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Weekly Update: Teachers and parents push back, school privateers caught red handed and the scoop on online learning | Seattle Education

Weekly Update: Teachers and parents push back, school privateers caught red handed and the scoop on online learning | Seattle Education:


Weekly Update: Teachers and parents push back, school privateers caught red handed and the scoop on online learning

The teachers in the school district of Reynolds, Oregon went on strike this week.
Adam Sanchez who is the co-author of the Rethinking Schools article  regarding Stand for Children,  recently started up a Portland Social Equality Educators group, based on the Seattle Equality Educators organization in Seattle.
To follow is a speech given at a rally of teachers in Reynolds, Oregon by Sanchez where he talks about why the strike is important and brings words of solidarity from teachers in Seattle, Eagle Point, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
PopoutAnd in Chicago, teachers are also fighting back.