Want to organize a press conference for your local group but never done it before? Alliance for Quality Education has you covered with this nifty “How To” video tutorial that will teach you all you need to know to host a successful press conference. Watch and learn everything from how to chose the most persuasive speakers and … Continued
About 100 protesters from the Boston-area Youth Organizing Project, Alliance for Education Justice and the National Campaign for Quality Education held a “Rhee-Action” protest in November 2011 outside of a Michelle Rhee speaking engagement in Boston. The former superintendent of education in Washington, D.C., recommended implementing her education “reform” plan in Boston’s public school system. The students, teachers … Continued
Appleseed asks parents, educators and student board members to take action to make schools more equitable across the nation. And be sure to check out Appleseed’s Resource Equity Assessment Document, a great resource for school boards and communities to measure the distribution of educational resources within and between districts. Download it here
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, an OTL partner, has released “An Arkansas Student Bill of Rights,” which details what students and parents should expect from their school districts and the resources and opportunities to which they are entitled in order to receive a quality education and reach their full potential. Watch the video, then … Continued
From AQE, a great video recap of advocacy efforts in NY and the difference parents, students and teachers can make in the fight for quality public education.
Raise Your Hand Campaign is a student-led research initiative in New Orleans schools that pulled together student testimony and research from 6 different public high schools to examine the opportunities, or lack thereof, available to students in the years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. The report the students assembled (download here) examines everything from teaching … Continued
In 2007, students from the Boston Student Advisory Council began demanding a voice in teacher evaluations. After designing a student-to-teacher feedback form, they had it approved by the Boston School Committee and implemented throughout the district. In 2011, the MA Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to make student feedback a mandatory component of … Continued
On March 14th, Alliance for Quality Education held a rally in Albany, NY, to demand equitable funding for the state’s public schools and support for struggling schools. Over 1,800 students, parents and educators attended the rally. Tina Dove, Director of the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, spoke about the importance of organizing and the need … Continued
Arkansas Public Policy Panel Executive Director Bill Kopsky outlines 8 characteristics of effective school systems that guarantee every child has an opportunity to learn. This clip is excerpted from a longer television workshop on the Arkansas dropout rate that aired in November on AETN – the Arkansas PBS affiliate.
