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Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You 8 antigop Jan 2015 Feb 2015 11 3354

WSJ Article on Obama's Moves to Make Student Loan Default Easier 8 NJCher Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1675

The MOOC revolution that wasn’t 8 n2doc Aug 2015 Sep 2015 5 1807

Landmark Look at US Charter System Reveals Waste, Fraud, 'Ghost Schools' 8 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 27 1816

I wonder if Mr. Obama has any *real* idea.... 8 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 1699

Alabama schools now allowed to use non-certified teachers 8 n2doc Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2389

Can you answer this math question from a practice test for the SAT? 8 eridani Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2588

Local teachers discourage teaching careers 8 n2doc Apr 2016 May 2016 19 1991

Students have no ‘right’ to quality education, CA state court rules 8 n2doc Apr 2016 May 2016 7 1850

Illinois Senate OKs school funding revamp with boost for Chicago 8 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 2 1526

Should Introductory History courses start at 50 years ago? 8 Democrats_win Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1478

Randi Weingarten's statement on Betsy DeVos: 8 femmocrat Nov 2016 Nov 2016 14 3116

AZ Republican:Teachers get second jobs to buy boats, enjoy finer things in life 8 n2doc Jun 2017 Jun 2017 6 4630

Why we will never start school at a decent time (and why our politics will always be fucked) 8 NCDem777 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 9 3181

I had a terrible day teaching today. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 5661

ETS "offers" 27 percent pay cut to GRE raters (mostly adjuncts and grad students) 8 jayschool2013 Jan 2018 Apr 2018 5 5614

Teachers screwed again... 8 TreasonousBastard Apr 2018 Apr 2018 24 3291

"New CDC guidelines come down hard in favor of opening schools" 7 BigmanPigman Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 1715

Students/kids aren't major Covid transmitters, 7 BigmanPigman Jul 2020 Aug 2020 3 2340

Looking for Help with Certification Assignment on "Opt-Out" Movement 7 LostOne4Ever Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 2103

Temple Grandin Wants Us to Think Differently About Kids Who Think Differently. 7 elleng Jan 2022 Jan 2022 33 2734

Florida rejects math books with 'references' to critical race theory 7 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 1867

For info, Forboes America's Top Colleges List 2021 7 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1272

Yesterday I was an substitute aide in a second grade. Quasi-urban school. 7 no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1647

Tennessee's embrace of conservative Michigan college sours 7 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 13 1717

The dumbing down has been working all too well 7 Attilatheblond Feb 11 Feb 19 13 1018

Most veterinarians are white. A new program plans to train Black vets. 7 Jilly_in_VA Feb 19 Feb 21 4 1566

Governor threatens scholarships after LSU women miss anthem at NCAA tournament 7 Eugene Apr 3 Apr 3 1 769

Poverty Stressors Lead to Impaired Learning Ability in Children 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2012 Sep 2012 5 2687

Teachers (and Friends): So who's running for Congress this year that "gets it"? 7 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2012 Sep 2012 3 3359

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Rhee tells it straight:“There's no longer sort of some assumed alliance between the Democratic Party 7 HiPointDem Sep 2012 Sep 2012 12 2555

School vouchers 7 SHRED Sep 2012 Sep 2012 7 3005

DU solidarity with Chicago teachers! 7 proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 Sep 2012 10 2369

Standing up for teachers--Eugene Robinson 7 Starry Messenger Sep 2012 Sep 2012 5 3259

Online classes: The baby formula of higher education 7 bemildred Sep 2012 Dec 2012 7 2809

Things educators could say but don’t 7 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Nov 2012 11 2360

How Higher Education in the US Was Destroyed in 5 Basic Steps 7 xchrom Oct 2012 Oct 2012 18 3482

How Do You Raise a Prodigy? 7 groovedaddy Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 2635

Milken is ready to milk us in WA State 7 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Jan 2013 7 2168

The Real Reason So Many Teachers Quit Their Jobs 7 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 Nov 2012 6 3339

Orwellian Education 7 harpslay Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2537

Karen Lewis reacts to TFA exec's criticism of Diane Ravitch's praise for teachers in CT tragedy 7 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 Dec 2012 11 3158

California fails to win waivers from restrictive No Child Left Behind education law 7 Starry Messenger Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 2551

HISD teachers walk out of contracts in high numbers, union says 7 AnneD Jan 2013 Jan 2013 5 2971

Teachers' Lack of Rights at Work AND Home 7 Modern School Jan 2013 Jan 2013 7 2908

NY will share your child's private info with private companies w/o your permission. 7 madfloridian Jan 2013 Feb 2013 11 3206

I think we just found out what "value added" means: 7 Smarmie Doofus Feb 2013 Feb 2013 11 2382

California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3001

iCivics educational video games: 7 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2487

More bullcrap education deform 7 n2doc May 2013 Jun 2013 9 2785

Commenting on daughter's English essay 7 exboyfil May 2013 Nov 2021 0 3722

In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2307

Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools 7 azurnoir Jul 2013 Aug 2013 11 2762

Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem 7 n2doc Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2439

Absolutely every teacher everywhere should play Bohemian Gravity for their students. UNBELIEVABLE 7 snagglepuss Sep 2013 Oct 2013 15 2712

Rhee backs out of debate with Ravitch 7 eridani Nov 2013 Dec 2013 14 2433

Frank Bruni-The Plutocrats' Pundit 7 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 May 2014 2 3483

What’s Good For Bill Gates Turns Out To Be Bad For Public Schools 7 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 8 2553

Charter school con man admits to $7.2 million fraud 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 22 2525

Who are the Power Brokers behind the Common Core State Standards? 7 n2doc Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 2491

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Why I Defend Randi by Diane Ravitch 7 proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 Jan 2014 8 2333

Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents 7 DonViejo Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2320

Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 2570

The Myth Behind Public School Failure 7 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 14 2596

group in Colorado seeks to reclaim education 7 ellenrr Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 2250

New (MASS.) Teachers Union Chief is Unapologetically Adversarial 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 9 3607

I just wonder if learning by reading from a book is different than from a tablet/computer 7 Leme Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 4612

OK, Ed "Reformers"; You're ON! 7 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 2485

Cuomo's GOP Foe Hopes to Unite Left and Right Vs. Common Core 7 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1922

Rand Paul gets schooled: Libertarian fantasies don’t help kids learn — teachers do 7 n2doc Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 2222

My Own Story. Why Teachers So Desperately Need Tenure 7 SoBronxSchool Aug 2014 Aug 2014 21 2471

Michelle Rhee drops out of school group 7 Starry Messenger Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 2104

cross posting because no one in GD seems to care about education. 7 liberal_at_heart Aug 2014 Sep 2014 11 2371

STEM is incredibly valuable, but if we want the best innovators we must teach the arts 7 antigop Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2550

Special Ed teacher alarmed at amount of testing as she returns to public schools after 6 years. 7 madfloridian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 19 2463

States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F. 7 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 12 2306

I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke. 7 RandySF Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2268

“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.' 7 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 7 2391

Civil rights groups back high stakes testing 7 eridani Jan 2015 Jan 2015 7 1990

Senate Proposal Cuts Off Duncan at the Knees 7 LWolf Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2238

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