Schools Matter: Revving Up for Save Our Schools DC Conference and Rally

Schools Matter: Revving Up for Save Our Schools DC Conference and Rally

Revving Up for Save Our Schools DC Conference and Rally

by Jim Horn

From HuffPo:

NEW YORK -- After months of planning the "Save Our Schools March And National Call to Action," educators will take to the streets in Washington D.C. in two weeks to protest what they call the generally misguided direction of education policy.

The campaign has a broad social media presence and is easily identifiable by its logo: a yellow school crossing sign emblazoned with its call of alarm, "SOS."

"We're trying to alert people to a danger," said organizer and former Oakland educator Anthony Cody. "The end goal is to resurrect the ideal of a democratic public school system."

From July 28 to 31, when teachers and activists descend on Washington, Cody and his fellow