10 Point Education Platform for NYC Public Schools: What We Demand!
A group of NYC high school activists called The Resistance from The DreamYard A.C.T.I.O.N Project in the Bronx showed up at the People's University teach-in in Washington Sq. Park today. These young people were a big hit at Occupy DOE on the steps of Tweed last week. Go like their FB page now!
Their demands are listed under the video below.
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1. We demand free quality education as a right guaranteed by the US Constitution.
2. We demand the dismantling of Bloomberg's Panel for Educational Policy. We demand a new 13 member community board to run our public schools (comprised of parents, educators, education experts, community members, and a minimum of 5 student representatives).
3. We demand quality instruction. Teachers should ethnically, culturally, and racially reflect the student body. We demand experienced teachers who have a history of teaching students well. Teacher training should be
Their demands are listed under the video below.
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1. We demand free quality education as a right guaranteed by the US Constitution.
2. We demand the dismantling of Bloomberg's Panel for Educational Policy. We demand a new 13 member community board to run our public schools (comprised of parents, educators, education experts, community members, and a minimum of 5 student representatives).
3. We demand quality instruction. Teachers should ethnically, culturally, and racially reflect the student body. We demand experienced teachers who have a history of teaching students well. Teacher training should be