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Sunday, September 16, 2012

NYC Public School Parents: The underlying issues in the Chicago teacher strike according to Julie Cavanagh and Matt Farmer

NYC Public School Parents: The underlying issues in the Chicago teacher strike according to Julie Cavanagh and Matt Farmer:


The underlying issues in the Chicago teacher strike according to Julie Cavanagh and Matt Farmer

See video excerpts from "Up with Chris" this morning, MSNBC's show on the Chicago teacher strike.  Here are NYC teacher Julie Cavanagh and Chicago parent Matt Farmer talking about how this is a "defining moment" in the fight against privatization and corporate education reform, and how the Chicago struggle is really about whether poverty and the highly inequitable conditions in our public schools must be addressed. Clips from the rest of the show can be found here.



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