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Teach For America To Bolster Special Education Training 12 Jefferson23 Mar 2014 May 2014 3 3748

If you are/were a certified teacher, did you in any of your coursework 12 raccoon May 2014 Jun 2014 0 2166

Good to see an administrator speak out at AJC about Arne's policies. 12 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 15 2207

Study: Kids Bullied in Gym, Sports Avoid Future Activity 12 radicalliberal Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 3138

Bachelor of Arts degree now equivalent to a high school diploma 12 Thespian2 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 3692

This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America 12 eridani Oct 2014 Nov 2014 27 3493

So, the college search that began two years ago ended today 12 Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2713

Son of maintenance worker gets perfect score on AP Calculus exam -- 1 of 12 in the world to do so 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 Mar 2016 17 4064

Is listening to a book ‘cheating?’ 12 elleng Sep 2016 Dec 2016 2 1919

Pay 25 mill fine for fake University, then pick Education Secretary 12 suegeo Nov 2016 Jun 2017 25 3502

Kasich Budget Calls for Teachers To Intern with Local Businesses As License Renewal Criteria 12 QED Feb 2017 Apr 2017 4 3055

Talking to my second graders about shootings 12 teach1st Feb 2018 Feb 2018 13 1830

Are liberal arts colleges doomed? 11 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Mar 2020 9 2143

'Homework gap' shows millions of kids lack home internet 11 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Apr 2020 6 2978

Students hated 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Their teachers tried to dump it. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 4393

What Happens When A School Bans Smartphones - A Complete Transformation 11 appalachiablue Jan 31 Jan 31 36 2169

a very different take on the education debate- this american life 11 mopinko Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 3238

The Exhaustion of the American Teacher 11 Reader Rabbit Sep 2012 Oct 2012 11 4725

Help Write a Letter to President Obama 11 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 2549

A ‘value-added’ travesty for an award-winning teacher 11 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 10 3184

Alabama's two-year college chancellor wants to make college courses free for high school students 11 Redfairen Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2719

I have never posted a thread before..so hope it's OK for me to post here... 11 nenagh Apr 2013 May 2013 17 2952

Standardized Testing Causing Other Students in School to Not Have Classes 11 JPZenger May 2013 May 2013 13 2928

Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor 11 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2792

Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3060

Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4077

Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3946

Agree or disagree: Kids from poor and working-class families do not have the opportunities... 11 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Dec 2013 6 3731

Test Prep/Diagnostics Gone Wild? 11 grntuscarora Nov 2013 Dec 2013 5 2487

An *Educator* for Chancellor! "As absurd as that sounds." 11 Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 Jan 2014 9 3435

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To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In. 11 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2744

Teacher Gets 58 Surprise Classroom Observations. 11 Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 Mar 2014 19 3047

Revised SAT Won’t Include Obscure Vocabulary Words. 11 elleng Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 4515

Is the Charter Movement Imploding? 11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 18 2514

"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." 11 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 40 3749

anybody here teach phonological awareness? 11 ellenrr Dec 2014 Jan 2015 2 2998

A college degree is worth less to poor kids 11 eridani Feb 2016 Mar 2016 5 2593

Don't go to college. Start web site to hound liberal teachers 11 suegeo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 3373

I had an interesting day while teaching. 11 no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 Jan 2018 18 3446

Unimpressed by online classes, college students seek refunds 10 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 7 2018

Alabama Students Limited In Teacher Gifting Under New Law 10 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 Feb 2018 5 3702

I am looking for those SRA history boxes and SRA reading boxes 10 demtenjeep May 2019 May 2019 2 2409

4th/5th Grade Math Advice Needed 10 PBC_Democrat Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 2293

Who else is gearing up to go back to school? 10 GPV Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 2066

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back 10 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 53 4429

Director of Private School Where Rahm Sends His Kids Opposes Using Testing for Teacher Evaluations 10 eridani Sep 2012 Sep 2012 9 3828

Please help me ask the NEA, and their state affiliates, to kick out all the administrators. 10 RobertAustin Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 3210

QUESTION: Property taxes for Education 10 Angry Dragon Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 3181

It occurs to me what American schools really need to do. 10 RandySF Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 2937

Don’t turn teachers into scapegoats 10 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 Oct 2012 8 2905

Luckovich Toon: Hand us the keys 10 n2doc Oct 2012 Oct 2012 35 3854

SF Special ed teachers say administrator's e-mail broke law 10 RandySF Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2644

I nominate NEWT to replace Arne as Sec of Ed. 10 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 2719

Why the good ones leave 10 HiPointDem Dec 2012 Dec 2012 15 2629

Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays! 10 Modern School Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 3987

OccupyTeachForAmerica 10 HiPointDem Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2449

An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies 10 proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 Mar 2013 16 2933

Tests So New They Outpace Lesson Plan 10 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 4367

NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2860

Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3293

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Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking the Common Core? 10 eridani Oct 2013 Nov 2013 9 2938

Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’ 10 duffyduff Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 3102

Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired 10 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Feb 2014 49 3754

Does anyone know if WA schools are obligated to provide educational assistants to 10 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2131

Crossing the Line: How the Academic Rat Race Is Making Our Kids Sick 10 antigop May 2014 May 2014 8 2781

Another Teachers’ Union Could Call For Obama’s Education Secretary To Resign 10 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 Jul 2014 10 2633

Ravitch's very apt description of Arne Duncan. 10 madfloridian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 31 2854

Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 10 eridani Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2689

How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today 10 eridani Nov 2014 Nov 2014 15 2527

Cities look at subsidized housing to stem teacher shortages 10 nitpicker Jan 2016 Jan 2016 11 1904

Nearly half of all US high schoolers graduate with an "A" average 10 n2doc Jul 2017 Sep 2017 6 4464

We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, 10 elleng Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1854

This pandemic is an opportunity to do an education makeover. 9 Joe Nation Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1813

Ohio Republicans Want Teacher Curriculums Shared Online 9 lonely bird Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 1476

LINGUAL SOPHISTICATION AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 9 elleng Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1542

Everybody needs to read this commentary....Nobody Wants to Teach 9 OrlandoDem2 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 16 2073

At New College of Florida, a 'ridiculously high' number of faculty are gone 9 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 1362

Harvard students blame 'apartheid regime' for Israel-Gaza war, alumni react 9 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1764

DeSantis's War on "Woke" Colleges Gets Even More Absurd--and Dangerous 9 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 17 2078

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