tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248065179634488001.post5713989668014155620..comments2024-03-29T00:19:48.183-07:00Comments on With A Brooklyn Accent: To the "Beloved Community" of Education ActivistsMark Naisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00610048248462814950noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248065179634488001.post-40638263864444967162012-12-26T10:13:25.747-08:002012-12-26T10:13:25.747-08:00From Washington State (and our blog, Seattle Schoo...From Washington State (and our blog, Seattle Schools Community Forum), thank you as well Mark. <br /><br />It is a long and difficult journey to be an education activist. I sometimes call myself "the cheese who stands alone" but there are more of us all the time. We nearly defeated a fourth charter school measure (it had failed the last three times) and lost by only 41,000 votes. (It is likely to go to court).<br /><br />But someone has to speak up or those with power and money will determine the course of public education in this country and that's not right.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248065179634488001.post-59490111711783454072012-12-26T09:05:45.005-08:002012-12-26T09:05:45.005-08:00Thanks Mark and Hello Fellow Education Activists,
...Thanks Mark and Hello Fellow Education Activists,<br /><br />How about joining together with Parents Across America and planning a “Public Schools Across America” event modeled after “Hands Across America” of 26 years ago?<br /><br />For those of you who are younger than 35…<br /><br />For 15 minutes, on Sunday, May 25, 1986, almost 7 million people (including thousands of us with our students), joined hands to form a line that stretched 4,152 miles from New York City’s Battery Park to the RMS Queen Mary pier in Long Beach, California. This nationwide event, called Hands Across America, raised 34 million dollars to fight hunger and homelessness.<br /><br />Diane Ravitch introduced Parents Across America in her blog today ... PAA is a great group, I have been in touch with them and proposed this idea conceptually based on the event “Hands Across America.”<br /><br />I will be in NYC Jan. 26th – Jan. 29th if folks within driving distance would like to get together and get the ball rolling on this idea…<br /><br />Here is the basic idea:<br /><br />• “Preserving Public Education Across America?” “Preserve America’s Public Schools,” (any other ideas for a title?)<br /><br />~ National orchestrated simultaneous summits held in each state across the country<br />~ Summits would be held on the same date, a weekend afternoon in each state in U.S.<br />~ Summits would be centrally located in each state so people could drive without having to take off work/ school or spend $ on flights/hotels, etc.<br />~ States could choose to join neighboring states for a tri-state summit, ie. Ohio, Michigan, Illinois<br />~ The purpose would be to celebrate our public schools AND share the cold, hard facts of privatization and raise public awareness that For-Profit does not mean education reform.<br /><br />• Obviously a lot to plan and organize but look at all the stories we have here on Diane’s blog!<br /><br />• State Superintendents (Texas), District Superintendents (nationwide), Parents, School Board Members, Teachers, Principals, Students, State Supreme Court rulings (LA) concerned citizens for the future of our children and our Democracy…<br /><br />We are all protectors and defenders of our public schools as the foundation of our democracy… we could do this together.<br /><br />AND… I am serious about joining me in NYC, Saturday or Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26 or Jan. 27th to get going on “Public Schools Across America.”<br /><br />• Anyone have a place in mind we could gather?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837546201553192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248065179634488001.post-29581528244834212702012-12-26T09:04:21.078-08:002012-12-26T09:04:21.078-08:00
Thanks Mark and Hello Fellow Education Activists,...<br />Thanks Mark and Hello Fellow Education Activists,<br /><br />How about joining together with Parents Across America and planning a “Public Schools Across America” event modeled after “Hands Across America” of 26 years ago?<br /><br />For those of you who are younger than 35…<br /><br />For 15 minutes, on Sunday, May 25, 1986, almost 7 million people (including thousands of us with our students), joined hands to form a line that stretched 4,152 miles from New York City’s Battery Park to the RMS Queen Mary pier in Long Beach, California. This nationwide event, called Hands Across America, raised 34 million dollars to fight hunger and homelessness.<br /><br />Diane Ravitch introduced Parents Across America in her blog today ... PAA is a great group, I have been in touch with them and proposed this idea conceptually based on the event “Hands Across America.”<br /><br />I will be in NYC Jan. 26th – Jan. 29th if folks within driving distance would like to get together and get the ball rolling on this idea…<br /><br />Here is the basic idea:<br /><br />• “Preserving Public Education Across America?” “Preserve America’s Public Schools,” (any other ideas for a title?)<br /><br />~ National orchestrated simultaneous summits held in each state across the country<br />~ Summits would be held on the same date, a weekend afternoon in each state in U.S.<br />~ Summits would be centrally located in each state so people could drive without having to take off work/ school or spend $ on flights/hotels, etc.<br />~ States could choose to join neighboring states for a tri-state summit, ie. Ohio, Michigan, Illinois<br />~ The purpose would be to celebrate our public schools AND share the cold, hard facts of privatization and raise public awareness that For-Profit does not mean education reform.<br /><br />• Obviously a lot to plan and organize but look at all the stories we have here on Diane’s blog!<br /><br />• State Superintendents (Texas), District Superintendents (nationwide), Parents, School Board Members, Teachers, Principals, Students, State Supreme Court rulings (LA) concerned citizens for the future of our children and our Democracy…<br /><br />We are all protectors and defenders of our public schools as the foundation of our democracy… we could do this together.<br /><br />AND… I am serious about joining me in NYC, Saturday or Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26 or Jan. 27th to get going on “Public Schools Across America.”<br /><br />• Anyone have a place in mind we could gather?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837546201553192461noreply@blogger.com