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"We recognize that an excellent education system and political power are inseparable and necessary for the well-being of all and especially for the prosperity of women and people of color."
Democracy and Education - Greg Jobin-Leeds writes and speaks on successful social movements, highly effective international practices, school leadership, and political strategies. A former high school teacher and teacher trainer, Greg is a public school parent. Your ideas and comments will help build the online discussion we are trying to create. Click the "RSS via email" at the Democracy and Education blog to stay updated whenever a new entry is written.
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Chile and the International Education Reform Struggle - 11/22/11
U.S. educators, students, parents, policymakers, and Occupy activists can learn a lot from Chilean students. They have rallied en masse demanding Chile's new presidential administration provide a new framework for education, including more direct state participation in education financing and an end to corporations turning higher education into for-profit centers (from private university corporations charging huge fees to STEM research being driven by corporate grants). The Chilean students believe education should be a freely accessible public good instead of a privatized good on which to make money. READ MORE
The International Occupy Movement and Public Education -11/18/11
After my mother graduated from high school in the mid 1940s, she went to Queens College in New York City, which was practically free back then. Tuition was without charge. All she paid for her was her books. She left college with no debt and was able to build a successful self-sustaining life. The Occupy Movement — from Wall Street to Oakland, CA to the growing political youth movement in Chile – is demanding the same opportunity that my mother and many in the US used to take for granted. READ MORE
Michael Fogelberg — Change Dems Change (Nov. 2010)
Progressives Assess The Obama Administration's First 100 Days (May 2009)
10 Best Practices for Progressive Donors (Spring 2008)
Obama Advisor/Schott President John Jackson on the Compact for Racial Justice (Dec. 2008)
Kelly Bates — Commonwealth Seminar Anniversary Speech 2008 (Aug. 2008)
Access Strategies E.D. Kelly Bates on New Networks, New Power (Jan. 2009)
Michael Fogelberg — Building Political Power After November 2004 (Apr. 2005)
National Electoral Program Outline 09 (June 2007)
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Framing Statement for the National Electoral Project (Apr. 2004)
The Compact for Racial Equality
