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UPDATED: First in our category! Help K12NN Win a $10,000 Grant from UNITY NewU & Ford Foundation!

December 8, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Earlier this fall, I was selected as one of several accomplished journalists of color as a UNITY/NewU Fellow for 2011. The point of UNITY/NewU is to help news-based startups get seed funding. The Ford Foundation has partnered with UNITY to award $10,000 to four startups. Please vote for K12NewsNetwork.com — see what we’ve accomplished in 2011 alone. With your help, we could do much more!

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The Failure of Corporate School Reform — important critique of "ed deform" & mo…

December 8, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

The Failure of Corporate School Reform — important critique of “ed deform” & more productive directions to take. A must read! The Failure of Corporate School Reform: Toward a New Common School Movement | Truthoutwww.truth-out.orgSpeech by Kenneth J. S…

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Help @K12NN win a $10,000 grant from UNITY/the Ford Foundation! We want to add s…

December 8, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Help @K12NN win a $10,000 grant from UNITY/the Ford Foundation! We want to add socmedia tools that’ll help communities self-organize for fully-funded schools w/a broad & deep curriculum, so EVERY kid can attend the great public school she or he deserve…

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Rock star @K12NN contributor ZombieX rises again: Stop the Readicide, part 2 of…

December 8, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Rock star @K12NN contributor ZombieX rises again: Stop the Readicide, part 2 of an interview w/master teacher Kelly Gallagher. MUST READ. Parents Across America, MOMocrats, NJ Parents Against Gov. Christie’s School Budget Cuts, EdutopiaZombie X Rises A…

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Zombie X Rises Again: Kelly Gallagher's Readicide, An Interview Part 2

December 8, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Homework based on worksheets is what’s killing my generation. I am afraid that there will never be another Steve Jobs as long as teachers keep assigning us mindless crap.

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