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Chicago Public School Students Catch Rahm Emanuel's Falsehood

February 13, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Students at the public Roger C. Sullivan High School in Chicago have taken a stand in support of Miguel del Valle in the city’s mayoral election. They caught an inaccuracy in a mayoral debate made by frontrunner candidate and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel with regard to top-performing public high schools, none of which are charters.

Filed Under: Chicago, Students

Science Grrl: Why I'm Not Worried About China

January 14, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Worry about China? Worry about 200 Chicago public schools that don’t have a library first.

Filed Under: Chicago Tagged With: Model Minority, PISA

Chicago Parents Sue Schools, Los Angeles Parents Pull the "Trigger"

December 16, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

Two different parent groups try ways to fix their kids’ neighborhood schools.

Filed Under: Big Ed, Chicago, Fixes, School Districts Tagged With: Chicago

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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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