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Sunday, July 31, 2011

#SOSMarch Photos from the SOS education rally in Madison, Wisconsin |

Photos from the SOS education rally in Madison, Wisconsin |

Photos from the SOS education rally in Madison, Wisconsin


It was a hot day folks and I’m beat…so this is a short post.

Today, educators and supporters of public education rallied around the nation and in D.C. in a “Save our Schools March and National Call to Action”. This is the 3rd day of a 4 day event about the crisis public schools are facing in America. Schools suffer budget slashing in every state and a multi-state Tea party/Republican push to route public tax dollars to private charter schools.

To dig in more on public education’s dire situation, see Diane Ravitch’s CNN article from February, “Why America’s Teachers are Enraged” which talks about Madison’s