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Who funds Michelle Rhee? Both "libertarian" supporters of Obama and GOP supporte…

April 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Who funds Michelle Rhee? Both "libertarian" supporters of Obama and GOP supporters of Romney. What these donors all have in common: they belong to the 1%. What if they paid sufficient taxes that funded public education first before donating t…

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"Stop #1 on the Vermont Innovation Tour is at Harwood Union High School, an inno…

April 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

"Stop #1 on the Vermont Innovation Tour is at Harwood Union High School, an innovative comprehensive public high school that is a leading site for student engagement in the state of Vermont. Learn about the school's collaborative decision-mak…

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Remember Bullis Charter School, the posh vanity charter created by Silicon Valle…

April 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Remember Bullis Charter School, the posh vanity charter created by Silicon Valley's 1%? It's now seeking more space for the school under Prop 39, which says public schools (or other facilities) must provide space to charters that need it. Thi…

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Parents choosing private over public K-12 schools can find themselves in a growi…

April 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Parents choosing private over public K-12 schools can find themselves in a growing K-12 student loan bubble as interest rates can vary from 7.9% – 20%. There's money to be made from disaster capitalism and the destruction of public education. The …

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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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