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(CA) Bill requires more disclosure from charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2120
Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor 11 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2791
San Jose State animation program: Hundreds of students shut out 5 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3257
City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform 0 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2063
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book 8 Starry Messenger Aug 2013 Aug 2013 6 2462
A Star MOOC Professor Defects—at Least For Now 1 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1705
Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools 19 Starry Messenger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 32 4262
Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2013 Oct 2013 17 2059
Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “...I got two feet in the grave” 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Jan 2014 7 2483
The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty 2 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Nov 2013 9 1840
How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs 8 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 Dec 2013 11 3570
City College of San Francisco wins round in accreditation battle 5 Starry Messenger Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2404
David Welch: The Man Behind Vergara v. California 0 Starry Messenger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1531
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants to ‘steadlily’ replace school boards with charter schools 6 Starry Messenger Mar 2014 Mar 2014 6 2079
Down goes Reed 0 Starry Messenger Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1704
A dozen problems with charter schools 2 Starry Messenger May 2014 May 2014 22 2122
California judge rules teacher tenure unconstitutional 0 Starry Messenger Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1465
The big money and profits behind the push for charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 13 1693
CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS CALL FOR DUNCAN RESIGNATION 13 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 55 2502
NEA Calls for Secretary Duncan's Resignation 47 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 70 7280
Is the Charter Movement Imploding? 11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 18 2513
Another Teachers’ Union Could Call For Obama’s Education Secretary To Resign 10 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 2629
Michelle Rhee drops out of school group 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2104
California schools chief to appeal ruling striking down teacher tenure 9 Starry Messenger Sep 2014 Sep 2014 15 2045
Center for Union Facts says Randi Weingarten is ruining nation’s schools 4 Starry Messenger Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 1877
The Plot Against Public Education 2 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1692
Karen Lewis has brain tumor, not running for mayor 9 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 23 2817
Former Teacher Calls Parent Trigger School 'Law-Breakingly Unprofessional' 0 Starry Messenger Oct 2014 Oct 2014 13 1668
Black Lives Matter—at School, Too 0 Starry Messenger Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 1417
(CA) State suspends use of test scores to measure school quality 1 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1600

Education Continued...

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9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools—Here’s Their Story 3 Starry Messenger Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1614
John Oliver perfectly sums up everything that’s wrong with standardized testing 5 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 16 1829
Building Hope$: Big charter, big money, big prizes, big hou$e$ 2 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 4 2440
Why My Charter School Needs a Union 0 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 8 1429
*If Any Charter School Needs a Union, It’s Urban Prep* 0 Starry Messenger May 2015 May 2015 10 1590
The bias inherent in some charter schools' admissions process 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2016 Aug 2016 8 1636
Charter school spending practices come under fire by school boards 2 Starry Messenger Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 1510
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Charter Schools 4 Starry Messenger Aug 2016 Nov 2016 5 1677
California Supreme Court won't hear case attacking teachers 3 Starry Messenger Aug 2016 Aug 2016 4 1408
Betsy DeVos in as Education Sec. 7 Starry Messenger Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 2483
DeVos sparks controversy with comments on black colleges 4 Starry Messenger Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 2072
Report: U.S. government wasted up to $1 billion on charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 1991
The Five Stages of Grading 3 stone space May 2016 May 2016 6 2090
Students, Experts Recoil at Alcohol Enema Case 1 struggle4progress Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2015
Caltech named best research university in the world -- again 3 struggle4progress Oct 2012 Oct 2013 2 2193
New UN plan to get girls in school boosted by Malala's father 0 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 1630
Computers and The Internet Have Changed The Way We Learn About ..."EVERYTHING"..(please read) 5 Stuart G Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 1309
An incredible advance in education and learning about past events...hit this link below, but.. 1 Stuart G Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 5004
Doing "Research" has radically changed in the modern world.. 5 Stuart G Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2409
An Educational Experience Happened here at DU at 1:00pm .. 3 Stuart G Feb 2019 Feb 2019 9 1844
Yale Law School & Women: Prof Rubenfeld suspended for being creepy a.f. 5 suegeo Aug 2020 Aug 2020 6 1874
Pay 25 mill fine for fake University, then pick Education Secretary 12 suegeo Nov 2016 Jun 2017 25 3501
Don't go to college. Start web site to hound liberal teachers 11 suegeo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 3372
Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4076
Former Dean is Victorious in Legal Fight with For-Profit College After Blowing the Whistle 0 swarmster Mar 2015 Mar 2015 6 1512
What Educators Should Know About Mike Johnson, New Speaker of the House 1 Swede Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1632
How to study in Germany (for a U.S. citizen)? 2 Tab Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1775
The Skandera Loop | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1354
Susana’s Trojan Horse | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1418
Weaponizing Children | Emanuele Corso 0 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1472

Education Continued...

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More Is More | Emanuele Corso 4 Tace Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1630
Children And Society As Fair Game | Emanuele Corso 4 Tace Apr 2015 Apr 2015 10 1761
Put me down as another teacher retiring because of COVID-19 26 teach1st Jul 2020 Jul 2020 85 6219
The principal who wrestles an F school to a C in one year gets demotion and pay cut 6 teach1st Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 2456
Satanists plan to send materials to Orange County schools 4 teach1st Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1848
Talking to my second graders about shootings 12 teach1st Feb 2018 Feb 2018 13 1830
Despite massive teachers' union march in Argentina, Macri rejects collective bargaining talks 0 tenorly Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1820
Amid police attacks and stalled wage talks, Argentine educators set up school in front of Congress 0 tenorly Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4551
Why not stay home ? School nurses overwhelmed 1 Tetrachloride Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1230
Does anyone have experience with online college courses 3 TexasBushwhacker Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 997
Colleges are rescinding admissions offers as racist social media posts emerge 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 16 1729
Coronavirus pandemic has worsened racial disparities in education, lawmakers told 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1349
5 reasons to make sure recess doesn't get short shrift when school resumes in person 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 6 1246
Online learning no substitute for in-person contact 5 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Nov 2020 2 4059
Amid coronavirus pandemic, a growing list of colleges in financial peril 3 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 8 2160
Unimpressed by online classes, college students seek refunds 10 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 7 2016
Are Any Colleges Insured Against Coronavirus Fallout? 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 1247
Are liberal arts colleges doomed? 11 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Mar 2020 9 2142
US universities see decline in students from China 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Mar 2020 4 1457
Study says non-mathematicians can see beauty in math 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 1189
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