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Boston Public Schools have a "Parent University" to enable parents to better int…

April 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Boston Public Schools have a "Parent University" to enable parents to better interact with schools & teachers. A possible model for other regions?Parental Engagement Proves No Easy Goalwww.edweek.orgAt Title I schools, piecemeal programs …

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Ed economist Bruce Baker on a key "ed reform" paradox pushed by the Fordham Inst…

April 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Ed economist Bruce Baker on a key "ed reform" paradox pushed by the Fordham Institute: does Common Core Standardization mean choice among how well schools implement the same curriculum and the test results therein? Then why are we expanding c…

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A dollar spent on testing is a dollar not spent improving the lives of 21% of ch…

April 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

A dollar spent on testing is a dollar not spent improving the lives of 21% of children who live in poverty & are too sick, hungry, or neglected to learn.Stephen Krashen Pulls the Rug Out From Under the Standards Movementblogs.edweek.orgThe money we…

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Cal State Universities are also contemplating a two-tier tuition system by pushi…

April 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Cal State Universities are also contemplating a two-tier tuition system by pushing oversubscribed remedial classes into Extended Education: "prices for Extended Education classes vary. But in 2009-10, the average annual tuition for an Extended Edu…

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Students & young people 18-25 are rising up to make sure their vote counts in th…

April 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Students & young people 18-25 are rising up to make sure their vote counts in the June 5, 2012 CA primary. http://bit.ly/I1WBWG College Students, We Betray Ourselves If We Don't Votewww.youtube.comDe Anza Community College's student organ…

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Student protests (& a pepper-spraying by campus police) prompt re-evaluation of…

April 6, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Student protests (& a pepper-spraying by campus police) prompt re-evaluation of multi-tier costs/credit at Santa Monica Community College. The head of the community college system says the policy is unfair & asks for a delay in its implementati…

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