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Topic: Education

Obama's Education Defense, September 10, 2008

Mayoral Control?, September 2, 2008

Klein, Sharpton, and Obama?, August 25, 2008

Charter Trend, August 21, 2008

'Speechless', August 14, 2008

Obama and the AFT, July 14, 2008

The Odd Couple, June 16, 2008

Teaching Hate, June 12, 2008

What Would Shanker Do?, May 7, 2008

Bush and Blaine, April 28, 2008

Success in Harlem, April 17, 2008

How To Evaluate Teachers, April 11, 2008

The California Communists, April 4, 2008

The Consolation of Philosophy, April 1, 2008

Management 101, April 1, 2008

Obama and Vouchers, February 25, 2008

Cheers, February 13, 2008

A School Case To Watch, February 8, 2008

Wisdom of Cabranes, February 1, 2008

What a Contrast, January 29, 2008

Spitzer's Commitment, January 23, 2008

Yale on Sale, January 15, 2008

CUNY's Compact, December 20, 2007

DiNapoli v. Kipp, December 11, 2007

Weingarten at 50, December 5, 2007

Utah and New York, November 7, 2007

Colonizing Barnard, November 6, 2007

Faulkner's First Stop, October 29, 2007

Campus Double Standards, October 25, 2007

Almontaser's Opportunity, October 18, 2007

The Court Shirks, October 11, 2007

Teaching Moment, September 25, 2007

Bloomberg and Broad, September 19, 2007

Randi Weingarten, M.D., September 17, 2007

SAT-isfactory, August 30, 2007

Gibran's Legacy, August 29, 2007

Taken to School, August 20, 2007

Klein's Five Years, August 17, 2007

Choice Rising, July 27, 2007

DeRussy Departs, July 6, 2007

First Down on SUNY, May 30, 2007

Apples-to-Apples Polishing, May 24, 2007

Voucher Surplus, May 10, 2007

Brooklyn Arabic School, May 8, 2007

What About the Teachers?, April 25, 2007

Bush in Harlem, April 24, 2007

Civil Rights on Campus, April 18, 2007

The Shapiro Era, April 11, 2007

Charters on the Coast, April 6, 2007

Blowing the Whistle, April 5, 2007

Bloomberg Blows His Stack, April 4, 2007

CUNY Rising, March 28, 2007

Charter Lottery, March 27, 2007

Quinnipiac on the Schools, March 20, 2007

Spitzer's Next Fight, March 6, 2007

Freston's Principle, February 27, 2007

Klein's Cadre, February 13, 2007

Back-Door Voucher?, January 18, 2007

State of the Schools, January 15, 2007

Quite an Education, December 15, 2006

Midnight Government, December 11, 2006

Priority for Albany, December 7, 2006

Professor Schumer's Motive, November 21, 2006

After the CFE, November 21, 2006

The Teachers' Timing, November 8, 2006

Slavery at Brown, October 19, 2006

Merit at Columbia, October 12, 2006

Reading, 'Riting, and Spending, October 6, 2006

Violence at Columbia, October 6, 2006

Federalizing Charters, September 27, 2006

Bollinger's Example, September 25, 2006

Read It and Smile, September 25, 2006

None of the Above, September 19, 2006

Spitzer's Straddle, September 5, 2006

NYU Pipe Dream, August 31, 2006

Short Circuit, August 24, 2006

What CUNY's Numbers Mean, August 11, 2006

The Arbiter of Choice, August 2, 2006

Church and State, July 26, 2006

Back to School, July 20, 2006

The Charter Fight Ahead, June 26, 2006

Charter Accounting, June 21, 2006

Roberts's Rules, June 6, 2006

A Tale of Two Towns, June 2, 2006

Fossella and the Bishop, May 31, 2006

Empowering Principals, May 24, 2006

Charter Chaff, May 12, 2006

An Apple for Fuhrman, May 10, 2006

Justice Denied, Again, April 28, 2006

Klein's Next Move, April 11, 2006

'Historic Opportunity', April 10, 2006

Message From Bush, April 5, 2006

Bollinger's Law, April 4, 2006

Late With the Scores, August 10, 2004

What the UAE Bought, August 5, 2004

Recipe for Disaster, August 4, 2004

Harvard's Example, August 3, 2004

Left Behind, July 19, 2004

Single-Sex Story, July 8, 2004

The St. Paul Example, June 22, 2004

Save Reisenbach, June 10, 2004

Competitive Government, June 8, 2004

Lift the Cap, May 25, 2004

The Choice After Brown, May 20, 2004

Mr. Bruno's Modest Proposal, May 6, 2004

A UFT Charter, April 29, 2004

Racism Without Racists, III, April 22, 2004

Sheriffs of Nottingham, April 19, 2004

Tax, Gamble, and Spend, March 30, 2004

Campaign for Fiscal Reimbursement, March 29, 2004

Primal Scream, March 25, 2004

Flags In Schools, March 19, 2004

Bloomberg's Finest Hour, March 17, 2004

Waiting for Zarb, March 16, 2004

A Learning Experience, March 15, 2004

Lessons of Lam, March 12, 2004

Bloomberg's Blooper, March 11, 2004

After Diana Lam, March 10, 2004

Single-Sex Ed, March 5, 2004

Sue and Spend, March 3, 2004

Truant's Helper, March 2, 2004

Battling Corruption in the Schools, January 26, 2004

Schools Control, January 20, 2004

Waiting for Bruno, January 16, 2004

Tick Tock, January 15, 2004

No Mayor Left Behind?, January 8, 2004

The Dirty Dozen, January 6, 2004

The Lessons of Brown, January 5, 2004

Merit Pay, December 31, 2003

Schools and Civil Rights, December 24, 2003

'Miseducation for the 21st Century', December 23, 2003

Tweed Trust: Going Forward, December 19, 2003

Chartering Change, December 16, 2003

A Famous Battle, December 4, 2003

Choice Before the Court, December 2, 2003

Aggrieved, November 28, 2003

Light on the Contract, November 24, 2003

The Way Forward, November 18, 2003

Waiting for Lefty, November 14, 2003

A Light on the Contract, November 11, 2003

Go for It, October 31, 2003

Profiting From Experience, October 28, 2003

11 Is Not Enough, October 21, 2003

A Better Idea, October 15, 2003

Eight Is Not Enough, October 13, 2003

The Commission on Education Reform Sits, October 10, 2003

The Regents' Better Tool, October 9, 2003

The Stuyvesant Story, October 7, 2003

Klein's Charter Progress, October 6, 2003

Temporary Victory, October 3, 2003

The Shadow Commission, October 2, 2003

Shrinking From Choice, October 1, 2003

The Charter Challenge, September 24, 2003

Creating Competition, September 23, 2003

Trustbusters?, September 19, 2003

Loosening the Noose?, September 17, 2003

The Choice Scapegoat, September 15, 2003

Sanders Panders, September 12, 2003

Alabama and New York, September 11, 2003

The Highest Bidder?, September 9, 2003

Paying for Teachers, September 3, 2003

The Class Size Gambit, August 22, 2003

Numbers Game, August 21, 2003

Tied Down on Charters, August 13, 2003

Spitzer, Davey, and Blaine, August 12, 2003

Vouching for Vouchers, August 12, 2003

D.C. Gets Vouchers, July 21, 2003

Broken Record, July 16, 2003

Contracts and Control, July 1, 2003

Educating From the Bench, June 27, 2003

Harry Potter and the Bossy Bureaucrats, June 25, 2003

The Price of Failure, June 18, 2003

Parents or Politics, June 13, 2003

Voucherizing Special Education, June 12, 2003

Ditching the Districts, June 11, 2003

The Two Steves, June 10, 2003

Constructing Accountability, June 2, 2003

Strangling Charter Schools, May 29, 2003

Playing Both Sides, May 22, 2003

Spitzer v. Blaine?, May 21, 2003

The Class Size Myth, May 20, 2003

Is Joel Klein a Racist?, May 15, 2003

The Tweed Trust, May 13, 2003

What Parents Know, May 8, 2003

The Voucher Gap, May 2, 2003

Welcome to the Fight, April 22, 2003

Blaine Battle, April 21, 2003

'Be Bold', April 18, 2003

'Voucher Scheme', April 16, 2003

Accountability 101, April 9, 2003

Brooklyn's Core, April 3, 2003

Leaving Children Behind, March 31, 2003

Mediocre, Not Fair, March 26, 2003

Great Adventure, March 19, 2003

Voucher Momentum, March 18, 2003

Impeding Charter Schools, March 14, 2003

Send in the Marines, March 6, 2003

Klein's Charter Test, March 3, 2003

Showing Up, February 26, 2003

Correcting Mistakes, February 25, 2003

Bloomberg's Bid, February 21, 2003

Hello, Brooklyn, February 20, 2003

A Compelling Interest?, February 19, 2003

Hole in the Big Apple, February 14, 2003

Distinguished?, January 24, 2003

A Mess To Clean Up, January 17, 2003

Certifiable, January 16, 2003

The Teacher 'Shortage', January 7, 2003

The Catholic Example, December 31, 2002

Special Ed Savings, November 29, 2002

Cuddling in Brooklyn, November 19, 2002

Lead in the Schools, November 11, 2002

Vouchers for Veterans, November 11, 2002

Vouching for Failure, November 6, 2002

Leaving No Child Behind, October 24, 2002

The New Tweed Ring, October 16, 2002

Back to Maine, September 18, 2002

'Every Parent, Every Child', September 3, 2002

School Deal Clouds, August 22, 2002

Dueling Polls, August 21, 2002

Vouching for Vermont, August 20, 2002

Blaine in Florida, August 6, 2002

Goodbye, Blaine, July 22, 2002

Schoolhouses of Faith, July 17, 2002

Measuring Up, July 17, 2002

Beyond Brown, June 28, 2002

Diluting the SAT, June 27, 2002

The Fine Print, June 12, 2002

The Price of Control, June 11, 2002

School Pact, June 7, 2002

Facing Up to Blaine, June 5, 2002

Silver's Moment, June 3, 2002

Off the Boards, May 30, 2002

Taylor's Law, May 8, 2002

Charter Snub, April 17, 2002