This must-watch video is a touching short film that elevates the voices of those at the center of America’s education crisis – namely, the parents, teachers and students who must bear the brunt of today’s standards-based reform agenda (which includes standardize testing, school closures, merit pay, competitive grants, inequitable funding, etc.) without the supports they … Continued
Check out this amazing video chronicling Journey for Justice, a protest event held in Washington, D.C. in September! Advocates from across the country traveled to the nation’s capital to rally and march against school closures, which disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color. Before being given the axe, these schools are often set up to … Continued
Parent advocates fighting the use of so-called Parent Trigger laws to turn public schools over to charter management organizations held a red carpet protest at the worldwide film premier of Won’t Back Down, a production of pro-privatization Walden Media.
On Thursday, September 20th, parents, students, and advocates from the across the country will be driving to Washington D.C. to protest school closures and advocate for supports-based reform policies. Journey for Justice is an event not to be missed!
The Dignity in Schools Campaign is gearing up for their annual National Week of Action on School Pushout! Check out this trailer for the event, and click here to learn more and get involved in your local community! DSC recently joined the Opportunity to Learn Campaign to launch Solutions Not Suspensions: A call for a … Continued
In August, the Schott Foundation’s Opportunity to Learn Campaign joined with the Dignity in Schools Campaign to launch “Solutions Not Suspensions: A call for a moratorium on out-of-school suspension.” Watch video of the Los Angeles launch event, courtesy of Our Weekly, below. Learn more about the initiative here.
Let the students from Youth United for Change, PhillyCAM and Art Factory fill you in on the crisis facing public schools in Philadelphia. The groups produced a short “docu-music video” chronicling the effects of school closures on students, teachers and communities. “Project 2012: Ending the Education Apocalypse” is hands down one of the best pieces … Continued
The National OTL Campaign’s first webinar, held on Tuesday July 24th, explored the issue of education redlining, in which bad policies systematically deny resources and opportunities to certain communities. Attendees heard from panelists Michael Holzman, Senior Research Consultant for the Schott Foundation for Public Education, and Jennifer LaFleur, Director of Computer Assisted Reporting at ProPublica. … Continued
Over the next several months, the New York Education Commission will be hosting public hearings across the state. Check out this video from Alliance for Quality Education to learn how to register to speak at your local regional meeting!
An inspiring recap of the great education advocacy efforts in New York by the Coalition for Educational Justice.
