reform’ (If We Want One) 0 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 1593

America Is Criminalizing Black Teachers 3 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 10 2105

This Article May Be Illegal: Lifting the Veil of Silence on Standardized Testing 4 eridani Apr 2015 Apr 2015 6 2015

Many U.S. schools still resist challenging all their students. 0 elleng Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1575

Big testing opt out in NY this week. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1615

My rant about what I think teachers might do in 2016. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1810

DeBlasio said they must stop enabling Moskowitz. But Cuomo to hold huge fundraiser for her. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 2334

Eva Moskowitz Success Academy and the restroom usage rules. Unacceptable. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2072

Someone Calculated How Many Adjunct Professors Are on Public Assistance, and the Number Is Startling 5 n2doc Apr 2015 Apr 2015 21 2640

HEY HARRISON AND THE REST OF NEW YORK STATE IT'S TIME TO OPT OUT!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1693

7 N.Y. Teachers of the Year blast Cuomo 1 n2doc Apr 2015 Apr 2015 7 2453

Senate Proposal Cuts Off Duncan at the Knees 7 LWolf Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2714

Children And Society As Fair Game | Emanuele Corso 4 Tace Apr 2015 Apr 2015 10 2046

Charter financing: Study finds too little accountability in California 0 alp227 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1676

Game on! Teaching science with games 0 Panich52 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1582

For some opting out of testing is easy. Those in public schools must fight battles. 0 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1732

Arkansas school privatization bill fails 0 Panich52 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1736

Albany charter schools. The education model that fell apart. 2 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 18 2092

The R-Word and Teaching Kids about the Power of Language 2 elleng Mar 2015 Apr 2015 2 1781

Two more FL Republican state senators speak strongly against overtesting. Kudos to them. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1774

Learning Through Tinkering 3 elleng Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1827

Oregon's 2014 Teacher of Year fired today. Had been warned not to speak about being gay. 4 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 11 2066

My post with the video of Republican FL state senator putting down Americans for Prosperity rep. 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 11 1990

The Right’s Fear of Education: What I Learned As a (Former) Conservative Military Man 5 Panich52 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 16 2520

NY Dems pass Cuomo bill with "heavy hearts". One holds his nose. They hold a majority... 1 madfloridian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1652

If you need proof standardized testing is setting students up for failure, just ask the students. 2 eridani Mar 2015 Mar 2015 8 1881

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Stunning revelation Bill Gates has spent $2.3 Billion on Common Core – #PARCC 5 eridani Mar 2015 Mar 2015 15 2446

Conservatives, Please Stop Trashing the Liberal Arts 0 question everything Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1943

Former Dean is Victorious in Legal Fight with For-Profit College After Blowing the Whistle 0 swarmster Mar 2015 Mar 2015 6 1656

Nancy Atwell. 3 LWolf Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1796

9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools—Here’s Their Story 3 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1850

Oregon's 2014 Teacher of Year placed on leave. Had been warned not to speak about being gay... 3 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1862

Kids have no idea what a VCR is. Nor VHS format. Makes me feel old. 5 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 2081

Alan Singer: Teaching History the Pearson Way 2 eridani Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1801

FL Republican House votes to cut back on testing. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1642

Miami Herald column: Florida flunked the test, failed the kids. 1 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1585

Caveon, Pearson's eye on internet...We "cast a really broad and deep net". 2 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 2148

PA Gov Tom Wolf spares York city schools from being handed over to FL charter school company. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 17 1862

Creationism teaching ban to be considered (in Scotland) 0 Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 2073

Bipartisan Bill to Repeal Common Core is Proposed in Washington State 4 eridani Feb 2015 Mar 2015 3 2223

Bellevue College in WA is fast becoming my favorite school! 1 liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 Mar 2015 9 1908

More about messed up Florida testing time. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1532

Study Shows NYC Charter School Suspensions Far Outpace Public School Ones 1 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1666

How conservatives capsized school reform 2 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1686

Testing company Pearson, NJ, spying on social media of students taking PARCC tests. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1699

Arizona cuts support for largest community colleges and Universities 4 n2doc Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2401

Kindergartners asked to ‘check out’ college scholarships and ‘select jobs’ 3 QED Mar 2015 Mar 2015 4 1761

Alaska legislature considers suspending reimbursements for school construction 0 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1512

(CA) State suspends use of test scores to measure school quality 1 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1837

Lake County parents organizing, fighting back, opting out. Videos. 1 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1736

Lynn University To Track Student Attendance by iPad Location 4 Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1904

Testing company claims hacker attacks caused cancellation of Florida computer tests. 2 Sancho Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1742

When Kansas tests were hacked last year they trashed them. What will Florida do? 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1579

Thousands of comments delay WV science standards vote 1 Panich52 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1794

Toon: What Happened to them? 2 n2doc Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 1968

"Bursting the dam" that protects public schools from commercial exploitation. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 8 1927

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What If My Favorite Thing To Do Is..... NOTHING? 0 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1794

Grade colleges on how well they teach teachers? Universities balk 3 alp227 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2101

Your Waitress, Your Professor 3 n2doc Dec 2014 Mar 2015 19 2889

NY Success Academy Charter Will Send 9,000 Students To Pro-Charter Rally. Close school for day. 1 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2329

My college survived the Great Depression and after a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees, 5 no_hypocrisy Mar 2015 Mar 2015 6 2109

I need some advice on our son. 44 RiffRandell Feb 2015 Mar 2015 0 6308

How to opt-out of FL tests..VERY carefully. How some plan to do so. 0 madfloridian Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1675

Empathy, not Expulsion, for Preschoolers at Risk 1 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2068

Pennsylvania SRC approves five charters, all with conditions, out of 39 applicants 3 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1807

Newark Students’ Protest Gets Them Meeting with Superintendent 0 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1526

Kansas Bill Could Send Teachers to Jail for Six Months for Teaching "Harmful" Materials 6 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2086

Why Reading and Writing on Paper Beat Digital Screens For Boosting Your Brain 3 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 1821

Change of Heart: How the 'Mother of School Choice' Came to Reject School Vouchers 1 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1905

How Wall Street's Greedy Tentacles Sank Into Schools, Trapping Them in Massive Debts 0 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 1616

Winnie, Bear Extraordinaire 0 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1704

Pre-Primary kids learned about magnets, domains, kinetic and potential energy today... 0 elleng Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1682

Powerful video 0 d_r Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1919

The debate over the existence of public schools 4 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2029

Third Way says NCLB testing must go on. Call us "anti-testing-and-accountability Democrats" 1 madfloridian Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1653

The Illusion of School Choice in New Orleans 0 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1665

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