Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo:

Howard Dean at the DNC takes on the assault on public education

by David Atkins

Howard Dean had a small meeting with a bloggers and activists at the PPL blogger building here in Charlotte, where I'm spending most of my time (the people and activities are usually more interesting here than on the convention floor.) The meeting was started with AFT President Randi Weingarten speaking about the need for engagement in public schools so that all kids, not just a select few in charter schools, reach their potential. She then compared that need for everyone to have an even playing field to the labor movement, which attempts to do for adults the same thing that even access to public