The Campaign for our Public Schools
consists of 378 Letters to President Obama From educators, parents, students and citizens. It was organized and promoted by Diane Ravitch with the assistance of Anthony Cody (who coordinated the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action in 2011, having previously organized a national Teachers Letters to President Obama effort).
It begins with a letter by Ravitch, from which I quote the following:
It begins with a letter by Ravitch, from which I quote the following:
Public school educators are demoralized these days. Many worked very hard to elect Barack
Obama in 2008, believing that he meant to scrap No Child Left Behind and chart a new course. It was thus very disappointing when the Obama administration announced its Race to the Top plan, which is closely aligned with the punitive strategy of NCLB.As Race to the Top was rolled out, educators realized that the philosophy of the program was rooted in the belief that test scores are the ultimate measure of education and that state and