New York City education activists, parents, teachers and students speak on the fight for public education in NYC and around the nation
*Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters / Parents Across America
[how the 1% are controlling education policy in this country and wrecking our public schools]
*Latoshia Wheeler, PTA President, K634, District 23
[parents and students face school closings in a broken education system]
*Megan Behrent, NYC Public School Teacher [perspectives from the classroom on Bloomberg’s policies]
*Melissa Garcia, New York State Youth Leadership Council
[keeping the DREAM Act alive]
*Organizers from Occupy the DOE
and the Student Week of Action in Defense of Education (Nov. 14-21)
Look for the signs that say “People’s University” by the central fountain!
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Events
- Jan 3 – FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence
- Jan 5 – Turning 5: Kindergarten Admissions
- Jan 5 – Cumpliendo 5: Admisión al kínder
- Jan 5 – Rocks, Water & Life on Other Planets with Lindy Elkins-Tanton, A Two-Session Master Class (1/25 and 2/1, 4-5:15 p.m.)
- Jan 5 – A.I. for Everyone with Lawrence Carin, A Three-Session Master Class (Jan. 29, Feb. 5, and 12, 4-5:15 p.m.)
