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Why did you become a teacher? 11 chervilant Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 4722

Does Principal, DR Alison Coviello; PhD, of PS 154 in the Bronx Believe in Students First? 3 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 3077

The MOOC Racket 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 2526

What Parents Want for Education Policy 8 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 9 3649

Cover Up at IS 162 in the Bronx? Let's Ask District 7 Superintendent Yolanda Torres 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 3630

In E-Mails, Former Indiana Governor Wanted Scholars Silenced (COHE) 7 eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2724

Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 2854

Where are the kid coders? Not in U.S. schools 2 Renew Deal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2322

Aaron Osmond, Utah State Senator, Calls For End To Mandatory Education 11 SunSeeker Jul 2013 Jul 2013 14 4729

NYT Editorial: The Trouble With Testing Mania 3 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2720

Why is UFT President Leading Attacks on Eliot Spitzer? 5 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2963

PA Republicans Increase Prison Funding While Lying About Slashing Education Funding [VIDEO] 3 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2631

California holds out against Obama's education vision 5 n2doc Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2840

Money for charter schools balloons during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure 0 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2202

Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose 27 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 6787

Are you a BadAss Teacher? 5 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2745

"Rubber Room" documentary is now out and is very good 0 duffyduff Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 2464

CAUGHT ON AUDIO YET AGAIN!! DR Alison Coviello: YOU LACK COURAGE!!!!! 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2162

Achieving the Dream 5 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3638

the joyce foundation, rahm,and obama...the privatization of chicago schools 4 madrchsod Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 3418

CAUGHT ON AUDIO, AGAIN!!!! DR Alison Coviello: "YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!!!" 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 5051

Gates foundation & the surveillance state 11 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 12 3634

Insurers Refuse To Cover Kansas Schools Where Teachers Carry Guns Because It’s Too Risky 1 eridani Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2020

This week's Monday BAT action 0 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1741

Connecticut Bars Felony Arrests for School Zip Code Fraud 1 alp227 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 10 2399

Federal court rules that schools are not liable for bullying. 10 femmocrat Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3827

My former high school is hiring a security officer 3 no_hypocrisy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2396

CAUGHT ON AUDIO! PRINCIPAL DR ALISON COVIELLO DEMANDS PERFECTION OR YOU WILL BE RATED UNSATISFACTORY 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2312

Wow. Check out the NEA Facebook page 3 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 30 2708

Has Bill Gates Purchased the Teachers Unions? 24 Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 5731

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These are the new business items NEA passed at this convention. 1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 2456

What Have The Common Core Bundles Wrought? 5 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2325

Newark & DC unions have both elected reform slates. 0 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1805

NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation 10 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 6 3316

DR Alison Coviello and her Calvinist Approach at PS 154 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1926

A Love Letter to PS 154 in the Bronx Principal DR Alison Coviello 0 SoBronxSchool Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 3680

Stormy Atlanta outside. Anger and common sense from the delegates inside. 8 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 4035

On the lighter side of education... 1 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2104

NEA President says NEA will deemphasize collective bargaining & concentrate on 'teaching quality' 3 HiPointDem Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2429

Your kids' test scores tracked online (VIDEO) 3 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2972

I'm so angry- Charter school tells African American girls they must chemically alter their hair? 18 Iris Jun 2013 Jun 2013 8 5687

I'm sort of famous, not really. My blog post was re-blogged. 3 knitter4democracy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2303

Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland 17 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 43 4511

Does School Discipline Over Uniform Infractions Go too Far? 8 eridani Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4141

To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: 8 raccoon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2664

A summer joke for teachers... 0 1monster Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 4125

CTU President Lewis Blames "Elites" For Public Education Inequality 1 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2003

X-POST from GD: Impromptu graduation ceremony is lesson in kindness 4 OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2418

Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2814

NSBA: Dems Support Federal Control of Education 1 duffyduff Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2005

Badass Teachers Association Shows a New Spirit of Defiance 8 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 18 3370

A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3959

A final message to my students after my firing 32 wilsonbooks Jun 2013 Jun 2013 37 10188

Voucher Group Urges PA Governor to use school funding crisis as wedge issue to help his reelection 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1796

Latest goings-on with NCLB re-authorization in Congress 0 femmocrat Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1964

School Data Profiteering 0 antigop Jun 2013 Jun 2013 7 2049

Thought you might appreciate this. 1 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2167

Toon: Miss Utah 2 n2doc Jun 2013 Jun 2013 17 2463

To Teachers on DU: 12 snot Jun 2013 Jun 2013 9 5895

Anyone else struggle with geometry? 12 skippercollector Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3928

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San Jose State animation program: Hundreds of students shut out 5 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3545

Teacher of the Year used by StudentsFirst to promote teacher pay bill he doesn’t support 4 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2879

Does Class Size Count? 18 elleng May 2013 Jun 2013 1 5899

Daily inspiring text messages fail to inspire US students to perform better 5 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2977

Gov. Corbett's Education Cuts Devastate Pennsylvania Students & Schools [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1923

Teacher blogger fired. 26 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 8500

Sen. Toomey supports doubling of student loan interest rates 0 JPZenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2055

Help NYS Get A Better ED Commissioner 0 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1923

A teacher’s perspective: Firing Day at a Charter School 40 proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 Jun 2013 61 11758

Who Is Charlotte Danielson, Really? And Look At The $$$ She's Rakin' In. 2 Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 3753

(CA) Bill requires more disclosure from charter schools 3 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2542

Teacher Evaluations vs. doing what's right for kids 14 noamnety May 2013 Jun 2013 13 3719

Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor 11 Starry Messenger Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3206

School "reformers" are full of it 5 gejohnston Jun 2013 Jun 2013 26 2943

New York to Evaluate Teachers With New System 6 alp227 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2900

Seeds, Storms and Transitions 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 5 2229

This is how I found out about my particular job situation: 8 knitter4democracy May 2013 Jun 2013 7 3790

Amy Bishop, Christopher Dorner personality and false accusation 19 JackN415 May 2013 Jun 2013 2 5446

More bullcrap education deform 7 n2doc May 2013 Jun 2013 9 3131

22-year old ... running a for-profit charter school. 5 GeorgeGist May 2013 Jun 2013 15 3012

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