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MUST READ: Anthony Cody's incisive challenge to journos covering "ed reform" –…

April 18, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

MUST READ: Anthony Cody's incisive challenge to journos covering "ed reform" — especially investigative journos. Who benefits?Cui Bono? The Question Rarely Asked, Let Alone Investigatedblogs.edweek.orgAnthony Cody spent 24 years working…

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Geography and poverty determine educational outcomes more than ability. MUST REA…

April 18, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Geography and poverty determine educational outcomes more than ability. MUST READ: the new Schott Foundation report on educational redlining. Public education must redistribute opportunity and support so kids from economically-blighted areas (urban and…

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Too-high tuition at elite universities now collides w/ startups that offer free…

April 18, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Too-high tuition at elite universities now collides w/ startups that offer free and low-cost college courses. Is this a temporary solution or does it create a two-tier system of education, with a lesser version for less money? What's the quality o…

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Teachable moment for a principal who disqualified a gay high school student from…

April 18, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Teachable moment for a principal who disqualified a gay high school student from the Mr. Fullerton pageant — he publicly apologized to the student and the high school, and the school and district also issued apologies promising no future discriminatio…

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Testing season: districts spend a lot of money on tests, w/much hanging in the b…

April 18, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Testing season: districts spend a lot of money on tests, w/much hanging in the balance. But how accurate are they? A scientist discovers problems with 5th & 8th grade FCAT science tests in FL.Science Blogger Finds Problems With FCAT Questionsstatei…

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A voucher bill pushed by legislators in Louisiana resembles the same one that's…

April 18, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

A voucher bill pushed by legislators in Louisiana resembles the same one that's a ten year old law in Florida. Wanna bet ALEC is behind it? Geaux Teacher!: SECOND VOUCHER SCHEME CLEARS COMMITTEEwww.geauxteacher.comYesterday, the Senate Revenue and…

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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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