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Newark approves merit pay contract 3 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2042
Shocker: Conservative Idaho Repeals Online Learning, Performance-Pay Measures 0 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 1616
Things educators could say but don’t 7 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Nov 2012 11 2698
Why Tony Bennett Lost 4 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2505
Education election news around the country: 4 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Nov 2012 7 2034
Firestorm Erupts Over Virginia's Education Goals (different goals by race and DISABILITY) 1 alp227 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 3 2571
Watched Detachment on Netflix. Wow. And so sad... 8 MichiganVote Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 4287
Going Down The Quality Review Tubes at PS 154x 0 SoBronxSchool Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1883
Is Maverick Education Partnership (CFN 407) Complicit in PS 154's Failing?? 3 SoBronxSchool Nov 2012 Nov 2012 5 2771
(Not) Ending Bullying Through Exaggeration and Misinformation 0 Modern School Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2365
Look at the difference in funding for the WA state charter initiative. We're doomed. 15 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Nov 2012 6 4348
OK. Back to Reality. Is Obama a Union-Buster? Is Bill Gates A Democrat? 5 Smarmie Doofus Nov 2012 Nov 2012 8 2746
Good luck to everyone tomorrow-- 5 Starry Messenger Nov 2012 Nov 2012 8 3194
How Do You Raise a Prodigy? 7 groovedaddy Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 2923
Charlotte Danielson: For the LIFE of Me I Cannot Understand Why Her.... 9 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 Nov 2012 3 15227
Mayor Bloomberg Is a Spiteful Little Man 8 SoBronxSchool Oct 2012 Nov 2012 7 3222
Hurricane Attention Whoring With Educators4Excellence 1 SoBronxSchool Oct 2012 Nov 2012 1 1957
Spelman College chooses fitness over athletics 1 brer cat Nov 2012 Nov 2012 5 1927
Big Money Floods School Board Races in California 1 HiPointDem Nov 2012 Nov 2012 6 2079
It’s About Innovation, Not ‘Privatization’ 3 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 2109
The Exhaustion of the American Teacher 11 Reader Rabbit Sep 2012 Oct 2012 11 5044
Uncle Mike and the DOE Celebrate Failure 0 SoBronxSchool Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 1781
$500,000 payout to charter principal sparks outrage, call for probe 4 Doctor_J Oct 2012 Oct 2012 8 3524
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) hires Teach for America/Charter Shill as NY Education Deputy Secretary 5 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 2828
How Teachers Should Communicate 4 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 Oct 2012 9 2341
NC Teacher: “I Quit” 18 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 37 6331
How Higher Education in the US Was Destroyed in 5 Basic Steps 7 xchrom Oct 2012 Oct 2012 18 3804
Los Angeles Times sues LAUSD over teacher performance data 14 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 3444
When will they close the "Brooklyn Castle" school? 2 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 5 1873
Randi Weingarten answers “anything” 0 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1764

Education Continued...

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LAUSD loses appeal in settlement of teacher-layoff lawsuit (Unions 1 Ed Deformers 0) 0 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 1783
Weingarten Praises Newark Merit Pay Scheme: "win-win-win" NEW Caucus calls for "No" vote 4 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2763
My son was bullied today, but here is the difference. 9 RandySF Oct 2012 Oct 2012 26 3398
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1595
Goodbye to PS 154 in The Bronx? 1 SoBronxSchool Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2012
VAM a Disaster... 4 YvonneCa Oct 2012 Oct 2012 5 2491
Plato's Cave: My friend's video re. her NYC college students.... 1 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2012 Oct 2012 2 2194
NY DOE seeking permission to certify teachers (v. academic certification) 0 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 1783
Colman Chadam, California Boy, Ordered To Transfer Schools For Carrying Cystic Fibrosis Gene 1 eridani Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2198
SF Special ed teachers say administrator's e-mail broke law 10 RandySF Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2929
Hey, charterheads: let's make love, not war! (Chicago) 0 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 1704
Diane Ravitch is encouraging everyone with an interest in education to write a letter 5 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 2369
University of Phoenix closing 115 locations (AP/BloomburgBusinessWeek) 5 eppur_se_muova Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 3188
Former NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein Is Not Telling the Whole Truth About His Personal History [View all] 50 xchrom Oct 2012 Oct 2012 12 25079
KUHN: The Exhaustion of the American Teacher... 3 YvonneCa Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 2485
NYC: Ground Zero for Edu-Hucksterism 0 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 1714
St. Louis public school district sheds 'unaccredited' label 0 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 1773
Do you want Rupert Murdoch to have your child's personal & educational data? 2 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1940
Cohen firings draw ire 1 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 2056
Want to Ruin Teaching? Give Ratings 5 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2745
The False Promises of “School Choice” by Barbara Miner 2 xchrom Oct 2012 Oct 2012 9 2330
Check out this picture of Matt Damon 22 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 65 7261
Luckovich Toon: Hand us the keys 10 n2doc Oct 2012 Oct 2012 35 4148
Teachbad wrote a song! 0 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1863
The Real Audience for 'Won't Back Down' May Not Have Been Moviegoers 5 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 2336
"Race-based student goals prompt controversy in South Florida" 1 jody Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2207
20 school lunches from around the world. 12 RandySF Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 6498
Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard out by ‘mutual agreement’ 4 proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2594
Charter school: Enroll here, get a free Nintendo DSi 6 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2817
Many traditional public schools send special ed kids to continuation schools every day. 8 NYC_SKP Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2817

Education Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
What do you think of Indistar? 1 RobertAustin Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2140
Got a question, 6 MadHound Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2576
Live From the Rubber Room! 0 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1930
How Gloria Romero (D-CA Ed Deformer) Became the Face of Proposition 32 3 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 5 3621
Attention Disorder or Not, Pills to Help in School 5 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2584
Teaching jobs come back after four years of layoffs 0 FBaggins Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 1768
Education profiteering -Wall Street’s next big thing? 5 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 11 2630
Hey NYC-Skip What subjects do you teach? Grade level 6 demtenjeep Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2726
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] 105 NYC_SKP Sep 2012 Oct 2012 0 27934
Please help... 17 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 5 3346
I teach 1 ashling Oct 2012 Oct 2012 13 2100
How a Teacher Made $1 Million Selling Lesson Plans 4 ErikJ Sep 2012 Oct 2012 4 2871
One of the best Education videos I've seen... 4 YvonneCa Oct 2012 Oct 2012 7 2294
Help Write a Letter to President Obama 11 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 2894
AFT's endorsements for upcoming election 1 noamnety Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2008
Wendy Kopp (Teach For America) to Jonathan Kozol: Your book didn't mention me once! 3 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 8 2538
Imagine where there is no chess team and this is the school... 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2022
"Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team" 21 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 32 9413
Today's lesson: charters do not outperform unionized schools 1 HiPointDem Oct 2012 Oct 2012 6 1917
Anti-teacher-union “Won’t Back Down” flunks at box office 19 Starry Messenger Oct 2012 Oct 2012 21 5042
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