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Preview of "School Choice: Taxpayer-Funded Creationism, Bigotry, and Bias"

June 28, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

School voucher efforts back by religious extremists that use taxpayer money (and corporate tax credits) to fund creationism and religious bigotry at private schools. These efforts are most active in PA and FL, although efforts are afoot in several states.

Filed Under: Curriculum, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tagged With: Rachel Tabachnick, vouchers

The Return of ZombieX: Rob Gaudette Teaches Beyond the Test

June 24, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

ZombieX returns to talk about how standardized testing narrows what kids learn and how they learn it. He celebrates Rob Gaudette, California Middle School Teacher of the Year, and observes Gaudette’s creative teaching methods that stimulate critical thinking in all of his students.

Filed Under: Curriculum, NCLB, Students Tagged With: ZombieX

To President Obama on the Drawdown from Afghanistan: Put Returning Veterans to Work Through 'Troops to Teachers'

June 23, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

‘Troops to Teachers’ puts returning veterans on a path to a civilian, K-12 teaching career in some of our toughest low-income neighborhoods. Whether passed as a stand-along bill, or through reauthorization as Title II of No Child Left Behind (ESEA), ‘Troops to Teachers’ is a way to ensure jobs for returning vets, restock the pipeline for teachers in the face of a large cohort ready to retire, and strengthen public schools. It needs to be law.

Filed Under: Educators, Federal Policy, NCLB

Updates to the CA School Funding Map Tool, May 15-June 15, 2011

June 12, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Covers changes in worst-case scenario for schools under an all-cuts budget from the release of the May revise in mid-May to the need for a vote on June 15 in order to comply with Prop 25 (salaries to legislators cut off if no budget is passed by mid-June in time for the end of the fiscal year on June 30).

Filed Under: Budgets, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, School Districts

Introducing ZombieX: No Zombie Left Behind

June 6, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Zombie X gives us his perspective on standardized testing and No Child Left Behind from the point of view of a 12-year old seventh grader who attends a public school.

Filed Under: Federal Policy, NCLB, Students Tagged With: Zombie X

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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 […]

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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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