Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action
Notes from the Field
by Frank Murphy on Jul 28, 2011
This Saturday, the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action will take place in Washington D.C. The rally, which will be staged at the ellipse, starts at noon. Around 1:30 p.m., participants will march to the White House where the demonstration will continue.
Many readers will recognize that most, if not all, of the issues that we regularly discuss in the comments of theNotebook blog are represented in the march’s guiding principles.
In an earlier post on City School Stories, I wrote about the significance of this event and how it relates to the education reform turmoil currently occurring in the School District of Philadelphia.
Participating in this national demonstration is just one more way for public school parents, teachers, and
