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ICYMI: Video Highlights From the Network For Public Education’s PUBLIC “Education Nation”

October 15, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

The Network for Public Education

MSNBC has a show that is practically a commercial for the privatization of public education called “Education Nation.” Fans of charter schools, “school choice,” and other trendy approaches to education that enrich ed tech companies are all invited. Voices of those who feel the public education system — for all its flaws — is worthwhile […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Chicago, Detroit, Ed Tech, Educators, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, School closures, The Testing Industry Tagged With: Carol Burris, Common Core, Diane Ravitch, High Stakes Standardized Tests, MSNBC Education Nation

Racial Justice In Schools Starts With Teacher Cultural Competency, Not “NYPD” T-Shirts

September 17, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

By Sabrina Stevens. She is executive director of Integrity In Education and a former teacher and now education activist. Though some may view the police as “community helpers” who “protect and serve,” members of communities of color simply do not have that luxury. Within our communities, the reality of racialized mass incarceration and a growing […]

Filed Under: Educators, New York City, State Education Law, Students Tagged With: Eric Garner, excessive force, extrajudicial killings, police brutality, school to prison pipeline

Social Movement Unionism Comes to the Teachers Unions at Last

July 16, 2014 by

I am an activist and organizer who recently joined the fight against “education reform,” which is really code for the attempt by corporations, billionaires and hedge funds and the industry they have spawned, to privatize public education and break the teachers unions. I have been frustrated at the seeming lack of interest on the part […]

Filed Under: Educators, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, School closures Tagged With: AFT, teachers unions, UFT, UTLA

Pearson Error on NYS Gifted and Talented Education Screening Test

April 19, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

BREAKING NEWS: Pearson errors on gifted and talented screening tests for NYS students mean that too few qualified students were identified. @GothamSchools reports: From Pearson re @nycschools G&T exams: “We are very sorry to report that errors at Pearson occurred …” Feel like we’ve heard this before — GothamSchools (@gothamschools) April 19, 2013 Pearson on […]

Filed Under: New York City, School Districts, The Testing Industry, Uncategorized Tagged With: New York, Pearson

Robert D. Skeels: a community candidate for LAUSD School Board

February 21, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

What if the best candidate — measured on positions alone — is also the most under-funded candidate for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education? At K-12 News Network, we thought you deserve to hear from an underdog. Note how plushly funded Michelle Rhee has just in the past 24 hours donated $250,000 to […]

Filed Under: Big Ed, Elections, Los Angeles, New York City, School Boards Tagged With: $1 Million, Diane Ravitch, Eli Broad, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee Offers Democrats Campaign Money/"Ed Reform" Expertise, They Refuse

June 13, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

One of the first things Michelle Rhee’s group, StudentsFirstNY, did upon launching in that state was approach Democratic Congressional candidate Hakeem Jeffries (NY-CD8) and offer him a six-figure, unregulated, third party donation to his campaign. They probably thought Jeffries was an easy mark, given the positions he’s taken in the past urging that New York […]

Filed Under: Elections, New York City, Parents Tagged With: Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst

Guest Blogger NY Communities for Change: Our New Search Tool for PCB Contamination, NYC Schools

April 2, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Is your child being exposed to PCBs, dangerous construction chemicals commonly used in the ’80s and ’90s? Find out more about school building safety, environmental toxins, and a way to see if your NYC school is safe with a tool released by the non-profit group NY Communities.

Filed Under: Fixes, New York City, Parents Tagged With: School Building Safety

Guest Blogger Meghan Groome, NYAS: Dear Parents, How To Raise Science-Loving Kids

March 29, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Dr. Meghan Groome of the NY Academy of Sciences gives her favorite resources for raising science-loving kids and encouraging them to explore it as a passion and a possible career.

Filed Under: Curriculum, New York City, Parents Tagged With: STEM

March 9, 2011 MOMocrats/K12News Network Blog Talk Radio Show: Guest Leonie Haimson

March 15, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

On MOMocrats’ MOMochat radio show, March 9, 2001: Leonie Haimson of Parents Across America discusses organizing to support public education in the face of extreme budget cuts and anti-child, anti-teacher, anti-union GOP budget proposals.

Filed Under: Federal Policy, Fixes, Los Angeles, New York City, Parents Tagged With: Parent Activism

K12NN & MOMocrats Radio Show: Guest Leonie Haimson, Weds March 9, 9:00 AM PT/Noon ET

March 9, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Longtime education activist Leonie Haimson joins the MOMocrats MOMochat to talk about class size, budget cuts, NYC schools, and how parents can get organized to fight for public schools in the face of manufactured budget crises.

Filed Under: New York City, Parents

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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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