Articles Posted in the News Category
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Come to the Cathie Black Email Reading Party!
You are cordially invited to celebrate the peeling back of the curtain of corporate education “reform”. Cathie Black Email Reading Party Sunday, May 5th 7-9pm DBA Bar, 41 1st Ave, NY, NY FREE / Suggested $10 Donation After over 2 years, 168 lawyer hours and $25,461.42 taxpayer dollars spent, Bloomberg finally had to call it [...]
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NYC COLLEGE STUDENTS TO HOLD MAY DAY PROTESTS
*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** Actions will call for accessible education and an end to shady practices Contact: Jane Brennan, 914-471-2576 NEW YORK – Hundreds of students from across the city will unite Wednesday to protest the out-of-control cost of college education that has resulted in unprecedented levels of debt. In honor of May [...]
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We’re getting organized.
When we organize, we win! Across New York City parents, teachers and students are getting organized – from the bottom up – to take on mayoral control of schools and the drastic cuts to K-12 and higher ed programs that make it harder for kids to succeed and teachers/parents to support them towards that success. [...]
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Parents, Teachers, Students UNITE!
Stand with those striking in Montreal and Chicago! Fight with those in Mexico, Chile, and all around the world! Join Education Bloc in NYC on S17! CALL TO ACTION =========== Brooklyn College Student Union, All in the Red, and others will be hosting an education bloc on September 17th in solidarity with the 1-year anniversary [...]
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Building a Freedom School
The Paul Robeson Freedom School is rounding out its first 8 weeks of life this week with a Graduation celebration + Benefit Show on Wednesday, Aug. 22nd. It’s been called everything from Liberation Camp to Free School to Camp Occupy (by the NY Times!), and this week it celebrates the summer of community-building and reaches [...]
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Why Paul Robeson Would Have Walked out of Paul Robeson High School on May 1st
We ask for nothing that is not right, and herein lies the great power of our demand. -Paul Robeson I stand in the hallway of the school building, my back leaning against a wall and legs crossed. The halls are brightly lit and eerily quiet. Across from me is a typical school fire alarm, with [...]
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DOE-Destroyers of Ed, Top Secret Doc To Gut SpEd & Violate Law
Breaking News | Top Secret | DOE – Destroyers of Education Document from a concerned parent who learned the evil truth of the DOE’s motives | Unveiling the Truth Behind the Special Education Reforms | Forward Widely | Protect Your Children Rights & Education Under Federal Law! The evil plan is to violate our most [...]
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Parents Union Statement on Former Chancellor Joel Klein’s Actions to Privatize Education
For Immediate Release May 15, 2012 Contact: Mona Davids, NYC Parents Union, (917) 340-8987 New York City Parents Union Statement Regarding Former Schools Chancellor Joel Klein’s Collusion with the Charter Lobby to Privatize Education This past Friday, May 11, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) finally released emails originally requested in May 2010 [...]
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Lehman HS Students March Against School Criminalization
ON MONDAY, MAY 7th @ 3:30pm……………………. SUPPORT OUR H.S. STUDENTS AS THEY MARCH IN THE BRONX AGAINST POLICE TERROR IN THEIR SCHOOLS For Immediate Release March from Lehman H.S. to the Bronx 45th Precinct to file a complaint against officers who harass & terrorize our students. Sixteen-year-old Malik Ayala, a student of Lehman High School, [...]
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NYC Parents Union Statement on Governor Cuomo’s (fake) NYS Education Reform Commission
For Immediate Release April 30, 2012 Contact: Mona Davids, NYC Parents Union, (917) 340-8987 New York City Parents Union Statement on Governor Cuomo’s newly formed New York State Education Reform Commission Governor Cuomo announced the formation of his New New York Education Reform Commission. We are appalled that Governor Cuomo has now formed a so-called [...]
