Why renowned educators — and new teachers — are ‘occupying’ Ed Dept
Today teachers, students, parents, researchers and other activists are starting the second annual “Occupy the DOE” event on the grounds of the U.S. Education Department to protest corporate-based school reform.Among those attending the four-day event, sponsored by United Opt Out, an organization dedicated to the elimination of high-stakes standardized testing in public schools, are Diane Ravitch, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, veteran educator Deborah Meier, early childhood expert Nancy Carlsson-Paige and language acquisition expert Stephen Krashen. There is a scheduled march to the White House on Saturday.
In the following post, a new teacher explains why she is attending. She is Amy Rothschild, who teaches prekindergarten in a public school in New England.
By Amy Rothschild
From today through Sunday, education activists, including Diane Ravitch, will “occupy” the Department of Education.
Ravitch, of course, has occupied the Department of Education before, but in a different sense: From 1991 to 1993, she served as Assistant Secretary of Education under George
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