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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Building a bridge between teachers and parents

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Building a bridge between teachers and parents:


Building a bridge between teachers and parents

On last night's panel at DePaul were (right to left in photo) Monica Espinoza and Joanna Brown from Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Lynn Morton from Community Organizing and Family Issues, Julie Woestehoff from PURE, Wendy Kattan from Raise Your Hand, and Latrice Watkins, LSC chair of Piccolo Elementary, who led the Occupy Piccolo protest earlier this year (Cecile Carrol from Blocks Together arrived after this pic was taken).
Catalyst reports a growing connection being built between the Chicago Teachers Union and local parent groups.
In recent weeks, teachers at dozens of schools have made efforts to reach out to parents about