Join Us in Welcoming New Board Members
We are pleased to welcome four new members to the NPE Board of Directors! These new members have dedicated their lives to public education. They share the values and vision of NPE, and will bring great experience to our ever-growing Network. Diane announced the additions to the Board earlier this week, saying that the new members “will be a great resource for the important work of the Network for
InBloom Threatens Students’ Privacy Rights
Are corporately-backed organizations stealing kids’ privacy? Over the past few months, tensions have been building concerning InBloom, an organization that collects information about students around the country in order to create methods of personalized education. InBloom claims on its website that “[s]tudent data privacy is a top priority” of theirs. However, parents strongly disagree. After prot
ALEC Wants to Privatize Our Schools
On August 8th, the Chicago Teachers Union will be leading a protest against the American Legislative Exchange Council. The CTU estimates that ALEC has helped create hundreds of policies that aim to protect corporations and ultimately harm middle class families. In 2013 alone, ALEC supported 139 bills for privatizing public education and 104 bills that diminish public sector unions and collective b
Bennett Announces Resignation in Florida
This morning, Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett announced his resignation. The announcement comes just four days after the Associated Press published e-mails found from Bennett’s time as Indiana School Superintendent which revealed that Bennett had secretly altered the way in which schools were graded in order to reward his political supporters. Bennett’s changes specifically affected th
