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Monday, March 3, 2014

NY Teacher Mercedes Schneider shreds Common Core from NPE Conference #npeconference


NY Teacher Mercedes Schneider shreds Common Core




The Network For Public Education | NPE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE – NPE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS:  NPE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGSMarch 2, 2014 NPE NewsPRESS RELEASEPress Conference to be held in the Thompson Conference Center at 3:30 pm, Sunday, March 2.AUSTIN, TX The Network for Public Education (NPE) closed out its first National Conference here with a call for Congressional hearings to investigate

Karen Lewis & John Kuhn on Vimeo @ #npeconference
Karen Lewis & John Kuhn on Vimeo: Karen Lewis & John Kuhn Karen Lewis & John Kuhn from Vincent Precht on Vimeo.


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

The Network For Public Education | NPE Calls for Congressional Hearings – Summary
The Network For Public Education | NPE Calls for Congressional Hearings – Summary: NPE Calls for Congressional Hearings – SummaryMarch 3, 2014 UncategorizedNetwork for Public Education Calls for Congressional Hearings on High-Stakes Standardized TestingNPE requests Congress hold formal hearings to investigate the over-emphasis, misapplication, costs, and poor implementation of high-stakes standard

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

MAR 01

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

Russ on Reading: Dispatches from the Front 2
Russ on Reading: Dispatches from the Front 2: Dispatches from the Front 2Notes from Day 2 of the Network Of Public Education ConferenceDay 2 of the Network for Public Education Conference in Austin, TX began with people lining up in the aisles of the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium to get Diane Ravitch to sign their copy of Reign of Error. Poor Anthony Cody struggled to get people into their seats to



CURMUDGUCATION: 11 Essential Questions from the Network for Public Education
CURMUDGUCATION: 11 Essential Questions from the Network for Public Education: 11 Essential Questions from the Network for Public EducationAt the wrap-up from last weekend's Network for Public Education conference in Austin, TX, the leaders of the national pro-public education (I realize that alignment should be obvious from the title, but these days you can't assume these things) issued a call for

CURMUDGUCATION: Distance Learning & Best Ravitch Line from NPE Conference
CURMUDGUCATION: Distance Learning & Best Ravitch Line from NPE Conference: Distance Learning & Best Ravitch Line from NPE ConferenceIn the midst of show weekend with my students here in PA, it was interesting to try to follow the Network for Public Education Conference in Austin this weekend. I have two initial takeaways from the experience.Distance Learning Is Even Worse Than Phone SexI f