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Checkit: catchy rap/hiphop for kids w/African American historical facts: "Black…

January 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Checkit: catchy rap/hiphop for kids w/African American historical facts: “Black Women in Congress.” –Cyn 🙂 cc MOMocrats He’s Political. He’s Hardcore. And He Raps for Children.www.dominionofnewyork.comMost people who use hip-hop to educate child…

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NCLB at 10: narrowed curriculum, increased segregation, blinkered responses to p…

January 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

NCLB at 10: narrowed curriculum, increased segregation, blinkered responses to poverty’s effects, an entire test/test prep regime that squeezes out subjects other than math/reading. Missing from Goldstein’s summary but worth mentioning is the overempha…

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Via Edutopia: "TGIF! We're kicking off the new year with some surprises. Make su…

January 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Via Edutopia: “TGIF! We’re kicking off the new year with some surprises. Make sure to enter by Sunday for a chance to win over $100 worth of educational goodies. Click ‘like’ if you love surprises!”Weekly Giveaway: Surprise Giveaway | Edutopiawww.eduto…

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CA's DREAM Act withstands an attempt to repeal the law; the referendum to overtu…

January 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

CA’s DREAM Act withstands an attempt to repeal the law; the referendum to overturn it failed to collect enough signatures.Capitol Alert: Referendum drive to overturn California’s Dream Act fails – sacbee.comblogs.sacbee.comOpponents of California’s Dr…

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Via @BlueJersey: charters don't deliver what they promise.

January 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Via @BlueJersey: charters don’t deliver what they promise.Blue Jersey:: Why push-back against charters? Because they don’t deliver the goods.www.bluejersey.comAs for the baby in your bathwater, look again. It’s not very cute. Even those charters that p…

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Gov Brown's mid-year budget was released early; the @CBP releases comment on the…

January 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Gov Brown’s mid-year budget was released early; the @CBP releases comment on the impact of more possible cuts.Statement: Jean Ross on the Governor’s Proposed 2012-13 Budgetcaliforniabudgetbites.org“The Governor’s Proposed Budget shows why it is e…

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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 […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

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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