NEIFPE - Parent Corner: September 2012

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Saving Public Education: Get the Facts

Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education (NEIFPE) will hold a meeting on Thursday, October 4th at 7 p.m. in meeting room C of the downtown public library. The subject of the meeting is "Saving Public Education: Get the Facts." All those interested in preserving public schools for our children are welcome.

Allen County Public Library
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne Indiana 46802
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us
(260) 421-1200

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NEIFPE Mission Statement

We are citizens, teachers, administrators, and parents united by our support for public education and by concerns for its future. Recent federal and state reform measures have created an over-emphasis on testing and have turned over public education to private interests. We believe that these reforms threaten the well-being of our children and jeopardize their futures. Our goal is to inform ourselves and to start community discussion about the impact of these measures on our public schools and, more importantly, on our children.

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!

• February 5, 2013 - Good Schools
• February 4, 2013 - Teachers
• February 2, 2013 - Framing the Debate
• January 25, 2013 - Common Core
• January 4, 2013 - Student Motivation
• December 20, 2012 - Teaching
• December 6, 2012 - State Board of Education
• November 9, 2012 - Legislators
• August 12, 2012 - Public Education
• August 3, 2012 - Testing
• July 19, 2012 - Politics
• July 14, 2012 - Taxes for Testing
• July 13, 2012 - Testing
• July 11, 2012 - Cost of Vouchers
• July 10, 2012 - ISTEP+ Scores
• May 24, 2012 - Taxes for Testing
• April 18, 2012 - IREAD-3

Take action! Click HERE for legislative contact information.

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.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Saving Public Education: Get the Facts

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