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MUST READ: How corporate & religious interest groups abuse non-profit 501c3 stat…

March 29, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

MUST READ: How corporate & religious interest groups abuse non-profit 501c3 status & use them as tax-free lobbyist organizations and vehicles for secretive school board campaign donations. http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=4240Hir…

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Shameful attempt to characterize people of Mexican descent in AZ as "illegal" ex…

March 29, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Shameful attempt to characterize people of Mexican descent in AZ as "illegal" extends to blocking civil rights celebrations of Cesar Chavez. Yet another attack on learning and America's truly diverse cultures and histories. Tucson Unifie…

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Charter schools are not a silver bullet. (And the magnet school experiment still…

March 29, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Charter schools are not a silver bullet. (And the magnet school experiment still has unexplored potential.) Charter Schools Are Not the Silver Bullet |www.alternet.orgPoliticians tout them as a silver-bullet solution to the education crisis, but are ch…

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But how do little children learn how to be "all on the same page," literally, wi…

March 29, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

But how do little children learn how to be "all on the same page," literally, with an e-book? Is it reading, or screen time? Research is just beginning but my hunch is that lack of "page numbers" takes something vitally social out o…

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A comprehensive account of the slow destruction of public education across Ameri…

March 29, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

A comprehensive account of the slow destruction of public education across America. Monied bipartisan interests have united to destroy it. It'll take all of the rest of us to unite to save it. Ravitch: The toll of school reform on public education…

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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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