NANCY BAILEY: Who Does the Biden/Sanders Education Unity Panel Unite?

Who Does the Biden/Sanders Education Unity Panel Unite?

Who Does the Biden/Sanders Education Unity Panel Unite?

Many want to say good riddance to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her boss. But educators and parents fighting for public education, and the ninety percent of students who attend public schools, deserve a more inclusive group of people to push back on harmful school reform. The Biden/Sanders Unity Education Task Force leaves much to be desired.

For example, parents of children with disabilities struggle to teach their children during Covid-19. Classes for their children were never fully funded before the disease. Sen. Bernie Sanders promised better in his Thurgood Marshall Plan. Searching with a magnifying glass, I see no representation for students with disabilities on this panel.

Black and brown parent advocates have started a petition to make the education task force more inclusive.

Where are the scholars from the: National Education Policy Center? Network for Public Education? Defending the Early Years? Economic Policy Center? Where are teachers from the Badass Teachers Association, or representation by those who organized and marched in the Red for Ed rallies? What about parents and school board members who fight for children?

Teacher union presidents Lily Eskelsen García and President Randi Weingarten are on CONTINUE READING: Who Does the Biden/Sanders Education Unity Panel Unite?