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Dr. Wayne Au Interview: Charter Schools Aren’t Public Schools Or Constitutional in Washington State

September 11, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Join Voices Against Privatizing Public Education's efforts to repeal the California charter school law

If you read the Washington State Supreme Court ruling on I-1240, the ballot proposition that brought charter schools to the state after three prior failed attempts, you’ll see that the justices carefully framed their reasoning for rejecting the “public” status of charter schools on precedents dating back 100 years. In particular, Bryan was a particularly […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Fixes, Sea-Tac, State Education Law

Leave At 3:00 PM? Hardly — Teachers Pay To Be Overworked

January 27, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Guest blogger Susan DuFresne is an experienced teacher in Washington state. (She is not pictured.) This is part of a series called Voices From the Classroom.   A teacher’s workload is impossible. Twenty-four hours is not enough. I worked a 15 1/2 hour day yesterday & the to-do list is still ridiculously long. After teaching […]

Filed Under: Educators, NCLB, Sea-Tac, State Education Law, The Testing Industry, Voices From the Classroom Tagged With: High Stakes Standardized Tests, McCleary v Washington, Washington

K12NN on the MOMocrats Podcast: The Battle in Seattle — Four Women Run for School Board

September 28, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills joined me for a lively Blog Talk Radio podcast with four women running for school board in Bill Gates’ backyard up in Seattle. Sharon Peaslee, Michelle Buetow, Kate Martin and Marty McLaren have a vision for education in their district, and we’ll hear why it doesn’t completely mesh with that of the Gates and the Broad Foundations’ plans for education reform in America. What’s the difference between what these candidates have to offer and “ed reform” (or as some say, “ed Rheeform”)?

Filed Under: Curriculum, Educators, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, Sea-Tac Tagged With: Broad Superintendent Academy, Seattle School Board

"Our Public Schools Their Mission Field" — Guest Post by Valerie Tarico

February 5, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

A fundamentalist Christian organization, Child Evangelism Fellowship, has recently ramped up their presence on public grade school campuses. They are emboldened by a supreme court decision…but does this cross a line between church and state?

Filed Under: Parents, Sea-Tac Tagged With: First Amendment, Religion

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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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