Johann Neem: Restoring the Promise of Public Education
Johann Neem is a historian of education. He understands the central importance of public education in our democracy. He wrote this thoughtful, important commentary about...
Category : Support for public schools
Faculty and Staff at U. of Penn. Want University To Pay Taxes to Philadelphia Schools
Over 600 faculty and staff at Penn have organized Penn for PILOTS and issued a statement calling on the university to make “payments in lieu...
NPE ACTION ENDORSES JOE BIDEN!
Please read the NPE Action endorsement of Joe Biden for President. We support public schools. Donald Trump and his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, are...
Texas: Pastors for Texas Children Report on Election Results: Good for Public Schools!
Charles Foster Johnson, leader of Pastors for Texas Children, reports on the election results and their implications for public schools: 2018 Texas Midterm Election Analysis...
John Thompson: Will Education Be the Issue That Sinks Oklahoma’s Republican Gubernatorial Candidate?
In recent years, Oklahoma has been a reliably Republican State, but this year may be different because of the state’s teacher uprising. John Thompson writes...
NPE Action Enthusiastically Endorses Andrew Gillum for Governor of Florida
At last, a gubernatorial candidate who wants to rebuild public education and throw out the profiteers, frauds, and grifters! Voters in Florida have a chance...
Teachers Are Running for Office, and NEA is Helping Train Them to Run (“See Educators Run”)
EdWeek has a good article about the number of teachers who are running (or ran) for office this year. I guess the slogan is, “If...
Arizona: Why You Should Vote NO on Prop. 305! No Vouchers!
Save Our Schools Arizona is a group founded by public school parents to fight the expansion of vouchers. Prop 305 is a referendum that will...
The Lessons of Virginia
Here are a few of the lessons I take away from the crucial Virginia elections. You may have others. Feel free to chime in. First,...
Great News from Dallas School Board Election! UPDATE!
This report comes from a parent activist in Dallas, which held its school board election on Saturday (yesterday). UPDATE: Kirkpatrick beat Marshall by 300 votes...