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Now thru Jan 3, 2012: vote for @K12NN & help us win a seed grant that enables ou…

December 20, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Now thru Jan 3, 2012: vote for @K12NN & help us win a seed grant that enables our site to offer online organizing tools to parents of school-aged kids as they support local public schools! Vote as often as you like — no signups required. Thanks for yo…

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Gender is a social construct — that means there are more than 2 expressions. Ki…

December 20, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Gender is a social construct — that means there are more than 2 expressions. Kids need to understand to prevent bullying other children who are gender variant. Here’s a wonderful, hopeful story from a teacher who successfully guided her elementary sch…

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.@ShannonRosa, @JennyAlice: In NJ, Camden St ES labeled "failing" for 10% 3rd gr…

December 20, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

.@ShannonRosa, @JennyAlice: In NJ, Camden St ES labeled “failing” for 10% 3rd grade reading level, but no accounting for 200 autistic, LD, mild/moderate cognitively disabled kids the school serves. For shame — are we using test scores to beat up speci…

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Community schools in high-poverty areas that provide health, after-school care,…

December 20, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Community schools in high-poverty areas that provide health, after-school care, basic medical/dental care & other support services to kids give them the foundation they need to thrive at school. 22% of children are now at or below the poverty line.Why …

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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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Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

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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