SOS March - why she's marching: Mary Cathryn Ricker
I’m marching for the teachers who joined me for the last 3 years in having the temerity to develop our own alternative licensure program for St. Paul: CareerTeacher--a better alternative to diversify our teaching force and meet the needs of all students.
This coming Saturday, July 30, thousands of teachers, parents, and other supporters of public schools will gather on the Ellipse near the White House. We will hear music and poetry, famous and less famous speakers, and then march around the White House. It may be as hot as this past Saturday. It does not matter. This is important to Save Our Schools. This is part of a series of events known as the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action.
This diary is to introduce you with the words of another person explaining why she is marching. Mary Cathryn Ricker is President of the St. Paul (MN) Teachers, which is part of the American Federation of Teachers. She also participates in the Executive Committee of Save Our Schools March. She posted the words from which I quote on Notes from Mary Cathryn, her personal blog, on Saturday, July 23. I have her permission to share as much as I need to.
The paragraph with which this begins is the first of the reasons Mary Cathryn offers for why she is marching.
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