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 ›
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 ›
DC budget watchers Emily Mechner and Mary Levy discuss recent budget decisions, how they evolved, and prospects for schools in the coming year and beyond. Mechner is a DCPS parent, member of the Local School Advisory Team for Oyster-Adams Bilingual… Read More ›
Parents are calling DC schools to say, “I cannot pick up my child right now, because ICE is outside my door,” Allyson Criner Brown, of Teaching for Change, tells the Education Town Hall. In addition, she says, students are missing… Read More ›
How are schools responding to immigration-related stresses on students and families? How will recent budget decisions affect DC students and teachers? Join the Education Town Hall, Thursday June 8, 11 a.m. — noon Eastern, for the latest. Listen via TuneIn… Read More ›
The Library of Congress announced, earlier this week, the acquisition of 575,000 images from the Civil Rights Movement. Photographer Bob Adelman volunteered with CORE – the Congress for Racial Equality – in the early 1960s to document protests and became… Read More ›
Jewish schools and Jewish community center pre-schools have received 126 bomb threats in 2017. (Update: 144 as of March 16; latest from Jewish Daily Forward) Two DC area schools were among those threatened in late February: the Charles E. Smith… Read More ›
How are teachers, parents, and other community members greeting the appointment of a new DC Public Schools Chancellor? Suzanne Wells of Capitol Hills Public School Parents Organization (CHPSPO) and Elizabeth Davis of the Washington Teachers Union (WTULocal6) lead the discussion… Read More ›
A few weeks ago, I happened to notice two local elementary schools – including Moten Elementary here in Ward 8 – performing in a music video released by the international musical organization, Playing for Change. Playing for Change is the… Read More ›
Update: Jesse Turner did not appear on this month’s BUS. The September 22 Education Town Hall BUS program focuses on “Rubber Meets the Road,” a Journey for Justice election-focused event, scheduled for Sept. 26, and the UOO and Houston AFT… Read More ›
