LET US VOTE!: Parents Race Against Time to Prevent More School Budget Cuts
from NBC Bay Area/Class Action | http://bit.ly/i0waBN 26 Feb 2011 - Crystal Brown, founder of Educate Our State, tells us about her organization's massive online campaign to fend off more cuts to schools. More than 14,000 people have sent emails to legislators in Sacramento encouraging them to add tax extensions to the next statewide ballot by a March 10 deadline. View more videos at: http:/
In case you don’t have a life …or papers to grade - 2 HOUR DEBATE: DON’T BLAME TEACHERS UNIONS FOR FAILING SCHOOLS
from Intelligence Squared US | http://bit.ly/e6kaXR March 16, 2010 - Teachers unions: They’re powerful, they’re defensive, and they’re stubborn. And if it seems their leadership places a premium on protecting its members – above all other interests – we should not be surprised, because protecting jobs and wages is what unions were created to do. And there’s the rub, say critics who argue the