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How Do We Stop a Coup? We Organize
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Just like you, there are many people in this country who want to save our
democracy. And if we organize, we can, Many of us in the United States are
asking...
2 days ago
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Dolly Parton: Insights From The Book Lady
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We’ve heard many welcome tributes to Dolly Parton and her great role as the
Book Lady. As most know, one of Dolly Parton’s many contributions and her
pas...
3 days ago
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Lower the Standards for DEI Scholars. Yes, I Said It.
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If universities refuse to replace research funding lost to political
discrimination, they cannot punish the scholars whose work the government
erased. This...
4 days ago
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Ohio Legislators Should Commit Over ½ Billion in Unspent Revenue to Serving
Ohio’s Most Vulnerable Public School Students
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In a pithy analysis released on Monday, the Heights Coalition for Public
Education dissects Ohio’s public school funding crisis and charges the Ohio
Legisl...
5 days ago
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Who Wants a Raise?
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And why do the people who need raises the most actually get the least?
5 days ago
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Who Wants a Raise?
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Everyone. And if you are a UFTer (and not a retiree), you are getting one.
But get this. A new paraprofessional is getting a raise of $803/year. Man,
do th...
5 days ago
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Maybe I’m Not A Unicorn
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In case you didn’t know, in my “spare time” I am an elected member of the
Monroe County...
6 days ago
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This year's drop in NYC state test scores: sound and fury, signifying
nothing
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When the state test scores were released a couple of weeks ago, they showed
sharp drops in proficiency for NYC students, particularly in reading. This...
1 week ago
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A Wake-up Call for the Country
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As a nation we can do so much better for young children and families.
1 week ago
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NPE Conference Panels Focus on Keeping Schools under Community Control
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https://networkforpubliceducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Demcracy-Conference-Promo-Landscape-6.mp4
The post NPE Conference Panels Focus on Keeping...
4 weeks ago
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Regarding Trump’s Utter Defeat and Surrender in the Middle East: Iran gets
to charge fees, too!
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Many analysts have explained how the recent MOU between Trump and Iran is a
humiliating and deep failure for the current regimes of both the USA and
Israel...
2 months ago
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Peace Treaty: Why Schools Don’t Change (Even When Everyone Knows They
Should)
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People love to say “schools resist change.” It sounds like a personality
flaw—lazy, stubborn, old-fashioned. But schools aren’t hard to change
because educ...
5 months ago
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Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli
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To all NJ public school staff and their families:
*You must not vote for Jack Ciattarelli. He will do serious, lasting damage
to you personally, and the ...
9 months ago
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"Didn't do *that*," part 1: new Schofield case developments reveal crucial
10th Circuit/Ledger lie
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The record is clear. Jeremy Scott confessed at least 40 times in a 2017
hearing. He never recanted. The Ledger must retract its lie to force Judge
Kevin Ab...
1 year ago
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Il Papa è Morto
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Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he
lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church
acce...
1 year ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
3 years ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed
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I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the
teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took
lesson...
3 years ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help.
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[image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging
infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new
interactive...
4 years ago
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STREET LIFE
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My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a
“colored” into the house.” I believed …
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4 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
5 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education
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A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was
just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled,
“Teachers...
5 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit
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On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating
Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park
School ...
6 years ago
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Charging a terrified 10-year-old girl as a criminal is a very bad look for
state attorney Dennis Ward
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What the hell is going on? As a parent, I feel very comfortable using this
exact wording to ask this …
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6 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019
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Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE
Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black,
Latinx, or Asian and y...
7 years ago
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Whose Opinions Matter in Education World?
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It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder
to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.
7 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
8 years ago
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March is nearly over and I didn't do anything for WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
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I was inspired when I saw this meme I guess it can be called of WOMEN IN
STEM and "IT'S OKAY TO BE SMART" And I began thinking about how the only
subjec...
9 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of
Humane District Themes
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It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community,
specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is
google the dis...
9 years ago
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Winter-Spring Speaking Schedule for Feminist Teacher, Ileana Jiménez
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I’m excited to announce my speaking schedule for the remainder of the
winter, spring, and early summer of 2015 (jump to the end for a full list).
Last year...
11 years ago
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