Don’t Negotiate. Make Noise. Act. Now.
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We don’t negotiate with children’s lives. Do you?
Sometimes you just have to say no. Period. No negotiations. No compromise. Today is such a time.
A cornerstone of our democracy is a free and high-quality public education available to all. Yet, every minute and in every corner of the country, essential elements of public education are being chipped away. These are not random attacks: altogether, they evince a carefully coordinated strategy designed toreplace our public education system with one that is privately controlled. Success will be measured by cost effectiveness and profit.
Prevailing education reform policies are not supported by peer-reviewed research studies. Instead, they are being foisted upon communities to destroy public education. More importantly, the opportunity for students to experience real learning is eroded, valuing test-based choice, accountability, and punishment over caring relationships, creative and critical thinking, arts-based methods, and inquiry and experimentation within their world. All in the name of the almighty dollar, our children have become their profit.
We have asked. We have explained. We have met. All to no avail. We
