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Occupy Education Seattle and the “Throw Down” with the Gates Foundation on March 1st

by seattleducation2011

“Why should Bill Gates views matter to me as a public school parent? I actually have a B.S. in education. Does he have the qualifications to speak for me? I say no.”

Public education advocates outside the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington on March 1st.

The following is an excerpt from an article written by Jesse Hagopian, founding member of Social Equity Educators(SEE) and contributing author of an upcoming book titled Education and Capitalism: Struggles for Learning and Liberation. (Go Jesse!)
From ‘Occupy Education’ Debates the Gates Foundation originally posted in Common Dreams:

“Gates Foundation you will fail / Education is not for sale!”

The chants of some 150 teachers, students, parents and Occupy Seattle activists reverberated off the windows