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NEIFPE Webinar – November, 2015

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Question of the Day

Question of the Day
NEIFPE has done considerable research on a number of topics regarding public education. We have found tons of information, yet this information has led us to ask even more questions.

Click BELOW to read today's question!

• January 15, 2015 - Good Schools
• November 4, 2013 - Politics
• October 25, 2013 - Politics
• October 24, 2013 - Politics
• May 2, 2013 - Testing
• April 30, 2013 - Education "Reform"
• April 23, 2013 - Charters
• February 27, 2013 - Charters
• February 9, 2013 - Neighborhood Schools
• February 5, 2013 - Good Schools
• February 4, 2013 - Teachers
• February 2, 2013 - Framing the Debate

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NEIFPE Parent Corner

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  • Save Our Schools - Indiana (Facebook)
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  • Hoosier Voices for Public Education
  • Indiana Coalition for Public Education
  • Monroe County Coalition Public Education
  • Network for Public Education
  • Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education (NEIFPE)
  • Northwest Indiana Friends of Public Education
  • OPT OUT of the State Test: Indiana
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  • Parents & Educators against the Daniels & Bennett Educational Reform
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NEIFPE Book Reviews

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It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean.
Flora and Ulysses •
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him.
Letters to a Young Teacher
Jonathan Kozol's most personally insightful and revealing work to date takes the form of encouraging letters to Francesca, a young classroom teacher, offering advice, personal stories, and a shared sense of outrage at the inadequacies of America's educational system.
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Articles

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  • Teachers' Manifesto by West Houston Area Council of Teachers of English
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