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Finland's Excellent Public Schools: A Smithsonian's-Eye View and A Former Citizen's Perspective

September 6, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

The Smithsonian Magazine featured Finnish schools in its September, 2011, magazine as written by an observant journalist visiting that country. K12NN highlights for you a prominent women’s lifestyle blogger’s perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of the Finnish education system as experienced throughout her childhood, and her own children’s experiences in American schools.

Filed Under: Curriculum, Educators, Federal Policy Tagged With: PISA

Science Grrl: Why I'm Not Worried About China

January 14, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Worry about China? Worry about 200 Chicago public schools that don’t have a library first.

Filed Under: Chicago Tagged With: Model Minority, PISA

Global Education Summit Planned for NYC, March 16-17, 2011

December 28, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

The US Department of Education recently announced it will co-host an international summit on teaching in conjunction with two U.S. teachers’ unions, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Asia Society, and the Council of State School Officers.

Filed Under: Educators, Federal Policy, New York City Tagged With: International Teachers Summit, OECD, PISA

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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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