By UnitedNJ | Originally Published at Blue Jersey. November 04, 2013 at 06:06:42 AM EST Post is by Trina Scordo, Executive Director, NJ Communities United The Newark Students Union have organized a massive student boycott of Newark Public Schools today because many of them are too young [...]
Photograph; Smithtown teachers rally with others at Sen. Flanagan's office Friday. Photo by Elana Glowatz Oppose Common Core Curriculum, Standardized Tests By Elana Glowatz | Originally Published at Times Beacon Record. November 4, 2013 Hundreds of people flooded the sidewalk in front of state Sen. John [...]
CPS Students Protest 'The Death Of Public Education' Photo credit: Justin Carlson By Aaron Cynic | Originally Published at Chicagoist. November 4, 2013 A small group of Chicago Public Schools students marched from the Board of Education to City Hall on Friday to protest what they say [...]
Originally Published at Education Votes. October 11, 2013 The National Education Association (NEA), which represents 3 million educators nationwide, will launch ads on television and online asking members of Congress to stop playing games and get its priorities straight. The spot,”Not a Game,” will air in the [...]
Photograph: John Arnold, a former hedge fund manager who retired last year at 38, and his wife, Laura, expressed frustration with Washington. Might we consider the source, the need, the meaning, or all of these? Read. Reflect. Do your research. Respond if you choose. By John Schwartz [...]
By Lorraine Forte | Originally Published at The Huffington Post October 9, 2013 Any adult who was successful in school will likely remember that their parents played a defining role in that success. What happens during the roughly six-hour school day is only part of the learning [...]
An Interview With Superintendent Kelli Joseph By Robert Mann | Originally Published at Something Like Truth September 28, 2013 Photograph: St. Helena Parish School Superintendent Kelli Joseph Gov. Bobby Jindal says he’s outraged about the U.S. Justice Department’s pleading that raises questions about the legality of some [...]
On September 21, 2013 a large group of children, parents, grandparents, school staff, teachers and community members gathered to affirm Public Education as a Civil Right. Locals and supporters from miles away came together at Milwaukee High School of the Arts at 10:30 a.m. Once the crowd [...]
While it might be easy to dismiss any poll, it is vital that we realize peoples' opinions have power! Sure you might say the questions were skewed or either of the political Parties who worked on the project had a vested interest. Nevertheless, the numbers are clear [...]
