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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: 3 weeks, 6 days agoBy 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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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: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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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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: 3 weeks, 6 days agoBy 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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cynthia wrote a new blog post Community Schools, An Untapped Resource: A March 18, 2013 Convening in the group
California School News: 1 month, 3 weeks agoBy Deb McCurdy, Special to K12NN
On March 18, 2013, public education advocates, administrators, school board members, school administrators, non-profit organizations and philanthropists convened at the […]
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cynthia wrote a new blog post Community Schools, An Untapped Resource: A March 18, 2013 Convening in the group
Netroots Nation 2012 Education Panels: 1 month, 3 weeks agoBy Deb McCurdy, Special to K12NN
On March 18, 2013, public education advocates, administrators, school board members, school administrators, non-profit organizations and philanthropists convened at the […]
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cynthia wrote a new blog post Community Schools, An Untapped Resource: A March 18, 2013 Convening in the group
Early Childhood Education: 1 month, 3 weeks agoBy Deb McCurdy, Special to K12NN
On March 18, 2013, public education advocates, administrators, school board members, school administrators, non-profit organizations and philanthropists convened at the […]
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cynthia wrote a new blog post Community Schools, An Untapped Resource: A March 18, 2013 Convening in the group
Kentucky School News: 1 month, 3 weeks agoBy Deb McCurdy, Special to K12NN
On March 18, 2013, public education advocates, administrators, school board members, school administrators, non-profit organizations and philanthropists convened at the […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, Community Schools, An Untapped Resource: A March 18, 2013 Convening 1 month, 3 weeks ago
By Deb McCurdy, Special to K12NNOn March 18, 2013, public education advocates, administrators, school board members, school administrators, non-profit organizations and philanthropists convened at the […]
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cynthia wrote a new blog post February 25 & 26, 2013: The Annual California PTA Legislative Conference (Budget/School Funding) in the group
California School News: 2 months, 1 week agoThe California PTA Legislative Conference is an excellent gathering orchestrated by the state PTA and usually happens every spring after everyone’s had a chance to digest the governor’s January budget announcement […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, February 25 & 26, 2013: The Annual California PTA Legislative Conference (Budget/School Funding) 2 months, 1 week ago
The California PTA Legislative Conference is an excellent gathering orchestrated by the state PTA and usually happens every spring after everyone’s had a chance to digest the governor’s January budget announcement […] -
cynthia wrote a new post, February 25 & 26, 2013: The Annual California PTA Legislative Conference (Teacher Evaluations) 2 months, 1 week ago
There are so many reasons why California is poised to regain her leadership among states in public education. Most of them stem from the fact that policy-wise, we haven’t completely knuckled under to the damaging […] -
cynthia wrote a new post, Public School Districts Fight Back Against Privatization With District-Based, All Public “Schools of Choice” 4 months, 1 week ago
The myth is that charters “own” innovation. I don’t buy the myth. In the K12NN FAQ Wiki, I’ve gathered too many examples of 100% public schools that are truly public inside and out – democratic governance […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, The Biggest Test Americans Could Fail Isn’t Multiple Choice 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Since that fateful day on December 14, 2012, e’ve been grieving with the rest of the nation over the senseless deaths of children and their teachers at Newtown, Connecticut. While harder to summon, even pity and […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, Miss the #KidsNotCuts Twitter Party? Here’s the Recap 6 months ago
In case you missed the #kidsnotcuts Twitter party with our expert Lily Eskelsen (@NEAToday) as the featured guest, I’ve collected some of the tweet […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, Fiscal Showdown & Reduced Federal Spending on Education? We Say Kids, Not Cuts 6 months, 1 week ago
My home state is California, and we just successfully survived our own state version of the “fiscal cliff” when it comes to education. Here, they were called the “trigger cuts.” If Proposition 30 — essentially […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, College Affordability and Why Your Vote Matters 11 months, 2 weeks ago
A new report on the troubling amount of money most college students must borrow was released at the end of February, 2012. Compounding the hurdles for many young people seeking a college education is the double […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, Guest Post: Tennessee Lawmakers Must Abolish School Corporal Punishment 1 year, 1 month ago
This guest post comes to us from a staunch advocate in support of removing corporal punishment as an option for discipline under state education laws. Julie Worley is President of Tennesseans for Non-Violent […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, The Democratic Party Launches the Women's Institute — Will Progressive Women Fighting to Protect Public Education From Privatization Be Able to Engage The Party There? 1 year, 2 months ago
On International Women’s Day, today, Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (and Congresswoman) Debbie Wasserman-Schultz announced the creation of a Women’s Institute as an official project of the […]
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cynthia wrote a new post, Three CA Education Revenue Initiatives for November, 2012? A Comparison, Because Voters Will Probably Only Support One 1 year, 2 months ago
UPDATE: as of March 14, 2012
The Sacramento Bee reports that Governor Brown and the Courage Campaign/CFT have reached a deal in which he tempers the regressive aspects of his ballot initiative by reducing the […]
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