Public School Teacher Questions for 2020 Dem Presidential Candidates
What happens when you give a microphone to a public school teacher?
That’s not a rhetorical question. I really want to know, because we so rarely let educators speak in any context other than the classroom.
Maybe that’s why it’s so refreshing that MSNBC is hosting “Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Justice for All”on Saturday, Dec. 14, in my hometown of Pittsburgh.
Public policy is usually made by billionaires who tell their think tanks what to write up and then give it to legislators to vote it into law.
But ask parents, students, community members or – God forbid! – school teachers about what we should do with something as mundane as education!? That’s crazy talk!
Well, the Democrats, at least, are taking it seriously.
The candidates who are expected to attend Saturday’s forum include: Former Vice President Joe Biden; Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana; billionaire businessman Tom Steyer; and Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie Sanders of CONTINUE READING: Public School Teacher Questions for 2020 Dem Presidential Candidates | gadflyonthewallblog