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A Teacher at Central Falls HS Will Not Vote for Obama [View all]	134	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	15	7504
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	105	NYC_SKP	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	0	5033
Lean Production: Inside the war on public education [View all]	86	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	33	2827
Why Not Teacher Evaluations by Students? [View all]	82	Addison	May 7	May 13	0	960
I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all]	67	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	31	5005
Andrew Hacker: Is Algebra Necessary? (PUUUUUUUUKE) [View all]	67	alp227	Jul 2012	Mar 26	13	6473
do you think teachers need a dress code? [View all]	56	demtenjeep	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	3	3829
Former NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein Is Not Telling the Whole Truth About His Personal History [View all]	50	xchrom	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	12	2553
"You want kids to come to class? You want them to get excited?"	47	Addison	May 9	May 14	7	885
Why public education should be scrapped	44	Left Turn Only	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	1	1779
Will longer school year help or hurt US students? (AP/Yahoo!)	42	OmahaBlueDog	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	1	1171
Mayor Emanuel announces free fare card pilot program for select 5 CPS schools	40	mopinko	Aug 2012	Aug 2012	2	2111
Just so very sad tonight.	40	Starry Messenger	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	4	1170
Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists’	39	n2doc	Apr 7	Thursday	71	2239
How does one flunk 5th grade?	38	FirstLight	Mar 8	Apr 5	7	1153
"Homework: New Research Suggests It May Be an Unnecessary Evil" by Alfie Kohn	37	Goblinmonger	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	8	1354
I wish SOME charter school critics would stop being hypocrites.	36	RandySF	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	5	2302
Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats	33	n2doc	Feb 2013	Feb 2013	7	1325
I'd like to serve as the host of this group	32	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	12	2851
So you're visiting a college campus. What would you ask?	31	OmahaBlueDog	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	3	955
This message was self-deleted by its author	28	NYC_SKP	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	7	1932
Bill Cosby signs on with 'students first'	28	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	3	1623
Suggestions for teaching geography to a kindergartner?	27	RandySF	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	0	1743
Teacher tenure: a Fairfax schools firing case	27	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	Jun 2012	3	2535
Did you know that Hilary Rosen, the Democratic operative who attacked Ann Romney for "never	26	HiPointDem	May 2012	May 2012	11	2608
It's official: We will be Catholic school parents in August. Any advice?	26	RandySF	May 2012	Jun 2012	2	1755
Catch Phrases and Word Salad from a K-6 LAUSD school.	26	NYC_SKP	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	0	1980
Common Core Standards:"... Homosexuals Do Not Exist."	26	Smarmie Doofus	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	4	3232
Went to my 25th Back-to-school night last night and heard something I haven't come across before.	26	FSogol	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	0	1642
At edX, Distance Learning Moves to an Open-Source Honors Track	26	Renew Deal	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	0	1109
Changes to school History Books in Texas. No more Thomas Jefferson.	25	TexasPaganDem	Apr 2012	May 2012	34	2910
I heard a fellow teacher say-	24	digonswine	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	0	1139
Can Rocketship Launch a Fleet of Successful, Mass-Produced Schools?	23	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	6	938
Do our schools need Less science with Higher quality?	22	Boojatta	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	0	1711
Is Putting Boys and Girls in Separate Classrooms Legal?	22	redqueen	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	1	1859
Check out this picture of Matt Damon	22	proud2BlibKansan	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	65	2926
Wisconsin Worker Sent Home For Wearing Union Shirt to Work	21	Modern School	Jan 2012	Jan 2012	5	1880
Do I have an IDEA/ADA case?	21	aspieextrodinare	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	2	1800
High school teachers, help me out here.	21	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	1	1616
"Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team"	21	Starry Messenger	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	32	4414
Teaching in 2012 - Teachers...Is It Worth It?	21	NeedleCast	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	0	868
I retired today.	20	Smarmie Doofus	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	21	1752
Can someone defend or at least explain the "standards" movement?	20	Smarmie Doofus	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	5	1534
Is poverty destiny? Ideology vs. evidence in school reform	20	Starry Messenger	Sep 2012	Dec 2012	7	1328
Anti-teacher-union “Won’t Back Down” flunks at box office	19	Starry Messenger	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	21	1269
Indignities that our children face.	19	rainin	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	1	947
Wash Post: Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school	19	n2doc	Feb 22	Feb 25	0	953
Heretical question: Why do public school teachers need tenure?	18	RandySF	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	0	1790
Bullying of Teachers Pervasive in Many Schools	18	Reader Rabbit	May 2012	May 2012	10	1555
NC Teacher: “I Quit”	18	proud2BlibKansan	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	37	1977
Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer	18	proud2BlibKansan	Nov 2012	Jan 2013	10	1224
In a Memphis Cheating Ring, the Teachers Are the Accused	18	alp227	Feb 2013	Feb 2013	4	764
How charter schools choose desirable students	18	proud2BlibKansan	Feb 2013	Feb 21	12	727
My niece wants to opt-out ( from testing) her three ps kids.	18	Smarmie Doofus	May 5	May 10	2	411
The Secret Problem With That Testing Column	17	n2doc	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	3	1515
Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students	17	BridgeTheGap	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	11	1940
Muskegon Heights starting teachers would earn $21,000 under latest plan	17	Bozita	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	8	1620
"Won't Back Down" draws controversy	17	Starry Messenger	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	7	1499
Why Do People Hate Teachers Unions? Because They Hate Teachers.	17	n2doc	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	11	1291
Please help...	17	HiPointDem	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	5	979
Is the Teaching Profession Dead?	16	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	11	1597
Disgusted with standardized tests, group of parents shunning them	16	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	17	1665
Why do schools beat the joy and creativity right out of students?	16	NYC_SKP	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	5	1387
Michigan Emergency Facist Manager turns entire district into charter school	16	MichiganVote	May 2012	May 2012	26	1673
My kids have attended a private school, a charter school, and a public high school.	16	yardwork	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	4	1318
Education And The Politics Of Shaming	16	proud2BlibKansan	Oct 2012	Nov 2012	13	975
A call for President Obama to change course on education	16	proud2BlibKansan	Nov 2012	Nov 2012	13	910
Mr Teachbad finally saw Waiting for Superman	15	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2011	Feb 2012	7	1503
In Perspective — Evolution of teaching math	15	TexasTowelie	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	1	1436
Mastery Learning - I'm skeptical	15	Iris	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	5	1717
Failing Schools? Record Number of Americans Have Bachelor's Degrees	15	Modern School	Apr 2012	Dec 2012	2	1264
Call every student’s parent each grading period? Wichita teachers balk at proposal	15	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	3	1567
As Schools Fight Obesity, Physical Education Is Cut.	15	elleng	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	4	1553
Part-time faculty pay reaching poverty level	15	Starry Messenger	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	17	1459
Look at the difference in funding for the WA state charter initiative. We're doomed.	15	HiPointDem	Nov 2012	Nov 2012	6	913
Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued...	15	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	7	563
Teachers' evaluations on steroids.	15	no_hypocrisy	Feb 2013	Feb 2013	3	587
near Asheville, NC, from my cousin, who wrote the first paragraph:	15	elleng	Mar 28	Mar 29	5	556
Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school	15	antigop	May 1	May 4	62	851
Does Class Size Count?	15	elleng	May 5	Saturday	0	336