Articles Posted in the Take Action Category
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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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Paul Robeson Students Call for May 1st HS Student Walkout (UPDATED)
**See updates BELOW The student government at Paul Robeson HS have called for a city-wide HS Student Walkout on May 1st, in a video posted yesterday to youtube: Here’s the statement attached to the video: Join us on May 1st as we stand in solidarity with the Occupy movement and workers everywhere. FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:https://www.facebook.com/events/192822994163133/ [...]
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“We Are Our Children’s Lobbyists – We Are The Parents”
“We Are Our Children’s Lobbyists – We Are The Parents” On January 4, 2012, New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his annual State of State address. Covering many topics, Governor Cuomo spoke these words. “I learned that everyone in public education has his or her own lobbyist. Superintendents have lobbyists. Principals have lobbyists. Teachers [...]
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Will you #OccupyWallStreet?
I’m writing to invite you to be part of an amazing uprising. A process that is as exciting as it is unpredictable. A gathering that has already inspired thousands of tweets, a Homeland Security memo, and food donations from across the globe. A leaderless, broad groundswell of people across class and racial lines amassing with [...]
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Stop Verizon from Being Awarded a $120 Million Contract with NYC
Stop Verizon from Being Awarded a $120 Million Contract with New York City! New Yorkers’ tax dollars should not go towards union busting or corrupt contracts! Picket and Protest: August 17 @5pm. Outside of the hearing at Murry Bergtraum High School. Details below. On Wednesday, August 17, the Department of Education’s Panel [...]
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Sign our petition to Mayor Bloomberg demanding Education Equality
Please sign our petition to Mayor Bloomberg demanding he provide equal access to a quality education for all our children. Public education is a cornerstone of our democracy in the United States of America. Unfortunately, under Mayor Bloomberg’s mayoral control, the New York City school system has deteriorated. Mayor Bloomberg’s corporate reforms, countless reorganizations of [...]
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Join the NYC Parents Union on May 12 | Make Big Banks & Millionaires Pay!
Join the New York City Parents Union on May 12 to demand Big Banks and Millionaires pay their share. The Big Banks crashed our economy, destroying jobs, foreclosing on millions of homes and wrecking city and state budgets across the country. After trillions in taxpayer-funded bailouts, Wall Street is making billions in profits and giving [...]
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Madison Students Call for NATIONWIDE STUDENT WALKOUT Friday
(See event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141162765948861) Time Friday, March 11 · 2:00pm – 11:30pm Location High schools nationwide! Created By Emmett Ross, Jacob Fiksel, Riley Moore, Bobby Penner, Mikko UtevskyShow all (5) More Info High school students in Madison, Wisconsin will walk out of class this Friday, March 11th at 2:00 PM CT to hold a [...]
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Diane Ravitch on the Daily Show + Fundraiser Viewing
(Originally posted on the Parents Across America Blog) Diane Ravitch, the country’s foremost defender of evidence-based rather than faith-based education reform, will be a guest on the Daily Show starring Jon Stewart, this Thursday. This is a great breakthrough and reverses a long media black-out of opposing points of view on education issues. Please join [...]
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Wake Up Call | Help us defeat Bloomberg’s attack on teacher rights.
The children of New York City and their dedicated educators are urging state senators to vote “no” on S.3501 (Flanagan). This legislation is a direct assault on the collective bargaining rights of teachers and other public employees, and echoes the transparent union-busting efforts we are seeing in Wisconsin and other states. We urge you help [...]
