Author Archives

• DC Issues on May 10 Ed Town Hall

  By vspatz on May 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Councilmember Elissa Silverman (Ind, at-large), who is up for re-election this year, and Emily Gasoi, candidate for Ward 1 representative to DC’s State Board of Education, join the Education Town Hall this week, Thursday, May 10, at 11:00 a.m. to… Read More ›

• Florida Educators United, Educators Coping with Gun Violence on the April BUS

  By vspatz on April 26, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Nadia Zananiri is a social studies teacher in Miami-Dade public schools, blogger, and founder of Florida Educators United. She discussed issues Florida teachers and students face and how she is leading the fight to organize for a better public education… Read More ›

• April BUS: Florida School Funding, Gun Violence’s Effect on Students and Teachers

  By vspatz on April 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Full Recording of April BUS here. Topics on the Education Town Hall’s April 2018 BUS Ride are education funding in Florida and the effect of gun violence on students and teachers. Listen on We Act Radio via TuneIn or ProgressiveDC… Read More ›

• Advocating for Schools to City Leaders

  By vspatz on April 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Dr. Robert Moses, civil rights icon and education advocate, joined the April 12 Education Town Hall, along with long-time DC education advocate Suzanne Wells and State Board of Education Representative Joe Weedon. Full program here — Dr. Moses discussed the… Read More ›

• Education and Justice Campaigns on the Education Town Hall BUS

  By vspatz on April 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  On the April edition of the Education Town Hall BUS program — produced by the Badass Teachers, United Opt Out, and Save Our Schools — important national campaigns for equitable education. In the first segment, Dr. Jesse Turner speaks about… Read More ›

• DCPS Parents on Scandals, Investigations, Way Forward

  By vspatz on March 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  The March 8 conversation was with three DCPS parents on the way forward for DCPS, now that scandals, resignations, and investigations have brought attention to the fact that mayoral control and the promises of education reform are not what they… Read More ›

• Literacy East and West of the Anacostia

  By vspatz on July 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  We Act Radio broadcasts from east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. A short distance to the east on Good Hope Road is the Anacostia branch of the public library. A few blocks away, African Heritage Dancers and Drummers… Read More ›

• The Most Literate and the Most Challenged

  By vspatz on July 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Washington has been declared the “most literate” city in the U.S. since 2010. Meanwhile, DC also has areas with illiteracy rates close to 50%, and a “book desert” where 830 children would need to share one age-appropriate book for sale…. Read More ›

• Program Announcement: Most Literate?

  By vspatz on July 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Washington has been declared the “most literate” city in the U.S. since 2010. Meanwhile, DC also has areas with illiteracy rates close to 50%, and a “book desert” where 830 children would need to share one age-appropriate book for sale…. Read More ›

• Book Deserts and Their Effects

  By vspatz on July 13, 2017 • ( 7 )

  

  Feature Report: “Book Deserts and Their Effects” — with citations and resources Recording, 7/13/17, begins at 2:00 — Over the past few years, the District has been one of three cities involved in a study of access to children’s books…. Read More ›