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Community Education Task Force Slate for Educational Change « Failing Schools

Community Education Task Force Slate for Educational Change « Failing Schools

Community Education Task Force Slate for Educational Change

AUGUST 12, 2011
by markfriedman1

We in the Community Education Task Force in Rochester, New York have been struggling around several crucial issues that touch many other locations. We were part of a successful effort against the attempt to bring about mayoral control in the Rochester City School District (at least temporarily, as we know the issue will be back). We were part of a collective effort to push out a Broad-trained Superintendent, Jean-Claude Brizard, and have since continued the struggle against corporate-driven privatization reforms in favor of grassroots community-driven decision making and empowerment. We held a large community-wide education summit in which