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• Feature: Pearson, DeVos, LGBT Book Month

  By vspatz on May 25, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  This report begins with a financial note from earlier this month. In addition: US Secretary of Education defends right to discriminate, while libraries help us prepare now for LGBT Book Month. Feature report begins at 4:45 — Pearson Down-Sizing, Focusing… Read More ›

• On the BUS: Responding to the White House’s Education Budget

  By vspatz on May 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The White House’s proposed budget would cut public education by hundreds of millions, while giving money to voucher and charter programs. In addition, Denisha Jones tells the Education Town Hall, cuts in Medicaid and other programs will affect the ability… Read More ›

• Fight for 6 NOT 540 Days of Testing

  By vspatz on May 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s students lose 540 days, equivalent to three school years, to standardized testing and test prep during their K-12 years, according to Dr. Jesse Turner’s calculations. Back when, standardized tests were rare — occurring roughly three times in a school… Read More ›

• Jitu Brown and Sarah Chambers on the April BUS

  By vspatz on April 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Jitu Brown, national director of Journey for Justice Alliance, discussed the #WeChoose campaign — Education Equity, not the Illusion of Choice — on the first segment of the April 27 Education Town Hall BUS. In the second segment, Sarah Chambers,… Read More ›

• DC SBOE & ESSA: A Step Back?

  By vspatz on April 14, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Markus Batchelor, DC State Board of Education Representative from Ward 8, and Valerie Jablow, DCPS parent and blogger, joined the Education Town Hall on April 13 to discuss the State Board’s recent action on ESSA measures. Batchelor raised questions about… Read More ›

• James Baldwin Archives and National Library Action Day

  By vspatz on April 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A large portion of James Baldwin’s personal papers are now accessible to the public through the New York Public Library. Yesterday, the Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture announced acquisition of the author’s personal archive. Baldwin, was born… Read More ›

• I Need My Money: The Contract Song for DC Teachers

  By vspatz on April 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Students from Ballou Senior High School in DC and teacher/choir director Monica Brokenborough shared “The Contract Song” on today’s Education Town Hall. The song begins at the 49:50 mark — Education Town Hall April 13, 2017. The full segment, which… Read More ›

• Florida Opt Out and NY BATS on the March BUS

  By vspatz on March 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Cindy Hamilton, of Florida Opt Out, reports the latest on 3rd grade retention lawsuits, and Christine Pellegrino, NY BAT, discusses the issues that led her to run for State Assembly. We are attempting to repair the recording and hope to… Read More ›

• Federal Funding for Libraries, Museums Eliminated in FY2018 Budget

  By vspatz on March 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The Library of Congress announced, earlier this week, the acquisition of 575,000 images from the Civil Rights Movement. Photographer Bob Adelman volunteered with CORE – the Congress for Racial Equality – in the early 1960s to document protests and became… Read More ›

• Florida Opts Out, NY BAT Enters Ring

  By vspatz on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Update: Here is the latest on this program, including recording and links. On the March Education Town Hall BUS, hear from Cindy Hamilton, of Opt Out, on 3rd grade retention and related issues in Florida, and from Christine Pellegrino, NY… Read More ›

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