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Agreed that Gov Brown needs positive messaging as well as threat of cuts to pass…

May 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Agreed that Gov Brown needs positive messaging as well as threat of cuts to pass his K-12 initiative this November. Explain how re-alignment works, why this is a benefit, how CalWORKS and other programs must be funded in order to support education. For…

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500 people listened in on the FL BOE conference call held to address botched FCA…

May 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

500 people listened in on the FL BOE conference call held to address botched FCAT standardized test questions & scoring. How much is the state of Florida spending on these poorly-written high-stakes tests that are being used to fail students, fire …

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Irony of ironies — brilliant math teacher Carolyn Abbott was driven from the cl…

May 17, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

Irony of ironies — brilliant math teacher Carolyn Abbott was driven from the classroom where she excels teaching G&T middle schoolers advanced algebra by a rating as the "worst 8th grade math teacher in NYC." She's now pursuing a Ph…

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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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