NY Teacher Mercedes Schneider shreds Common Core
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Russ on Reading: Dispatches from the Front NPE Conference in Austin, Texas
Russ on Reading: Dispatches from the Front: Dispatches from the FrontRuss on Reading goes to the Network for Public Education Conference in Austin, TexasI am feeling so fortunate to be here in Austin with so many passionate advocates for public education. There is literally a public education hero around every corner. Today I met superstar superintendent John Kuhn, author of Test and Punish, which
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My second day at Network for Public Education Conference
The morning's first session included a panel on the Common Core:Randi Weingarten:The push back from teachers on Corporate School Reform is not being ignored. It's noticed by those who are in power and it frustrates them.During this period of privatization and de-professionalizing of teachers, the idea of public education as a public good is under assault.National standards might be a good thing to
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First Network for Public Education Conference
I will add to this post as I experience more of this historic conference.I had the pleasure of attending the first Network for Public Education Conference in Austin, Texas. I see this as a historic event because it is the official organizing of the grass roots movement by people who see public education not as a private interest but as a public good.I see this conference first and foremost about r
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CURMUDGUCATION: 11 Essential Questions from the Network for Public Education
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CURMUDGUCATION: Distance Learning & Best Ravitch Line from NPE Conference
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