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The Carlyle Group acquires a 48% stake in Bahcesehir Koleji, a private education provider in Turkey	0	antigop	Jan 2012	Jan 2012	4	273
"You want kids to come to class? You want them to get excited?"	47	Addison	May 9	Tuesday	7	868
$500,000 payout to charter principal sparks outrage, call for probe	4	Doctor_J	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	8	512
"Go into teaching. They'll always need teachers," I told my students...	5	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	8	676
"Homework: New Research Suggests It May Be an Unnecessary Evil" by Alfie Kohn	37	Goblinmonger	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	8	1348
"I Helped College Kids Cheat" Inside the Academic Fraud Industry	5	xchrom	Nov 2012	Nov 2012	5	597
"I was the perfect double threat: ignorant and arrogant." (A reformer reformed) {xpost}	3	eppur_se_muova	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	6	444
"Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team"	21	Starry Messenger	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	32	4406
"My Year Volunteering As A Teacher Helped Educate A New Generation Of Underprivileged Kids"	6	Starry Messenger	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	8	899
"No Excuses" and the Culture of Shame: Why metrics don't matter	1	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	4	325
"Race to Nowhere: the Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture". I wanna see this film.	6	NYC_SKP	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	3	840
"Race-based student goals prompt controversy in South Florida"	1	jody	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	0	380
"Schools We Can Envy", by Diane Ravitch	4	Starry Messenger	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	8	835
"So now the corporate ed reformers are making a big movie about the "parent trigger.""	7	Starry Messenger	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	10	934
"They can't punish without the data" (Opt out of high stakes testing)	4	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	7	417
"Values" are never taught in school? What school are they talking about?	2	RandySF	May 2012	May 2012	2	625
"We Need to Test These Kids on What They Know; Not What We Want Them to Know"	1	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	1	636
"Weingarten ready to launch 1 of the most controversial crusades of her career: gun control"	9	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	6	466
"With Rumors That Arne Duncan May Step Down as Sec. Of Ed,"......	5	Smarmie Doofus	Nov 2012	Dec 2012	7	555
"Won't Back Down" draws controversy	17	Starry Messenger	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	7	1496
'Survival of the fittest' mentality in Chicago	3	proud2BlibKansan	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	3	636
'won't back down' sounds like it might be more effective than 'superman'	4	HiPointDem	Aug 2012	Sep 2012	6	588
(CA) Suspensions at Richmond High Plummet	1	Starry Messenger	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	6	591
(New York) City Limits School Staff’s Contact With Students via Social Media	4	alp227	May 2012	May 2012	0	1996
(Not) Ending Bullying Through Exaggeration and Misinformation	0	Modern School	Nov 2012	Nov 2012	1	202
(NY) City Plans to Offer Buyouts to Idled Teachers	2	alp227	May 2012	May 2012	2	498
(This Sunday in SF) Who is Behind Privatization of Public Education?	13	Starry Messenger	Jul 2012	Aug 2012	12	1285
(UK) Schools get power to remove poor teachers within a term	1	alp227	Jan 2012	Jan 2012	2	538
(When there's a contract they) Call Me Maybe (Musical interlude from young chicago teachers)	0	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	4	485
*Diane Ravitch interview on NewsHour now.	3	elleng	Jun 2012	Jun 2012	5	583
*Schools that Change Communities, PBS.	3	elleng	Apr 4	Apr 4	0	237
.Centers See New Faces Seeking Test Prep.	0	elleng	Apr 3	Apr 3	1	213
10 ways to oppose high-stakes standardized tests	3	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	Dec 2012	7	604
14 Year Old Tasered by Police at San Diego Middle School	5	Modern School	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	1	819
2 charter schools allowed some families to bypass lotteries	0	xchrom	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	1	207
2+2=5	2	Smarmie Doofus	Apr 7	Apr 7	0	306
20 school lunches from around the world.	12	RandySF	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	2	972
23 Philly schools to close; some arrested at rally	2	Starry Messenger	Mar 7	Mar 8	13	290
26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System	3	eridani	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	6	560
5 Reasons Why the Common Core Standards are not Good for Teaching and Learning	1	proud2BlibKansan	May 2012	May 2012	8	701
5 ways teacher unions have bargained to help their students	0	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	12	417
55% of Oakland’s African American Males At Risk of Not Graduating	1	Modern School	May 2012	May 2012	1	369
6 Reasons Teachers Unions Are Good for Kids	4	proud2BlibKansan	Aug 2012	Dec 2012	13	758
@AFT - Chicago Teachers Show Displeasure at Unconditional Obama Endorsement	4	proud2BlibKansan	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	2	619
A bit of The Learning Classroom	4	elleng	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	0	693
A Bronx Student Thanks Mayor Bloomberg For The Education He Has Received	2	SoBronxSchool	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	5	362
A call for President Obama to change course on education	16	proud2BlibKansan	Nov 2012	Nov 2012	13	906
A degree in education	12	Riftaxe	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	0	634
A Democratic Country Should Put Public Education Before Corporate Profits	3	Starry Messenger	Aug 2012	Aug 2012	6	590
A Handy Reference Guide on Who is Donating to Corporate-Style Education Reform	3	Addison	Friday	Yesterday	8	96
A kindergarten parent's observations after the first year of school life.	12	RandySF	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	1	1343
A Lesson in Teaching to the Test, From E.B. White	0	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	6	396
A little bright spot: the teachers' rally in chicago (10,000 in the street)	9	HiPointDem	May 2012	May 2012	20	968
A Major Charter School Scandal (American Indian Public Charter Schools)	10	Starry Messenger	Jun 2012	Jul 2012	14	1400
A quote for Teacher Appreciation Week	6	proud2BlibKansan	May 2012	May 2012	4	996
A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school	8	proud2BlibKansan	May 2012	May 2012	3	1030
A Request to Make the Pearson Tests Public	1	proud2BlibKansan	May 2012	May 2012	7	582
A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process...	0	YvonneCa	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	1	365
A Sampling Of The Best Of #SaidNoTeacherEver	3	proud2BlibKansan	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	15	628
A struggle for education justice in Chicago	2	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	3	670
A System Divided. 'Why don't we have any white kids?'	4	elleng	May 2012	May 2012	4	1323
A Teacher at Central Falls HS Will Not Vote for Obama [View all]	134	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	15	7486
a very different take on the education debate- this american life	11	mopinko	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	1	931
A Witch Hunt Against Teachers by Lois Weiner	3	Starry Messenger	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	10	595
A ‘value-added’ travesty for an award-winning teacher	11	Starry Messenger	Dec 2012	Dec 2012	10	668
About Hillary Rosen	0	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	Apr 2012	0	545
Academica: A Case Study In The Privatization of Public Education	0	Modern School	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	7	355
Activist (Rhee) targeting schools, backed by big bucks	3	Eugene	May 2012	May 2012	4	499
Adjuncts - a thought to possibly help each other	2	2Design	Mar 11	Mar 14	2	250
Advice for Teachers' Unions	1	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	Jun 2012	9	609
Advice to Chicago Teachers: Steer Clear of Weingarten	0	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	Sep 2012	2	282
Affluent, Born Abroad and Choosing New York’s Public Schools	3	Renew Deal	Feb 2012	Feb 2012	2	703
AFT Convention	3	proud2BlibKansan	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	6	460
AFT convention July 27	3	proud2BlibKansan	Jul 2012	Jul 2012	4	429
AFT's endorsements for upcoming election	1	noamnety	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	1	388
After weeks of studying author and illustrator Eric Carle	0	elleng	Apr 24	Apr 24	1	175
Ailing Philadelphia District Plans to Close 37 Schools	3	alp227	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	4	357
Alabama Students Limited In Teacher Gifting Under New Law	9	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	5	794
Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students	11	Redfairen	Jan 2013	Jan 2013	1	474
Albany charter cash cow: Big banks making a bundle on new construction as schools bear the cost	5	Starry Messenger	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	8	793