Schooling in the Ownership Society: Teachers join Wall Street occupation

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Teachers join Wall Street occupation:

Teachers join Wall Street occupation

by Mike Klonsky

On Sunday, a group of New York public school teachers sat in the plaza, including Denise Martinez of Brooklyn. Most students at her school live at or below the poverty level, and her classes are jammed with up to about 50 students.

“These are America’s future workers, and what’s trickling down to them are the problems — the unemployment, the crime,” she said. She