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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

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

Pennsylvania Public School News Updates

March 29, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

[wp_rss_multi_importer category=”1″] Related articles Fiscal Showdown & Reduced Federal Spending on Education? We Say Kids, Not Cuts Community Schools, An Untapped Resource: A March 18, 2013 Convening Public School Districts Fight Back Against Privatization With District-Based, All Public “Schools of Choice” No Teachers With Guns, No Police In Schools

Filed Under: Budgets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State Education Law Tagged With: Pennsylvania

Parent Trigger = Parent Tricker

June 26, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

This is a must-read EdWeek article by Diane Ravitch with regard to the trickery behind the “parent trigger” law, and the recent decision by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to endorse a boilerplate bill pushed in four states by a hard-line right-wing group (ALEC). She notes that not one of the charter laws in CA, […]

Filed Under: Chicago, Los Angeles, Parents, Philadelphia Tagged With: ALEC, parent tricker, Trigger, US Conference of Mayors

PA School Voucher Bills Alert — Taxpayer Dollars to Pay for Creationism, "Biblical Captitalism"?

August 23, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

We interviewed Rachel Tabachnick, one of K12NN’s contributors back in June, 2011. At that time, she had been tracking quite closely the movement of a school voucher bill through the Pennsylvania state legislature, where it passed one house but didn’t pass the other. Now, it’s almost certain that the school voucher bill will be raised […]

Filed Under: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State Education Law Tagged With: DeVos

Preview of "School Choice: Taxpayer-Funded Creationism, Bigotry, and Bias"

June 28, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

School voucher efforts back by religious extremists that use taxpayer money (and corporate tax credits) to fund creationism and religious bigotry at private schools. These efforts are most active in PA and FL, although efforts are afoot in several states.

Filed Under: Curriculum, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tagged With: Rachel Tabachnick, vouchers

Vouchers/Tax Credits Funding Creationism, Revisionist History, Hostility Toward Other Religions

May 25, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Are your state’s tax dollars funding the teaching of religious supremacism and bigotry? What about Creationism? The answer is undoubtedly yes, if you live in a state with a voucher or corporate tax credit program funding “school choice.”

Filed Under: Curriculum, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tagged With: religious right

From Guest Blogger Rachel Tabachnick, Talk to Action: Voucher Advocate Betsy DeVos, Right-Wing Think Tanks Behind Koch-Style Attack on PA Public Schools (Section 3)

April 26, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Tuesday, April 26, 2011: ultra-conservative donor Betsy DeVos and other right-wing funders will try to undermine Pennsylvania public schools with a voucher bill in the PA state legislature. Contact your representatives and tell them VOTE NO ON VOUCHERS! (Section 3 of a long 3-part article on the subject.)

Filed Under: Budgets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tagged With: vouchers

From Guest Blogger Rachel Tabachnick, Talk to Action: Voucher Advocate Betsy DeVos, Right-Wing Think Tanks Behind Koch-Style Attack on PA Public Schools (Section 2)

April 26, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Tuesday, April 26, 2011: ultra-conservative donor Betsy DeVos and other right-wing funders will try to undermine Pennsylvania public schools with a voucher bill in the PA state legislature. Contact your representatives and tell them VOTE NO ON VOUCHERS! (Section 2 of a long 3-part article on the subject.)

Filed Under: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tagged With: vouchers

From Guest Blogger Rachel Tabachnick, Talk to Action: Voucher Advocate Betsy DeVos, Right-Wing Think Tanks Behind Koch-Style Attack on PA Public Schools (Section 1)

April 26, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Tuesday, April 26, 2011: ultra-conservative donor Betsy DeVos and other right-wing funders will try to undermine Pennsylvania public schools with a voucher bill in the PA state legislature. Contact your representatives and tell them VOTE NO ON VOUCHERS! (Section 1 of a long 3-part article on the subject.)

Filed Under: Budgets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tagged With: vouchers

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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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