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Creativity, collaboration, critical thinking — all these can be found in play,…

January 12, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Creativity, collaboration, critical thinking — all these can be found in play, & rich, rigorous learning that incorporates play. MUST WATCH. TEDxABQ – Jill Vialet – What Play Can Teach Uswww.youtube.comJill Vialet believes that playing is essential to…

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NYT editorial identifying the many problems and poor quality of full-time online…

January 12, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

NYT editorial identifying the many problems and poor quality of full-time online schools. Key: what happens to funding that “follows the student” to online schools? De-funding of existing school districts and enrichment of education profiteers.Troubled…

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"The 2012 Quality Counts national education rankings are out today. Florida had…

January 12, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

“The 2012 Quality Counts national education rankings are out today. Florida had the most dramatic fall from 5th to 11th, earning a D in school funding and a C- in achievement. As our friend Colleen Wood from 50th No More said- ‘It’s not all about money…

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Tucson Unified's highly-regarded Mexican American Studies program shuttered whil…

January 12, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Tucson Unified’s highly-regarded Mexican American Studies program shuttered while court battles sort student/teacher First Amendment rights & the vague wording of the law targeting MAS removal, HB 2281. cc New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCo…

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Real Florida parents find the "parent empowerment" bill pushed by ALEC & the bil…

January 12, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Real Florida parents find the “parent empowerment” bill pushed by ALEC & the billionaires lobby totally out of step w/their priorities.Florida parent groups question origins of “parent empowerment” bill | Education articles blog on schwww.tampabay.com”…

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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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