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Brooklyn gets a boutique charter via Eva Moskowitz, other schools must share spa…

December 17, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Brooklyn gets a boutique charter via Eva Moskowitz, other schools must share space in co-location agreements with charters. Bad news all around. Charter School Approved in Cobble Hill, Brooklynwww.nytimes.comThe panel that oversees education policy in …

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ESEA reauthorization by the House GOP only could consign the project to the twil…

December 17, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

ESEA reauthorization by the House GOP only could consign the project to the twilight zone, given Senate Dems’ commitment to bipartisanship. In the meantime, RTTT conditions imposed under NCLB waivers would be de facto education policy. Neither situatio…

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A much-needed effort by 40 groups in education & business to address poverty as…

December 17, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

A much-needed effort by 40 groups in education & business to address poverty as a hurdle to student achievement in rural West Virginia. What happens at home is as important as what happens in school. The needs of the whole child must be addressed. An e…

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Must read — Graft/corruption & overcharging when schools outsource food prep to…

December 17, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Must read — Graft/corruption & overcharging when schools outsource food prep to Sodexo or Aramark, two food processing companies. A dollar badly spent: New facts on processed food in school luncheswww.grist.orgProcessed food is supposed to be cheaper …

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High achieving &/or God-fearing kids — worth hitting a child for? Ugly things "…

December 17, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

High achieving &/or God-fearing kids — worth hitting a child for? Ugly things “Wolf Dad” & a Bible-based manual of corporal punishment have in common.“Tiger Moms” Now Usurped by “Wolf Dads”www.k12newsnetwork.comCorporal punishment is the unspo…

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"Tiger Moms" Now Usurped by "Wolf Dads"

December 17, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Corporal punishment is the unspoken dark side of Asian and Asian Pacific American parenting, and if the whirlwind created by Amy Chua’s sardonic Tiger Mom memoir wasn’t enough to roil the interwebs, the much less funny Wolf Dad will.

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

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Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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