Hang Out With Rita Solnet!
So much good stuff coming up. I see Jonathan Kozol is coming to town on the 27th. Also, the good folks at SOS are hosting a webinar with the unbelievably fabulous Rita Solnet on September 7. I hope to make it to both.
I'm just going to post the email I received about this event below. Evidently there's a movie out there, and evidently it's about how some parents use a "trigger" law to convert an evil public school into a charter. The propaganda against the great American school system is a powerful thing. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a scene in this movie where Michelle Rhee pops out of a cake and pours an upside-down margarita into Arne Duncan's mouth.
Save Our Schools Webinar
Rita Solnet Speaks to Parents Who "Won't Back Down"
Friday, September 7, 2012
8:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time [EDT}
I'm just going to post the email I received about this event below. Evidently there's a movie out there, and evidently it's about how some parents use a "trigger" law to convert an evil public school into a charter. The propaganda against the great American school system is a powerful thing. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a scene in this movie where Michelle Rhee pops out of a cake and pours an upside-down margarita into Arne Duncan's mouth.
Rita Solnet Speaks to Parents Who "Won't Back Down"
Friday, September 7, 2012
8:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time [EDT}
Please Join Us!
Co-Founder of Parents Across America, Rita Solnet speaks to moms and dads, students, teachers, and any of us who "Won't Back Down." Rita understands the intensity of their feelings. As a mother herself, Ms Solnet would do anything within her power to ensure that a child receives the best education possible. She relates to the pain of seeing her child ill-served in a classroom.
She understands the struggle when a school does not meet a son or daughter's needs. Rita's own distress with what seemed a broken school system led to her current career as an education activist. This is the reason that Rita Solnet might be the best person to speak to what is glorified today in the recently released film. In it "Won't Back Down"'parents convert their school.' The Moms and Dads 'force the district to remove staff...teachers and even a principal.'
You might think Rita would applaud a movie where parents 'help fix their children's failing school.'' Then, again you might be surprised.
Please join Rita Solnet's Webinar this Friday, September 7th. The Film "Won't Back Down" will be among the topics discussed. Rita will also talk about the Parent Trigger Law, an issue loosely addressed in the movie, and the actions you might take in your local community. You may have seen Rita's recent article....
'Won't Back Down': Realities the movie ignores
Originally Published on August 20, 2012 at 2:53 PM ET in The Answer Sheet. Washington Post.
By Rita Solnet
By Rita Solnet
"Change a school, change the neighborhood."
That's a line from the controversial, star-studded movie, "Won't Back Down," scheduled to be released on September 28th. I attended a Washington D.C. screening of this compelling movie over the weekend. I carried a small notebook and a long list of preconceived notions about what I expected to see in this film.
I walked out with a long list of questions as to what I didn't see portrayed in the film. The synopsis describes this movie as:
"Two determined mothers, one a teacher, who look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education of their children."
However, the messages in this feel-good, underdog-winning movie go far beyond what this summary depicts....
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*I apologize in advance for the revolting scene depicted in my commentary above. It was beneath me. However, please also know that the part I already deleted was this: "while Chris Christie and Juan Rangel chest-butt each other like sea lions on a crowded beach." So, I feel I've matured even in the space of this one post.