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Diane’s New Book Gets Early Recognition
The first review of Diane’s upcoming book was published online this week. This week the first review of Diane’s new book was published by Kirkus. Diane’s book, entitled Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, examines the actions taken by the Bush and Obama administrations to privatize public education and discusses how these policies can
More Join Fight to Save Chicago Schools
9 year-old Asean Johnson gave an impassioned speech against CPS school closures at Wednesday’s BOE meeting. Students’ protests go viral on Youtube while human rights advocates’ protests go international to the United Nations. There has been a lot of news this week concerning the hotly contested school closings in Chicago. The group Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools (CSOSOS) made thei
Chicago School Closings Case Heard in Court
Two lawsuits filed to protest Chicago students against school closings are in court this week. A decision expected by Friday. Tuesday marked the first day of court hearings in the fight to save Chicago schools. It was announced in March that the CPS would close 54 public schools, making this the largest closure of public schools at one time in American history. Since then, the number has decrease
Oklahoma, Georgia Back Out of PARCC Consortium
Oklahoma and Georgia will not implement Common Core testing Earlier this week, Georgia and Oklahoma officially announced that they will not use Common Core tests that are being designed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). The decision for both states came soon after PARCC announced its estimate for the cost of Common Core testing-$29.50 per student. This
Join the #CorfieldMoneyBomb
Pledge your support for NPE-endorsed candidate Marie Corfield Marie Corfield is a teacher, parent, and NPE-endorsed candidate running for New Jersey Assembly. Corfield is holding an online campaign event today called #CorfieldMoneyBomb. The event is being held via Twitter and other social media, emphasizing the important role that grassroots organizing has played in Corfield’s campaign. The #Corfi
Gates Foundation Moves into Higher Ed
The Gates Foundation shifts its focus to postsecondary policy. Will it continue the harmful practices of its K-12 reform? This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation began organized efforts to extend its influence into higher education policy. The Gates Foundation is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to finance programs and research focused on bettering American higher education. Acc
Call Your Representatives About ESEA –
A bill on NCLB is coming to the floor and we can impact its destiny Dear folks: For the first time in 12 years, a bill is expected to come to the floor of Congress to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as NCLB. The Student Success Act, HR5, introduced by Rep. Kline, may be voted on in the House as soon as this week. We sent out a message earlier this week
Welcome to NPE 2.0!
Introducing NPE 2.0! Network for Public Education members from across the country have told us that they would like a place on the web to meet, discuss ideas, and make new friends and allies. While our various sites on the web (like Facebook and Twitter), have helped us to grow, we have yet to offer a place for friends and allies to call our own. So check out the new http://networkforpubliceducati
Happy Birthday, Diane!
On her birthday, Diane sent a message out to her supporters on her blog. “Every day, every month, every year brings us closer to the day when the status quo collapses, and we can focus on what matters most: children-each of whom is unique-and genuine education-which means far more than test scores. My greatest birthday present is knowing that there are students, parents, teachers, principals, admi