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Income-Based Student Loan Repayments
May 14, 2013
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Created by DFER's Director of Teacher Policy, Omar Lopez
From DFER's Blog Series: Infographic Tuesdays
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Excellence for all, or just some?
May 8, 2013
By Lisa Macfarlane
A growing contingent of people in Washington state are frustrated by the loud arguments surrounding education that end up being about everything but what really matters—kids.
While the legislature can’t see eye to eye on a budget that would fully fund education because they disagree over whose tax breaks to take away, and the Washington Education Association (WEA) is busy attacking State Senators that don’t toe their line, community members and educators are seeing the vast disparities in school quality across the state and are crying foul.
Washingtonians are weary of the unproductive dialogue surrounding education reform.
4 Ways to Appreciate a Teacher
May 7, 2013
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Created by DFER's Director of Teacher Policy, Omar Lopez
From DFER's Blog Series: Infographic Tuesdays
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Education Reform News, Hosted by DFER IL Director, to Air on CAN TV
May 3, 2013
Contact:
Devin Boyle | 202.445.0416 | Devin@dfer.org
Rebeca Nieves Huffman | 773.727.5408 | Rebeca@dfer.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Series, Education Reform News, Premieres This Saturday on CAN TV
Show to Be Hosted by Democrats for Education Reform IL State Director
Chicago, IL, May 3rd, 2013 - Democrats for Education Reform Illinois (DFER-IL) announced today that the new series, Education Reform News, hosted by DFER-IL Director Rebeca Nieves Huffman, will air this Saturday at 11:30 AM (CST) on CAN TV.
From the trenches: Action in CO
May 3, 2013
By Moira Cullen, DFER CO State Director
When it rains, it pours. Or actually, it snows when you live in Colorado—even in Spring. This week we not only saw a flurry of action as the 2013 legislative session wound down, but we received five inches of snow at the state capitol in Denver on May 1st and over one foot of the white stuff in the mountains.
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