K-12 News Network | Site Wide Activity http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/feed Site Wide Activity Feed Fri, 10 May 2013 16:25:43 +0200 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.7.1 en-US http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1590/ admin edited the doc Wall Street Connections to Charter Lobbyists http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1590/ Fri, 10 May 2013 16:25:43 +0200 http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1589/ admin created the doc Wall Street Connections to Charter Lobbyists http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1589/ Fri, 10 May 2013 16:21:21 +0200 http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1588/ admin edited the doc Millionaire/Billionaire Funders of the Charter Lobby http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1588/ Fri, 10 May 2013 15:58:23 +0200 http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1587/ admin created the doc Funders of the Charter Lobby http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1587/ Fri, 10 May 2013 15:53:05 +0200 http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/whats-in-a-name-only-jeb-bush-knows/ admin wrote a new post, What's In a Name? Only Jeb! Bush Knows. http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/whats-in-a-name-only-jeb-bush-knows/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:56:45 +0200 ThumbnailBy Duke

Hanna Skandera is now the head chief of Jeb Bush!'s reformy group, Chiefs For Change. And she's decided to celeberate by snatching up a title that was not conferred on her by law:

Hanna Skandera, one […]

]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1585/ admin wrote a new blog post What's In a Name? Only Jeb! Bush Knows. in the group Kentucky School News http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1585/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:56:45 +0200 By Duke

Hanna Skandera is now the head chief of Jeb Bush!'s reformy group, Chiefs For Change. And she's decided to celeberate by snatching up a title that was not conferred on her by law:

Hanna Skandera, one […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1584/ admin wrote a new blog post What's In a Name? Only Jeb! Bush Knows. in the group Early Childhood Education http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1584/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:56:45 +0200 By Duke

Hanna Skandera is now the head chief of Jeb Bush!'s reformy group, Chiefs For Change. And she's decided to celeberate by snatching up a title that was not conferred on her by law:

Hanna Skandera, one […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1583/ admin wrote a new blog post What's In a Name? Only Jeb! Bush Knows. in the group Netroots Nation 2012 Education Panels http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1583/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:56:45 +0200 By Duke

Hanna Skandera is now the head chief of Jeb Bush!'s reformy group, Chiefs For Change. And she's decided to celeberate by snatching up a title that was not conferred on her by law:

Hanna Skandera, one […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1582/ admin wrote a new blog post Common Core test is on track, State Board told - by John Fensterwald in the group California School News http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1582/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:50:04 +0200 By John Fensterwald Four states have encountered serious glitches and system meltdowns over the past several weeks as they have moved their own state assessments online. But the head of the state-led consortium […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/common-core-test-is-on-track-state-board-told-by-john-fensterwald/ admin wrote a new post, Common Core test is on track, State Board told - by John Fensterwald http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/common-core-test-is-on-track-state-board-told-by-john-fensterwald/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:43:16 +0200 ThumbnailBy John Fensterwald Four states have encountered serious glitches and system meltdowns over the past several weeks as they have moved their own state assessments online. But the head of the state-led consortium […]

]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1580/ admin wrote a new blog post Common Core test is on track, State Board told - by John Fensterwald in the group California School News http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1580/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:43:16 +0200 By John Fensterwald Four states have encountered serious glitches and system meltdowns over the past several weeks as they have moved their own state assessments online. But the head of the state-led consortium […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/bill-gatess-ridiculous-ted-talk-part-i/ admin wrote a new post, Bill Gates's Ridiculous TED Talk, Part I http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/bill-gatess-ridiculous-ted-talk-part-i/ Fri, 10 May 2013 02:39:02 +0200 ThumbnailBy Duke

I didn't even have to go two minutes into this spiel by Bill Gates before he laid out a whopper so large it's simply stunning:

 

(1:06) Until recently, over 98% of teachers just got one word of […]

]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/many-charter-schools-to-begin-offering-transitional-kindergarten-in-fall-2013-by-lillian-mongeau/ admin wrote a new post, Many charter schools to begin offering transitional kindergarten in fall 2013 - by Lillian Mongeau http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/05/many-charter-schools-to-begin-offering-transitional-kindergarten-in-fall-2013-by-lillian-mongeau/ Wed, 08 May 2013 00:35:45 +0200 ThumbnailBy Lillian Mongeau After a year’s delay, many charter schools will begin offering transitional kindergarten classes in the fall. There had been some disagreement with the California Department of Education over […]

]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1577/ admin wrote a new blog post Many charter schools to begin offering transitional kindergarten in fall 2013 - by Lillian Mongeau in the group California School News http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1577/ Wed, 08 May 2013 00:35:45 +0200 By Lillian Mongeau After a year’s delay, many charter schools will begin offering transitional kindergarten classes in the fall. There had been some disagreement with the California Department of Education over […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/04/brown-fights-back-responds-to-critics-of-his-funding-formula-by-john-fensterwald/ admin wrote a new post, Brown fights back, responds to critics of his funding formula - by John Fensterwald http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/04/brown-fights-back-responds-to-critics-of-his-funding-formula-by-john-fensterwald/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:13:21 +0200 ThumbnailBy John Fensterwald Gov. Jerry Brown emphatically vowed Wednesday “to fight with everything I have and whatever we have to bring to bear” for passage this year of his school finance reform, as proposed.

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1575/ admin wrote a new blog post Brown fights back, responds to critics of his funding formula - by John Fensterwald in the group State School Funding Primer http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1575/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:13:21 +0200 By John Fensterwald Gov. Jerry Brown emphatically vowed Wednesday “to fight with everything I have and whatever we have to bring to bear” for passage this year of his school finance reform, as proposed.

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1574/ admin wrote a new blog post Brown fights back, responds to critics of his funding formula - by John Fensterwald in the group California School News http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1574/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:13:21 +0200 By John Fensterwald Gov. Jerry Brown emphatically vowed Wednesday “to fight with everything I have and whatever we have to bring to bear” for passage this year of his school finance reform, as proposed.

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/04/the-illinois-charter-commission-an-uber-committee-with-even-less-democratic-oversight-than-the-cps-board/ admin wrote a new post, The Illinois Charter Commission. An über committee with even less democratic oversight than the CPS board. http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/04/the-illinois-charter-commission-an-uber-committee-with-even-less-democratic-oversight-than-the-cps-board/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:08:52 +0200 ThumbnailBy Fred Klonsky

The Illinois State Charter Commission can almost be described as an über committee with even less oversight than Chicago’s mayoral controlled school board.

If a privately managed charter […]

]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1572/ admin wrote a new blog post The Illinois Charter Commission. An über committee with even less democratic oversight than the CPS board. in the group Illinois School News http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/activity/p/1572/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:08:52 +0200 By Fred Klonsky

The Illinois State Charter Commission can almost be described as an über committee with even less oversight than Chicago’s mayoral controlled school board.

If a privately managed charter […]

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]]> http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/04/pearson-error-on-nys-gifted-and-talented-education-screening-test/ admin wrote a new post, Pearson Error on NYS Gifted and Talented Education Screening Test http://www.k12newsnetwork.com/2013/04/pearson-error-on-nys-gifted-and-talented-education-screening-test/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:19:43 +0200 ThumbnailBREAKING NEWS: Pearson errors on gifted and talented screening tests for NYS students mean that too few qualified students were identified.

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