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Stop Sexual Assault in Schools

Educating students, families, and schools about the right to an equal education free from sexual harassment

#MeTooK12 Campaign

A campaign to promote awareness and inspire action to counteract pervasive sexual harassment and sexual violence in K-12 schools.

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Combating rampant K-12 sexual harassment and assault

by Esther Warkov, Executive Director, Stop Sexual Assault in Schools

#MeTooK12 is a social media hashtag created by the national nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault in Schools (SSAIS.org). The campaign encourages …

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#MeTooK12: Centering Young Students in the Fight to End Sexual Violence

by Sabrina Stevens, Senior Digital and Mobilization Manager, National Women’s Law Center

A few weeks ago, when #MeToo was first beginning to spread online, I was chatting on a friend’s Facebook wall after she wrote a piece asking whether schools should teach boys to respect girls. Seeing some skeptics already popping up in the thread, I chimed in to affirm her stance, and expand it with some observations of my own.
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Coming soon: Vlog by professor and activist Caroline Heldman.

Action Plan

• Spread the hashtag #MeTooK12
• Tweet your experiences of K-12 sexual harassment or assault. 
• Post your experiences on the new #MeTooK12 Facebook page.
• Check out the video and action guide at SSAIS.org/video, and the SSAIS YouTube channel.
• Involve students, parents, school staff, clubs, community, media, and lawmakers.
• Learn about Title IX and implement the Action Guide at SSAIS.org/video.
• Contact SSAIS to become more involved with this campaign.

What adults can do about K-12 sexual harassment and assault 
by Jeffrey Caffee, civil rights attorney

#MeTooK12 Campaign | Stop Sexual Assault in Schools:

ME

I CAN'T ESCAPE ME

THE MAN DEVOURS THE FRIEND, THE PERSON

OF THIS I LONG TO BE FREE

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EACH PART OF LIFE WITH ITS LIMITS AND CONDITIONS

THE FRIEND, THE PERSON DEALS WITH WHAT IS NOW:

LEARNING EACH MOMENT...WHERE, WHEN, HOW

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WITH HIS EMBODIMENT OF LOVE WHICH IS LUST

THE FRIEND, THE PERSON ONLY WITH TRUST

THE MAN FLEXES HIS MUSCLES TO SHOW HIS STRENGTH

IT'S A SHAME IT'S MEASURED IN SIZE AND LENGTH

THE FRIEND, WELL THE FRIEND SHARES

ALL THAT THE PERSON IS IN KNOWLEDGE AND CARE

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THAT YOU WILL KNOW

US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation - ABC News

US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation - ABC News:

US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation

The California schools where the kids are all the same race, all in one map | 89.3 KPCC - https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/12/03/78190/the-california-schools-where-the-kids-are-all-the/

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Charter schools are among the nation's most segregated, an Associated Press analysis finds — an outcome at odds, critics say, with their goal of offering a better alternative to failing traditional public schools.

National enrollment data shows that charters are vastly over-represented among schools where minorities study in the most extreme racial isolation. As of school year 2014-2015, more than 1,000 of the nation's 6,747 charter schools had minority enrollment of at least 99 percent, and the number has been rising steadily.

The problem: Those levels of segregation correspond with low achievement levels at schools of all kinds.

In the AP analysis of student achievement in the 42 states that have enacted charter school laws, along with the District of Columbia, the performance of students in charter schools varies widely. But schools that enroll 99 percent minorities — both charters and traditional public schools — on average have fewer students reaching state standards for proficiency in reading and math.

"Desegregation works. Nothing else does," said Daniel Shulman, a Minnesota civil rightsattorney. "There is no amount of money you can put into a segregated school that is going to make it equal."

Shulman singled out charter schools for blame in a lawsuit that accuses the state of Minnesota of allowing racially segregated schools to proliferate, along with achievement gaps for minority students. Minority-owned charters have been allowed wrongly to recruit only minorities, he said, as others wrongly have focused on attracting whites.

Even some charter school officials acknowledge this is a concern. Nearly all the students at Milwaukee's Bruce-Guadalupe Community School are Hispanic, and most speak little or no English when they begin elementary school. The school set out to serve Latinos, but it also decided against adding a high school in hopes that its students will go on to schools with more diversity.

"The beauty of our school is we're 97 percent Latino," said Pascual Rodriguez, the school's principal. "The drawback is we're 97 percent Latino ... Well, what happens when they go off into the real world where you may be part of an institution that's not 97 percent Latino?"

The charter school movement born a quarter of a century ago has thrived in large urban areas, where advocates say they often aim to serve students — by and large, minorities — who have been let down by their district schools. And on average, children in hyper-segregated charters do at least marginally better on tests than those in comparably segregated traditional schools.

For inner-city families with limited schooling options, the cultural homogeneity of some charters can boost their appeal as alternatives to traditional public schools that are sometimes seen as hostile environments.

They and other charter supporters insist that these are good schools, and dismiss concerns about racial balance.

Araseli Perez, a child of Mexican immigrants, sent her three children to Bruce-Guadalupe because she attended Milwaukee Public Schools and she wanted something different for her children. The schools in her family's neighborhood are more diverse racially, but she said race was not a factor in her decision to enroll her children at the charter school five miles away.

"We're just happy with the results," she said. Her youngest child, Eleazar, now in seventh grade, is on the soccer team and plays the trumpet at the school, which boasts test scores and graduation rates above city averages. Perez said her children frequently came home from Bruce-Guadalupe showing off an award they won.

Her daughter Monica Perez, 23, went on to a private school and then college before becoming a teacher's assistant.

"I don't think I felt the impact of going to an all-Latino school until I went to high school," Perez said. "When you go to a Latino school everyone is Roman Catholic and everyone knows the same stuff."

There is growing debate over just how much racial integration matters. For decades after US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation - ABC News:

Wendy Lecker: Education miracle was a lie - StamfordAdvocate

Wendy Lecker: Education miracle was a lie - StamfordAdvocate:

Wendy Lecker: Education miracle was a lie

Last week, the New Orleans Tribune, a venerable news magazine of the New Orleans African-American community, published a devastating editorial about the fallacy of New Orleans school reform.

After Hurricane Katrina, education reformers swooped in to transform New Orleans into an all-charter school district, operated by host of different charter companies. These reformers promised to improve New Orleans’ schools by enhancing autonomy and choice.

In the years that followed, pro-charter groups and pundits proclaimed the “miraculous” improvements in New Orleans schools. Nina Rees declared in U.S. News & World Report that the results were “nothing short of amazing.” Jonathan Chait called them “spectacular.” Then-Secretary of Education Arne Duncan declared that Katrina was “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans.”

Reformers across the country pushed to replicate the New Orleans model of state takeover and school privatization. Michigan established the Educational Achievement Authority, Tennessee, the Achievement School District. States closed struggling schools and opened charters in Chicago, Philadelphia and beyond. Even here in Connecticut the charter lobby ConnCAN featured New Orleans as a model for school turnaround, claiming that New Orleans’ “miracle” dramatically improved performance, particularly for African-American students.

The problem with this miracle, as the Tribune notes, is that it was a lie. The improvements were the result of manipulated cut scores and a lack of oversight. The state raised the bar to make New Orleans schools “fail” and thus be susceptible to state takeover, then lowered the bar to disguise charter school failures allow charter operators to retain control. Louisiana was castigated by the legislative auditor for relying on unverified self-reported data to renew charters, and for failing to ensure charters have fair admissions policies. The auditor also slammed New Orleans charters for financial improprieties.

The tragic story of New Orleans is the story of the past 20 years of American school reform: “some arbitrary determination (of school failure) that fits the end goal of those wielding power and influence — no matter the impact on our communities.” The impact was severe.

Parents are forced to navigate a complex admissions maze — where the schools are the ones exercising “choice” — and to send their children to schools far from their neighborhoods. Charters have astronomical suspension and expulsion rates. They also exclude students, especially students with disabilities. Families have nowhere to bring complaints, as each charter operates as its own district, with its own unelected board.

Veteran teachers of color were fired en masse, decimating the city’s black middle class. They were replaced by Wendy Lecker: Education miracle was a lie - StamfordAdvocate:

Wendy Lecker: Education miracle was a lie - StamfordAdvocate:

Astroturf School Board Electioneering | janresseger

Astroturf School Board Electioneering | janresseger:

Astroturf School Board Electioneering

In many communities across the United States, school board elections are a local, grassroots affair. In my own community, for example, we will elect three new members to the board of education. I have signs in my front yard for three of the four candidates who are running for office and I have modestly donated to one of the campaigns. My choice of candidates is based on considerable conversation with one of the candidates and a careful study of the priorities of each of the others. I spent three hours last week at a local candidates’ night listening to candidates for local offices including all of those running for school board. My choices are based on my grasp of the issues in our local schools and personal information I’ve been able to gather.

But in a growing number of mostly bigger cities, school board elections are being dominated by Astroturf campaigns that merely pretend to be run on a grassroots level. Outside money, frequently from out of state and pooled anonymously by dark money super PACs, is being heavily invested in advertising for particular local candidates chosen for their corporate-reform, pro-privatization ideological purity.

This November an Astroturf school board election is happening in Denver, Colorado, where Raising Colorado, a super PAC, is bundling money. Carol Burris and Darcie Cimarusti, writing for the Network for Public Education, expose a national fund raising network working hard to influence local school board elections.

Burris and Cimarusti report: “Raising Colorado is the name of a super PAC that spends money in Colorado elections. According to the Office of the Colorado Secretary of State, Raising Colorado is run by Jennifer Walmer from an office in Littleton, Colo. Its stated purpose is to support Colorado candidates who ‘advocate for high-quality public education’ through ‘uncoordinated, independent expenditures.’  The reality of Raising Colorado, however, is something far more complex. Walmer is not a lone activist collecting donations to support candidates who advocate for public schools. The real action happens at Raising Colorado’s true address: 32 Gold Street in Brooklyn, New York.  At that same address, in the same suite, you will find: Democrats for Education Reform-Arizona, Philadelphia 30 PAC, and Fairness for Colorado.”

Then there is ERNA: “In 2014, that same address housed a ‘charitable nonprofit’ called Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA), from which Wolmar received part of her salary. ERNA listed its 2015 address as 222 Broadway, 19th Floor in NYC, the same address as the New Astroturf School Board Electioneering | janresseger:

Please read this expose of Astroturf money flowing into school board elections.

Is Your Local School Board A Wholly Owned Broad/CCSA Board

Alameda County Board of Education 

• Trustee Area 2 - Amber Childress
• Trustee Area 3 - Ken Berrick
• Trustee Area 5 - Fred Simms
• Trustee Area 6 - Eileen McDonald 

Alum Rock Union Elementary School District

• Karen Martinez

Antioch Unified School District

• Alonzo Terry
• Fernando Navarro
• Crystal Sawyer-Wright

Calistoga Unified School District

• Matt Reid

Capistrano Unified School District

• Area 1 - Wendy Shrove
• Area 2 - Jim Reardon
• Area 3 -Laura Ferguson
• Area 4 - Jake Vollegregt          

Centralia Elementary School District

• Irv Tinkle

Chico Unified School District

• Linda Hovey
• Liz Griffin

Chino Valley Unified School District

• James Na

Contra Costa County Board of Education

• Fatima Alleye
• Vikki Chavez

Coronado Unified School District

• Julie Russell

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District

• Tim Nonn
• Chrissa Gillies

Desert Sands Unified School District

• Cheryll Dahlin

Elk Grove Unified School District

• Chris Baker
• Marlon Hill

Encinitas Unified School District

• Anne-Katherine Pingree
• Leslie Schneider

Evergreen Unified School District

• Tony Qin

Fontana Unified School District

• Barbara Chavez
• Lorena Corena

Fresno Unified School District

• Elizabeth Jonasson
• Carol Mills
• Claudia Suarez

Irvine Unified School District

• Mark Newgent

Live Oak School District

• Mike Lelieur

Morgan Hill Unified School District

• Rick Badillo
• Thomas Arnett

Mount Baldy Joint School District

• Ronald Thomas

Mount Diablo Unified School District

• Herbert Lee

Napa Valley Unified School District

• Susan Larson-Bouwer

Natomas Unified School District

• Susan Heredia
• Scott Dosick
• Michah Grant

Nevada County Board of Education

• Caleb Buckley

Oakland Unified School District

• District 3 - Jumoke Hinton Hodge
• District 5 - Huber Trenado / Michael Hassid
• District 7 - James Harris

(Hinton Hodge, Trenado and Harris have been endorsed by the East Bay Times)

(Hinton Hodge and Harris have been endorsed by Oakland Magazine)

Orange Unified School District

• Brenda Lebsack
• John Ortega

Pajaro Valley Unified School District

• Georgia Acosta

Panama-Buena Vista Union School District

• John Lake

Palm Springs Unified School District

• Kari Middleton

Paradise Unified School District

• Donna Nichols
• Roger Bylund

Placer County Board of Education

• Dave Patterson
• Kelly Gnile

Poway Unified School District

• Debra Cooper

Redlands Unified School District

• Enson Mason

Rincon Valley Unified School District

• Mike Cook

Riverside County Board of Education

• Trustee Area 4 - Bruce Dennis
• Trustee Area 5 - Ray "Coach" Curtis
• Trustee Area 7 - Barbara Hale

Roseville Joint Unified School District

• Andrew Tagg

Rocklin Unified School District

• Kathy Turner

Sacramento City Unified School District

• Christina Prichett
• Michael Minnick
• Jessie Ryan

Sacramento County Board of Education 

• Trustee Area 4 - Joanne Ahola
• Trustee Area 5 - Al Brown
• Trustee Area 6 - Heather Davis
• Trustee Area 7 - Roy Grimes, Jr.

Santa Ana Unified School District

• Cecilia Iglesias
• Angie Cano

Santa Clara County Board of Education 

• Trustee Area 1 - Grace Mah (see endorsement by The Mercury News)
• Trustee Area 3 - Rosemary Kamei (see endorsement by The Mercury News)
• Trustee Area 4 - Joseph Di Salvo

San Diego County Board of Education

• District 1 - Mark Powell (see endorsement by San Diego Union-Tribune)
• District 2 - Jerry Rindone
• District 4 - Paulette Donnellon
• District 5 - Mark Wyland

San Diego Unified School District

• District E - LaShae Collins

San Diego Unified School District

• District E - LaShae Collins (see endorsement by San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Dieguita Unified High School District

• Lucille Lynch
• Randy Berholtz

San Francisco Unified School District

• Phil Kim
• Ian Kalin

San Jose Unified School District

• District 4 - Olivia Navarro
• District 5 - Kimberly Meek (see endorsement by The Mercury News) 

San Juan Unified School District

• Saul Hernandez

San Bernardino County Board of Education

• Ben Rich

Solano County Board of Education

• Amy Sharp

Stockton City Council

• Jesus Andrade

Tustin Unified School District

• Matthew Singer

Valley Unified School District

• Marianne Kearny-Brown

Valverde School District

• Alesia Fuller

Ventura Unified School District

• Lou Cunningham

Vista Unified School District

• Bud Balmer

Washington Unified School District

• Alicia Cruz

West Contra Costa Unified School District

• Tom Panas (see endorsement by the East Bay Times)
• Miriam "Stephanie" Sequeira 

Does Your Board Look Like This: 

See Which Of Your Elected Officials Are On The Broad Payroll and Who Is Promoting Charter Schools And Privatization! 

2016 Elections - CCSA Advocates - http://www.ccsaadvocates.org/november_2016_elections