VIDEO: President Obama at Univ of Michigan laying out details of his Race to the Top higher ed plan to keep college affordable.Obama’s College Affordability Speech Resonates In Light Of Michigan Education Cutswww.huffingtonpost.comAddressing an enthusi…
Archives for January 27, 2012
President Obama explains his RTTT for higher ed, which in part includes incentiv…
President Obama explains his RTTT for higher ed, which in part includes incentives for state colleges that keep tuition low w/good graduation rates to receive a greater proportion of Pell grant and Perkins loan federal money.Obama Proposes New Race to …
Redistricting & CA school board elections: fair geographic representation across…
Redistricting & CA school board elections: fair geographic representation across the district and compliance with the Voting Rights Act to ensure no one demographic is silenced are two worthwhile but sometimes conflicting goals. The Sacto Coalition to …
In NJ a church leader can apply to run a taxpayer-funded charter school & house…
In NJ a church leader can apply to run a taxpayer-funded charter school & house the school at a church. But a church cannot run a charter — oh no, that would violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment regarding government and religion…r…
Can an intense hit of code school for low-income kids give them job skills to fi…
Can an intense hit of code school for low-income kids give them job skills to find employment in the tech sector? Isn’t this what vo-tech high school programs & community colleges should be doing, and not Codecademy? (Or at least available at both?)Can…
More exposure of @SchoolChoiceWeek as astroturf, religious/conservative backers,…
More exposure of @SchoolChoiceWeek as astroturf, religious/conservative backers, & their privatizing agenda.5 Biggest Lies About the Right-Wing Corporate-Backed War on Our Schools |www.alternet.orgThough National School Choice Week has some liberal sup…
Discriminatory elimination of Tucson Unified's Mexican American Studies program…
Discriminatory elimination of Tucson Unified’s Mexican American Studies program catalyzes students, scholars & activists around the nation, & the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to fight back for excellent and relevant education. Wonderful!Arizona Unboun…
How can we have excellence in STEAM education when our nation's religious extrem…
How can we have excellence in STEAM education when our nation’s religious extremists deny internationally-accepted climate science & urge the teaching of creationism as if it were legitimate? cc MOMocratswww.alternet.orgwww.alternet.orgThe overwhelming…