Charter schools: Public or private? Brian Jones in Portland, teachers rally in Illinois and a petition to Obama: Stop privatizing our schools! | Seattle Education

Charter schools: Public or private? Brian Jones in Portland, teachers rally in Illinois and a petition to Obama: Stop privatizing our schools! | Seattle Education:

Charter schools: Public or private? Brian Jones in Portland, teachers rally in Illinois and a petition to Obama: Stop privatizing our schools!

by seattleducation2011

The Weekly Update: For the news and views you might have missed

First up, more Facebook pages are popping up on the subject of education:

Our Village Our Schools

Public Education Crusaders

Long Island Chapter Save Our Schools March

350 This one is related to the climate crisis and I post it on this blog because it does affect our children.

Next up, a petition to be sent to President Obama. Maybe one of these days he’ll start to listen to the rest of us.

Stop education policies that promote massive closing of traditional public schools while expanding charter schools.

Mass school closings have proven to be disruptive to low-income