Educating for Democracy: "Save Our Schools" Strategies
The "Save Our Schools March" that took place last Saturday and the two-day conference that preceded it on July 28- 29 might not have been large in terms of participants: 300 at the conference and 5,000 at the march. But more important was the enthusiasm and determination to change the direction in which public education is going as conveyed by those who attended, especially the large number of young people who showed up. The purposes of the conference and march were:
Equitable funding for all public school communities• Equitable funding across all public schools and school systems
• Full public funding of family and