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Information and Fact Sheets

  • * NEIFPE's Public Education Bibliography
  • 2015-16 Choice Scholarship Spreadsheet
  • A 22-Year Review: Improvement in Indiana’s Public Schools, by Vic Smith
  • ALEC Influence in North Carolina
  • Common Core Assessment Myths and Realities: Moratorium Needed From More Tests, Costs, Stress
  • Cost of Testing in Indiana Trifold: pdf
  • Education Talk - Complete List
  • History of Indiana Vouchers or School Choice Scholarship Program
  • How to Write Letters to Congress
  • Important Resources: House Party List
  • Journey4Justice: Fact Sheet on Closing Schools
  • Myths About Public Education
  • NEIFPE Platform
  • NEIFPE Voucher Presentation
  • NEIFPE Web Site/Blog Resources - Complete List pdf
  • NEIFPE Web Site/Blog Resources - Complete List WORD
  • NPE Toolkit: How to Dig for Information (Part 1)
  • NPE Toolkit: How to Start Your Own Grassroots Group
  • Questions for School Visits
  • Saving Public Education slide presentation-pdf version (2/23/13)
  • Saving Public Education Slide Presentation-ppt version (2/23/13)
  • Talking About the Corporate Takeover of Public Schools
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  • Have You Heard
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Everyday Advocates

Everyday Advocates

NEIFPE Webinar – November, 2015

NEIFPE Webinar – November, 2015

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

This list only shows the last dozen questions of the day. Click here for the complete list.

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Friends of Public Education in Indiana

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NEIFPE Parent Corner

NEIFPE Parent Corner
Articles and Links for Parental Involvement NEIFPE Parent Corner Home Page

Public Education Advocacy Links

  • Alfie Kohn Home Page
  • ALL IN 4 Pre-K
  • August to June
  • Broader, Bolder Approach to Education
  • Diane Ravitch Web Site
  • FairTest
  • Forum for Education and Democracy
  • Hoosier Voices: Bills to Watch
  • Indiana Coalition for Public Education
  • Institute for Democratic Education in America
  • Know Your Charters Dot Com (Ohio)
  • National Coalition for Public Education
  • Network for Public Education
  • Race to Nowhere
  • Save Our Schools - Indiana (Facebook)
  • Whole Child Initiative

Public Education Advocacy on FaceBook

  • Citizens Against Tony Bennett
  • Education Forum of Indiana
  • Hoosier Educators in Support of Public Education
  • Hoosier Moms say NO to Common Core
  • 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
  • Parent Community Network of Monroe County (Indiana)
  • Parents & Educators against the Daniels & Bennett Educational Reform
  • Support Indiana Teachers

NEIFPE Book Reviews

Locomotive ••
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.
Click here to see all our book reviews.

Articles

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  • Social media legal tips: 5 things every social media user should know
  • Teachers' Manifesto by West Houston Area Council of Teachers of English
  • The 'Fair Use' Rule: When Use of Copyrighted Material Is Acceptable

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