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K12NN Podcast: ESEA Reauthorization With Parents Across America

April 8, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Check Out Politics Progressive Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with MOMocrats on BlogTalkRadio The Parents Across America 2/23/15 position paper with highlights to desired changes in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is embedded below for your convenience. Follow along as I talk with Pamela Grundy about how to re-orient national education policy for the […]

Filed Under: Bilingual education, Charter Schools, Curriculum, DC, Federal Policy, NCLB

Back to School: Scholastic's Kid Reporters Interview President Obama

August 30, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

President Obama talks the Constitution with Scholastic’s student reporters Topanga Sena and Jacob Schroeder as part of a 7-part interview. Two of the interview clips are featured here, watch all seven clips here.

Filed Under: DC, Federal Policy, Students Tagged With: President Obama

MSNBC Coverage: SOS March

August 9, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Here’s one balanced report on the Save Our Schools March, July 30, 2011.

Filed Under: DC, Educators, Federal Policy, NCLB, Parents Tagged With: SOS March

Diane Ravitch Stands Up for Students, Teachers, and Public Schools at the Save Our Schools March

August 3, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Diane Ravitch, education professor and former member of the Department of Education under George Bush Sr., gives a speech outlining how and why No Child Left Behind needs to be drastically rethought if public schools in America are to be saved.

Filed Under: DC, Educators, Federal Policy, NCLB Tagged With: Diane Ravitch, SOS March

Watch This: Texas Educator John Kuhn at the SOS March

August 1, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Joseph K. and many others in attendance report that Kuhns knocked it out of the park. Please oh please can we get him to run for public office or be the next Secretary of Education?

Filed Under: DC, Educators, NCLB Tagged With: SOS March

Matt Damon Pwns a Right-Wing Reporter Trying to Smear Teachers

August 1, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Matt Damon attended the Save Our Schools March on July 30, 2011. As son of a teacher and a public school grad himself, he tells off the right-wing reporter interviewing him, and gives the camera guy a little what-for too. Way to go, Matt!

Filed Under: DC, Educators, NCLB Tagged With: Matt Damon, Save Our Schools

Joseph K. Reports From the Save Our Schools March and Conference

July 31, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

A summary of the speakers and events featured in the Save Our Schools March and Conference, as witnessed firsthand by K12NN correspondent Joseph K. Among the speakers were Jonathan Kozol, Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, and Jon Stewart.

Filed Under: Budgets, Curriculum, DC, Educators, Federal Policy, NCLB, Parents Tagged With: Save Our Schools

Educator and Activist Marion Brady: "Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure"

July 30, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Why education activist Marion Brady’s marching in the Save Our Schools national event: “Non-educators have now been in near-total control of US education policy for more than a full kindergarten-through-12th grade cycle, and things aren’t going well.” 10 false assumptions driving education reform, and what experienced teachers and motivated parents can do to challenge and re-direct education policy.

Filed Under: Curriculum, DC, Educators, Federal Policy, NCLB Tagged With: Save Our Schools

(AUDIO) K12NN Talks to Sabrina Stevens-Shupe About the Save Our Schools March & Conference

July 25, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Listen as a former Colorado teacher, Sabrina Stevens-Shupe, talks about the need to support public education and why the Save Our Schools march and conference were organized. The event is scheduled for July 28-31, 2011 in Washington, DC.

Filed Under: DC, Educators, Federal Policy, Fixes, NCLB, Parents, Students Tagged With: Save Our Schools

"Erase to the Top" — The Michelle Rhee Test Score Scandal in Seussical Verse

April 2, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Highly improbable rates of erasure of wrong answers to correct ones on standardized tests in DC have tarnished Michelle Rhee’s image as education reformer. The scandal took place under her tenure as Chancellor of DC Public Schools. Pressure from programs like Race to the Top that reward teachers based on improvements in standardized test scores, and the atmosphere of high-stakes testing are to blame. Reports of similar scandals have broke out in six other states.

Filed Under: DC, Detroit, Parents Tagged With: Tests

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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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