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• Op-Ed: I Graduated From Sandy Hook, and I’m Against Arming Teachers
• School groups seek 4 percent raise for NM teachers
• Improve Post-Secondary Education in Nevada
• Texas teachers, foundations converge on Capitol
• The Economic Implications of Not Cultivating Our Top Low-Income Students

Op-Ed: I Graduated From Sandy Hook, and I’m Against Arming Teachers Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:44 PM PST I teach in an urban school in South Los Angeles. We have yearly lockdown drills and occasional real lockdowns for police activity in the neighborhood. The kids know what the "code" for lockdown is, and what to do if they're outside the classroom when lockdown is called. I'd like to think that we're prepared.

School groups seek 4 percent raise for NM teachers Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:34 PM PST A coalition of education groups is lobbying New Mexico's Legislature to provide 4 percent pay raises for teachers and other public school employees next year, a proposal that puts them at odds with Republican ...

Improve Post-Secondary Education in Nevada Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST COMMENTARY | Post-secondary education in Nevada needs serious improvement and it is my hope more resources will be allocated to higher education this year.

Texas teachers, foundations converge on Capitol Posted: 25 Jan 2013 08:17 AM PST Hundreds of teachers gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday to urge Texas lawmakers to roll back $5.4 billion in public education cuts imposed two years ago, while nearby a coalition of foundations ...

The Economic Implications of Not Cultivating Our Top Low-Income Students Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:41 AM PST The furor over student debt in this country takes aim at a noble cause -- quality education at a good price -- but obscures an even nobler cause, which is getting more students to take on more debt to obtain more skills in a modern economy that doesn't pay living wages to uneducated workers. Seen in this light, the single most important issue in higher education isn't cost, it's really something more like advertising. ...

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