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Closing a Fear Gap So Children Can Achieve

Photograph; Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times Montserrat Garibay, a teacher in Austin, Tex., is focusing on helping families navigate a complex immigration bureaucracy. By Michael Brick | Originally Published at The New York Times. December 1, 2013 AUSTIN, Tex. — The meeting began, as so [...]

Closing a Fear Gap So Children Can Achieve2016-11-29T17:38:29-05:00

Jeff Nichols; Testimony At Education City Council Hearing

Testimony At Education City Council Hearing From CTS Member By Jeff Nichols | Originally Published at Change The stakes. November 27, 2013 Testimony In Support Of City Council Resolution 1394-2012 Jeff Nichols, Change the Stakes November 25, 2013 Thank you Councilman Jackson for this opportunity to [...]

Jeff Nichols; Testimony At Education City Council Hearing2016-11-29T17:38:29-05:00

CPS Will Use State-Run Data Program, Not Controversial inBloom Storehouse

By Becky Schlikerman | Originally Published at The Chicago Sun times. Last Modified: Nov 27, 2013 10:09AM Chicago Public Schools has decided against using inBloom, a controversial data storehouse run by a nonprofit, and will work directly with a state-run data program, a spokeswoman said. In Illinois, [...]

CPS Will Use State-Run Data Program, Not Controversial inBloom Storehouse2016-11-29T17:38:29-05:00

What The Swift Response To Texas’ ‘Catch An Illegal Immigrant’ Game Tells Us About The Reform Movement

By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee |Originally Published at ThinkProgress. November 21, 2013 On Wednesday, actress America Ferrera led a solidarity march with hundreds of pro-immigration activist groups at the University of Texas at Austin to protest against a scheduled game called “Catch an illegal immigrant” which prompted heavy [...]

What The Swift Response To Texas’ ‘Catch An Illegal Immigrant’ Game Tells Us About The Reform Movement2016-11-29T17:38:30-05:00

South Carolina Parents Remove Children From School to Protest Common Core

Photograph; Opponents of the Common Core State Standards kept their children out of school Nov. 18 to protest what they say is a federal overreach. Might we blame a bad Common Core State Standards rollout on a website or could it be that the website rollout went [...]

South Carolina Parents Remove Children From School to Protest Common Core2016-11-29T17:38:30-05:00

Parents Can Inform Meaningful School Change

Illustration; By Bob Dahm Commentary By Karran Harper Royal | Originally Published at Education Week. | November 6, 2013 For years, as a resident of New Orleans, I was a super-involved parent, engaged in everything from the proverbial bake sale to serving on the school improvement committee. [...]

Parents Can Inform Meaningful School Change2016-11-25T17:40:40-05:00

Voters Soundly Reject School Levy; Seduction or Destruction?

On election night, 2013 the headlines rang out what appears to be a regrettable truth; the people no longer support our schools. Voters Soundly Defeat Columbus School Levy Could it be that we turned a tide? For taxpayers, does money now mean more than the education of [...]

Voters Soundly Reject School Levy; Seduction or Destruction?2016-11-29T17:38:32-05:00

Newark High School Students March Out, Send A Message To Chris Christie

By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. Npovember 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST A lot of Newark high school students boycotted school for a while today. And they did it, because they're unhappy about Gov. Chris Christie, Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson and what's happening [...]

Newark High School Students March Out, Send A Message To Chris Christie2016-11-29T17:38:32-05:00
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