• Athletics
  • Big Ed
  • Ed Tech
  • Educators
  • Elections
  • Federal Policy
  • Parents
  • Students
  • The Testing Industry

K-12 News Network's The Wire

K-12 News Network: People-Powered Public Education News

  • Budgets
  • Charter Schools
  • Federal Policy
  • School Districts
  • State Education Law
  • School Boards
You are here: Home / 2011 / Archives for August 2011

Archives for August 2011

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

Blood Money*

August 26, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

By Joseph K. We are being asked (key word “asked”) to be trained (key word “trained”, like dogs,) by Pearson “Learning” August 29th and 30th. Pearson is going to pay us. Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen, the money they are going to pay us is blood money. And the blood money they are going […]

Filed Under: Federal Policy, Los Angeles, NCLB, Research Tagged With: Joseph K., Pearson

Side Note: An Inspiring Commencement Address From Steve Jobs

August 26, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Steve Jobs’ commencement address from June 12, 2005. Great words to put the meaning and purpose of education in perpective.

Filed Under: Commencement

PA School Voucher Bills Alert — Taxpayer Dollars to Pay for Creationism, "Biblical Captitalism"?

August 23, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

We interviewed Rachel Tabachnick, one of K12NN’s contributors back in June, 2011. At that time, she had been tracking quite closely the movement of a school voucher bill through the Pennsylvania state legislature, where it passed one house but didn’t pass the other. Now, it’s almost certain that the school voucher bill will be raised […]

Filed Under: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State Education Law Tagged With: DeVos

Welcome Back to School! Del Monte Fresh Fruit Brings You Teacher Monday & Cash for Classrooms at K12NN

August 22, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

First, some good news to welcome you back: K12NN is participating in Del Monte’s free giveaway of fresh fruit! Thanks to Del Monte, I’ll be giving away 3 sets of $25 gift certificates all through September and into October as well. The 50th commenter to this post will get a $25 in gift certificates to […]

Filed Under: Educators, Parents, Promotions

End Homophobic Bullying? Anti-Gay Allegations Won't Stop Michelle Rhee From Speaking at Church Conference

August 11, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Best known for her claim to put “Students First” and more controversially, to use student standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance, Michelle Rhee will likely go ahead with plans to speak on Friday, August 12, 2011, at the Global Leadership Summit at Willow Creek, a conference held at a Chicago-area “mega-church.” …Rhee’s continued participation at the conference and lack of any statement regarding the need to accept and keep LGBT youth safe from bullies has riled many LGBT activists and caused allies to question Rhee’s devotion to her slogan.

Filed Under: Chicago, Educators, Federal Policy, School Districts, Students Tagged With: Anti-Bullying, Michelle Rhee

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

Sign up for our newsletter

* indicates required
Email Format

Buy a hybrid Facebook+ website today!

Federal Policy

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 […]

More Posts from this Category

K12NN on Blog Talk Radio

Online Politics Progressive Radio at Blog Talk Radio with MOMocrats on BlogTalkRadio

Categories

August 2011
S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jul   Sep »

Copyright © 2022 · The Wire Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in