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Didn’t dullard Duncan say Katrina was the best thing to happen to New Orleans?

May 13, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

The absolute worst education President, and Secretary of Education in U.S. history.

“…let me be really honest. I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.” — Arne Duncan The absolute worst education President, and Secretary of Education in U.S. history. For Immediate Release: May 13, 2015Contact: Madison Donzis, madison@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 210.488.6220 New Report Exposes Holes in Louisiana’s Charter School Program and Millions […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: Arne Duncan, charter crime, charter fraud, education reform, malfeasance, neoliberalism, New Orleans, Privatization, rdsathene, RSD

“Value-Added” for Teacher Preparation Programs? Your Comments Needed NOW on Proposed Regulation Changes

January 27, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

UPDATED February 2, 2015:  We submitted the link to this post to the official regulations.gov site where it was recorded. At the time of sending, almost 3500 comments from teachers, faculty at GSEs (graduate schools of education), and others with an interest in the training of public school teachers had submitted comments. In our submission, […]

Filed Under: Educators, Federal Policy, Fixes, Research Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Department of Education, Title II, United States Department of Education, Value Added Methodologies, Value-added

Why This "Suburban Mom" Thinks Arne Duncan's All Wrong

November 19, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Cynthia Liu is the founder of K12NN. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said “white suburban moms” oppose Common Core State Standards because they’ll find out “their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought they [sic] were.” SO. MUCH. FAIL. Where to […]

Filed Under: Big Ed, Common Core, Federal Policy, Parents, The Testing Industry Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Department of Education

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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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