Save Our Schools March: A teacher revolt against Obama education reform

08-01-2011

By Amanda Paulson/Christian Science Monitor

What if the education reformers are wrong? That's the opinion of a growing number of educators who are convinced that the current direction of reform – despite powerful backers that include President Obama, Bill Gates, and many influential academics and nonprofit leaders – is harming public schools rather than improving them. While teachers unions and a number of prominent education thinkers have been critical of the reform policies for some time, a more concerted effort is emerging to organize those critics. They plan to take to the streets in Washington on Saturday in hopes of galvanizing attention around their cause. The Save Our Schools March has attracted endorsements from well-known academics, educators, and authors. (more...)

Also: Washington Post, The American Independent

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