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Pittsburgh: A Forum for Democratic Candidates on Public Education on December 14! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Pittsburgh: A Forum for Democratic Candidates on Public Education on December 14! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Pittsburgh: A Forum for Democratic Candidates on Public Education on December 14!

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PUBLIC EDUCATION GROUPS WILL HOST TOP DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT 2020 PUBLIC EDUCATION FORUM
MSNBC Will MODERATE AND LIVESTREAM PITTSBURGH FORUM
ON DEC. 14
 

PITTSBURGH—The Network for Public Education Action will join with other public education groups, unions, civil rights organizations and community groups to host a forum for Democratic presidential candidates on Saturday December 14 in Pittsburgh. 
The “Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Justice for All” will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. MSNBC will moderate and exclusively livestream the forum on public education issues.
Ali Velshi, host of “MSNBC Live,” and Rehema Ellis, NBC News education correspondent, will serve as the forum’s moderators, together interviewing candidates on priority issues facing students, educators and parents in public education today. The event will be streamed live on NBC News Now, MSNBC.com and NBC News Learn, and will be featured across MSNBC programming.
Each candidate will provide opening remarks and then answer questions from Velshi and Ellis, forum attendees and others from across the country who submitted questions.
WHO:              
Alliance for Educational Justice
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of Teachers
Center for Popular Democracy Action
Journey for Justice Alliance
NAACP
National Education Association
Network for Public Education Action
Schott Foundation for Public Education—Opportunity to Learn Action Fund
Service Employees International Union
Voto Latino
WHAT:            Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Justice for All
WHEN:            Dec. 14, 10 a.m.
WHERE:          David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh: A Forum for Democratic Candidates on Public Education on December 14! | Diane Ravitch's blog