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CA Legislature saves $248 million from being cut from #cabudget & leaving school…

February 3, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

CA Legislature saves $248 million from being cut from #cabudget & leaving school kids w/o buses to go to school.California lawmakers keep school buses rollingwww.latimes.comSchool buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday…

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Data-driven madness conflates raw student standardized test scores with teacher…

February 3, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Data-driven madness conflates raw student standardized test scores with teacher and/or school performance. Outrageous distortion of what data can and cannot be made to say.The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performanceshankerblog.orgFar too …

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Kids in a youth group, Unidos, organize their own ethnic studies classes in the…

February 3, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Kids in a youth group, Unidos, organize their own ethnic studies classes in the absence of Tucson Unified’s Mexican American Studies classes. Kids, motivated to learn, won’t be stopped.Tucson Youth Group Hosts Their Own Chicano Studies Classes on Weeke…

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1850 students in Los Angeles answered a survey about the impact of budget cuts o…

February 3, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

1850 students in Los Angeles answered a survey about the impact of budget cuts on their schools. Read their responses here. H/T @dad_strangelandLA Youth » School cuts survey resultswww.layouth.comMore than 1,850 students told us how budget cuts have …

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Learning a trade need not be a demeaning, unintellectual, or low-skilled endeavo…

February 3, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Learning a trade need not be a demeaning, unintellectual, or low-skilled endeavor. In fact, in many countries, high school and post-secondary skilled trades are taught in rigorous technical institutes with a great deal of cooperation between schools an…

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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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