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Is your broadband provider overcharging your public school? Use this investigati…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Is your broadband provider overcharging your public school? Use this investigative piece to help you understand why many schools are not getting the low-cost broadband service the law is supposed to enable them to receive, and ask if the provider is in…

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Williamsburg public schools draw heightened contrast between their approach & pr…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Williamsburg public schools draw heightened contrast between their approach & privately managed charters opening in the district. More experienced teachers, no mandatory retention policy, literature in the classroom, parent involvement in budget an…

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Princeton Review cheated twice: robbed struggling students in NYC of knowledge t…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Princeton Review cheated twice: robbed struggling students in NYC of knowledge they needed to succeed, stole taxpayer money funding mandated tutoring between 2002-2010. Feds: Princeton Review Cheated for Cashwww.nbcnewyork.comThe federal government say…

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Not good. We need to see the full diversity of people in the classroom as teache…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Not good. We need to see the full diversity of people in the classroom as teachers, including African American men.African-American Male Teacher A Vanishing Phenomenon, Experts Saywww.wdsu.comNEW ORLEANS — According to the U.S. Department of Education…

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IMPORTANT: Bruce Baker, professor & expert on school finance, breaks down case l…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

IMPORTANT: Bruce Baker, professor & expert on school finance, breaks down case law & the patchwork of state ed code that determines where and how a charter school is public or private. General takeaway: charter school funding is subsidized by t…

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Kids have much more to say than a multiple choice test will allow them. These hi…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Kids have much more to say than a multiple choice test will allow them. These high school students sound off on standardized tests.NJ Spotlight | Spotlight Q&A: High School Students Talk Testingwww.njspotlight.comThey are arguably the 1 percent of …

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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards no longer funds #ALEC or belo…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards no longer funds #ALEC or belongs to the membership organization.Education group abandons American Legislative Exchange Council | The Raw Storywww.rawstory.comThe National Board for Professional Teachin…

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"Teach the controversy" is how climate change denialists & creationists approach…

May 2, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

"Teach the controversy" is how climate change denialists & creationists approach the teaching of their doctrines in public schools. Which is to say, "the earth is flat," and "I don't understand the First Amendment.&quo…

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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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