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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 08, 2023 09:05am Analysis Moms for Liberty Falls Flat on Its Face in School Board Races  Article RP 
Feb 27, 2023 02:35pm Rule Change West Virginia, Florida make moves to undermine science education  Article RP 
Nov 14, 2022 07:00am Analysis ‘Too hyperbolic’? School board parental rights push falters  Article RP 
Sep 26, 2022 10:50am News Pennsylvania school district bans Girls Who Code book series  Article RP 
Jun 17, 2022 05:00am Study What Happens When American Children Learn About Racism?  Article RP 
Mar 03, 2020 08:25am Rule Change Trump administration quietly cuts funding to the nation’s poorest schools  Article RP 
Aug 22, 2019 12:20pm Proposed Legislation Illinois passes law raising teachers' minimum salary to $40,000  Article RP 
Jan 09, 2019 02:30pm Study Virginia Study Finds Increased School Bullying In Areas That Voted For Trump  Article RP 
Sep 05, 2018 04:00am Report Teachers' wage penalty is at a record high  Article RP 
Feb 28, 2018 12:00pm Event Teacher in custody after barricading self in classroom with gun  Article RP 
Oct 08, 2013 01:00pm News US Adults are dumber than the average human  Article kal 
Sep 23, 2013 06:40pm Blog Entry Pennsylvania School Officials Sent the Most Racist Texts Ever  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 04, 2013 03:05pm Online Quiz How's your Cultural Knowledge?  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Apr 17, 2013 08:40am News Backers rally for fired gay teacher  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Mar 28, 2013 06:10pm Idiocy Saying ‘Vagina’ During Biology Class Leads to Investigation of Idaho Science Teacher  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Dec 02, 2012 07:30am News Program to offer longer school days expanding in Massachusetts, four other states  Article Miro 
Mar 22, 2012 02:40pm Idiocy Some British Schools Ban Kids From Having Best Friends  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Mar 02, 2012 09:00am Rule Change L.A. Unified bans blindfolding during lessons  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Feb 17, 2012 09:00am News Chicago teachers asking for 30% raises over next 2 years  Article Imperator 
Feb 03, 2012 09:35am Video ‘53’ STATES? VIDEO OF TEENS FAILING MISERABLY AT A CIVICS QUIZ IS SO DEPRESSING IT’S FUNNY  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Jan 20, 2012 05:00pm News Utah School Rejects ‘Cougar’ Mascot to Avoid Offending Older Women  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Jan 11, 2012 09:00pm General Educators Will Work Without Paychecks to Keep Broke District From Failing  Article COSDem 
Jan 09, 2012 02:00pm General The US schools with their own police  Article RP 
Dec 27, 2011 11:00am Press Release NAACP Statement on Charter Schools  Article Thomas Walker 
Dec 05, 2011 06:00pm Blog Entry Michigan School: "Don We Now Our -Conservative Censored- Apparel"  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Nov 15, 2011 12:00pm Rule Change Pizza is a vegetable? Congress says yes   Article RP 
Nov 15, 2011 09:30am Scandal Teachers caught on tape bullying special-needs girl  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Aug 26, 2011 05:15pm News Buell lawyer: District believes teacher violated church-state provision  Article MadViking 
Aug 21, 2011 02:00pm General Texas students sent from classroom to courtroom  Article RP 
Aug 17, 2011 12:00pm General Special Needs Girl Sues School For Forcing Her to Apologize to Her Rapist  Article Ashley 
Jul 27, 2011 03:00pm Rule Change MO High School Bans ‘SlaughterHouse Five’ From Curriculum, Library Because Its Principles Are Contrary To The Bible  Article RP 
Jul 26, 2011 07:00pm Analysis College does pay — for some  Article RP 
Jul 06, 2011 06:00pm Scandal Investigation into [Atlanta Public Schools] cheating finds unethical behavior across every level  Article Imperator 
Apr 11, 2011 03:45pm General Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home  Article RP 
Mar 28, 2011 02:15pm Blog Entry Did a D.C. School Fake Test Scores?  Article Karma Policeman 
Mar 11, 2011 08:00pm Analysis How Bill Gates misinterprets ed facts  Article Penguin 
Mar 06, 2011 11:00am Commentary Degrees and Dollars  Article RP 
Dec 23, 2010 08:50pm News Second teacher accused of harassment sues state for releasing his name  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Dec 10, 2010 09:00pm News Bathroom Ban Leads to Riot at NYC High School  Article Craverguy 
Oct 18, 2010 01:35am News Teachers fired for flirting on Facebook with students  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Aug 25, 2010 10:00pm News Attacks Fly in New Jersey for Losing Out on $400 Million Education Grant  Article particleman 
Aug 23, 2010 08:00pm News LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation  Article Imperator 
Aug 17, 2010 01:00am Analysis The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Aug 06, 2010 02:00pm Analysis College financial lesson: The eight lowest-paying majors  Article 411 Name Removed 
Apr 18, 2010 10:00am Scandal School IT allegedly took "thousands" of pics in webcam case  Article RP 
Mar 16, 2010 10:30am Proposed Legislation GOP Warns of a ‘Government Takeover’ of Student Lending  Article RP 
Mar 12, 2010 10:00am Scandal Bronx teacher accused of forcing child to tell crush he is gay  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Feb 17, 2010 03:00pm General School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home  Article RP 
Feb 01, 2010 06:25am General Bill Gates: White kids not eligible for my scholarships  Article kal 
Jan 05, 2010 03:00pm Commentary Revisionaries - How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids’ textbooks.  Article RP 
Dec 23, 2009 12:00am News Berkeley High May Cut Out Science Labs  Article Eddie 
Dec 18, 2009 02:00pm Commentary We need to take a stand for education  Article Bob Sacamano 
Nov 09, 2009 09:50am Scandal Teacher suspended for giving 'self-pleasure' reading to students  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Oct 10, 2009 04:00pm General Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein  Article kal 
Sep 27, 2009 04:00pm General More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation  Article kal 
Sep 05, 2009 05:00pm Commentary Obama Going to Talk to Kids: Yikes!  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Sep 03, 2009 05:35pm General Parents protest Obama's "Nazi" speech to schoolchildren  Article Jason 
Sep 03, 2009 09:00am Idiocy Even an Obama speech to children sets off partisan outrage  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Aug 21, 2009 01:00pm Study Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs  Article RP 
Aug 20, 2009 11:20pm General History's first draft: Newt Gingrich but no liberals - Textbooks being written for Texas students appear to lean to the right  Article RP 
Jul 14, 2009 03:00pm General The Culture Wars' New Front: U.S. History Classes in Texas   Article RP 
Jul 13, 2009 08:00pm News Coalition Fights Expansion of Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia  Article Chase McFadden 
Jun 22, 2009 05:05pm Scandal 700 NYC teachers paid to do nothing  Article Craverguy 
Apr 16, 2009 10:00am Commentary Virtual school a real success -- so expand it  Article CBlock941 
Apr 03, 2009 04:00am General German family claim asylum in US over home schooling   Article kal 
Apr 02, 2009 09:25pm News Jury: University of Colorado wrongly fired prof  Article The Sunset Provision 
Mar 26, 2009 11:00pm News With $5 Billion Fund, Duncan Seeks to Fuel Innovation in Schools  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 10, 2009 09:00pm Proposed Legislation Education Push Includes Merit Pay   Article RP 
Feb 19, 2009 09:00am General New Brunswick school blasted over ethnic survival exercise  Article Monsieur 
Jan 06, 2009 04:00am General Home-schooling growing in popularity  Article kal 
Oct 16, 2008 04:00am General Americans Flunk Simple 3-Question Political Survey  Article Imperator 
Jun 22, 2008 02:00pm General Does 8th-Grade Pomp Fit the Circumstance?  Article Monsieur 
May 14, 2008 10:15am News Teach for America Sees Surge in Popularity  Article ArmyDem 
May 04, 2008 02:00am News Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath  Article particleman 
Dec 04, 2007 07:00pm News Teacher arrested for pro-Columbine blog post  Article James Crews 
Dec 04, 2007 05:00pm Idiocy 'Cool Cash' card confusion  Article MadViking 
Nov 25, 2007 12:05am News Islamic academy in Virginia on defensive  Article The Sunset Provision 
Nov 06, 2007 03:00pm News Black-only school in T.O. not a good idea: McGuinty  Article Monsieur 
Oct 26, 2007 11:05am Report The Science Education Myth  Article RP 
Aug 27, 2007 02:35am News Schools Fight for Teachers Because of High Turnover  Article particleman 
Aug 24, 2007 10:00am General Bullet-proof backpacks -- the latest back-to-school 'must have'  Article RP 
Aug 16, 2007 07:00pm Commentary Are We Failing Our Geniuses?  Article RP 
Jul 13, 2007 06:00pm General (UK) Schools told to dump Churchill and Hitler from history lessons  Article kal 
Jun 28, 2007 03:00pm Legal Ruling Supreme Court Strikes At Affirmative Action  Article CBlock941 
Jun 21, 2007 12:00am News Student Loan Overhaul Advances  Article ArmyDem 
May 17, 2007 10:20am Editorial Looking the other way on some hate speech  Article SC Moose 
May 14, 2007 08:30am Event Teachers stage fake gunman attack on sixth-graders  Article RP 
Apr 25, 2007 07:05am Perspective The Will of the Uninformed  Article Imperator 
Apr 24, 2007 05:45am Proposed Legislation Law Would Punish Students Showing Underwear  Article RP 
Mar 08, 2007 10:20pm News Parents asked to pay up for missed class  Article *crickets chirp* 
Feb 07, 2007 08:00pm News Judge mulls suit over gay classroom talk  Article The Sunset Provision 
Oct 24, 2006 12:30pm Rule Change Separate classes for boys, girls OK'd  Article RP 
Oct 09, 2006 07:00pm News 13-Year-Old Boy Fires AK-47 In School  Article RP 
Oct 03, 2006 03:00pm Event Bush Organizing School Violence Summit  Article RP 
Oct 02, 2006 01:00pm News Coroner: 6 dead in Amish school shooting  Article RP 
Sep 26, 2006 05:30pm General Teacher reprimanded after student sees nude art on museum trip  Article RP 
Sep 22, 2006 02:00pm Report Audit: Bush reading program beset by favoritism, mismanagement  Article RP 
Sep 20, 2006 01:00pm General House Approves Strip Search Bill  Article RP 
Aug 23, 2006 09:00pm General Jeffco disciplines teacher over foreign flags in the classroom  Article RP 
Aug 15, 2006 08:00am News Catholic schools test above average  Article kal 
Jun 12, 2006 07:00pm News The Future Is in Their Hands  Article ArmyDem 
May 29, 2006 02:00pm News Testing Policy Under Scrutiny - Requirements Upset Some Disabled Students  Article MadViking 
May 24, 2006 06:00pm General Explicit move is made to ban books from reading list  Article RP 
May 07, 2006 01:10am Proposed Legislation Florida votes to require high school majors  Article Thomas Walker 
Apr 09, 2006 02:00pm General What's wrong with America's high schools?  Article Monsieur 
Mar 17, 2006 01:00pm Opinion Not even a slap on wrist  Article SC Moose 
Mar 17, 2006 12:00pm Opinion Maybe it isn't the teachers; maybe it's you  Article Guy 
Mar 13, 2006 04:00pm Opinion Yank tax dollars for arts in schools  Article RP 
Mar 02, 2006 04:15pm Opinion Academic freedom under siege from right  Article SC Moose 
Mar 02, 2006 10:05am News Teacher caught in Bush "rant"  Article SC Moose 
Mar 02, 2006 10:00am News Bush goes on 'trial' in Morris:Parsippany students confront issues of terrorism and war  Article SC Moose 
Feb 27, 2006 04:00pm Opinion Jihadi Turns Bulldog:The Taliban's former spokesman is now a Yale student. Anyone see a problem with that?  Article SC Moose 
Feb 21, 2006 11:00am Commentary Postponing reality  Article Rob Brodner 
Feb 02, 2006 12:00pm Commentary Questions show what schools once accomplished—with a lot less money than today  Article SC Moose 
Jan 25, 2006 03:20pm Commentary Trapped in the Wrong Government School  Article SC Moose 
Jan 19, 2006 08:55pm Study Study: Most College Students Lack Skills  Article off_to_DC 
Dec 30, 2005 12:45pm News Accused lesbians sue school over expulsion  Article SC Moose 
Oct 11, 2005 06:00pm News States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest  Article Servo 
Sep 14, 2005 03:00pm General Separate but Equal? Schooling Of Evacuees Provokes Debate  Article RP 
Sep 14, 2005 02:20pm Legal Ruling Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional  Article RP 
Sep 04, 2005 11:00pm News Students told to hang up cell phones  Article off_to_DC 
Aug 08, 2005 02:20pm Analysis Why the rise in pupils' test scores? The South.  Article DFWDem 
Jul 12, 2005 02:00pm General Diversity committee flunks Barney video  Article RP 
Jun 08, 2005 12:00pm Commentary Use a condom, be 'prepared to die'  Article ArmyDem 
May 31, 2005 11:00am News Ex-Prostitutes Still Can't Teach in Oregon  Article Ben 
May 26, 2005 10:00am News High School Valedictorian’s Diploma Withheld Because Of Graduation Speech  Article Servo 
May 25, 2005 12:00am Study Most boys at Christian schools say no to sex  Article None Entered 
May 16, 2005 12:30pm General Ban on lingering hugs sparks dispute at Oregon school  Article RP 
May 12, 2005 06:00pm Study Exotic Names Don't Make Grade For Black Students  Article Servo 
May 09, 2005 09:00am News Student Suspended for Call to Mom in Iraq  Article Servo 
May 05, 2005 02:00pm Idiocy Band Banned From Performing 'Louie Louie'  Article Bob 
Apr 26, 2005 01:00pm News Students Rewarded for Tattling at School  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Mar 10, 2005 10:00am Idiocy Teen Protests After Pledge Recited In Foreign Languages  Article Servo 
Mar 01, 2005 09:45pm News Teacher's Tirade Over Anthem  Article Servo 
Feb 21, 2005 12:00am Commentary 'Academic freedom'? - Thomas Sowell  Article hthtrhtrhrtwhwrt 
Jan 15, 2005 12:00am News Graduates must read - Milford [CT] adds high school standard  Article Servo 
Jan 13, 2005 12:00am News Judge orders removal of Georgia. evolution stickers from books  Article PragCon 3.0 
Jan 08, 2005 12:00am News Pa. boy, 13, scores perfect 1600 on SAT  Article Classical Liberal 
Dec 14, 2004 12:00am Amusing Disclaimer Stickers for Science Textbooks  Article RP 
Dec 08, 2004 12:00am Press Release About the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum  Article RP 
Dec 01, 2004 12:00am Poll Poll: Creationism Trumps Evolution  Article Classical Liberal 
Nov 30, 2004 12:00am News Anti-evolution teachings gain foothold in U.S. schools  Article Summer Intern 
Oct 11, 2004 12:00am News Bush Ad Surfaces As News Story on Schools  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 25, 2004 12:00am News Number of single-sex classes grows: States experimenting with single-sex schools  Article Wabash 
Jun 27, 2004 12:00am News Speech costs grad: Valedictorian who ripped school denied diploma  Article Servo 
Feb 23, 2004 12:00am News Rod Paige Criticizes Teachers Union  Article New York Democrat 
Feb 11, 2004 12:00am News DCU sparks varied reactions  Article Eddie 
Jan 31, 2004 12:00am News [UT] Panel votes to leave ed plan [NCLB] behind  Article particleman 
Jan 13, 2004 12:00am News Group Says Tie Teacher Pay to Pupil Progress  Article Gerald Farinas 
Jan 02, 2004 12:00am News Some School Districts Challenge Bush's Signature Education Law  Article Joshua L. 
Oct 10, 2003 12:00am News Number of minorities in college doubles  Article Ced 
Dec 22, 1999 04:15pm News Having Insight on the Gifted  Article Karma Policeman 
Dec 01, 1986 07:20pm News 101 Things Every College Graduate Should Know About American History  Article The Sunset Provision 

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