In the minutes, hours, and days after a "natural" disaster, such as the Oklahoma tornado or the recent Hurricane Sandy storm, we "assess" the damage. No one thinks that someone or ones must be held "accountable." Our hearts and minds are open to discovery. We are able [...]
Republished by TruthOut. May 20, 2013 Jaisal Noor, TRNN Producer: In Chicago, hundreds of teachers, parents, and students have launched three days of marches to mark a final protest against plans to shutter 54 public schools. The march route includes the targeted schools, which are almost all [...]
Introductory Video; Please Join This March, Bryan and Karen To Save Our Communities and Neighborhood Schools To March for a day is not enough to Save Our Schools! Chicago parents march on. Children too fill the streets. Our babies know their schools and education is threatened, [...]
Teachers, Professionals from every field March together to Support Chicago Community Schools and save these excellent learning centers from closure. The Chicago Teachers Union shares, "West side marchers say, "ONE TERM MAYOR."" #cpsclosings #westside #chicago We thank you Chicago Teachers for standing strong to Save Our Students [...]
Day One May 18th 2013 By Bob George. Save Our Schools National Director| May 18, 2013 What would you say if you were told that your children must go to a school that for 8 years has been on academic probation? Dominique Grant’s child along with 250 [...]
By Julianne Hing @juliannehing | Originally Published at ColorLines. on May 7, 2013 The Louisiana Supreme Court dealt a major blow to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s education reform agenda today. In a 6-1 vote the Court ruled that funding for school vouchers, a central part of the governor’s [...]
Officer Craig Davis, a former municipal policeman now with the Houston school district force, monitors a hallway at E.L. Furr High School in Houston, March 20, 2013. As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers inside schools, youth advocates and judges are concerned about [...]
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | Originally Published at Chicago Tribune May 16, 2013 The Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal [...]
Photograph; Harlem Success Academy works hard to combat poverty — and get kids achieving at the same levels as their higher-income peers. The authors suggest this process is far more difficult than reformers believe it to be. By Prudence Carter , Kevin Welner | Originally Published at [...]
