#SOSMarch Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On our way to the SOS march

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On our way to the SOS march

On our way to the SOS march

Diane Ravitch speaks at SOS pre-march conference

It seems like I've been doing this most of my adult life. Coming to D.C. to march around the White House has almost become a yearly ritual, starting with the Civil Rights Movement, the struggle to end the war in Vietnam and the many wars since, and now -- in some ways a continuation of those great movements -- the struggle to save and transform our public school system.

It's hot today in D.C. -- real hot. So to draw inspiration and fire myself up for 5 hours in the sun and on the hot city streets, I'm thinking of those strik