Week of Actions Planned in DC to "Save Our Schools"
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Next week
educators, teachers and parents
from across the country will converge on DC
“to reclaim schools as
places of learning, joy, and democracy.” The
Save Our Schools March
& National Call to Action
-- endorsed by both the AFT and NEA -- seeks
to
organize “to revitalize an education
system that, for too many children, focuses
more on test preparation
than actual education.” A major Save Our
Schools march on the White House on
Saturday, July 30 will be preceded
by a series of education-themed events and
actions, including a film
festival
July 25th- 29th, conferences
promoting educational
activism July 28th and 29th, the March on the
White House July 30th, and a congress
deciding future goals July
31st.
–
Matthew
Fournier