Occupy the Department of Education
by Danny Weil
Picture of Ceresta Smith
At the Education Week, Teacher — a blog, Ceresta Smith and Tim Slekar are interviewed by Oakland teacher, Anthony Cody. the blog can be found at:http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2012/03/teachers_and_parents_prepare_t.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The interview:
Last summer many of us marched to protest the US Department of Education’s policies at the Save Our Schools march in Washington, DC. While there, I met two activists, Pennsylvania parent Tim Slekar and Florida teacher Ceresta Smith. They are now working to organize an “occupation” of the Department of Education, beginning next Friday, March 30. Here is what they have to say.
What are your concerns about the policies coming from the Department of Education?
What are your concerns about the policies coming from the Department of Education?
Ceresta Smith: My greatest concern is the implementation of DoEd
ON TO THE NEXT WAR!
by slandau
Saul Landau Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) want war with Iran and refuse to learn lessons from the futile wars this country has perpetrated since US troops landed in Korea in 1950. They begin with “facts not in evidence,” as lawyers say. “The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to [...]
