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LAUSD board race to be decided by East Valley voters

May 18, 2013 – "The process of voting on the future leadership of schools is what makes 'public education' public," says E4E-Los Angeles' executive director about the upcoming Los Angeles school board election (Los Angeles Daily News). »

Teacher Prep Overhaul

May 15, 2013 – For the first time in over a decade, organizations including graduate schools, teacher unions and credentialing bodies are reconsidering how we educate and train our teaching force (Scholastic Administr@tor Magazine). »

They're teachers, not missionaries

May 14, 2013 – As a blog post points out, "No one goes into teaching to get rich. But they don’t go into it hoping to clip coupons and share an apartment, either " (TNTP blog). »

Minneapolis schools propose reforms to boost student achievement

May 14, 2013 – The Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent announced a proposal that would allow individual schools to have more autonomy on budgets, hiring and schedules in exchange for greater accountability to meet certain performance goals (Minnesota Public Radio). »

E4E Teachers Talk Back: Christian Ledesma

May 14, 2013 – Christian describes how a schools focus on health and nutrition empowered students and led to the first vegetarian cafeteria in New York City. »

Conservatives and the Common Core

May 13, 2013 – As an editorial by Sol Stern and Joel Klein argues, the Common Core is "one of the most promising education initiatives of the past half century" (The Wall Street Journal). »

Our schools and the truth about testing

May 13, 2013 – Rhode Island's commissioner of education discusses how tests are just one part of how the state's educators measure their own and their students' progress (Providence Journal). »

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