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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

UPDATE: Tonight: Public Forum Race, MAP tests, and privatization: the fight for equality in public education « Seattle Education

Tonight: Public Forum Race, MAP tests, and privatization: the fight for equality in public education « Seattle Education:


That’s what friends are for: Rhee and the DC cheating scandal revisited

by seattleducation2011
I am re-posting this from a Weekly Update that I wrote on August 18, 2012 to remind folks about how Ms. Rhee got off the hook for the cheating scandal while she was Chancellor of the DC school system. August 18, 2012 In the “You gotta’ be kiddin’ me” category we have the results of [...]


Tonight: Public Forum Race, MAP tests, and privatization: the fight for equality in public education

by seattleducation2011



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Public Forum
Race, MAP tests, and privatization:
the fight for equality in public education
Wednesday, February 20, 7:00pm
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
Bring your thoughts and opinions to a public forum with
Special guest speaker Dr. Steven Strauss
Dr. Strauss is a Baltimore-area neurologist and a Ph.D. linguistics scholar. As a speaker and writer on education issues, he brings an anti-capitalist analysis and the passion of a parent with two children educated in public schools. In 2011 he marched with Save Our Schools in Washington, D.C., to protest corporatization and high-stakes testing.
Also featuring Matt Carter
Carter is a 4th/5th grade teacher and one of 12 staff members at Orca K-8 who are boycotting the MAP test. He is a shop steward for the Seattle Education Association and a member of Social Equality Educators. As the parent of a son and a daughter at Orca, he has opted them out of the MAP test as well.
Door donation $3, students $1, snacks served at 6:30pm for a $4 donation
Sponsor: Freedom Socialist Party
For information 206-722-2453 or FSPseattle@mindspring.com.
To request childcare please call three days in advance.
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