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Corporate School Reform and 10 Hopeful Signs of Resistance

October 18, 2011 by rethinkingschoolsblog

On Oct. 1, 650 people attended the 4^th annual Northwest Teachers for Social Justice conference in Seattle. Rethinking Schools editor Stan Karp gave a well-received talk on “Challenging Corporate Ed Reform.” He ended on an uplifting note with ”10 hopeful, tangible signs of organizing resistance and alternatives to the corporate reform agenda.” The following is an excerpt from that presentation.

You can read the entire speech here, or better yet, watch it:

Speech excerpt:

“Corporate education reform” refers to a specific set of policy proposals currently driving education policy at the state and federal level. These proposals include:

• increased test-based evaluation of students, teachers, and schools of