Friday, March 23, 2012

Can a National Student-Led Movement Catalyze Education Reform? - Education - GOOD

Can a National Student-Led Movement Catalyze Education Reform? - Education - GOOD:


Can a National Student-Led Movement Catalyze Education Reform?

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Can a student-led movement get young people to become vocal agitators for education reform? That’s the goal ofEdMonth, a national student-led movement and discussion that seeks to catalyze college-age students and get them to drive the discussion on improving both K-12 schools and higher education in America.
"We are trying to bring as much national attention to education, making it the 'next big thing' for our nation's youth to rally behind," says one of the movement’s organizer’s, University of Southern California freshman Kevin Sanchez. He says that while education inequality has been described as the most important civil rights issue of