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Department of Labor (Violations): DOL Decision Causes Hundreds of Teachers To Face Deportation
LISTEN TO MILLET DE VERA PANGA: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Last week at a protest in front of the White House, Millet De Vera Panga said, “We’re here to appeal to President Obama to provide … Continue reading
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Reviewing Rhee’s Reign: A 2010 Interview with Teacher/Bloggers Candi Peterson and James Boutin
Last week, Washington Teachers’ Union president Nathan Saunders suspended WTU general vice president Candi Peterson without pay. The reason? Because Peterson “walked out of a meeting with me,” wrote Saunders. Peterson, speaking to The Washington Examiner, said she left the … Continue reading
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The Department of Labor and Prince George’s County May Be Teaming Up to Punish Whistleblowers
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “Okay, we’ve made use of you. Okay, it’s time for us to dump you.” – Charisse Cabrera, pre-kindergarten teacher, on PGCPS’s recent actions Is the Department of Labor teaming up with … Continue reading
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Protesters Push Back Against Right-Wing Voucher Movement
LISTEN TO VOICES AT THE RALLY AGAINST VOUCHERS: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “We come down to D.C. today to protest the national campaign for vouchers,” said William Browning, legislative and education director of Action United, … Continue reading
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Candi Peterson: From Teacher to Blogger to WTU General Vice President
LISTEN TO CANDI PETERSON [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “Here I am today, as the general vice president. Who could have thought this would have happened? But I’m glad it did,” said Candi Peterson, the recently … Continue reading
Posted in District of Columbia, Labor/Jobs, Media, School Reform
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Councilmembers Evans, Brown and Thomas Call for Pope’s Return to Hardy
“I have been very supportive of chancellors, of school reform, and I’ve sat here for a year and a half waiting for this issue to get solved and as of last Friday it was worse than it has ever been,” … Continue reading
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Hardy Middle School Students Continue To Be Disrespected and Ignored
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Carlos Hood, an eighth grade student at Hardy Middle School, has a message for Mayor Vincent Gray: “Do you remember when you extended your hand towards our school? But… now a … Continue reading
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Hardy’s Future Is Gray
LISTEN TO ERIC WOODS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Wednesday, Feb. 2, Mayor Vincent Gray addressed the North Michigan Park Civic Association in Northeast D.C. During the Q&A, Miranda Woods, an eighth grade student at Hardy … Continue reading
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School Reform in Black and White: The Fight to Save John Burroughs
(The “More Room On the Outside Interview” with Maria Jones won a DCTV Viewers’ Choice Award for “Best Community Focused Program.”) At the height of their power, former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee closed 23 schools. … Continue reading
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Charter Schools vs. Public Schools, Past and Present
LISTEN TO SHANTA DRIVER [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The first charter school movement in the United States started from the Virginia Massive Resistance campaign,” said Shanta Driver, an education activist from Detroit and national co-chair … Continue reading
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